Method of call routing and connection
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Abstract
A method of radio communications and routing and connection in a mobile radio system consisting of the steps of providing nodes for transmitting and receiving signals wherein the nodes are positioned in a free form fashion within a defined area, and the routing of a communication is determined based on selecting the most desirable and normally the shortest path between the communication source and the destination drop.
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69 Claims
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11. A radio communications system comprising a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, wherein each said node in said system includes:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals used to establish radio links with other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes without regard to the relative location of said nodes, wherein at least some of said radio signals include associated routing messages including an actual radio parameter of said radio signals; a storage device for storing said routing messages received from said other nodes and said actual radio parameter included in said routing messages; and a computer for using said stored actual radio parameters to select from said storage device a said routing message associated with a preferred radio link between said node and another node from which a radio signal is received and for using said selected routing message to generate a modified routing message for transmission in radio signals to other said nodes, wherein said computers in said nodes assemble said preferred radio links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A radio communications system comprising a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, wherein each said node in said system includes:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals used to establish radio links with other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes without regard to the relative location of said nodes, wherein at least some of said radio signals include associated routing messages including a parameter indicating the quality of said radio signals; a storage device for storing said routing messages received from said other nodes and said parameter included in said routing messages; and a computer for using said stored parameter to select from said storage device a said routing message associated with a preferred radio link between said node and another node from which a radio signal is received and for using said selected routing message to generate a modified routing message for transmission in radio signals to other said nodes, wherein; said computers in said nodes assemble said preferred radio links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links, and each said radio link of said route comprises a radio signal of a higher quality than the minimum quality of said radio signal comprising any said radio link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A radio communications system comprising a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, wherein each said node in said system includes:
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a transmitter for transmitting radio signals and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes, at least some of said radio signals including routing messages identifying said node as being one of at least two different categories that do not interfere when transmitting; detecting circuitry for detecting the signal strength of said radio signals received from said other nodes; circuitry for using said radio signals to establish radio links between plural pairs of said nodes of different said categories; and routing circuitry for assembling selected said radio links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links consisting of links between different categories of said nodes, wherein each said radio link of said route comprises a radio signal with a higher minimum signal strength than the minimum signal strength of said radio signal comprising any said radio link in any other potential radio communication route between said originating node and said destination node.
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31. A radio communications system comprising a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, wherein:
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each said node in said system includes (a) a transmitter for transmitting radio signals used to establish radio links with other said nodes and a receiver for receiving said radio signals from other said nodes without regard to the relative location of said nodes, wherein at least some of said radio signals include routing messages, (b) a storage device for storing said routing messages received from other said nodes and a parameter of said routing messages, and (c) a computer for using said stored parameters to select from said storage device a said routing message associated with a preferred radio link between said node and another node from which a radio signal is received and for using said selected routing message to generate a modified routing message for transmission in radio signals to other said nodes, wherein said computers in said nodes assemble said preferred radio links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links; said receivers include call receiving circuitry for accepting external radio signals from sources in addition to other said nodes; said transmitters include call transmitting circuitry for transmitting said external signal to successive nodes along said route to said destination node; and at least one of said nodes in said route includes hand-off circuitry for terminating reception of said external radio signal at another said node in said route and initiating reception thereof at a different said node in said route. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of providing a radio communication route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising:
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establishing radio links between pairs of said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes without regard to the relative locations of said nodes of said pair, wherein at least some of said radio signals include associated routing messages including an actual radio parameter of said radio signals; storing said routing messages received by each said node; selecting a said routing message associated with a preferred said radio link using said actual radio parameter of said received radio signals; modifying said selected routing message; retransmitting said modified routing message; and assembling said preferred radio links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of providing a radio communication route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising:
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establishing radio links between pairs of said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes without regard to the relative locations of said nodes of said pair, at least some of said radio signals including routing messages; storing said routing messages received by each said node; selecting a said routing message associated with a preferred said radio link using a parameter of said routing messages in said received radio signals; modifying said selected routing message; retransmitting said modified routing message; assembling said preferred radio links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links; and changing said route between said originating node and said destination node only when a condition of the route changes. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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46. A wireless communications system comprising a plurality of individual routing nodes distributed to form a mesh of said routing nodes throughout an area covered by said system, each said routing node in said system including:
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a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals used to establish wireless links with other said routing nodes and a receiver for receiving said wireless signals from other said routing nodes without regard to the relative location of said routing nodes, wherein at least some of said wireless signals include routing messages; a storage device for storing said routing messages received from other said routing nodes and a parameter of said routing messages; and a computer for using said stored parameters to select from said storage device a said routing message associated with a preferred wireless link between said routing node and another routing node from which a radio signal is received and for using said selected routing message to generate a modified routing message for transmission in radio signals to other said routing nodes, wherein said computers in said routing nodes assemble said preferred wireless links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating routing node and a destination routing node, said route including plural said wireless links. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A routing node for use in a wireless communications system having a plurality of said routing nodes distributed to form a mesh of said routing nodes throughout an area covered by said system, said routing node comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals used to establish wireless links with other said routing nodes and a receiver for receiving said wireless signals from other said routing nodes without regard to the relative location of said routing nodes, wherein at least some of said wireless signals include routing messages; a storage device for storing said routing messages received from other said routing nodes and a parameter of said routing messages; and a computer for using said stored parameters to select from said storage device a said routing message associated with a preferred wireless link between said routing node and another routing node from which a radio signal is received and for using said selected routing message to generate a modified routing message for transmission in radio signals to other said routing nodes, wherein said computers in said routing nodes assemble said preferred wireless links into an optimum radio communication route between an originating routing node and a destination routing node, said route including plural said wireless links. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53)
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54. A method of providing a wireless communication route in a wireless communication system having a plurality of individual routing nodes distributed to form a mesh of said routing nodes, the method comprising:
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establishing wireless links between pairs of said routing nodes using wireless signals transmitted from each said routing node and received by other said routing nodes without regard to the relative locations of said routing nodes of said pair, at least some of said wireless signals including routing messages; storing said routing messages received by each said node in a table; selecting a said routing message associated with a preferred said wireless link using a parameter of said received wireless signals; modifying said selected routing message; retransmitting said modified routing message; and assembling said preferred wireless links into an optimum wireless communication route between a remote routing node and a destination routing node, said route including plural said wireless links. - View Dependent Claims (55)
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56. A method of creating a radio communications route comprising radio links between a plurality of pairs of nodes, said radio links being created by transmitting radio signals from said nodes and receiving said transmitted radio signals at other said nodes, wherein a radio signal from a transmitting node includes a parameter of a radio signal previously received by said transmitting node from at least one other said node, the method comprising:
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storing at a receiving node said parameter transmitted by plural said transmitting nodes; measuring said parameter of said radio signals received by said receiving node; and storing the results of said measurement at said receiving node. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A method of providing a radio communication route among a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising:
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establishing radio links between pairs of said nodes using said radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes without regard to the relative locations of said nodes of said pair, wherein at least some of said radio signals include associated routing messages including an actual radio parameter of said radio signals; selecting a group of radio frequency channels for transmitting and receiving said radio signals between said pairs of said nodes, wherein said nodes of a said pair transmit and receive respectively on channels that do not interfere with each other; storing said routing messages received by each said node; selecting a said routing message associated with a preferred said radio link using said actual radio parameter of said received radio signals; modifying said selected routing message; retransmitting said modified routing message; and assembling said preferred radio links into a radio communication route between an originating node and a destination node, said route including plural said radio links between pairs of said nodes.
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67. A method of providing a radio communication route having a plurality of individual nodes capable of distribution arbitrarily relative to each other, said nodes being controllable independent of a central computer separate from said nodes, the method comprising:
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establishing radio links between pairs of said nodes using radio signals transmitted from each said node and received by other said nodes without regard to the relative locations of said nodes of said pair, wherein at least some of said radio signals include associated routing messages; detecting a radio parameter of said radio signals received by said nodes and storing said detected radio parameter; storing said routing messages received by each said node, wherein said routing messages from a transmitting node include said stored radio parameter and the number of said radio links from said transmitting node to a destination node; selecting a said routing message associated with a preferred said radio link using said radio parameter and said number of radio links; modifying said selected routing message; retransmitting said modified routing message; assembling said preferred radio links into an optimum radio communication route between one of said nodes and said destination node using recent routing messages received by said nodes, said route including plural said radio links. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69)
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