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US 10,477,596 B2Granted
Blade computing system with wireless communication between blades within a blade enclosure
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsTelesphor Kamgaing, Rahul Khanna
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Abstract
A blade computing system is described with a wireless communication between blades. In one embodiment, the system includes a first blade in the enclosure having a radio transceiver to communicate with a radio transceiver of a second blade in the enclosure. The second blade has a radio transceiver to communicate with the radio transceiver of the first blade. A switch in the enclosure communicates with the first blade and the second blade and establishes a connection through the respective radio transceivers between the first blade and the second blade.
Claims13
An apparatus comprising:
- a blade enclosure:
- a first blade in the enclosure having a radio transceiver to communicate with a radio transceiver of a second blade in the enclosure, wherein the radio transceiver of the first blade comprises a phased antenna array that establishes a direct connection to communicate with the transceiver of the second blade based on an assignment established by a switch in the enclosure and separate from the first blade and the second blade;
- the second blade having a radio transceiver to communicate with the radio transceiver of the first blade;
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- the switch in the enclosure to communicate with the first blade and the second blade and to establish the direct connection through the respective radio transceivers between the first blade and the second blade, wherein the switch establishes the direct connection by the assignment of a steerable beam direct radio path between the first blade and the second blade.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a request to connect from a first blade having a radio transceiver at a switch;
- sending a request to connect from the switch to a second blade having a radio transceiver, the first blade, the second blade, and the switch being housed in a blade server enclosure, wherein the switch is separate from the first bade and the second blade;
- and
- establishing a direct connection by the switch through the respective radio transceivers between the first blade and the second blade, wherein the respective radio transceivers each comprises a phased antenna array and, wherein the switch establishes the direct connection by assigning a steerable beam direct radio path between the first blade and the second blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.