Communication in a mesh network using multiple configurations
AssigneeDominant Technologies, LLC
InventorRonald H. Fraser
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Abstract
Wireless-conferencing radios communicate directly with each other without a base station using a multiple access protocol, such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). A first radio is configured to communicate with a second radio in a first wireless-conferencing group using a first group profile. The first radio is configured to receive a second group profile for communicating with a third radio in a second wireless-conferencing group, so that the first radio can switch between the first wireless-conferencing group and the second wireless-conferencing group.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first radio;
- a second radio;
- and
- a third radio, wherein:
- the first radio is configured to communicate with the second radio in a first wireless-conferencing group using a first group profile;
- the first radio is configured to receive a second group profile;
- and
- the first radio is configured to communicate with the third radio in a second wireless-conferencing group using the second group profile, after communicating with the second radio using the first group profile, wherein:
- the second group profile is different from the first group profile;
- and
- communicating with the third radio using the second group profile is performed without powering off the first radio after communicating with the second radio using the first group profile.
A method comprising:
- communicating, using a first radio, with a second radio in a first wireless-conferencing group using a first group profile;
- receiving, using the first radio, a second group profile;
- and
- communicating, using the first radio, with a third radio in a second wireless-conferencing group using the second group profile, after communicating with the second radio using the first group profile, wherein:
- the second group profile is different from the first group profile;
- and
- communicating with the third radio using the second group profile is performed without powering off after communicating with the second radio using the first group profile.
A method comprising:
- communicating, using a first radio, with a second radio in a wireless-conferencing group using a group profile, wherein:
- the group profile enables the wireless-conferencing group to communicate using a multiple-access protocol;
- and
- the group profile comprises a frequency hopping sequence;
- sharing the group profile with a third radio, after communicating in the wireless- conferencing group;
- and
- communicating, using the first radio, with the second radio and the third radio, using the group profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.