Methods and electronic devices for wireless ad-hoc network communications using receiver determined channels and transmitted reference signals

A system for communicating in a wireless ad-hoc network, comprising:

• means for transmitting data to a first receiver included in a wireless ad-hoc network over a first channel determined by the first receiver;
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• means for transmitting data to a second receiver included in the wireless ad-hoc network over a second channel determined by the second receiver.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless ad-hoc network, the electronic device comprising:

• a receiver circuit configured to receive data from a first transmitter included in a wireless ad-hoc network over a channel determined by the receiver circuit and configured to receive data from a second transmitter in the wireless ad-hoc network over the channel.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless ad-hoc network, the electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter circuit configured to transmit data to a first receiver included in a wireless ad-hoc network over a first channel determined by the first receiver and to transmit data to a second receiver included in the wireless ad-hoc network over a second channel determined by the second receiver.

A method of communicating in a wireless ad-hoc network, comprising:

• transmitting data to a first receiver included in a wireless ad-hoc network over a first channel defined by a first time parameter determined by the first receiver;
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• transmitting data to a second receiver included in the wireless ad-hoc network over a second channel defined by a second time parameter determined by the second receiver.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a composite signal in a wireless network, the composite signal comprising a modulated information signal component and a spreading code component, wherein the spreading code component is shifted from the modulated information signal by a frequency offset.

A method for communicating in a wireless network comprising:

• transmitting a composite signal in a wireless network, the composite signal comprising a modulated information signal component and a spreading code component, wherein the spreading code component is shifted from the modulated information signal by a frequency offset.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

• a receiver circuit configured to receive a composite signal in a wireless network, the composite signal comprising a modulated information signal component and a spreading code component, wherein the spreading code component is shifted from the modulated information signal by a frequency offset.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a differentially modulated information signal using as code symbols chip sequences of a length, wherein the length provides a time parameter.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter circuit configured to transmit an information signal, the information signal is segmented to include a plurality of bits provided to the transmitter circuit at a first bit rate during a first time interval, wherein a segment of the plurality of bits is transmitted a number of times at a second bit rate that is greater than the first rate, and wherein the length of the segment provides a time parameter.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a composite signal in a wireless network, the composite signal comprising a time-shifted up-converted modulated information signal component and an up-converted spreading code component, wherein the time-shifted up-converted modulated information signal component and the up-converted spreading code component are up-converted using a carrier frequency.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, the electronic device comprising:

• a receiver circuit configured to receive a signal over a channel that is defined by the receiver by a time parameter.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:

• a first receiver configured to receive a composite signal including a modulated information signal component corresponding to a first portion of a data transmission and a spreading code component used to modulate the information signal to provide an indication that the data transmission is addressed to the electronic device;
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• a second receiver coupled to the first receiver configured to begin operation responsive to the indication that the data transmission is addressed to the electronic device.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a composite signal including a first modulated information signal component and a first spreading code component used to modulate the information signal that corresponds to a first portion of a data transmission, and configured to receive a second modulated information signal component corresponding to a second portion of the data transmission being modulated with a second spreading code that is different than the first spreading code.

An electronic device for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:

• a transmitter configured to transmit a composite signal including a first modulated information signal component and a first spreading code component used to modulate the information signal that corresponds to a first portion of a data transmission, and configured to transmit a second modulated information signal component corresponding to a second portion of the data transmission being modulated with a second spreading code that is different than the first spreading code.

A method for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:

• receiving at a first receiver circuit a composite signal including a modulated information signal component corresponding to a first portion of a data transmission and a spreading code component used to modulate the information signal to provide an indication that the data transmission is addressed to an electronic device including the first receiver circuit;
• and
• beginning operations of a second receiver circuit coupled to the first receiver circuit responsive to the indication that the data transmission is addressed to the electronic device.

A method for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:

• receiving a composite signal including a first modulated information signal component and a first spreading code component used to modulate the information signal that corresponds to a first portion of a data transmission;
• and
• receiving a second modulated information signal component corresponding to a second portion of the data transmission being modulated with a second spreading code that is different than the first spreading code.

A method of communicating in a wireless ad-hoc network, comprising:

• transmitting data to different receivers included in a wireless ad-hoc network over different channels.