System and method for coherent communication in a network
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorAlex Pidwerbetsky
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Abstract
A method is provided for increasing the effective transmission range for ones of a plurality of low-power transmitters arranged in an array. In particular, the low-power transmitters are arranged to simultaneously transmit a common information stream, and the transmitters are caused to transmit in a coherent manner. The resultant transmitted energy, as received at a receiver established to receive such transmissions, is thereby increased as a function of the number of operating transmitters.
Claims14
A method for wireless transmission comprising the steps of
- organizing payload data for ones of a plurality of transmitting units into a common payload for transmission by all of the plurality of transmitting units;
- and
- causing the common payload data to be coherently transmitted by the plurality of transmitting units.
A method for managing a plurality of wireless transmission units disposed proximate one another comprising the steps of:
- upon the availability of payload data for transmission for at least one of the plurality of wireless transmission units, signaling others of the wireless transmission units to schedule a common transmission event;
- sending payload data available for transmission from ones of the wireless transmission units having such data to all of the other wireless transmission units;
- consolidating data from the units having data into a single payload at all of the wireless transmission units;
- and
- coherently transmitting the single payload from all of the wireless transmission units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.