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US 2007/0177495 A1Published application
Lan by ultra-wideband system and method
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorJulius Ametsitsi
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Abstract
An ultra-wideband (UWB) system and method provide a local area network (LAN) and/or LAN access. LAN access versions of the UWB system includes an emulator layer and bridge that allow data to be transmitted between a LAN-UWB hybrid device and a LAN network switch, such as an IEEE 802 network switch, through in part a UWB node of a UWB WPAN that can receive UWB super-frames from the LAN-UWB hybrid device. In some implementations the LAN-UWB hybrid device uses WiFi protocol layers above the emulator layer and a WiNet Peer IP PAL layer below the emulator layer.
Claims10
A system comprising:
- a first device including:
- a first portion having a first ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to transmit routing data in a first ultra-wideband super-frame using a first ultra-wideband band group
- a second portion having a second ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to receive other data in a second ultra-wideband super-frame using a second ultra-wideband band group being different than the first ultra-wideband band group;
- and
- a second device including:
- a first portion having a first ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to receive routing data in the first ultra-band super-frame using the first ultra-wideband band group;
- and
- a second portion configured to maintain routing information based upon routing data received by the first ultra-wideband radio transceiver;
- and
- a third portion having a second ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to transmit the other data in the second ultra-wideband super-frame using the second ultra-wideband band group based upon the routing information.
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A system comprising:
- a first portion having a first ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to receive routing data in a first ultra-band super-frame using a first ultra-wideband band group;
- and
- a second portion configured to maintain routing information based upon routing data received by the first ultra-wideband radio transceiver;
- and
- a third portion having a second ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to transmit the other data in a second ultra-wideband super-frame using a second ultra-wideband band group based upon the routing information, the second ultra-wideband group being different than the first ultra-wideband group.
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A system comprising:
- a first device including:
- a first portion having a first radio transceiver configured to transmit routing data using WiFi protocols;
- a second portion having a second ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to receive other data in an ultra-wideband super-frame;
- ;and
- a second device including:
- a first portion having a first radio transceiver configured to receive routing data using WiFi protocols;
- and
- a second portion configured to maintain routing information based upon routing data received by the first radio transceiver;
- and
- a third portion having a second ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to transmit the other data in the ultra-wideband super-frame based upon the routing information.
7 more elements
A system comprising:
- a first portion having a first radio transceiver configured to receive routing data using WiFi protocols;
- and
- a second portion configured to maintain routing information based upon routing data received by the first radio transceiver;
- and
- a third portion having a second ultra-wideband radio transceiver configured to transmit the other data in a ultra-wideband super-frame.
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A method comprising:
- from a first device transmitting routing data in a first ultra-wideband super-frame using a first ultra-wideband band group;
- with the first device receiving other data in a second ultra-wideband super-frame using a second ultra-wideband band group being different than the first ultra-wideband band group;
- with a second device receiving routing data in the first ultra-band super-frame using the first ultra-wideband band group;
- with the second device maintaining routing information based upon the received routing data;
- and
- with the second device transmitting the other data in the second ultra-wideband super-frame using the second ultra-wideband band group based upon the routing information.
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A method comprising:
- receiving routing data in a first ultra-band super-frame using a first ultra-wideband band group;
- maintaining routing information based upon routing data received by the first ultra-wideband radio transceiver;
- and
- transmitting the other data in a second ultra-wideband super-frame using a second ultra-wideband band group based upon the routing information, the second ultra-wideband group being different than the first ultra-wideband group.
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A method comprising:
- from a first device transmitting routing data using WiFi protocols;
- receiving with the first device other data in an ultra-wideband super-frame;
- and
- with a second device receiving routing data using WiFi protocols;
- and
- using the second device to maintain routing information based upon routing data received;
- and
- with the second device transmitting the other data in the ultra-wideband super-frame based upon the routing information.
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A method comprising:
- receiving routing data using WiFi protocols;
- maintaining routing information based upon routing data received;
- and
- transmiting the other data in a ultra-wideband super-frame based upon the routing information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.