US 2018/0123897 A1 · COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH CONTROL PLANE NETWORK

Abstract

A communication network includes nodes. The nodes are capable of communicating over a current generation network, which will include 5G before long. One, some, or all of the nodes are also capable of communicating over a previous generation network, to which 4G will be relegated before long. A third node receives a first signal from a first node over the current generation network, a second signal that is a retransmission of the first signal from a second node over the current generation network, and network dimensional parameters from the first node and/or the second node over the previous generation network. The network dimensional parameters enable the third node to determine precise locations of the first node and the second node. Using a function of the network dimensional parameters, the third node can correlate the first signal and the second signal and generate a simplified signal therefrom.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a plurality of nodes having a repetitive placement pattern, including a first node and a second node;
a third node coupled to the first node and the second node via a wireless medium;
one or more control plane network nodes coupled to the third node via the wireless medium;
wherein, in operation:
the first node transmits a first signal, which is received by the second node and the third node;
the second node transmits the first signal as a second signal, which is received by the third node;
the one or more control plane network nodes transmit network dimensional parameters, which are received by the third node;
the third node correlates the first signal and the second signal as a function of one or more of the network dimensional parameters;
the third node transmits a simplified signal corresponding to correlation of the first signal and the second signal.

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Communication network with control plane network

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Communication network with control plane network

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Abstract

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