System and method of utilizing positioning receiver hardware for network-based transceiver applications
Assigneeu-Nav Microelectronics Corporation
InventorsDaniel Collin Jenkins, Timothy Ronald Jackson, Peter Joseph Maimone
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Abstract
A network, network device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, where the first and second network nodes comprise a network and each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion. The method further comprises receiving, by the first and second network nodes, position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons, and generating transmitter codes for the transponder portions using local code generators of the receiver portions.
Claims34
A network comprising:
- a first network node having a first transponder for receiving and transmitting communications signals, said first network node further comprising a first receiver for receiving position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons;
- and, a second network node having a second transponder for receiving and transmitting said communications signals, said second network node further comprising a second receiver for receiving position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons, wherein each of said first and second receivers further include local code generators that are also used as transmitter code generators for said first and second transponders wherein each of the local code generators generates a unique transmitter code such that the first transponder transmits a different code than the second transponder regardless of position of the first transponder and the second transponder.
A method comprising:
- transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, said first and second network nodes to comprise a network and to each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion;
- receiving, by said first and second network nodes, position signals from a plurality of navigation beacons;
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- generating transmitter codes for said transponder portions using local code generators of said receiver portions, wherein each of the local code generators generates a unique transmitter code such that the first network node transmits a different code than the second network node regardless of position of the first network node and the second network node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.