Communication system and method
AssigneeSony Deutschland GmbH
InventorsMasahiro Uno, Zhaocheng Wang, Volker Wullich, Kao-Cheng Huang
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Abstract
A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas.
Claims39
A communication system comprising:
- a first station comprising a plurality of first narrow beam antennas providing a plurality of first antenna beam directions;
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- a second station comprising a plurality of second narrow beam antennas providing a plurality of second antenna beam directions;
- wherein said first and second stations are configured to establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a first one of said plurality of said first narrow beam antennas and a first one of said plurality of said second narrow beam antennas, and
- said first and second stations are configured to automatically establish at least one alternative communication path for wireless communication via said first one of said plurality of first narrow beam antennas and said first one of said plurality of said second narrow beam antennas when the first communication path is interrupted, said alternative communication path being spatially different from said first communication path.
A communication method for providing wireless communication between a first station comprising a plurality of first narrow beam antennas providing a plurality of first antenna beam directions and a second station comprising a plurality of second narrow beam antennas providing a plurality of second antenna beam directions, the method comprising:
- establishing a primary communication path via a first one of said plurality of first narrow beam antennas and a first one of said plurality of said second narrow beam antennas;
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- establishing at least one alternative communication path via said first one of said plurality of first narrow beam antennas and said first one of said plurality of second narrow beam antennas when the primary communication path is interrupted, said at least one alternative communication path is spatially different from said primary communication path.
A computer program product directly loadable into the internal memory of a microprocessor of an electronic equipment, comprising software code portions for performing a communication method when said product is run by said microprocessor, said method comprising:
- establishing a primary communication path via a first one of a plurality of first narrow beam antennas of a first station and a first one of said plurality of said second narrow beam antennas of a second station;
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- establishing at least one alternative communication path via said first one of said plurality of first narrow beam antennas and said first one of said plurality of second narrow beam antennas when the primary communication path is interrupted, wherein said at least one alternative communication path is spatially different from said primary communication path.
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