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US 9,179,335 B2Granted
Out-of-band radio link protocol and network architecture for a wireless network composed of wireless terminals with millimetre wave frequency range radio units
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorJuan Nogueira-Nine
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wireless transmitter comprising a transmitter radio unit working a wireless transmitter comprising a transmitter radio unit working in the millimeter wave frequency band using a directional antenna and a bidirectional radio unit working in a frequency range different from said transmitter radio unit and using an omnidirectional antenna. The invention further relates to a wireless receiver and a wireless relay.
Claims20
A wireless transmitter comprising:
- a transmitter radio configured to work in the millimeter wave frequency band using a directional antenna;
- a bidirectional radio configured to work in a frequency range different from said transmitter radio and use an omnidirectional antenna;
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- circuitry configured to:
- control the transmitter radio to transmit a first control message via the directional antenna, and
- control an antenna beam of the directional antenna based upon a second control message corresponding to the first control message received by the omnidirectional antenna.
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A wireless receiver comprising:
- a receiver radio configured to work in the millimeter wave frequency band using a directional antenna;
- a bidirectional radio configured to work in a frequency range different from said receiver radio and use an omnidirectional antenna;
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- circuitry configured to:
- generate a second control message based upon receipt or lack thereof of a first control message via the directional antenna;
- and
- control the bidirectional radio to transmit the second control message via the omnidirectional antenna.
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A wireless relay comprising:
- a receiver radio configured to work in the millimeter wave frequency band using a first directional antenna;
- a transmitter radio configured to work in the millimeter wave frequency band using a second directional antenna different form said first directional antenna;
- a bidirectional radio configured to work in a frequency range, different from said receiver radio and said transmitter radio, and use an omnidirectional antenna;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- control the transmitter radio to transmit a first control message via the second directional antenna;
- control an antenna beam of the second directional antenna based upon a second control message corresponding to the first control message received by the omnidirectional antenna;
- generate a third control message based upon receipt or lack thereof of a fourth control message via the first directional antennal;
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- control the bidirectional radio to transmit the third control message via the omnidirectional antenna.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.