Transceiver hopping communications system
AssigneeSilver Spring Networks, Inc.
InventorGeorge H. Flammer, III
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a wireless communications system configured to efficiently operate within an arbitrarily and uniquely defined set of channels. Each one of the set of channels has an assigned digital radio transceiver instance configured to operate according to transmission requirements that are unique to the corresponding channel. A set of digital radio transceiver instances comprises a meta-transceiver, which enables communications to one or more other devices via one or more digital radio transceiver instances.
Claims25
A computer-implemented method for transmitting outbound data to a remote device via a meta-transceiver, the method comprising:
- determining that the outbound data should be transmitted;
- selecting at least one radio frequency (RF) channel for transmitting the outbound data, wherein the at least one RF channel is selected from a set of two or more RF channels based on a set of transmission requirements associated with the at least one RF channel, wherein each RF channel in the set of two or more RF channels is associated with a different instance of a digital transceiver configured to receive and transmit data via the RF channel;
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- transmitting the outbound data to the remote device via the at least one RF channel.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to transmit outbound data to a remote device via a meta-transceiver, by performing the steps of:
- determining that the outbound data should be transmitted;
- selecting at least one radio frequency (RF) channel for transmitting the outbound data, wherein the at least one RF channel is selected from a set of two or more RF channels based on a set of transmission requirements associated with the at least one RF channel, wherein each RF channel in the set of two or more RF channels is associated with a different instance of a digital transceiver configured to receive and transmit data via the RF channel;
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- transmitting the outbound data to the remote device via the at least one RF channel.
A wireless computing device, comprising:
- a digital radio circuit configured to generate a radio signal for data transmission and to receive a signal for data reception;
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- a processor that is coupled to the digital radio circuit and configured to:
- determine that the outbound data should be transmitted;
- select at least one radio frequency (RF) channel for transmitting the outbound data, wherein the at least one RF channel is selected from a set of two or more RF channels based on a set of transmission requirements associated with the at least one RF channel, wherein each RF channel in the set of two or more RF channels is associated with a different instance of a digital transceiver configured to receive and transmit data via the RF channel;
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- transmit the outbound data to the remote device via the at least one RF channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.