System and method for communicating between near field communication devices within a target region using near field communication

An apparatus of a near field communication node for communication with an active node within a target communication region, wherein the near field communication node is configured to:

• receive, at the near field communication node, a near field detectable signal, wherein the near field detectable signal has a power level sufficient to enable communication with the active node located within the target communication region,
• wherein the near field communication node has a plurality of mutually orthogonal antennas, wherein at least one of the mutually orthogonal antennas is operable to extract information from the near field detectable signal and modulate information onto the near field detectable signal, and wherein the plurality of mutually orthogonal antennas is operable to further define the target communication region;
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• wherein the target communication region is defined by the active node based in part on a wavelength of the near field detectable signal transmitted from the active node;
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• modulate, at the near field communication node, information onto the near field detectable signal, wherein the active node is configured to detect the modulated information and relay the information on the near field detectable signal to at least one of a plurality of near field communication nodes within the target communication region.

At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing communication between near field communication devices within a target communication region, the instructions when executed by an active node perform the following:

• generate, at the active node, a near field detectable signal having a power level sufficient to enable communication with a plurality of near field communication nodes located within the target communication region that is defined by the active node based in part on a wavelength of the near field detectable signal transmitted from the active node,
• wherein at least one of the plurality of near field communication nodes are configured to modulate information onto the near field detectable signal, and
• wherein the active node has a plurality of mutually orthogonal antennas, wherein at least one of the mutually orthogonal antennas is operable to extract information from the near field detectable signal and modulate information onto the near field detectable signal, and wherein the plurality of mutually orthogonal antennas is operable to further define the target communication region;
• detect the modulated information at the active node;
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• relay the information on the near field detectable signal from the active node to at least one of the plurality of near field communication nodes within the target communication region.

At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for performing communication between near field communication devices within a target communication region, the instructions when executed by a near field communication node perform the following:

• receive, at the near field communication node, a near field detectable signal, wherein the near field detectable signal has a power level sufficient to enable communication with the active node located within the target communication region,
• wherein the near field communication node has a plurality of mutually orthogonal antennas,
• wherein at least one of the mutually orthogonal antennas is operable to extract information from the near field detectable signal and modulate information onto the near field detectable signal, and wherein the plurality of mutually orthogonal antennas is operable to further define the target communication region;
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• wherein the target communication region is defined by the active node based in part on a wavelength of the near field detectable signal transmitted from the active node;
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• modulate, at the near field communication node, information onto the near field detectable signal, wherein the active node is configured to detect the modulated information and relay the information on the near field detectable signal to at least one of a plurality of near field communication nodes within the target communication region.