Patent ID: 11863802
Assignee: INFRARED5, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method for streaming data through space using a system including an origin node configured to provide a stream of data, a plurality of relay nodes, and a plurality of edge nodes, configured by stream manager having access to data representing the physical locations of the origin node, the plurality of relay nodes, and the plurality of edge nodes, the method comprising:
the stream manager determining a configuration of data transmission for the stream, for a window of time, from the origin node to one or more of the plurality of edge nodes, wherein the configuration includes data indicating, for the window of time, pairs of nodes that are instructed to communicate with each other during the window of time, based on at least lines of sight between nodes during the window of time, based on the physical locations in three dimensions of the origin node, the plurality of relay nodes, and the plurality of edge nodes; and
the stream manager instructing the pairs of nodes to communicate with each other during the window of time;
the origin node transmitting the stream of data to a relay node, according to the configuration for the window of time, by communicating optically with the relay node when sharing a line of sight with the relay node; and
each relay node in one of the pairs of nodes in the configuration for the window of time, during the window of time, receiving the stream of data from a respective first node, from among the origin node or the plurality of relay nodes according to the configuration, and transmitting the stream of data to a respective second node, from among the plurality of relay nodes or the plurality of edge nodes according to the configuration, wherein the relay node transmits the stream of data to the respective second node by communicating optically with the second node when sharing a line of sight with the second node.