Patent ID: 9578680
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of communicating in an ad hoc wireless network by a wireless device, the method comprising: transmitting or receiving, on a first radio frequency (RF) channel of the wireless network, a first signal by at least a first radio of the wireless device, the first signal encoded using a modem assembly of the wireless device; concurrently transmitting or receiving, on a second RF channel of the wireless network, a second signal by at least a second radio of the wireless device, the second signal encoded using the modem assembly of the wireless device; concurrently transmitting or receiving, on a third RF channel of the wireless network, a third signal by at least a third radio of the wireless device, the third signal encoded or decoded using the modem assembly of the wireless device; and determining that one of the first, second, or third signals is addressed to another wireless device communicating on the ad hoc wireless network, and in response to the determining, retransmitting the signal addressed to the other wireless device back to the ad hoc wireless network via a different radio other than the radio that received the signal addressed to the other wireless device; wherein the first signal is indicative of a retransmission of a link layer packet received on the second RF channel and transmitted using a data frame processor and multiplexer and wherein the link layer packet is transmitted without moving up or down a protocol stack by tagging the link layer packet.