Patent ID: 8514837
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04J,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating one or more data packets within a data communication network, said network including a plurality of communication nodes, wherein a first nodal set comprises a first plurality of said nodes which are operable to communicate via a communication medium with a second nodal set that comprises at least one communication node, said method comprising: (a) mutually synchronizing together two or more nodes of said first nodal set as mutually cooperating access point nodes, wherein the two or more nodes of said first nodal set are all mutually synchronized to one source that comprises a communication node of the second nodal set, in response to receiving a data packet from the communication node of the second nodal set, wherein mutual synchronization of the cooperating access point nodes is maintained for a time duration extending beyond reception of the data packet to included transmission of an entire subsequent one or more response data packets; and (b) simultaneously in a synchronized manner transmitting one or more response data packets from the mutually synchronized two or more nodes of said first nodal set via said communication medium for substantially simultaneous reception at said second nodal set.