Patent ID: 9078260
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A network array comprising: a first network having a plurality of first nodes; a second network having a plurality of second nodes, wherein both the first network and the second network are wireless networks and the first network is adapted as an infrastructure network and the second network is adapted as an ad-hoc network; and a forwarder node, wherein the forwarder node constitutes one of the first nodes and constitutes one of the second nodes to form a communication interface between the first network and the second network in such a manner that the forwarder node functions as a slave in the first network and as a master in the second network, wherein: the forwarder node is adapted to communicate with the first network using a first operation frequency and is adapted to communicate with the second network using a second operation frequency which is different from the first operation frequency, and wherein the forwarder node is adapted, prior to forwarding a data packet from the first network to the second network or to forwarding a data packet from the second network to the first network, to negotiate the data packet between the first and second networks and to assign a certain bandwidth for forwarding the data packet to predict time intervals indicating when the presence of the forwarder node is required in one of the first and second networks.