Patent ID: 6714551
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A metropolitan area network for communicating data among a plurality of local area networks, the metropolitan area network comprising:a. a plurality of transceivers, wherein pairs of the transceivers communicate data with each other over a corresponding wireless link, each transceiver including a transmitter for transmitting data over the corresponding wireless link and each transceiver including a receiver data from the corresponding wireless link; b. a plurality of transmission quality monitors, each coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of transceivers for monitoring a transmission quality for the corresponding wireless link; and c. a plurality of routers, wherein each router is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of transceivers and to a corresponding one of the plurality of local area networks, for routing the data received from he corresponding wireless link to the local area network when the local area network is a destination for the data and for routing the data to another one of the plurality of routers when the local area network is not a destination for the data and wherein each router selectively alters a format for transmitting the data to the corresponding transceiver based upon the rate at which errors occur in the data.