Patent ID: 7583935
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating data between a first transceiver and one or more of a plurality of second transceivers, wherein areas serviced by each of said plurality of second transceivers either overlap or are adjacent, comprising: operating said first transceiver and said plurality of second transceivers in an overlapping frequency range, wherein said first transceiver is a terrestrial transceiver, wherein each of said plurality of second transceivers operates in a time period different from a time period of another of said plurality of second transceivers, and wherein said first transceiver is configured to communicate data with one or more of the plurality of second transceivers; wherein each time period is separated from an adjacent time period by a guard time interval during which no second transceiver operates, said guard time interval having a maximum duration corresponding to a maximum time delay a signal takes to propagate a distance between each of said plurality of second transceivers to associated serviced areas and a minimum duration corresponding to hardware switch-over time, and wherein said first transceiver monitors signal strength of a received data signal from one of said plurality of second transceivers and compares the signal strength of the received data signal to strength of data signals received from surrounding areas serviced by remaining transceivers in said plurality of second transceivers and selects the second transceiver with the strongest signal.