Patent ID: 7653394
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A system comprising a plurality of at least three nodes including an intermediate node for handing off the message from one node of the system to another node of the system, an originating node for providing the message to one of the intermediate nodes, and a destination node for receiving the message from one of the intermediate nodes; each of the nodes comprising: a transceiver receiving a message on the reference frequency from another node and transmitting the received message on the reference frequency to a subsequent node, the transceiver receiving the message transmits, on the reference frequency, an acknowledgment that the message has been received and the transceiver transmitting the message receives, on the reference frequency, the acknowledgment, wherein the acknowledgment is at least one of the following: a controller controlling operation of the transceiver to receive the message transmitted by another node and to transmit the received message to a subsequent node.