Patent ID: 9119227
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A network array comprising: a first network having a plurality of first nodes, wherein the first network is an infrastructure network; a second network having a plurality of second nodes, wherein the second network is an ad-hoc network; and a forwarder node configured to operate as a slave in the first network and as a master in the second network; 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; wherein the forwarder node is configured to distinguish between data for transmission between the first and second networks and data for transmission within the first network and data for transmission within the second network; wherein the forwarder node comprises an implemented data transmission scheduling management function for controlling and regulating data to be transmitted between the first network and the second network and data to be transmitted within the first network or within the second network; and wherein the forwarder node communicates with the first network using a first operation frequency and communicates with the second network using a second operation frequency which is different from the first operation frequency.