Patent ID: 8755425

Claim:
A communication method for transmitting meta-data through a meta-carrier signal, the method comprising: encoding meta-data using an encoder, the meta-data comprising information that identifies or describes a repeating relay or one or more transponders of the repeating relay to which a spread meta-carrier signal is to be transmitted; modulating, using a modulator, the encoded meta-data signal; spreading, using a spreader, the modulated meta-carrier such that the spread meta-carrier signal results; transmitting, by a transmitting device, the spread meta-carrier signal to the repeating relay wherein the repeating relay does not process or modify the spread meta-carrier signal, the spread meta-carrier signal being transmitted over at least a portion of the bandwidth of the repeating relay without reserving the entire bandwidth for transmitting the spread meta-carrier signal; extracting, by a beacon extraction device within the repeating relay, the spread meta-carrier signal; routing, by the beacon extraction device, the spread meta-carrier signal to a beacon injection device; and embedding, by the beacon injection device, the spread meta-carrier signal to one or more transponders.