Patent ID: 8897184

Claim:
A wireless backplane network comprising: a first antenna system partially located in a first network device cabinet including at least one first network device; a first millimeter wave antenna of the first antenna system located external to the first device cabinet and configured to communicate with the first network device, the first millimeter wave antenna configured to wirelessly transmit a data message from the first network device over a high speed wireless backplane using emitted millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation; a second antenna system partially located in a second network device cabinet including at least one second network device, wherein the first and second device cabinets are positioned spatially apart from one another; and a second millimeter wave antenna of the antenna system coupled to the second antenna system and located external to the second device cabinet, the second millimeter wave antenna configured to wirelessly receive the data message over the high speed wireless backplane using millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation emitted from the first millimeter wave antenna, wherein the received data message is handled by the second network device.