Patent ID: 7983613

Claim:
A networking method, comprising the steps of: for a group of one or more wireless and/or wired devices wherein said group can be enlarged or reduced by respectively adding or subtracting one or more ultrawideband wireless devices from said group, providing at least one wireless repeater or relay comprising i) at least one receiver or transceiver for receiving signals or data, at least some of which are sent by said one or more ultrawideband wireless devices in said group, and at least one transmitter or transceiver for transmitting received, modified, stored, or delayed signals or data; and ii) a controller, which is either pre-programmed or programmable with network information, where said controller controls the processing of signals or data received by said at least one receiver or transceiver, wherein said controller operates in conjunction with at least one processor in order to pass, ignore, reject, redirect, modify, delay, or kill at least some of said signals or data in order to differentiate between desired or undesired signals or data or to prioritize data flows for improved network security, network management, network performance, or interference management for the individual or collective benefit of one or more of said one or more ultrawideband wireless devices within said group, said at least one wireless repeater or relay and said one or more ultrawideband devices forming at least part of a network; controlling, with said controller of said at least one wireless repeater or relay, transmission by said at least one transmitter or transceiver to at least one of said one or more ultrawideband wireless devices; and identifying, using said controller and said at least one processor of said at least one wireless repeater or relay, at least one of said one more devices in said group.