Patent ID: 8451929

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: at least two antennas; a multiple-input-and-multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-capable transceiver in communication with the at least two antennas; encoding circuitry capable of causing first data to be encoded; decoding circuitry capable of causing second data to be decoded; processing circuitry in communication with the multiple-input-and-multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-capable transceiver, the encoding circuitry, and the decoding circuitry, the processing circuitry capable of causing the apparatus to: link to a plurality of multiple-input-capable nodes including a first multiple-input-capable node and a second multiple-input-capable node, by: linking to the first multiple-input-capable node utilizing a first diversity channel, using a space-division multiple access protocol, and linking to the second multiple-input-capable node utilizing a second diversity channel, simultaneously with the linking to the first multiple-input-capable node utilizing the first diversity channel, using the space-division multiple access protocol; identify information in association with a single one of the plurality of multiple-input-capable nodes, the information including first information capable of being used to determine a coding, second information capable of being used to determine weights, and third information that is node-specific and capable of being used to generate power-related information; modulate transmit data, the transmit data being processed utilizing the coding that is determined based on the first information; apply the weights to the transmit data, where the weights are determined based on the second information; add a cyclic prefix to the transmit data; multiplex the transmit data with at least one predetermined signal; and generate power-related information based on the third information; wherein the apparatus is configured such that the multiple-input-and-multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-capable transceiver is capable of causing transmission of at least one transmit signal including at least a portion of the transmit data and at least a portion of the at least one predetermined signal to the single multiple-input-capable node, such that the at least portion of the transmit data is transmitted to the single multiple-input-capable node utilizing a plurality of different diversity channels, where the power-related information is transmitted to the single multiple-input-capable node for setting a power level with which the single multiple-input-capable node transmits; wherein the apparatus is further configured so as to allow dynamic routing utilizing another route different from a previous route associated with the at least one transmit signal; wherein the apparatus is further configured such that the dynamic routing includes allowing routing as a function of an interference associated with at least one link.