Patent ID: 7184767

Claim:
An ultrawide bandwidth wireless scatternet, comprising: a first network including a first controller for controlling operation of the first network, the first controller having a first usable physical area indicating a farthest distance to which the first controller can successfully communicate, and one or more first devices located in the first usable physical area; and a second network including a second controller for controlling operation of the second network, the second controller having a second usable physical area indicating a farthest distance to which the second controller can successfully communicate; and one or more second devices located in the second usable physical area, wherein one of the one or more first devices is a controller-capable device, wherein the controller-capable device operates as a child network controller for controlling operation of a child network, the child network controller having a child network usable physical area indicating a farthest distance to which the child network controller can successfully communicate, wherein at least one of the one or more second devices is within the child network usable physical area and operates as a child device in the child network, and wherein the first and second controllers exchange network information data via the child controller and the child device in the child network.