Patent Application: US-93929904-A

Abstract:
refers to networks that are comprised of wire and wireless transceivers connected by wire lines to form a hybrid network . the method implies : transmission of a data packet by one transceivers of the network ; reception of an initial fragment of the said packet by a router and storage of the said fragment in a buffer storage ; transmission of the stored fragment by the router to an addressee of the network . reception and storage of a successive fragment of the packet are performed simultaneously with transmission . then cycles of transmission of the stored fragment and simultaneous reception of a successive fragment are repeated right up to the last fragment , whereupon the last stored fragment is transmitted by the router . the router includes : a wire communication transceiver ; a wireless communication transceiver with an antenna system ; a processor designed for processing data packets to transmit and receive them by radio channel and wire line ; a storage to store a fragment of the data packet .

Description:
the hybrid network that performs data transmission by the method claimed herein includes spaced apart wireless and wire transceivers 1 1 1 2 , . . . 1 n and routers 2 1 , 2 2 , . . . 2 m , connected by wire line 3 . wireless transceivers 1 1 1 2 , 1 3 , 1 5 , . . . 1 n and routers 2 1 , 2 2 , 2 3 , . . . 2 m can be equipped with omnidirectional antenna systems 4 1 , 4 3 , 4 4 , 4 5 , 4 6 or antenna systems 4 2 , 4 7 , 4 8 , 4 9 , . . . 4 n with a controlled pattern . the existing electric power lines can be used as wire line 3 in the hybrid network . each of routers 2 1 . . . 2 m for example 2 1 ( see fig4 ), that is used to implement the claimed method for data transmission in the hybrid network incorporates wire communication transceiver 5 , matching device 6 , wireless communication transceiver 7 with antenna system , for example 4 1 , processor 8 intended to process data packets for synchronous transmission and reception of fragments of the data packet by radio communication or wire line , and buffer storage 9 intended to store a fragment of the said packet . the first input / output of wire communication transceiver 5 is intended for connecting to wire line 3 by means of matching device 6 , whereas its other inputs / outputs are connected to the inputs / outputs of processor 8 ; the first input / output of wireless communication transceiver 7 is connected with antenna system 4 1 , whereas its other inputs / outputs are connected to the inputs / outputs of processor 8 , also connected with buffer storage 9 . processor 8 intended to process data packets for synchronous transmission and reception of fragments of the data packets by radio communication or wire line can be made in the following way ( see fig5 ). it includes device 10 intended for detecting and identifying a fragment of the data packet , device 11 intended to control and choose reception / transmission mode and equipped with memory unit 12 of hybrid network structure , coder 13 intended to code a fragment of the said packet being transmitted , spectrum choice device 14 of the data packet , frequency synthesizer 15 and reception / transmission synthesizer 16 of fragments of the data packet . the first and the second inputs of device 10 intended for detecting and identifying a fragment of the data packet are connected to the second output of wire communication transceiver 5 and the second output of wireless communication transceiver 7 , respectively ; the first output of device 10 intended for detecting and identifying a fragment of the data packet is connected to the first input of the said buffer storage 9 , whereas its second output is connected to the first input of device 11 intended for controlling and choosing reception / transmission mode , whose first output is connected to the second input of wire communication transceiver 5 ; the second output is connected to the second input of wireless communication transceiver 7 ; the third output is connected to the input of spectrum choice device 14 of the data packet ; the fourth output is connected to the input of reception / transmission synthesizer 16 ; the fifth input / output is connected to memory unit 12 of network structure ; the sixth output is connected to the first input of coder 13 intended to code a fragment of the data packet , whereas the seventh output is connected to the second input of buffer storage 9 , whose output is connected to the second input of coder 13 intended to code the said fragment , whose first and second outputs are connected to the third inputs of wireless communication transceiver 7 and wire communication transceiver 5 , respectively ; their fourth inputs are connected to the first and the second outputs of frequency synthesizer 15 , respectively ; the input of frequency synthesizer 15 is connected to the output of spectrum choice device 14 of the data packet ; the first and the second outputs of reception / transmission synthesizer 16 are connected to the fifth inputs of wire communication transceiver 5 and wireless communication transceiver 7 , respectively . in accordance with the method claimed herein , data transmission in the hybrid network is performed in the following way . let one of transceivers of the hybrid network ( see fig1 ), for instance , wireless transceiver 1 2 , transmit a data packet to another transceiver of this network , for instance , to wire transceiver 1 4 . for this purpose transceiver 1 2 transmits the data packet with the aid of antenna system 4 2 to a network router with which it has stable radio communication , for instance , router 2 1 . router 2 1 ( see fig4 ) that is ready to receive signals in wire and wireless communication lines ( see fig2 ), with the aid of its antenna system 4 1 and wireless communication transceiver 7 , receives an initial fragment of the data packet transmitted by transceiver 1 2 of the data packet , and stores this fragment in buffer storage 9 . processor 8 identifies the fragment , determines the parameters of packet reception , sets the parameters of packet transmission to the addressee — wire transceiver 1 4 . the initial fragment of the data packet stored by buffer storage 9 is transmitted into wire line 3 to wire transceiver 1 4 with the aid of transceiver 5 of wire network and matching device 6 . simultaneously with the transmission of the initial fragment of the packet , a successive fragment of the packet is received by wireless communication transceiver 7 and buffer storage 9 stores it . a cycle of transmission of the fragment of data packet , stored in buffer storage 9 , by router 2 1 and synchronous reception of the successive fragment and the storage of it in buffer storage 9 proceeds right up to the last fragment of the data packet . when the last fragment is transmitted by transceiver 5 , router 2 1 is again switched over to reception of signals in wire and wireless communication lines . in the case of transmitting the data packet by a wire transceiver , for instance , by transceiver 1 4 , to a wireless transceiver of this network , for instance to transceiver 1 2 , transceiver 1 4 transmits the data packet via wire line 3 to a network router that has stable radio communication with the addressee , for instance router 2 1 . router 2 1 ( see fig4 ) that is ready to receive signals in wire and wireless communication lines ( see fig2 , fig3 ), with the aid of its wire communication transceiver 5 receives an initial fragment of the data packet transmitted by transceiver 1 4 , and stores the fragment in buffer storage 9 . processor 8 identifies the fragment , determines the parameters of packet reception , sets the parameters of packet transmission to the addressee — wireless transceiver 1 2 . the initial fragment of the data packet , stored in buffer storage 9 , is transmitted to wireless transceiver 1 2 with the aid of transceiver 7 of wireless network and antenna system 4 1 . simultaneously with transmission of the initial fragment of the packet , wire communication transceiver 5 receives a successive fragment of the packet , and buffer storage 9 stores it . a cycle of transmission of the fragment of the data packet , stored in buffer storage 9 , by router 2 1 and synchronous reception of the successive fragment and the storage of it in buffer storage 9 proceeds right up to the last fragment of the data packet . when transceiver 7 receives this last fragment , router 2 1 is again switched over to reception of signals in wire and wireless communication lines . if one of wireless transceivers transmits a data packet to another wireless transceiver of the hybrid network ( see fig1 ), for instance transceiver 1 2 transmits the data packet to transceiver 1 5 , then upon synchronous reception / transmission of fragments of the data packet by router 2 1 in the manner described above , the fragments transmitted by it are received from a wire line by router 2 4 that has stable radio communication with transceiver 1 5 . then router 2 4 performs synchronous reception / transmission of fragments of the data packet in the manner , illustrated by example 2 . thus , the routers of the hybrid network claimed herein perform simultaneous signal retransmission with a short delay , required to identify a minimum fragment of the data packet ( see fig6 ), thus providing a maximum rate of data transmission with high signal to noise ratio . processor 8 of router , for instance of router 21 , receives and identifies a fragment of the data packet being received , determines the parameters of packet reception , sets the parameters of transmission , and transmits the packet to an addressee of the hybrid network ( see fig5 , fig6 ) in the following manner . on detecting a signal , for instance via a wireless line , wireless communication transceiver 7 receives an initial fragment of the data packet , device 10 intended for detecting and identifying a fragment of the data packet transforms it into a binary code and enters into buffer storage 9 for a packet fragment . as the fragment is identified , device 11 intended to control and choose reception / transmission mode ( with the aid of spectrum choice device 14 of the data packet ) determines the parameters of frequency spectrum for transmission of fragments of the data packet , ( synchronized with the reception ) via a wire line and sets the parameters of frequency synthesizer 15 for wire communication transceiver 5 . after buffer storage 9 is filled with a fragment of the data packet , transceiver 5 is switched over to the transmission mode and transmits a fragment coded by coder 13 and read - out from buffer storage 9 , simultaneously ( synchronously ) with the reception of the successive fragment of the data packet ( received by transceiver 7 ), but with a short delay determined by the time needed to fill buffer storage 9 . the process of retransmission of the data packet arrived via a wire communication line is performed by router 21 in a similar manner , the only difference being that the reception of fragments of the data packet is performed by transceiver 5 and transmission of fragments of the data packet is performed by transceiver 7 . processor 8 may incorporate memory unit 12 intended to store the data that show the structure of the hybrid network . by comparison of the current address contained in the data packet that is received by the router , with addresses stored in unit 12 , a decision about retransmission of the packet to the addressee of the network can be made . when an initial fragment of the data packet is detected , the router can generate a signal of engagement of a communication line , by which the data packet being received will be transmitted . the routers of the hybrid network can exchange service information , for instance information about addresses of wireless transceivers of the network to ensure further address retransmission of data packets . the above - listed examples do not restrict other 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