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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Perpetuum Ltd., Southampton, GB;

Inventors:

Andrew Paul Pevy, Berkshire, GB;

Michael Allum, Andover Hampshire, GB;

David Robert Vincent, Ferndown Dorest, GB;

Assignee:

PERPETUUM LTD., Southampton, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); B61L 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); B61L 27/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2013.01); B61L 15/0027 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); B61L 27/0005 (2013.01); B61L 2205/02 (2013.01); H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); Y02D 70/39 (2018.01);
Abstract

A technique comprising: detecting at a first radio node a first signal indicating the number of hops at which a second radio node that transmitted the first signal first detected a second, earlier signal; and deciding whether to transmit said first signal onwards from said first radio node based at least partly on (i) a direction indicator in said first signal, (ii) a comparison of the respective numbers of hops at which said first and second radio nodes first detected said earlier second signal, and (iii) the result of a search at said first radio node for onwards transmission of said first signal by another radio node in the direction indicated by said hop-count number direction indicator.


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