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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dmitry Ogorodnikov, Amherstburg, CA;
Steven Anthony Chapekis, Escanaba, MI (US);
Harald Christian Martinez, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A wireless network having a plurality of nodes include a main device at a starting location and configured to operate as a starting node; and a plurality of node devices serving as communication relays and connected in series forming a connection branch, the plurality of node devices including a first node device configured to deploy to a first location at a first distance from the starting location and wirelessly connect to the main device, and a second node device configured to deploy to a second location at a second distance from the first location and wirelessly connect to the first node device, wherein the second distance is shorter than the first distance.