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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
David Baker, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Mark Justin Moore, Cambridgeshire, GB;
David Baker, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Mark Justin Moore, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Artimi Ltd, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
This invention generally relates to networks of communications devices, in particular ultra wideband (UWB) communications devices. An ultra-wideband (UWB) network comprising a plurality of UWB devices each forming a node of said network, pairs of said UWB devices being configured for communication with one another using one of a plurality of UWB channels, each said UWB device comprising a UWB transceiver for bidirectional communication over one or more of said UWB channels with at least one other of said UWB devices; and a device controller coupled to said UWB transceiver, said controller being configured to determine a said UWB channel for use in establishing a communication link with each other UWB device; whereby said network is configured for automatic construction of a set of communications links between said nodes of said network.