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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2005
Dae-sik OH, Overland Park, KS (US);
Tim W. Sill, Palette City, MO (US);
Thomas M. Steele, Shawnee, KS (US);
Saad Z. Asif, Kansas City, MO (US);
Leo R. Anderson, Jr., Raymoore, MO (US);
Dae-Sik Oh, Overland Park, KS (US);
Tim W. Sill, Palette City, MO (US);
Thomas M. Steele, Shawnee, KS (US);
Saad Z. Asif, Kansas City, MO (US);
Leo R. Anderson, Jr., Raymoore, MO (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
To provide high-data-rate wireless communication in both directions between a pair of nodes, the present invention provides for operating at least two asymmetric wireless connections in parallel but in reverse directions between the nodes. One of the asymmetric wireless connections will provide a high-data-rate forward link in one direction between the nodes, while the other asymmetric wireless connection will concurrently provide a high-data-rate forward link in the other direction between the nodes. The lower-data-rate reverse links provided by the asymmetric wireless connections can then be used to carry overhead control data or can be used to supplement the primary high-data-rate communication provided by the forward links. Preferably, 1xEV-DO will be used for both asymmetric wireless data links, but other asymmetric air interface protocols could be used instead.