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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2003
Garold B. Gaskill, Camas, WA (US);
Garold B. Gaskill, Camas, WA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a dynamically reconfigurable network comprising a plurality of nodes having respective transmitters and receivers for transmitting and receiving respective signals to and from one another. In one embodiment, the network is adapted to determine whether a first maximum power can be found at which a first node can transmit a first signal that provides a minimum signal-to-noise ratio at a second node without exceeding a maximum signal-to-noise ratio that a third node requires to simultaneously receive a second signal from a fourth node. If the first maximum power cannot be found, the network is further adapted to cause the first, second, third, and fourth nodes to share a single sub-network. Alternatively, if the first maximum power can be found, the network is adapted to cause the first and second nodes to share a single sub-network that the third node is not permitted to share.