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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2011
Applicants:

Dhananjay Lal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Vivek Jain, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dhananjay Lal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Vivek Jain, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/034 (2006.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless network arrangement includes a space having a hindrance to wireless communication. The hindrance includes a fixed barrier and/or a three-dimensional area for accommodating a moveable barrier. At least three wireless electronic nodes are wirelessly and communicatively coupled to each other. A broadcast range of the nodes is greater than a largest dimension of the enclosure. The hindrance is disposed between a first one of the nodes and a second one of the nodes. The at least three nodes are positioned within the enclosure such that a wireless signal communication path wirelessly and communicatively couples the first one of the nodes to the second one of the nodes. The communication path is non-intersecting with the hindrance. The communication path passes through at least a third one of the nodes. The communication path is formed exclusively of a plurality of joined linear segments. Opposite ends of each linear segment are disposed at corresponding ones of the nodes.


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