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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Martin Ridgway Handforth, Kanata, CA;

Herman Kwong, Kanata, CA;

Guy Duxbury, Nepean, CA;

Aneta Wyrzykowska, Kanata, CA;

Larry Marcanti, Allen, TX (US);

Ryan M. Stark, Ottawa, CA;

Inventors:

Martin Ridgway Handforth, Kanata, CA;

Herman Kwong, Kanata, CA;

Guy Duxbury, Nepean, CA;

Aneta Wyrzykowska, Kanata, CA;

Larry Marcanti, Allen, TX (US);

Ryan M. Stark, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile backhaul inter-mesh communication point forms an interface between a wireless mesh network on a first level and a wireless mesh network on a second, higher bandwidth, level. The two wireless networks are differentiated, e.g., by causing the mesh networks to be formed using different spectra, protocols or coding, or antennae. The mobile intra-mesh communication point functions as an access point in the lower level mesh network and as a relay point in the upper level mesh network. Utilizing mobile inter-mesh communication points facilitates deployment of wireless network access points while enabling the location of access points to follow the concentration of network users. Mobile inter-mesh communication points may be deployed in personal vehicles such as cars, trucks, and motorcycles, public transportation vehicles such as busses, trains, and aircraft, emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances, and many other types of vehicles.


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