OPTIMIZING PACKET/FRAME FORWARDING OR ROUTING IN A WIRELESS BACKHAUL TRANSPORT SYSTEM

摘要

Systems and methods are described for providing wireless backhaul transport. One element of the system is a highly integrated radio transceiver, including an integrated antenna. The radio transceiver may operate in the millimeter wave range (between 30 GHz and 300 GHz), and due to the small wavelengths, it is possible to integrate the antenna, which may typically compromise a number of antenna elements, with the radio transceiver in a single integrated circuit (IC) package, commonly referred to as a system-in-package (SiP) and/or antenna-in-package (AiP) format. The system supports multi-hop point-to-multipoint or multi-hop mesh networking topologies. Low level MAC routing tables are built and maintained to enable efficient packet and frame forwarding.

主权项

1. A multi-hop wireless communication system for enabling communication between nodes, the system comprising:
a first wireless communication module configured to:
inherently utilize beamforming to communicate with other wireless communication modules; and, a second wireless communication module configured to:
inherently utilize beamforming to communicate with the first wireless communication module; and,relay and/or forward frames received at the second module from other modules communicating with the second module to the first wireless communication module,
wherein the frames are relayed and/or forwarded according to an identifier associated with the frame that itself infers a set of antenna weights or a configuration to be used for a transmission of the frame.