SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN A BACKPLANE FABRIC ARCHITECTURE

摘要

A system and method of wirelessly communicating in a backplane mesh network is disclosed. A data message received from a first network device is handled at a first antenna system located in a first network device cabinet via a first network interface. The data message is wirelessly transmitted from a first millimeter wave antenna coupled to the first antenna system over a high speed backplane network to a second network device in a second device cabinet using emitted millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation. The data message is wirelessly received at a second millimeter wave antenna over the high speed backplane network using emitted millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation, wherein the received data message is handled by a second antenna system coupled to the second millimeter wave antenna. The received data message is sent, via a second network interface, from the second antenna system to the second network device.

主权项

1. A backplane network comprising:
a first antenna system located in a first network device cabinet including at least one first network device configured to transmit a data message over a high speed backplane; a first millimeter wave antenna of the first antenna system located external to the first device cabinet and configured to communicate with the first network device, the first millimeter wave antenna configured to wirelessly transmit the data message from the first network device over the high speed backplane using emitted millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation; a second antenna system located in a second network device cabinet including at least one second network device, wherein the first and second device cabinets are positioned spatially apart from one another; and a second millimeter wave antenna of the antenna system coupled to the second antenna system and located external to the second device cabinet, the second millimeter wave antenna configured to wirelessly receive the data message over the high speed backplane using millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation emitted from the second millimeter wave antenna, wherein the received data message is handled by the second network device.