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- the present invention is in the field of network communications, including Data Network Telephony (DNT), such as Internet Protocol Network Telephony (IPNT) and pertains more particularly to methods and apparatus for enhancing DNT in narrow bandwidth wireless links.
- DNT Data Network Telephony
- IPNT Internet Protocol Network Telephony
- Data Network Telephony DNT
- IPNT Internet Protocol Network Telephony
- Data networks typically link computers over one or more sub-nets, which may include local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN) such as the Internet, company Intranets, and combinations of these and other data networks.
- LAN local area networks
- WAN wide area networks
- IPNT Internet Protocol Network Telephony
- DNT such as IPNT
- IPNT Internet Protocol
- packets are prepared in near real-time and broadcast over the data network(s) connecting involved computers adapted for DNT applications.
- the header for each packet includes a destination for the packet.
- IPNT Data Network Telephony
- wireless data transmission is also quite well-known in many applications.
- Internet service providers for example, are recently providing high data-rate wireless Internet access by satellite systems, and, where bandwidth is not substantially restricted at the receiver's end, such systems have proven successful for WEB page delivery and the like.
- Such systems have not proved to be friendly for DNT applications, and there are a number of reasons, which apply to these kinds of systems and to other kinds of wireless systems of more limited bandwidth even more so.
- the problems for Data Network Telephony in wireless systems are related to the real-time nature of telephony data and the typically limited bandwidth available in such systems.
- the distribution probabilities provide a situation where it is uncommon for several or many users to demand unusual bandwidth at the same time.
- the phenomenon is known in the art as averaging. Even with known high-use times, it can be expected that distribution will be such that bandwidth will be adequate. In most wireless systems however, bandwidth is more precious, and averaging is hence not as helpful.
- a contributing problem is in the nature of real-time audio data as opposed to data transmitting stored documents and the like, which may be called data-data as opposed to voice-data.
- Data-data is prepared in packets for transmission from stored data of known capacity. The number of data packets needed to transmit a stored document, whether text, graphic, audio, or other, is a known quantity. Moreover, there is no fundamental loss if such data becomes delayed in transit. Once it arrives at a destination, the document may be reproduced.
- Voice-data packets for real-time conversations are different.
- the packets for voice-data have to be prepared and transmitted in essentially real time in both directions or a meaningful conversation cannot be held.
- the magnitude of packaged voice-data for a conversation will be inflated by acoustical background noise, which under some conditions can double or triple or even further multiply the amount of data having to be sent, imposing severe demand on available bandwidth.
- the inventor has carefully considered the possibilities of a number of types of potential DNT applications, and has determined that it is desirable to provide DNT in wireless systems of many sorts to take advantage of some of the inherent advantages of DNT over dedicated connection-type telephony systems, and to provide DNT capability in systems that also are capable of data transfer of the data-data type described above, such as of stored digital documents and entities.
- a novel system in this patent application is proposed, for example, using relatively small, battery-powered, hand-held computer communicators with DNT capability to be carried by users within range of multiple Network Interface Adapters (satellite transceivers).
- wireless communication is provided by RF signaling.
- the invention is not limited to RF, and could be implemented in an Infra system or any other system providing wireless communication.
- the Network Interface Adapters may be coupled, for example, to a Local Area Network.
- a Local Area Network Such a system would be quite useful on a company premises for workers to keep in touch, hold phone conversations, share documents locally (Campus Intranet), and communicate with the Internet and other connected computers as well (Inter Campus Intranets or Extranets). Many variations of such systems are possible, but present technology does not render such systems really practical. Methods and apparatus according to various embodiments and aspects of the present invention, taught in enabling detail below, provide substantial improvements rendering such voice/data systems on narrow bandwidth links quite feasible and useful.
- a data network telephony (DNT) system comprising a base station connected to a DNT-capable data network and to a wireless transceiver and adapted to operate the transceiver by a two-way, narrow-band, multiple-channel, real-time duplex radio protocol, and to process DNT calls on the DNT-capable data network and to broadcast and receive the DNT calls to and from the plurality of communicator units via the transceiver as DNT data packets; and a plurality of portable computer-enhanced communicator units, including microphone and speaker apparatus, each adapted to communicate with the base station by the two-way real-time radio protocol and to process DNT calls.
- the portable, computer-enhanced communicator units are adapted to prioritize DNT data over other data when transmitting on the wireless network, such that DNT data always is processed before non-DNT data.
- the DNT-capable data network is a local area network (LAN).
- LAN local area network
- one or more of the communicator units is equipped with Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) adapted for recognizing human speech, and wherein audio data for DNT calls is processed by the DSPs, allowing substantially only human speech to be prepared as DNT packets for transmission.
- DSPs Digital Signal Processors
- one or more of the communicator units is equipped with noise cancellation microphone and speaker apparatus adapted for creating a noise reduction zone in the region of a principle speech input microphone.
- a method for enhancing quality of DNT calls comprising steps of (a) monitoring all outgoing wireless traffic at the portable communication unit; (b) recognizing DNT data as opposed to non-DNT data; and (c) transmitting DNT data always with preference over non-DNT data.
- the portable communication unit comprises a CPU and a memory, and the method is provided by the CPU executing a Quality of Service (QoS) algorithm stored in the memory.
- the method is provided by the CPU executing Quality of Service (QoS) code provided a s a portion of an operating system (OS) or a BIOS.
- FIG. 1 is an architectural overview of a wireless DNT system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a system diagram of the components and connectivity of components within a hand-held DNT device and associated network elements according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3A is a block diagram illustrating DSP function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3B is a perspective view of unit 100 of FIG. 1 showing speaker and microphone placement.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating QoS components and negotiation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating dynamic address translation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is an architectural overview of a wireless DNT voice-data system 99 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Wireless voice/data system 99 comprises a plurality of receiving/sending hand-held units 100 - 600 that may be carried and used by individuals mobile throughout a local area such as a corporate campus having several buildings, and so on.
- System 99 in various embodiments is a radio-frequency (RF) based communication system, and may be a time-division-duplex multiple access (TDMA) system, a code-division multiple access (CDMA) system, or any other type two-way wireless protocol system, all of which are well-known in the art or may be invented in the future, but that are essentially wireless systems.
- RF radio-frequency
- voice/data system 99 may operate via infrared or other known or future form of wireless communication.
- Radio frequency systems are used in this embodiment for illustration because of their flexibility and abundance in the art.
- a combination of wireless technology may be used such as RF in combination with infrared capability with the infrared capability attributed to peripheral devices that may be used with a system.
- Each hand-held unit 100 - 600 (there may be more or fewer) is of the form of a portable computer and communication device such as a palm-top computer. Such devices are known in the art and may be suitable for practice of the present invention with addition of certain elements which will be clear from following descriptions.
- Each receiving/sending unit communicates via RF, as previously described, and has an RF interface module such as interface module 109 that is capable of receiving and sending radio signals and has a network interface capability.
- Each unit 100 - 600 has appropriate computer functionality attributed to palm-top and other portable style computers, and is powered, in most embodiments, via rechargeable battery. In some embodiments where portability is not an issue, they may be powered electrically via wall socket adapters as well, with recharge capability for battery packs. However, in a preferred embodiment unit 100 is portable. It will be apparent to the skilled artisan that many more units as allowed by available bandwidth may be used within a voice/data system 99 .
- Each unit 100 - 600 is capable of communicating in RF mode with a satellite transceiver 400 that may be located in a convenient proximity (communication range) to the sum of portable units within a sub-net of system 99 .
- Satellite transceiver 400 is dedicated to broadcasting and receiving data in RF mode to and from each unit such as unit 100 - 600 and has appropriate interface capability for computer communication as well as radio frequency sending and receiving capability.
- Satellite transceiver 400 is linked via dedicated digital connection 401 to a router 410 in the embodiment shown. This link may be any one of many sorts, such as serial pair, optical link, and so on.
- Router 410 is, more specifically, a digital routing node, adapted for routing data packets as in a digital network like the Internet.
- a router encompassing both types of telephony capabilities may be used.
- a router with dual capability i.e. routing both PSTN calls that are converted to DNT calls and originally sourced DNT calls is known to the inventor.
- Router 410 is linked via digital network connection to a network 500 .
- Network 500 may be of the form of a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, an Intranet, or another type of public or private digital network known in the art.
- Router 410 may be further linked as illustrated via dedicated connections 411 , and 412 to other routers or transceivers (not shown) as would be the case with a multi-distributed system wherein voice/data systems such as system 99 are duplicated and distributed over a larger geographical area (i.e. a campus) and linked to a network such as network 500 .
- Dedicated connections 411 and 412 are identical in scope to connection 401 as previously described.
- each transceiver such as transceiver 400 communicates with users over 16 dedicated narrow-bandwidth channels.
- a channel may be shared by two- or more infrequent users while a frequent user may have a dedicated channel.
- users with communication devices roam from system to system as will be described further below.
- DNT such as IPNT
- a user operating a portable communication device such as unit 100 while connected in wireless mode to a voice/data system such as system 99 , enabling the user to actively send and receive real-time data associated with DNT as well as to perform other data tasks such as file downloading, uploading and the like without losing the quality of the real-time DNT communication.
- a user may also roam away from and out of range of system 99 , in a multi-distributed embodiment, wherein any real-time data that was sent but not received by the user as he or she moves between transceiver regions is immediately rerouted as the user is associated with a new satellite transceiver. This feature allows a user to be completely mobile during real-time data transfer.
- DNT is not currently practical when practiced on networks having narrow dedicated bandwidth such as TDMA or CDMA systems as compared to high bandwidth systems (i.e. satellite wireless and connection-oriented systems) wherein sufficient bandwidth for DNT and other data transfer can be assured by packet averaging techniques and so on. Therefore, it is an object of the invention to provide method and apparatus for enabling successful and economical practice of DNT including IPNT over wireless networks of the prevalently existing narrow-bandwidth type described above. Such method and apparatus of the present invention is detailed in various embodiments below.
- FIG. 2 is a system diagram of the components and connectivity of components within voice/data unit 100 of FIG. 1 , and associated network elements external to unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Voice/data hand-held unit 100 is shown in FIG. 2 as a block diagram to reveal various components and features, some of which are enabling to unique features of the present invention, and some of which are standard features available in current art and generic to such devices.
- Unit 100 has a central processing unit (CPU) 101 in this embodiment including a digital signal processor (DSP) 101 a.
- DSP 101 a may be separate from CPU 101 , such as a separate chip communicating on bus 113 .
- DSP 101 a is adapted for voice recognition and may discern human voice from background noise. DSP functionality as provided in this embodiment is unique and is described in further detail below.
- unit 100 is a portable computer as well as a DNT communication device, suitable memory for storing programs and data is provided as memory (MEM) 102 and non-volatile memory (NV MEM) 103 .
- MEM memory
- NV MEM non-volatile memory
- a speech system 104 contains the necessary components for enabling DNT and IPNT telephony communication, and for doing necessary A/D and D/A conversion between digital voice-data and analog voice signals from a microphone (mic) or to operate a speaker.
- a microphone 106 and a speaker 105 are provided for audible send and receive function.
- an additional noise cancellation microphone 106 b and a noise cancellation speaker 105 b are included for the purpose of minimizing background noise. More detail regarding this unique noise elimination technique as applied to an embodiment of the present invention is provided below.
- An infrared tranceiver 107 is provided for the purpose of interfacing with peripherals that communicate via infrared signal.
- Infrared transeceiver 107 accepts input from such peripherals and converts the data to digital form for bus 113 .
- any other type of wired (such as USB) or wireless desktop network could be employed, including but not limited to induction, RF and so forth.
- Data-data as referenced in the background section, such as file documents and the like, may be converted to infrared data and stored, executed, or printed on infrared-capable peripherals that may be used with system 99 .
- a standard keyboard 112 and screen 110 are provided to unit 100 as with most portable computers.
- the screen may be any of a broad variety of such devices as known in the art.
- the keyboard may be a QWERTY keyboard or another sort.
- a mini-keyboard 111 may also adapt to unit 100 in some embodiments instead of keyboard 112 for the purpose of input for operation of unit 100 , for example mimicking a simple telephone interface.
- peripheral devices such as a full size keyboard 151 a PC 152 may communicate with unit 100 via infrared or other wired or wireless link as previously described.
- RF interface 109 provides digital wireless interface with transceiver 400 .
- each satellite transceiver 400 in the system of FIG. 2 typically broadcasts on a fixed number of channels within an assigned frequency range over an area surrounding the transceiver.
- each hand-held unit tunes to a particular channel, which may be negotiated with router 410 or other intelligence in the system.
- a very “thin pipe” By thin pipe in this specification is meant a connection to a user via a channel with very limited bandwidth.
- the first implementation involves the use of DSP (see DSP 101 a of FIG. 2 ) technology with speech recognition capability, and is described and illustrated below.
- FIG. 3A is a block diagram illustrating DSP function according to an embodiment of the present invention wherein only voice data packets and real data packets are sent during a transaction with a calling or called party.
- DSP technology while known in the art and applicable to many different types of products, is an innovative approach as it is applied to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the inventor knows of no current narrow-band wireless application wherein DSP with speech recognition is used for the purpose of managing bandwidth whereby only necessary data packets for voice-data are created during a real time transaction such as a DNT voice call. Data-data associated with file transfers and the like are created normally and sent along with voice data.
- CPUs can be used to perform DSP tasks, and hence no extra physical implementation of the DSP has to exist.
- some newer DSP design lend themselves to handle general purpose CPU/MPU functions, and hence can handle all aspects by themselves.
- DSP 101 a with speech recognition capability monitors input, sorts out speech from non-speech, and creates data packets for voice only and will not create packets during pauses when the user is not speaking. In this way, bandwidth is made available for other functions because data packets containing background noise and the like are never created. Data-data packets containing non-voice data such as file-transfer data and the like are created in normal fashion and sent along with DNT packets if the user is, of course, transferring a file and talking on the unit at the same time. This technique in this embodiment assumes that there is sufficient bandwidth for muti-task functions while actively engaged in a DNT call.
- the speech recognition function of the DSP chip may be programmed or trained to recognize different languages and so on. Also long sighs and other verbal non-descriptors may be ignored during the monitoring and DNT packet generating process.
- a DSP chip with speech recognition capability is also provided in routers such as router 410 .
- routers such as router 410 .
- incoming DNT packets, before encountering may be monitored by a similar DSP at router 410 and non-speech packets in a received DNT data stream can be eliminated, effectively making more efficient use of the narrow bandwidth of each channel to a user.
- DSP apparatus and techniques as described can effectively minimize bandwidth demmand for DNT in narrow wireless channels in either or both directions.
- FIG. 3B is a perspective view of unit 100 of FIG. 1 showing noise-cancellation speaker and microphone incorporation. While DSP with speech recognition capability is effective in reducing unwanted background noise, it may not be 100 percent effective, therefore another noise reduction technique is used wherein possibly a second microphone 106 b and possibly one more speaker 105 b are provided and strategically located on unit 100 for the purpose of canceling background noise that may be present at the users location. Depending on the implementation and the physical design of the device, additional MIC/SPKR may or may not be needed. If a system such as system 99 of FIG. 1 is implemented in an industrial setting, for example, background noise may be particularly significant. Speaker 105 and microphone 106 are used for normal speech and audio function during a DNT call or may be used in combination for noise cancellation.
- noise-cancellation speaker 105 b there may be more than one noise-cancellation speaker 105 b as well as more than one noise-cancellation microphone 106 b in unit 100 without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- the number and location of such devices will depend in part on intended application. For example, in a quiet environment, they may not be needed at all, whereas, in a noisy environment maximum capability may be desired.
- the noise cancellation system works by intercepting background noise by the auxiliary mic ( 106 b), then playing background noise back through one or more noise cancellation speakers placed to cancel backgound noise in a region at the principle mic 106 .
- Such noise cancellation is known in the art for such as traffic noise and the like, but application and implementation to background noise reduction enhancing DNT over narrow wireless links is surely unique and not obvious
- cancellation speakers and microphones may be held separate from unit 100 without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- One example of this would be utilization of a noise cancellation head-set.
- Router 410 is adapted to route data packets for both voice-data in DNT and data-data for such as file transfers to users in an area covered by transceiver 400 .
- each user is assigned a channel within the breadth of the tranceiver. Therefore voice-data and data-data for each user occupies just that channel in the wireless link between transceiver 400 and each user's hand-held unit.
- the hardwired link 401 is, however, preferably a single line, and carries all of the combined data for all the users in the area of transceiver 400 .
- router 410 can be troublesome, as router 410 sees only the combined bandwidth of all the channels. Therefore, in the event one or more of the users elects to download a large amount of data, router 410 would typically command the entire bandwidth of hardwired link 401 to transfer the data to transceiver 400 , and any or all DNT communications may be interrupted. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, then, router 410 treats hardwired link 401 as though it were a link of the bandwidth of the wireless channel for each user, dividing the hardwired link into a number of parallel pipes equal to the number of wireless channels used. Data management between real time voice-data and data-data is therefore maintained for the system between the router and the users, and DNT may be effectively maintained for the individual users.
- a basic but innovative Quality of Service (QoS) scheme is implemented on the client side.
- QoS Quality of Service
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating QoS management according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- This is accomplished in embodiments of the invention either with firmware that is embedded in NV MEM 103 , or via a software application 501 installed in system memory available in unit 100 .
- an instance of application 501 also resides in router 410 .
- the application provides a fixed algorithm that always prioritizes DNT data both in unit 100 and in router 410 . In this way, DNT data, as real time data, is always assured sufficient bandwidth. If another data type such as data from file transfer is initiated while simultaneously engaging in a DNT call, all such packets are held until there is a pause in the speech wherein no DNT data is being transferred.
- the transferring of files initiated by unit 100 takes place only during data gaps in the prioritized DNT communication. This is a one directional feature that only effects the communication link between unit 100 and router 410 , and the instances of application 501 at each end operate independently of the other. In other embodiments the unique uni-directional QoS routine may be used only at one end of the pipe or the other, either in router 410 or in the user's hand-held unit.
- a method whereby a user may roam away from and out of range of a transceiver such as transceiver 400 , and be smoothly and efficiently logged onto another transceiver in system 99 .
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating dynamic address translation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Three transceiver regions 97 , 98 and 99 are shown provided by separate transceivers spaced apart from each other but with overlapping areas, as is known in the art for such wireless systems; as is done in cell-phone systems, for example.
- regions 97 , 98 , and 99 define a sub-net 404 .
- Sub-net 404 is, in this case, serviced by a single router 410 .
- Such a case may represent, for example, a technical campus.
- Each unit 100 is capable of operating on one or another of defined channels in each of regions 97 - 99 , and RF tuning in the hand-held units is a matter of apparatus and procedures that are all well-known in the art.
- Router 410 in this embodiment is a lower-level router in a multi-level routing system connected to a higher-level router 415 via link 413 .
- router 415 is a Master router for the wireless system, and is linked to Net 500 .
- Master router 415 may be linked as well to other lower-level routers such as router 417 in another subnet 405 equivalent to subnet 404 , which in turn controls three transceivers, such as transceiver 418 .
- each user may have a home location served by a particular transceiver connected to a particular router.
- a particular user may, for example, typically be found in region 99 served by transceiver 403 connected to router 410 . This user will then be listed on the routing table of router 410 and the table of Master router 415 . If a call comes in to Master router 415 for this particular user, the call will be quickly routed to the proper end router and transceiver by virtue of the routing list entries.
- Each satellite transceiver such as transceiver 403 has a fixed number of channels, and a channel is assigned to each user.
- the purpose of a distributed system of the sort illustrated in embodiments of the present invention is to provide communication for all users regardless of the particular region (transceiver), and to allow users to move from region to region while maintaining communication.
- the user of unit 100 shown in FIG. 5 as resident in region 99 , has decided to roam to region 97 covered by transceiver 402 .
- location negotiation is periodically executed by each unit in operation with the nearest transceiver. As long as a user does not move from one region to another, the routing tables do not change. As the user of unit 100 enters region 97 , negotiation communication will occur with both transceivers 403 and 402 . At some point the system will determine that the user is to be handed off to transceiver 402 , at which time the routing tables are updated, deleting the particular user from transceiver 403 and assigning the user to transceiver 402 .
- router 410 services both regions 99 and 97 through transceivers 403 and 402 respectively, making this a relatively simple example of ripple.
- unit 100 would ping that new router through the closest satellite transceiver, and negotiate entry into the new subnet. In this case the user would be moved from the routing table in router 410 to the routing table in router 417 , rather than just updating the routing table in router 410 to a new transceiver and region.
- Routing lists at each router are updated as users move from region to region in the manner described above, wherein the minimum change is made with minimum impact on the stored and updated data for the system.
- routers such as router 410 assigned a varying number of satellite transceivers without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- routers may also be, in more sophisticated systems, several hierarchical levels of routers. There are many possibilities for system architecture.
- a software application known to the inventor as a personal router application is employed for flexibility in routing.
- a personal router application is taught in patent application Ser. No. 08/869,815 assigned to the assignee of the present patent application.
- a user may, among other capabilities, program alternative actions for incoming calls. For example, a user may need to leave an area, and a co-worker is selected to cover the first user's responsibilities. In this case, the first user can program through the hand-held unit and the personal router application, for incoming calls to the first user to be re-routed to the alternate.
- a broad range of other alternatives is available, including automatic answering with pre-recorded messages, call-holding, and many others.
- a user interface is provided wherein incoming calls are represented by icons on the user's screen, which the user may select to manipulate calls.
- the bulk of the personal router application is resident at the system routers, and each user has an interface whereby he/she may access the application on the system router in a client-server fashion, and edit routing rules on the router to effect the manner in which incoming calls for the user are handled.
- the rules that may be invoked in this manner are limited only by system capabilities and the user's needs.
- the personal router application provides maximum flexibility to the user without requiring additional equipment.
- a user need not be resident in any one voice/data system in order to apply his personal routing rules.
- By having an instance of the router application at each of the routers in the network a user may roam without losing access to personal routing capability.
- personal routing capability may be scaled up to cover a large geographical area such as routing calls to other sub-nets and so on.
- routing application may be used in conjunction with other routing applications that may be implemented separately from individual units without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- routing software may be stored at a machine dedicated to interfacing with routers so that more complicated routing rules may be observed.
- All of the embodiments of the present invention as previously taught herein are applicable to assigned the typical bandwidth types of wireless networks such as TDMA and CDMA networks.
- successful practice of the present invention in various embodiments can be further enhanced by implementing a wireless protocol between transceivers and users based on the characteristics of carrier-sensed multiple-access networks including collision detection (CSMA/CD).
- This type of network is most often employed as a hard-wired or wireless LAN architecture such as Ethernet.
- CSMA/CD In CSMA/CD all data is transmitted over a shared channel and each registered device that attempts to transmit data on the network must first listen to see if the network is free (carrier sense). Each device has a preset priority to use the available bandwidth over the network (multiple access). If two devices attempt to transmit at the same time, a collision occurs which is detected by all devices on the network (collision detection). Each device typically plans it's second-attempt transmission at a random amount of time after a collision is detected. As all of this takes place in a matter of micro-seconds, CSMA/CD provides a means of efficiently utilizing available bandwidth in a wireless shared system.
- Bandwidth-on-demand means that no device transmits during the transmission of another device on the network. Instead of individual channels of dedicated bandwidth being assigned to each unit, all incoming DNT communications are broadcast over the network wherein each unit picks up it's own coded information via addressing within the packet frame.
- CSMA/CD in wireless mode operates virtually the same as in hard-wired mode except that the network architecture with respect to linked devices would be closer than would be the case with a wired network.
- the inventor knows of no wireless CSMA/CD network that currently practices DNT.
- the wireless CSMA/CD implementation could use existing wireless LAN technology with the replacement of RF/NIA adapters such as module 109 of FIG. 1 with existing LAN type network adapters.
- DNT including IPNT may be practiced efficiently and economically on a wireless narrow-band network having dedicated channels as well as a wireless network having a shared channel with carrier sense capability and collision detection capability without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
- the methods and apparatus of the present may be implemented in various networks such as TDMA, CDMA, Global System Mobile (GSM), and other similar networks as well as CSMA/CD type networks.
- Such a wireless network enhanced by methods and apparatus of the present invention may comprise a plurality of voice/data systems belonging to one of a plurality of sub-nets each controlled by a router with each router linked to a LAN, a WAN, including but not limited to, the Internet.
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