APPARATUS AND METHOD TO COMBINE WIRED AND WIRELESS UWB APPLICATIONS
A system and method set up a beacon group for both wired and wireless UWB nodes along a single superframe with a single time frequency code and then transmits data between the wired and wireless nodes per the single superframe and time frequency code.
1 . A method, comprising:
setting up a beacon group for both wired and wireless UWB nodes along a single superframe;
transmitting data between the wired and wireless nodes per the single superframe.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wired nodes includes a gateway and wherein the transmitting transmits data from the gateway to the wired and wireless nodes.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting up uses a different time frequency code and beacon group for each medium.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting up includes channel scanning.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the beacon group includes a virtual beacon group for a wireless nodes beacon group and a wired nodes beacon group.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the wireless or wired nodes includes an Ethernet bridge.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wired nodes are distributed on a Cat5, telephone line or power line.
8 . A single chip for executing the method of claim 1 .
9 . A system, comprising:
means for setting up a beacon group for both wired and wireless UWB nodes along a single superframe;
means for transmitting data between the wired and wireless nodes per the single superframe.
10 . A system, comprising:
a processor for setting up a beacon group for both wired and wireless UWB nodes along a single superframe;
a switch control for controlling the transmission of data between the wired and wireless nodes per the single superframe.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the wired nodes includes a gateway and wherein the switch control controls transmitting data from the gateway to the wired and wireless nodes.
12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor further uses a different time frequency code and beacon group for each medium.
13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor sets up beacon group via channel scanning.
14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the beacon group includes a virtual beacon group for a wireless nodes beacon group and a wired nodes beacon group.
15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the wired or wireless nodes includes an Ethernet bridge.
16 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the wired nodes are distributed on a Cat5, telephone line or power line.
17 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising a forwarding look-up table for switching and repeating functions over different mediums.
18 . A single chip incorporating the system of claim 10 .