Non-interfering multipath communications systems

Abstract

A non-interfering multipath communication technique establishes a base transmit and receive period for a variety of spaced apart transceiver devices of a base station and communicates between at least one field station and the base station through those transceiver devices; a period of the base station is allocated amongst the transceiver devices to maintain the non-interfering multipath communication between the at least one field station and the base station.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A non-interfering multipath communication system comprising: 
 a base station having base transmit and receive periods and including a plurality of spaced apart transceiver devices;    at least one field station for communicating with said base station through a said transceiver device during said periods;    said base station including a controller device for allocating said periods amongst said transceiver devices to maintain non-interfering multipath communication between said at least one field station and said base station.    
     
     
         2 . The non-interfering multipath communication system of  claim 1  in which said base station includes a base clock circuit for defining said base transmit and receive periods and said field station includes a field clock circuit for defining field transmit and receive periods and at least one of said clock circuits generates a sync clock pulse to synchronize the clock circuits with each other.  
     
     
         3 . The non-interfering multipath communication system of  claim 1  in which said field station and said transceiver devices communicate via conductors.  
     
     
         4 . The non-interfering multipath communication system of  claim 1  in which said field station and said transceiver devices communication via electromagnetic radiation.  
     
     
         5 . The non-interfering multipath communication system of  claim 1  in which said field stations include at least one of a sensor transducer and an actuator transducer.  
     
     
         6 . The non-interfering multipath communication system of  claim 1  in which said controller device includes means for allocating said transmit periods to said transceiver devices randomly.  
     
     
         7 . The non-interfering multipath communication system of  claim 1  in which said controller device includes means for allocating said transceiver periods to said transceiver devices in a predetermined order.  
     
     
         8 . A non-interfering multipath communication method comprising: 
 establishing base transmit and receive periods for a plurality of spaced apart transceiver devices of a base station;    communicating between at least one field station and said base station through said transceiver devices; and    allocating at least a said transmit period of said base station amongst said transceiver devices to maintain non-interfering multipath communication between said at least one field station and said base station.    
     
     
         9 . The non-interfering multipath communication method of  claim 8  including establishing field transmit and receive periods for said field station and generating a sync clock pulse to synchronize the clock circuits with each other.  
     
     
         10 . The non-interfering multipath communication method of  claim 8  in which said transmit periods are allocated to said transceiver devices randomly.  
     
     
         11 . The non-interfering multipath communication method of  claim 8  in which said transmit periods are allocated to said transceiver devices in a predetermined order.