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(11) EP 1 417 806 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
12.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/20

(21) Application number: 01963998.8

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04L 12/56
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2001/025451
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/017591 (27.02.2003 Gazette 2003/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71) Applicant: Paratek Microwave, Inc.
Columbia, MD 21045 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • DIFONZO, Daniel, F.
    Rockbille, MD 20853 (US)
  • HERSEY, Kenneth
    Clarksville, MD 21049 (US)
  • EKELMAN, Ernest, P.
    Damascus, MD 20872 (US)
  • CHEN, Shuguang
    Ellicott City, MD 21042 (US)
  • SENGUPTA, Louise, C.
    Ellicott City, MD 21042 (US)
  • SENGUPTA, Somnath
    Ellicott City, MD 21042 (US)
  • SCHOLL, Thomas H.
    Gaithersburg, MD 20877 (US)

(74) Representative: Luckhurst, Anthony Henry William 
MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE WIRELESS NETWORKS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SUCH NETWORKS