Also important, this processing power combined with advanced digital radio interface and signaling capabilities enables small-cell base stations to operate in a more efficient and dynamic mesh network, as opposed to a relatively static, point-to-point macro only system.

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Each node contained a small processor, a sensor and a low-powered radio with just enough power to talk to adjacent nodes and the network was just smart enough to reconfigure itself to reroute data whenever one node got damaged.

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Alcatel, however, will use a small radio transmitter concealed in the battery cover of the phone to transmit a coded low-power signal to the belt clip to tell it when to vibrate, a company spokesperson said after the press conference.

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