Patents by Inventor Charles Joseph Datz

Charles Joseph Datz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mobile ad hoc network with dynamic TDMA slot assignments and related methods
    Patent number: 8942197
    Abstract: A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) may include mobile nodes, each having a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating with wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots. The controller may also be configured to dynamically divide into first type mobile nodes and second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William Michael Rudnick, Ngan-cheung Pun, Charles Joseph Datz, Stephanie Clark
  • MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK WITH DYNAMIC TDMA SLOT ASSIGNMENTS AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130100942
    Abstract: A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) may include mobile nodes, each having a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating with wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to operate in a geographic area using a time division multiple access (TDMA) protocol and based upon a TDMA epoch including TDMA time slots. The controller may also be configured to dynamically divide into first type mobile nodes and second type mobile nodes based upon a current topologic density in the topologic area relative to a topological density threshold so that each first type mobile node has a periodic TDMA time slot allocated in the TDMA epoch and so that each second type mobile node contends for contention interval TDMA time slots in the TDMA epoch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William Michael Rudnick, Ngan-cheung Pun, Charles Joseph Datz, Stephanie Clark