Patents Assigned to Northrup Grumann Corporation
  • Patent number: 7082296
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for ensuring data availability for a plurality of programmable radios that are waveform agile and that are capable of operating over a plurality of different data links. An enterprise network management tool makes a determination of the threat states for each waveform supported on the programmable radios, and the enterprise network management tool communicates with the programmable radios to advise the programmable radios that a waveform has been compromised. The threat states determined by the enterprise management tool are used to identify which channels are available for dynamic reassignment and which are not. The identity of the available channels and the comprised channels are communicated to a gateway. The gateway establishes a plurality of virtual networks for the programmable radios, and the gateway transitions a programmable radio from one virtual network to another, when service has been denied on the intended delivery path that has been compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Northrup Grumann Corporation
    Inventor: M. Paul Zavidniak