Patents by Inventor Andrew C. Marcum

Andrew C. Marcum 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).

  • Patent number: 11621741
    Abstract: An adaptive modulation, coding and spreading (AMCS) transmitter is configured to map modulation symbols to a plurality of OFDM subcarriers to generate symbol-modulated subcarriers. For AMCS, some of the modulation symbols may be mapped to individual subcarriers (e.g., similar to conventional OFDM) and one or more of the modulation symbols may be mapped to (i.e., spread across) more than one of the subcarriers (i.e., unlike conventional OFDM) based on a spreading ratio. An IFFT may be performed on the symbol-modulated subcarriers prior to transmission. AMCS allows for adaptation to lower capacity and/or frequency-selective channels by optionally spreading existing modulations over multiple carriers and/or time slots. AMCS expands the catalog for possible modulations/codings by splitting a symbol across multiple carriers and/or time slots. AMCS is particularly useful when channel conditions are highly frequency-dependent or uniformly low capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Brandon Kremer, Andrew C. Marcum
  • Publication number: 20220271792
    Abstract: An adaptive modulation, coding and spreading (AMCS) transmitter is configured to map modulation symbols to a plurality of OFDM subcarriers to generate symbol-modulated subcarriers. For AMCS, some of the modulation symbols may be mapped to individual subcarriers (e.g., similar to conventional OFDM) and one or more of the modulation symbols may be mapped to (i.e., spread across) more than one of the subcarriers (i.e., unlike conventional OFDM) based on a spreading ratio. An IFFT may be performed on the symbol-modulated subcarriers prior to transmission. AMCS allows for adaptation to lower capacity and/or frequency-selective channels by optionally spreading existing modulations over multiple carriers and/or time slots. AMCS expands the catalog for possible modulations/codings by splitting a symbol across multiple carriers and/or time slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Brandon Kremer, Andrew C. Marcum
  • Patent number: 10185350
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-processor system and method for synchronization and event scheduling of multiple processing elements are generally described herein. In some embodiments, timing marks are provided to the processing elements and a start-timer command is broadcasted to the processing elements after an initial timing mark. The start-timer command instructs the processing elements to initiate an internal time reference after receipt of a next timing mark. Each of the processing elements maintains a copy of the internal time reference which may be used for synchronized event scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kassie M. Bowman, Andrew C. Marcum, Philip P. Herb
  • Publication number: 20170017261
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-processor system and method for synchronization and event scheduling of multiple processing elements are generally described herein. In some embodiments, timing marks are provided to the processing elements and a start-timer command is broadcasted to the processing elements after an initial timing mark. The start-timer command instructs the processing elements to initiate an internal time reference after receipt of a next timing mark. Each of the processing elements maintains a copy of the internal time reference which may be used for synchronized event scheduling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kassie M. Bowman, Andrew C. Marcum, Philip P. Herb
  • Patent number: 9342094
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-processor system and method for synchronization and event scheduling of multiple processing elements are generally described herein. In some embodiments, timing marks are provided to the processing elements and a start-timer command is broadcasted to the processing elements after an initial timing mark. The start-timer command instructs the processing elements to initiate an internal time reference after receipt of a next timing mark. Each of the processing elements maintains a copy of the internal time reference which may be used for synchronized event scheduling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kassie M. Bowman, Andrew C. Marcum, Philip P. Herb
  • Publication number: 20140245058
    Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-processor system and method for synchronization and event scheduling of multiple processing elements are generally described herein. In some embodiments, timing marks are provided to the processing elements and a start-timer command is broadcasted to the processing elements after an initial timing mark. The start-timer command instructs the processing elements to initiate an internal time reference after receipt of a next timing mark. Each of the processing elements maintains a copy of the internal time reference which may be used for synchronized event scheduling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kassie M. Bowman, Andrew C. Marcum, Philip P. Herb