Patents by Inventor Bruce A.B. Babb

Bruce A.B. Babb 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).

  • Directional mobile ad-hoc network
    Patent number: 10165621
    Abstract: A method for directional mobile ad-hoc communication may include transmitting a join message from a first node to a second node, receiving an accept message from the second node including a TDMA frame slot reassignment correlating to an available TDMA frame slot in a TDMA frame associated with the second node, reassigning a TDMA frame slot for the first node in the TDMA frame associated with the first node according to the frame slot reassignment, and assigning a TDMA frame slot for the second node in the TDMA frame of the first node. It may also comprise executing a discovery protocol to configure a directional mobile ad-hoc communication network between a first node and as second node, transmitting a bandwidth reservation request message from the first node to the second node, receiving a bandwidth reservation response message from the second node, and enabling a relay node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Amis, George A. Deprez, Steven Vanlaningham, Rachel A. Rivera, Bruce A. B. Babb
  • DIRECTIONAL MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120182932
    Abstract: A method for directional mobile ad-hoc communication may include transmitting a join message from a first node to a second node, receiving an accept message from the second node including a TDMA frame slot reassignment correlating to an available TDMA frame slot in a TDMA frame associated with the second node, reassigning a TDMA frame slot for the first node in the TDMA frame associated with the first node according to the frame slot reassignment, and assigning a TDMA frame slot for the second node in the TDMA frame of the first node. It may also comprise executing a discovery protocol to configure a directional mobile ad-hoc communication network between a first node and as second node, transmitting a bandwidth reservation request message from the first node to the second node, receiving a bandwidth reservation response message from the second node, and enabling a relay node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Alan D. Amis, George A. Deprez, Steven Vanlaningham, Rachel A. Rivera, Bruce A.B. Babb