Patents by Inventor Charles Datz

Charles 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).

  • Patent number: 8654627
    Abstract: The method and mobile ad hoc network include the use of a plurality of mobile nodes. A main communication path is established from a source node through intermediate nodes to a destination node. Alternative communication paths are established among intermediate nodes defined as standby nodes to define a multipath communication pathway from the source node to the destination node. The nodes include a controller and a wireless communications device cooperating therewith. Link quality is monitored by at least one intermediate node to neighboring nodes in the multipath communication pathway, and the main communication path is reconfigured within the multipath communication pathway to at least one of the alternative communication paths based upon monitored link quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Datz, Ngan-cheung Pun
  • Publication number: 20080310390
    Abstract: A communications system includes a plurality of nodes forming a time division multiple access (TDMA) communications network. Each node within the TDMA communications network includes a controller and wireless communications device allowing the nodes to communicate with each other using respective timeslots in a TDMA frame, also sometimes referred to as an epoch. Each node is operative for transmitting and receiving a beacon positioned in time at the front of a frame to carry configuration information about the nodes in the TDMA communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Ngan-Cheung PUN, Charles Datz
  • Publication number: 20080159151
    Abstract: The method and mobile ad hoc network include the use of a plurality of mobile nodes. A main communication path is established from a source node through intermediate nodes to a destination node. Alternative communication paths are established among intermediate nodes defined as standby nodes to define a multipath communication pathway from the source node to the destination node. The nodes include a controller and a wireless communications device cooperating therewith. Link quality is monitored by at least one intermediate node to neighboring nodes in the multipath communication pathway, and the main communication path is reconfigured within the multipath communication pathway to at least one of the alternative communication paths based upon monitored link quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Datz, Ngan-cheung Pun