Patents by Inventor Dan Alan Coffin

Dan Alan Coffin 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: 9736860
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for scheduling node access to a shared resource. A method can include determining a position assignment for each of a plurality of nodes to create a ring schedule, the ring schedule defining time frames in which each node of the plurality of nodes has access to a resource that is shared among the plurality of nodes, the ring schedule comprising a plurality of epochs, and each of the plurality of epochs comprising a plurality of positions that define a time at which access to the resource begins, each of a plurality of nodes including a position assignment each epoch, and updating the ring schedule including permuting positions of the ring schedule with the position assignment remaining static or changing at least one position assignment in an epoch of the plurality of epochs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Joud Khoury, Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin, Dan Alan Coffin
  • Publication number: 20170034844
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for scheduling node access to a shared resource. A method can include determining a position assignment for each of a plurality of nodes to create a ring schedule, the ring schedule defining time frames in which each node of the plurality of nodes has access to a resource that is shared among the plurality of nodes, the ring schedule comprising a plurality of epochs, and each of the plurality of epochs comprising a plurality of positions that define a time at which access to the resource begins, each of a plurality of nodes including a position assignment each epoch, and updating the ring schedule including permuting positions of the ring schedule with the position assignment remaining static or changing at least one position assignment in an epoch of the plurality of epochs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Joud Khoury, Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin, Dan Alan Coffin
  • Patent number: 9351314
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing for dissemination of packets in a network performing distributed beamforming are generally described herein. In some embodiments, distributing packets from nodes in a squad local area network using a first waveform to beamforming nodes, providing scheduling to a long link interface for delivering a stream of packets free of scheduling conflict and distributing a copy of the packets from a long link interface based on the provided scheduling and using a second waveform, the first waveform being different from the second waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin, Joud Khoury, Dan Alan Coffin, Jerry Dwight Doty, II, Michael Brandon Kremer
  • Publication number: 20150264705
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing for dissemination of packets in a network performing distributed beamforming are generally described herein. In some embodiments, distributing packets from nodes in a squad local area network using a first waveform to beamforming nodes, providing scheduling to a long link interface for delivering a stream of packets free of scheduling conflict and distributing a copy of the packets from a long link interface based on the provided scheduling and using a second waveform, the first waveform being different from the second waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Christophe Jean-Claude Merlin, Joud Khoury, Dan Alan Coffin, Jerry Dwight Doty, II, Michael Brandon Kremer