Patents by Inventor Daniel Ernest Stephens

Daniel Ernest Stephens 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).

  • Signal jamming avoidance method for a frequency hopping communication system
    Patent number: 8165242
    Abstract: To avoid signal jamming, a method is provided for selecting a dwell channel on a receiver in a frequency hopping communication system. The method includes: measuring a noise level on channels over which a data signal is received at the receiver; selecting a dwell channel based on the estimated noise levels, where the dwell channel having the lowest noise level amongst a group of permissible channels over which to acquire a signal from a transmitter; and tuning the receiver to the selected dwell channel during a search state in which the receiver attempts to synchronize with a transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Edward Voglewede, Edwin McCall Leiby, III, Mark Walter Chamberlain, Patrick Lang, Fred C. Kellerman, Daniel Ernest Stephens
  • SIGNAL JAMMING AVOIDANCE METHOD FOR A FREQUENCY HOPPING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100284439
    Abstract: To avoid signal jamming, a method is provided for selecting a dwell channel on a receiver in a frequency hopping communication system. The method includes: measuring a noise level on channels over which a data signal is received at the receiver; selecting a dwell channel based on the estimated noise levels, where the dwell channel having the lowest noise level amongst a group of permissible channels over which to acquire a signal from a transmitter; and tuning the receiver to the selected dwell channel during a search state in which the receiver attempts to synchronize with a transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Edward Voglewede, Edwin McCall Leiby, III, Mark Walter Chamberlain, Patrick Lang, Fred C. Kellerman, Daniel Ernest Stephens
  • Signal jamming avoidance method for a frequency hopping communication system
    Patent number: 7782986
    Abstract: To avoid signal jamming, a method is provided for selecting a dwell channel on a receiver in a frequency hopping communication system. The method includes: measuring a noise level on channels over which a data signal is received at the receiver; selecting a dwell channel based on the estimated noise levels, where the dwell channel having the lowest noise level amongst a group of permissible channels over which to acquire a signal from a transmitter; and tuning the receiver to the selected dwell channel during a search state in which the receiver attempts to synchronize with a transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Edward Voglewede, Edwin McCall Leiby, III, Mark Walter Chamberlain, Patrick Lang, Fred C. Kellerman, Daniel Ernest Stephens