Patents by Inventor Derek Edmondson

Derek Edmondson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240159911
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting of spoofing or jamming activities near a train or other railroad assets uses a message sent from each of a plurality of base stations receiving a wireless packet transmitted by a radio of a railroad asset that reports the PNT information determined by the radio using GNSS and a timestamp for the time of arrival of wireless packet at the base station. The position of the asset is then calculated based on the time arrival of the wireless packet at each base station and compared to the reported position. A warning is generated if the difference exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Derek Edmondson
  • Publication number: 20220201587
    Abstract: A wireless train control network is adapted for forwarding data between a remote radio in an EOT unit and remote radio at the head of train using the base stations of the wireless train control network. A base station's current table of base station radios and remote radios that it hears or has a connection is distributed to neighboring base stations by a routing information exchange application. Tables are sent to and received from the application using a messaging service of the wireless train control network. A base station builds from the tables of neighboring base stations a route to a remote radio to which it is not connected, and forwards wireless data packets received for it by transmitting it to another base station radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Derek Edmondson