Patents by Inventor Keith C. Buerger

Keith C. Buerger 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).

  • Communication scheduling of network nodes
    Patent number: 8014279
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to schedule network communications includes transmitting a node identification associated with a first node joining a network over a first portion of control timeslots based on a first probability, detecting nodes in the network using a second portion of the control timeslots and receiving acknowledgments from at least one of the nodes in the network. The method also includes that if a ratio of a number of acknowledgments received to a number of the nodes in the network detected is greater than a predetermined percentage: transmitting control data over the first portion of the control timeslots based on a second probability associated with a number of the nodes detected and transmitting data over the second portion of the control timeslots based on a network schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Sung Park, Darryn A. Johnnie, Michael A. Born, Colleen M. Touchard, Keith C. Buerger, Tyler J. Ulinskas
  • COMMUNICATION SCHEDULING OF NETWORK NODES
    Publication number: 20090052406
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to schedule network communications includes transmitting a node identification associated with a first node joining a network over a first portion of control timeslots based on a first probability, detecting nodes in the network using a second portion of the control timeslots and receiving acknowledgments from at least one of the nodes in the network. The method also includes that if a ratio of a number of acknowledgments received to a number of the nodes in the network detected is greater than a predetermined percentage: transmitting control data over the first portion of the control timeslots based on a second probability associated with a number of the nodes detected and transmitting data over the second portion of the control timeslots based on a network schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Sung Park, Darryn A. Johnnie, Michael A. Born, Colleen M. Touchard, Keith C. Buerger, Tyler J. Ulinskas