Patents by Inventor Richard Hollingsworth Cannon

Richard Hollingsworth Cannon 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: 9608718
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for demodulating a received signal containing modulated desired-signal digital data and relayed-interference that results from a nonlinear-distorted interference signal. Estimation of the nonlinear-distorted interference from a pre-distortion interference signal and subsequent cancellation within the received signal of the distorted interference produces a residual-interference signal that is subsequently demodulated to produce estimates of the desired-signal data. The estimation is adapted for changing nonlinear distortion effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Monsen, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon
  • Publication number: 20160359552
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for demodulating a received signal containing modulated desired-signal digital data and relayed-interference that results from a nonlinear-distorted interference signal. Estimation of the nonlinear-distorted interference from a pre-distortion interference signal and subsequent cancellation within the received signal of the distorted interference produces a residual-interference signal that is subsequently demodulated to produce estimates of the desired-signal data. The estimation is adapted for changing nonlinear distortion effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Monsen, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon
  • Patent number: 8913647
    Abstract: A method of receiving and reassembling non-sequential meta-data information embedded within an original burst carrier signal that receives multiple composite burst carrier signals each with an original burst carrier signal and a meta-carrier signal, wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original burst carrier signal and includes one or more bits of meta-data information of a meta-data message about the original burst carrier signal that is non-contiguous in reference to a temporal order in which the meta-data information is received, detecting a DSSS spreading sequence and extracting the meta-carrier signals from the composite burst carrier signals, determining a phase progression of the meta-carrier signals based on a PRN spreading code, and reassembling the one or more bits of meta-data information from each meta-carrier signal into a sequential order after an entire meta-data message is received and extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian Banister
  • Patent number: 8837627
    Abstract: A method of reducing signal correlation in a symmetrical adaptive canceller link comprising spectrally inverting one of a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal by causing a spectral inversion of one of the first and second carrier signals using a modulator, transmitting the first and second carrier signals within a bandwidth to a remote receiver using a transmitting device such that a composite carrier signal results, and cancelling at least one of the first carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the second carrier signal results on one end of the link and the second carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the first carrier signal results on the opposite end of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Louis Dubin, Cris Mamaril
  • Patent number: 8811460
    Abstract: A burst processing modem. Implementations may include a receive side including a channelizer adapted to process a plurality of channels and write a plurality of frames to a receive RAM array. A receive frame state machine may be adapted to generate a timing signal using a burst time plan for the plurality of frames. A demodulator may be coupled with the receive RAM array and adapted to read from the receive RAM array only the one or more bursts from the plurality of frames indicated by the timing signal. A transmit side may include a modulator coupled with a transmit frame state machine, with a transmit RAM array, and a combiner bank. The combiner bank may read the modulated plurality of channels from the transmit RAM array and assemble a plurality of frames using a timing signal generated from a burst time plan by the transmit frame state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Publication number: 20140226696
    Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian Banister
  • Publication number: 20140161204
    Abstract: A method of reducing signal correlation in a symmetrical adaptive canceller link comprising spectrally inverting one of a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal by causing a spectral inversion of one of the first and second carrier signals using a modulator, transmitting the first and second carrier signals within a bandwidth to a remote receiver using a transmitting device such that a composite carrier signal results, and cancelling at least one of the first carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the second carrier signal results on one end of the link and the second carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the first carrier signal results on the opposite end of the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Louis Dubin, Cris Mamaril
  • Patent number: 8699545
    Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian Banister
  • Patent number: 8675751
    Abstract: A method of embedding information within a burst carrier signal, the method comprising modulating meta-data using a modulator such that a meta-carrier signal results, lowering a Power Spectral Density (PSD) of the meta-carrier signal by Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) chipping the meta-carrier signal using a linear Pseudo-Random Number (PRN) sequence, embedding one or more modulated symbols of the meta-carrier signal within an unused portion of one or more quadrants of a modulation constellation of a burst carrier signal such that a composite carrier signal results, and synchronously transmitting the composite carrier signal using a transmitter such that symbols of the meta-carrier signal are synchronized with symbols of the burst carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Michael Beeler, Cris Mamaril
  • Patent number: 8654908
    Abstract: A method of reducing signal correlation in a symmetrical adaptive canceller link comprising spectrally inverting one of a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal by causing a spectral inversion of one of the first and second carrier signals using a modulator, transmitting the first and second carrier signals within a bandwidth to a remote receiver using a transmitting device such that a composite carrier signal results, and cancelling at least one of the first carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the second carrier signal results on one end of the link and the second carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the first carrier signal results on the opposite end of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Louis Dubin, Cris Mamaril
  • Publication number: 20120219038
    Abstract: A method of embedding and transmitting a meta-data message in an original burst carrier signal for message reassembly comprising spreading a meta-carrier signal using a Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) spreading code having a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) spreading code sequence, the meta-carrier signal comprising one or more bits of meta-data information about the original burst carrier signal, lowering a power spectral density of the meta-carrier signal using the PRN spreading code such that interference with the original signal is reduced, combining the original burst carrier and the meta-carrier signals using a modulator such that a composite burst carrier signal results wherein the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier, and transmitting the composite burst carrier using a transmitter over a telecommunications channel in which only one burst carrier signal is expected to be present within a predetermined frequency bandwidth at a point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
    Inventors: Michael Beeler, Frederick Morris, Cris Mamaril, Jeffery Harig, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Brian A. Banister
  • Patent number: 8238362
    Abstract: A burst processing modem and related methods. Implementations of a first method of demodulating bursts from a plurality of channels may include receiving a plurality of channels from a received beam and separating the plurality of channels and storing a plurality of frames in a random access memory (RAM) array with a channelizer where each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more bursts. The method may include serially reading, using a demodulator in response to receiving a timing signal, a desired burst from a frame stored in the RAM array wherein a burst time plan identifying the desired burst is used by a receive frame state machine to generate the timing signal. The method may include demodulating and decoding the desired burst using a demodulator and a decoder to produce a quantity of packet data, and sending the quantity of packet data to a specified destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Publication number: 20120128047
    Abstract: A burst processing modem. Implementations may include a receive side including a channelizer adapted to process a plurality of channels and write a plurality of frames to a receive RAM array. A receive frame state machine may be adapted to generate a timing signal using a burst time plan for the plurality of frames. A demodulator may be coupled with the receive RAM array and adapted to read from the receive RAM array only the one or more bursts from the plurality of frames indicated by the timing signal. A transmit side may include a modulator coupled with a transmit frame state machine, with a transmit RAM array, and a combiner bank. The combiner bank may read the modulated plurality of channels from the transmit RAM array and assemble a plurality of frames using a timing signal generated from a burst time plan by the transmit frame state machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Patent number: 8107515
    Abstract: A burst processing modem. Implementations may include a receive side including a channelizer adapted to process a plurality of channels and write a plurality of frames to a receive RAM array. A receive frame state machine may be adapted to generate a timing signal using a burst time plan for the plurality of frames. A demodulator may be coupled with the receive RAM array and adapted to read from the receive RAM array only the one or more bursts from the plurality of frames indicated by the timing signal. A transmit side may include a modulator coupled with a transmit frame state machine, with a transmit RAM array, and a combiner bank. The combiner bank may read the modulated plurality of channels from the transmit RAM array and assemble a plurality of frames using a timing signal generated from a burst time plan by the transmit frame state machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Publication number: 20110312290
    Abstract: A method of signal distortion correction in a telecommunications channel, the method comprising modeling predicted signal distortion of an electromagnetic (EM) signal using one or more non-linearity model parameters of a signal distortion model, calculating and transferring one or more coefficients of the one or more non-linearity model parameters to a signal transmit location, pre-distorting the signal using an inverse function based on the one or more non-linearity model parameters, and transmitting the pre-distorted signal over the telecommunications channel containing a non-linear amplifier to a remote receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
    Inventors: Michael Beeler, Richard Hollingsworth Cannon
  • Publication number: 20110310933
    Abstract: A method of embedding information within a burst carrier signal, the method comprising modulating meta-data using a modulator such that a meta-carrier signal results, lowering a Power Spectral Density (PSD) of the meta-carrier signal by Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) chipping the meta-carrier signal using a linear Pseudo-Random Number (PRN) sequence, embedding one or more modulated symbols of the meta-carrier signal within an unused portion of one or more quadrants of a modulation constellation of a burst carrier signal such that a composite carrier signal results, and synchronously transmitting the composite carrier signal using a transmitter such that symbols of the meta-carrier signal are synchronized with symbols of the burst carrier signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Michael Beeler, Cris Mamaril
  • Publication number: 20110243260
    Abstract: A method of reducing signal correlation in a symmetrical adaptive canceller link comprising spectrally inverting one of a first carrier signal and a second carrier signal by causing a spectral inversion of one of the first and second carrier signals using a modulator, transmitting the first and second carrier signals within a bandwidth to a remote receiver using a transmitting device such that a composite carrier signal results, and cancelling at least one of the first carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the second carrier signal results on one end of the link and the second carrier signal from the composite carrier signal using a cancellation technique such that the first carrier signal results on the opposite end of the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Comtech EF Data Corp.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Louis Dubin, Cris Mamaril
  • Publication number: 20100091825
    Abstract: A burst processing modem. Implementations may include a receive side including a channelizer adapted to process a plurality of channels and write a plurality of frames to a receive RAM array. A receive frame state machine may be adapted to generate a timing signal using a burst time plan for the plurality of frames. A demodulator may be coupled with the receive RAM array and adapted to read from the receive RAM array only the one or more bursts from the plurality of frames indicated by the timing signal. A transmit side may include a modulator coupled with a transmit frame state machine, with a transmit RAM array, and a combiner bank. The combiner bank may read the modulated plurality of channels from the transmit RAM array and assemble a plurality of frames using a timing signal generated from a burst time plan by the transmit frame state machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Publication number: 20100091777
    Abstract: A burst processing modem and related methods. Implementations of a first method of demodulating bursts from a plurality of channels may include receiving a plurality of channels from a received beam and separating the plurality of channels and storing a plurality of frames in a random access memory (RAM) array with a channelizer where each frame of the plurality of frames includes one or more bursts. The method may include serially reading, using a demodulator in response to receiving a timing signal, a desired burst from a frame stored in the RAM array wherein a burst time plan identifying the desired burst is used by a receive frame state machine to generate the timing signal. The method may include demodulating and decoding the desired burst using a demodulator and a decoder to produce a quantity of packet data, and sending the quantity of packet data to a specified destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, John Scott Crockett, Cris M. Mamaril, Mark Dale
  • Patent number: 7254188
    Abstract: A method and system for modulating and detecting high datarate symbol communications provides superior performance in channels having a fixed spectral efficiency. A quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) constellation and an optimized mapping are employed to encode/detect a communications signal and error correction is provided using high speed forward error correction techniques. A log likelihood detection scheme and/or a novel phase detector may be employed to further enhance performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Comtech EF Data
    Inventors: Richard Hollingsworth Cannon, Richard Macmillan Miller