Patents by Inventor Ronald G. Tobin

Ronald G. Tobin 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).

  • Method and system for packet collision avoidance in a wireless communication system
    Patent number: 9788182
    Abstract: A system for wireless communication comprising a plurality of wireless stations; each station configured to receive and transmit communications on at least one channel, each station comprising at least one processor and at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor; the at least one processor being configured to sense communications on the at least one channel and to wait a predetermined number of units of delay before transmitting a communication on the channel; the predetermined number of units of delay before transmission of the next communication being operatively associated with communications by the respective units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: King F. Lee, Ronald G. Tobin, William A. Walsh, Peter H. Lawrence
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PACKET COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170064580
    Abstract: A system for wireless communication comprising a plurality of wireless stations; each station configured to receive and transmit communications on at least one channel, each station comprising at least one processor and at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor; the at least one processor being configured to sense communications on the at least one channel and to wait a predetermined number of units of delay before transmitting a communication on the channel; the predetermined number of units of delay before transmission of the next communication being operatively associated with communications by the respective units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I
    Inventors: King F. Lee, Ronald G. Tobin, William A. Walsh, Peter H. Lawrence