Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Kolek

Stephen R. Kolek 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).

  • Dynamic beamforming for ad hoc networks
    Patent number: 7129890
    Abstract: A method, a node and a machine-readable medium are provided for dynamically adjusting a beam of an adaptive antenna array (302). A receiving node (101) receives, via a group of antenna array elements (302), a signal from a transmitting node (101). Each received signal from the antenna array elements (101) is digitized and recorded. K+1 output signals are generated from the recorded digitized signal. The k+1 output signals are generated by applying each of a group of weight sets to the recorded digitized signal. Each of the weight sets corresponds to a different one of k known neighboring nodes (101) and a weight set for generating an omnidirectional propagation pattern. Which one of the k+1 output signals to process is determined. The determined one of the k+1 output signals is processed and the packet encoded in the determined one of the k+1 output signals is decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignees: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Jason Keith Redi, Stephen R. Kolek