Patents by Inventor William M. Rudnick

William M. Rudnick 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: 8488589
    Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node is formed as a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Rudnick, Stephen G. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20120236724
    Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node is formed as a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: William M. RUDNICK, Stephen G. Sherman
  • Patent number: 8213409
    Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node is formed as a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Rudnick, Stephen G. Sherman
  • Patent number: 8059578
    Abstract: A communications system includes a plurality of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh networks formed by a plurality of wireless nodes. Each plurality of wireless nodes within a respective TDMA mesh network comprises a transmitter and receiver that communicate on a primary and optionally at least one secondary frequency and use a TDMA epoch that is divided into at least a beacon interval using the primary frequency and a digital data interval using the primary and secondary frequencies. The wireless nodes are synchronized to each other such that the start of TDMA epochs for each TDMA mesh network overlap and have the same TDMA epoch duration or an integer multiple thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: William M. Rudnick
  • Patent number: 7894416
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating includes a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network. Each wireless node includes a transmitter and receiver and is operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Rudnick, David A. Clark
  • Patent number: 7773575
    Abstract: In accordance with a non-limiting example of the present invention, a communications system includes a plurality of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh networks, each comprising a plurality of wireless nodes, each having a transmitter and receiver that communicate on a primary and at least one secondary frequency, and communicate using a TDMA epoch that is divided into at least a beacon interval using the primary frequency and a digital data interval using both the primary and secondary frequencies. The wireless nodes are operative for allocating a secondary frequency usage of a digital data interval for a TDMA mesh network to fall into an unused portion of the secondary frequency usage of another TDMA mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: William M. Rudnick
  • Publication number: 20080198865
    Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William M. RUDNICK, Stephen G. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20080165745
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating includes a plurality of wireless nodes forming a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh network. Each wireless node includes a transmitter and receiver and is operative for transmitting data packets across the TDMA mesh network from a source node through intermediate nodes to a destination node using a TDMA epoch such that a slot of channel time is allocated in both time and TDMA epoch prior to a wireless node transmitting the data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: William M. RUDNICK, David A. Clark
  • Publication number: 20080019328
    Abstract: A communications system includes a plurality of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh networks formed by a plurality of wireless nodes. Each plurality of wireless nodes within a respective TDMA mesh network comprises a transmitter and receiver that communicate on a primary and optionally at least one secondary frequency and use a TDMA epoch that is divided into at least a beacon interval using the primary frequency and a digital data interval using the primary and secondary frequencies. The wireless nodes are synchronized to each other such that the start of TDMA epochs for each TDMA mesh network overlap and have the same TDMA epoch duration or an integer multiple thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: William M. RUDNICK
  • Publication number: 20080019298
    Abstract: In accordance with a non-limiting example of the present invention, a communications system includes a plurality of Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mesh networks, each comprising a plurality of wireless nodes, each having a transmitter and receiver that communicate on a primary and at least one secondary frequency, and communicate using a TDMA epoch that is divided into at least a beacon interval using the primary frequency and a digital data interval using both the primary and secondary frequencies. The wireless nodes are operative for allocating a secondary frequency usage of a digital data interval for a TDMA mesh network to fall into an unused portion of the secondary frequency usage of another TDMA mesh network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: William M. RUDNICK