Self-forming ad-hoc network system
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsRussell K. Johnson, Michael D'Ortenzio, Keith Winnovich
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Abstract
Disclosed are a self-forming ad-hoc network architecture and triplet-based radio waveform for communicating via the network architecture. The self-forming ad-hoc network preferably has a plurality of network nodes including a point-of-presence node, one or more relay nodes that aggregate data (triplet) traffic, one or more sensor nodes that send and receive data from relay nodes, and one or more handheld nodes that send and receive data to and from relay nodes and communicate data between themselves. The communication waveform is defined by orthogonal triplets having multiple time slots, multiple frequency channels, and multiple hop sequences in a channel, that is used to communicate between the network nodes.
Claims20
A radio frequency communication system network architecture, comprising:
- a self-forming ad-hoc network including a plurality of distinct network nodes,
- each of the distinct network nodes configured to communicate with other nodes over one of triplets, each triplet being defined by dividing a total bandwidth of the each of the distinct network nodes into a number of channels that are further divided into a number of sub-channels, wherein the number of channels are divided into the number of sub-channels by frequency hopping.
A radio frequency communication system network architecture, comprising:
- a self-forming ad-hoc network including a plurality of network nodes including a point-of-presence node, one or more relay nodes that aggregate data (triplet) traffic, one or more sensor nodes that send and receive data from relay nodes, and one or more handheld nodes that send and receive data to and from relay nodes and communicate data between the handheld nodes, each of the network nodes configured to communicate with other nodes over one of triplets, each triplet being defined by dividing a total bandwidth of the each of the network nodes into a number of channels that are further divided into a number of sub-channels, wherein the number of channels are divided into the number of sub-channels by frequency hopping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.