Dynamic socket waveform

• US 7,733,839 B1
• Filed: 01/24/2006
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Frank, Robert J., Chavez, Carlos J., Hoech, Karl F., Frank, Gunther B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
• Application Number:
  US11/338,233
• Time in Patent Office: 1,596 Days
• Field of Search: 455/450, 455/451, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 455/63.1, 455/67.13, 455/73, 455/77, 455/95, 455/103, 455/132, 370/310, 370/328, 370/329, 370/330, 370/338, 370/431, 370/343, 370/344, 367/77, 367/78, 367/79, 367/80
• US Class Current: 370/343
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0005 Time-frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/008 once only, on installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A system capable of operation with dynamic sockets includes a plurality of communications devices. Each of the plurality of communications devices includes high band channel radio resources capable of communications at 900-2800 MHz and socket radio resources capable of communications at 30-1000 MHz. The high band channel radio resources and the socket radio resources are significantly separated in frequency so that the high band channel radio resources and the socket radio resources are suitable for concurrent operation with no interference and minimal isolation, co-site problems to solve in each of the plurality of communications devices. The plurality of communications devices are connected to a unifying mesh network by the high band channel radio resources. The unifying mesh network is suitable for allowing the plurality of communications devices to communicate with one another. When data needs to be transferred among a group of communications devices, a dynamic socket connection is negotiated on the unifying mesh network and is then formed with the socket radio resources. The dynamic socket formation is suitable for allowing the unifying mesh network to offload continuous receiver-directed or multicast traffic from the unifying mesh network channel and to free up public ad hoc communications bandwidth of the unifying mesh network.

Claims

1. A system for operating with dynamic sockets, comprising:

a plurality of communications devices, each of said plurality of communications devices including high band channel radio resources capable of communications at 900-2800 MHz and socket radio resources capable of communications at 30-1000 MHz, said high band channel radio resources and said socket radio resources being significantly separated in frequency so that said high band channel radio resources and said socket radio resources are suitable for concurrent operation with no interference and minimal isolation, co-site problems to solve in said each of said plurality of communications devices,

wherein said plurality of communications devices are connected to a unifying mesh network by said high band channel radio resources, said unifying mesh network being suitable for allowing said plurality of communications devices to communicate with one another, and

wherein when data needs to be transferred among a group of communications devices selected from said plurality of communications devices, a dynamic socket connection is negotiated on said unifying mesh network and is then formed with said socket radio resources, said dynamic socket formation being suitable for allowing said unifying mesh network to offload continuous receiver-directed or multicast traffic from a channel of said unifying mesh network and to free up public ad hoc communications bandwidth of said unifying mesh network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said unifying mesh network is suitable for allowing said plurality of communications devices to communicate with one another through a high performance low latency ad hoc link.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein said high performance low latency ad hoc link is Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT), Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), or Short Range Wireless (SRW).

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said socket radio resources are suitable for creating and varying Media Access Control and Signal In Space (SIS) approaches on the fly based upon application needs.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said socket radio resources are suitable for legacy modulation and control with a link.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said link is Single-Channel Ground-Air Radio System (SINGARS) or HAVQuick.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said group of communications devices includes two or three communications devices.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein sockets of said group of communications devices are formed with communications devices of equal bandwidth.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein sockets of said group of communications devices are formed asymmetrically so that at least one of said group of communications devices is provided only with listening socket capability.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein sockets of said group of communications devices are formed or terminated quickly at a point in time as facilitated by said unifying mesh network.

11. A method for operating with dynamic sockets, comprising:

providing a plurality of communications devices, each of said plurality of communications devices including high band channel radio resources capable of communications at 900-2800 MHz and socket radio resources capable of communications at 30-1000 MHz, said high band channel radio resources and said socket radio resources being significantly separated in frequency so that said high band channel radio resources and said socket radio resources are suitable for concurrent operation with no interference and minimal isolation, co-site problems to solve in said each of said plurality of communications devices;

connecting said plurality of communications devices to a unifying mesh network by said high band channel radio resources, said unifying mesh network being suitable for allowing said plurality of communications devices to communicate with one another;

negotiating, when data needs to be transferred among a group of communications devices selected from said plurality of communications devices, a dynamic socket connection on said unifying mesh network; and

forming said dynamic socket connection with said socket radio resources for allowing said unifying mesh network to offload continuous receiver-directed or multicast traffic from a channel of said unifying mesh network and to free up public ad hoc communications bandwidth of said unifying mesh network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said unifying mesh network is suitable for allowing said plurality of communications devices to communicate with one another through Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT), Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), or Short Range Wireless (SRW).

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said forming comprises forming sockets of said group of communications devices with communications devices of equal bandwidth.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said forming comprises forming sockets of said group of communications devices asymmetrically so that at least one of said group of communications devices is provided only with listening socket capability.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein sockets of said group of communications devices are formed or terminated quickly at a point in time as facilitated by said unifying mesh network.