The Boeing Company

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Michael S Foster

Michael A Dorsett

Arun Ayyagari

Robert Paul Higgins

Kevin Yong Ung

Ming Chen

Rodney Alan Hughes

Jimmy Susumu Takeuchi

Paul R Norris

David E Corman

Mark Richard Davis

Igor Elgorriaga

Xinyu Wang

Marcus R Gahler

Rodney D Cameron

Yefim Samullovich Poberezhskiy

Rick Blair

Richard N Blair

Brian J Hatley

A switchable transmit and receive phased array antenna ('STRPAA') is disclosed. The STRPAA includes a housing, a plurality of radiating elements, and a plurality of transmit and receive ('T/R') modules. The STRPAA may also include either a first multilayer printed wiring board (&#x201c;MLPWB&#x201d;) configured to produce a first elliptical polarization or a second MLPWB configured to produce a second elliptical polarization within the housing.

Switchable transmit and receive phased array antenna with high power and compact size

Embodiments of a sensor network system provide surveillance capabilities in multiple contexts/environments (e.g., military, commercial, scientific, civic, urban, wilderness, etc.). Network nodes may include devices such as sensors, network routers, network controllers, etc. Network sensors may be configured so that power management objectives are maximized. Network sensors (both individually and as a group) may be capable of intelligent and cooperative information gathering, so that the output of the sensor network does not contain high levels of irrelevant information. The network nodes may communicate among one another via one or more communication links, and in some cases, multiple routes between any two network nodes may be available. The sensor network may include aspects of both high data rate and low data rate network features. One or more network controllers may provide various network management capabilities, including management of network routing, information collection, information exportation, network configuration, etc.

Surveillance network system

Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods, apparatus, and articles allowing two nodes to communicate in a slot-based direct sequencing spreading communication system. Both a preamble sequence and a payload data spreading PN sequence are generated from the Time of Day and a given user code. Generated sequences are synchronized between two communicating nodes to allow slot-based DSSS communication to take place. Generated sequences also change dynamically from slot to slot to provide waveform security.

Method and device of generating time-varying preamble sequence and pseudorandom noise (PN) binary sequence in direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) communications

According to an embodiment, a method includes a Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) software overlay residing in a first plane of a node of the network is used to define hierarchical forwarding behavior for data being generated in the first plane. In a second plane of the network, local buffering and data retransmission is performed in response to at least one intermittent network outage. Communication between the first and second planes is performed to manage the transmission of data between the first and second planes as needed in the event of at network outage that is longer in duration than the at least one intermittent network outage, to thus prevent the loss of data.

Quality of service, policy enhanced hierarchical disruption tolerant networking system and method

Techniques for communicating data through a network so as to satisfy various Quality Of Service ('QOS') levels are described. The QOS levels may be selected based on a determined type of the data or the data communication, such as by a network manager after the data communication is registered, and QOS communication parameters are selected for the data communication to ensure that the QOS levels are achieved. Other techniques may also be used to ensure that a selected QOS level is achieved, including selecting an appropriate path through the network, controlling other data communications that use some or all of the selected path, and/or enabling preemption of such other data communications. QOS levels that are actually achieved may also be monitored, and the QOS communication parameters and/or path for a data communication may be dynamically modified based on differences between actual achieved QOS levels and desired QOS levels.

Communicating data through a network so as to ensure quality of service

A method and system for managing an interconnect fabric that connects nodes. A network manager manages an interconnect fabric or network of routing devices (e.g., interconnect fabric modules, switches, or routers) to allow source nodes to transmit data to destination nodes. The network manager receives registration requests from source nodes to send data to destination nodes, configures the routing devices of the network to establish a path from each source node to its destination node, and provides a virtual address to each source node. The virtual address identifies a path from the source node to the destination node. The source node sends the data to its destination node by providing the data along with the virtual address to a routing device of the network.

Method and system for path building in a communications network

An interconnect fabric module ('IFM') with high-speed switching capabilities. An interconnect fabric module can be dynamically configured to interconnect its communications ports so that data can be transmitted through the interconnected ports. Multiple interconnect fabric modules can be connected to form an interconnect fabric through which nodes (e.g., computer systems) can be interconnected. In one embodiment, data is transmitted through the interconnect fabric as frames such as those defined by the Fibre Channel and InfiniBand standards. The interconnect fabric module allows the creation of an interconnect fabric that is especially well suited for interconnecting devices utilizing multiple information types such as might be required by the devices of an enterprise data network ('EDN').

Method and system for virtual addressing in a communications network

A method, system, and computer-readable medium for integrating multiple techniques for processing data communications is described in which the processing steps shared by multiple of the techniques do not have to be duplicated by each of the techniques. In some situations, some or all of the multiple processing techniques are performed in parallel, such as on different processors. In some situations, a Multi-Protocol Edge Switch ('MPEX') is used to integrate multiple processing techniques for received data communications that are to be forwarded to a destination, such as by performing protocol translation, performing load balancing between multiple alternative destinations on one or more of the networks to which the MPEX belongs, performing firewall and other content-based analysis for any or all of the nodes on one or more of the networks to which the MPEX belongs, and/or providing content-based routing of data communications in order to identify appropriate destinations.

Integrated analysis of incoming data transmissions

An interconnect fabric module ('IFM') with high-speed switching capabilities. An interconnect fabric module can be dynamically configured to interconnect its communications ports so that data can be transmitted through the interconnected ports. Multiple interconnect fabric modules can be connected to form an interconnect fabric through which nodes (e.g., computer systems) can be interconnected. In one embodiment, data is transmitted through the interconnect fabric as frames such as those defined by the Fiber Channel and InfiniBand standards. The interconnect fabric module allows the creation of an interconnect fabric that is especially well suited for interconnecting devices utilizing multiple information types such as might be required by the devices of an enterprise data network ('EDN').

Method and system for interswitch load balancing in a communications network

Parallel analysis of incoming data transmissions

A system and method for providing synchronous clocking allows for precise control of the phase relationship of the clocking signals to thereby provide accurate duty cycles for proper system operation. A digital logic circuit, such as a D-type flip-flop, is provided with a phase signal and clock signal having a frequency relationship. The output of the digital logic circuit is a function of the phase signal and clock signal. The synchronous output may be provided to multiple locations within a system to allow for a synchronous local clock in each of the locations.

Generation of synchronized clocks to multiple locations in a system

Compact discs are continuously mass produced by continuously rotating a master roller about whose periphery a plurality of optical disc patterns are sequentially arranged in order to form inverse patterns on an elongated film fed to the roller at successive contact locations spaced apart of one another lengthwise of the film during each rotation. Each optical disc has a metallized layer which is protected from damage by the provision of sheets of non-negligible thickness.

Method of mass producing damage-resistant compact discs

A computer printer support for elevating a computer printer, which support includes a generally 'H'-shaped frame characterized by a pair of parallel support legs provided with four spaced recesses and a pair of spaced, parallel connecting braces for maintaining the support legs in parallel configuration. The computer printer support is designed to rest horizontally on a supporting surface to elevate the printer and facilitate location of a draft box containing printer paper and a dolly supporting the draft box into the printer compartment.

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