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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
L3 Technologies, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Philip M. Hirz, Holladay, UT (US);
Brent Kenney, Bountiful, UT (US);
Thomas R. Giallorenzi, Sandy, UT (US);
Matthew J. Reimann, Draper, UT (US);
Patrick L. Newbold, Draper, UT (US);
L3 Technologies, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Transmitting a probe signal. A method includes transmitting a signal, having a predetermined total power, during a transmit cycle. The signal has a traffic channel transmitting user data and a probe channel to locate new nodes to add to the network. The transmit channel uses a first portion of the total power and the probe channel uses a second portion of the total power. The method further includes performing a probe cycle by lowering the power in the first portion of the total power and raising the power in the second portion of the total power, but maintaining the total power at the same level as the total power during the transmit cycle. The method further includes, after the probe cycle, raising the power in the first portion of the total power and lowering the power in the second portion of the total power.