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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2022
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Jonathan Gilson, West Hartford, CT (US);
Joseph V. Mantese, Ellington, CT (US);
Goran Djuknic, New York, NY (US);
Gurkan Gok, Milford, CT (US);
Brenda J. Lisitano, Middletown, CT (US);
Sanjay Bajekal, Simsbury, CT (US);
Coy Bruce Wood, Ellington, CT (US);
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A system of a machine includes a network of nodes distributed throughout the machine. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate using a plurality of electromagnetic signals. A controller is operable to communicate with the nodes using electromagnetic signals. A radio frequency-based repeater is in the network between the controller and at least one of the nodes. The radio frequency-based repeater is configured to operate using power extracted from at least one of the electromagnetic signals when a signal-to-noise ratio is above a threshold, and the radio frequency-based repeater is configured to use energy stored in an onboard energy storage system when the signal-to-noise ratio is below the threshold.