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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
William B. Sorsby, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A node of a multi-node network includes a communications interface incorporating one or more paired antenna elements wherein a transmitter (Tx) element and receiver (Rx) element are oriented in opposing directions. The node discovers and/or links to other nodes of the network by orienting each paired antenna element to transmit to other nodes in one direction and receive in the opposing direction (e.g., through a transmit and receive region, the transmit region opposite the receive region). At subsequent time intervals (e.g., alternating with the first time interval or set thereof), the Tx antenna elements transmit in directions through the initial receive region, each transmit direction interleaved between two prior receive directions, while the Rx antenna elements simultaneously attempt to receive in opposing directions through the initial transmit region, each receive direction interleaved between two prior transmit directions.