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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Tj T. Kwon, Marion, IA (US);
William B. Sorsby, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
James A. Stevens, Lucas, TX (US);
Eric J. Loren, North Liberty, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed. The system may be a directional communications network (e.g., MANET) including at least a receiver or transmitter node. The receiver or transmitter node may include a communications interface with an omnidirectional antenna element and a controller. The controller may include one or more processors and have information of own node velocity and own node orientation relative to a common reference frame known to the receiver or transmitter node prior to the receiver or transmitter node receiving signals from a source. The receiver or transmitter node may be time synchronized to apply Doppler corrections associated with the receiver or transmitter node's own motions relative to the common reference frame. The transmitter and receiver nodes may exchange medium access control (MAC) packets prior to establishing directional communications links, determining bearings to each other via Doppler corrections with respect to the packet exchanges.