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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
May. 12, 2023
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Philip D. Dean, Lisbon, IA (US);
Eric J. Loren, North Liberty, IA (US);
Joseph T. Graf, Center Point, IA (US);
Matthew D. Bousselot, Marion, IA (US);
Steven V. Schatz, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Tj T. Kwon, Marion, IA (US);
William B. Sorsby, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed. The system may include a receiver or transmitter node. The receiver or transmitter node may include a communications interface with an antenna element. A controller may include one or more processors and have information of own node velocity and own node orientation relative to a common reference frame. The receiver or transmitter node may be time synchronized to apply Doppler corrections to signals, the Doppler corrections associated with the receiver or transmitter node's own motions relative to the common reference frame, the Doppler corrections applied using Doppler null steering along Null directions. The system may be configured to, via the Doppler null steering, at least one of: track an expendable asset of the system relative to a target; discover a rendezvous node; or identify at least one of a network relay node or a relay location for a network relay node.