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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Dongsong Zeng, Germantown, MD (US);
John B Mckitterick, Columbia, MD (US);
James a Freebersyser, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Dongsong Zeng, Germantown, MD (US);
John B McKitterick, Columbia, MD (US);
James A Freebersyser, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A communication system is provided. The communication system comprises a remote transmitter, at least one central unit, and M number of nodes distributed in a coverage area to form a distributed array antenna in order to receive signals from the at least one remote transmitter and retransmit the received signals to the at least one central unit such that when combined the retransmitted signals form a composite signal with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) array gain of approximately M and the time to receive the retransmitted signals at the at least one central unit is increased by an inflation rate of approximately M or less.