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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Richard C. Meyers, Arlington, VA (US);
Roy Smith, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. Meyers, Arlington, VA (US);
Roy Smith, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
System Planning Corporation, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for communications between a plurality of shipping containers and a central monitoring station using a meteor burst communication method is provided. The system may also be used as a redundancy scheme as a backup communications device for a primary satellite or cellular channel. The channel also uses an error protection protocol, and proposes a method to conserve battery power for the system.