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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Applicants:
William J. Miniscalco, Sudbury, MA (US);
Robert D. O'shea, Harvard, MA (US);
Irl W. Smith, Concord, MA (US);
Howard L. Waldman, Acton, MA (US);
Inventors:
William J. Miniscalco, Sudbury, MA (US);
Robert D. O'Shea, Harvard, MA (US);
Irl W. Smith, Concord, MA (US);
Howard L. Waldman, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/212 (2006.01); H04J 14/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A space-time division multiple-access (STDMA) laser communications (lasercom) system and related techniques. The STDMA system includes a plurality of remote nodes and an STDMA access node which uses precise electronic beam steering and beacons to provide access to each of a plurality of remote access nodes by means of both space and time-division multiple access.