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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Patrick J. Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Michael J. Hurst, South Jordan, UT (US);
Daniel G. Watt, West Jordan, UT (US);
Dennis C. Pulsipher, Farmington, UT (US);
Inventors:
Patrick J. Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Michael J. Hurst, South Jordan, UT (US);
Daniel G. Watt, West Jordan, UT (US);
Dennis C. Pulsipher, Farmington, UT (US);
Assignee:
L-3 Communications, Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A directional access network can include a plurality of nodes and wireless links between ones of the nodes. Topology management of the network can discover when network fragmentation exists, identify nodes positioned to heal the fragmentation, and establish new active links between the identified nodes.