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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Applicant:
John W. Buttles, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Inventor:
John W. Buttles, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Wireless communication devices include a software-defined radio coupled to processing circuitry. The system controller is configured to execute computer programming code. Storage media is coupled to the system controller and includes computer programming code configured to cause the system controller to configure and reconfigure the software-defined radio to operate on each of a plurality of communication networks according to a selected sequence. Methods for communicating with a wireless device and methods of wireless network-hopping are also disclosed.