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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Narek Pezeshkian, Glendale, CA (US);
Kevin Holz, San Diego, CA (US);
Aaron Bruce Burmeister, San Diego, CA (US);
Abraham B. Hart, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoa G. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Leif E. Roth, San Diego, CA (US);
Narek Pezeshkian, Glendale, CA (US);
Kevin Holz, San Diego, CA (US);
Aaron Bruce Burmeister, San Diego, CA (US);
Abraham B. Hart, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoa G. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
Leif E. Roth, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of maintaining an ad hoc communications network between a base and a mobile platform as the mobile platform moves over a surface comprising the following steps: providing a radio relay device; physically coupling a deployer to the mobile platform, wherein the deployer is configured to releasably stow the radio relay device; sending video data from the mobile platform to the base; monitoring the strength of a network signal received over time at the mobile platform and issuing a weak-link warning when the highest signal strength received at the mobile platform drops below a threshold value; calculating video throughput data metrics based on video data received at the base over time, and issuing an imminent link-failure alert when the metrics reach a predefined condition; and deploying the relay device from the deployer to the surface after the weak-link warning and the imminent link-failure alert are issued.