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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Timothy E. Snodgrass, Palo, IA (US);
Eric O. Zuber, South Amana, IA (US);
Dennis L. Hoffman, Coupeville, WA (US);
Timothy E. Snodgrass, Palo, IA (US);
Eric O. Zuber, South Amana, IA (US);
Dennis L. Hoffman, Coupeville, WA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes providing a multidirectional antenna unit including a plurality of directional antenna elements configured to spatially segment an operational theatre into a plurality of segmented regions, receiving radio frequency signals via the plurality of directional antenna elements from the plurality of segmented region, identifying a directional antenna element having the highest signal-to-jamming ratio, and connecting the directional antenna element having the highest signal-to-jamming ratio to a multifunction information distribution system terminal.