US Patent Issued to Raytheon Applied Signal Technology on May 12 for "Signal synchronization and payload extraction in a communication network or other network" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,461, issued on May 12, was assigned to Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Signal synchronization and payload extraction in a communication network or other network" was invented by Michael H. Grover (Farmington, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining, at a specified device, one or more bandwidth maps contained in communications in a first direction along a transmission medium. Each bandwidth map identifies when one or more other devices are allowed to communicate in a second direction opposite the first direction along the transmission medium. The method also includes using the one or...