US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on May 12 for "Angle-of-arrival open-loop frequency-hopping communication system" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,394, issued on May 12, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Angle-of-arrival open-loop frequency-hopping communication system" was invented by Carlos J. Chavez (Marion, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are provided for directional communication systems in tactical environments, utilizing frequency-hopping signals to enhance low-probability-of-intercept, -detection, and -geolocation (LPI/LPD/LPG) performance; along with anti-jamming (AJ) performance, multiple access, and performance in multipath channels. Because frequency-hopping signals vary their radio frequency from dwell-to-dwell, ...