IP Library Granted Patent US 11,258,471
Granted Patent B2
US 11,258,471 · App. 16/714,053 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Integrative software radio

Inventors: Pedram Boghrat (Torrance, CA); Thomas C. Forrester (Torrance, CA); Tomasz Jannson (Torrance, CA); Andrew Kostrzewski (Garden Grove, CA); Robert Anthony Kunc (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA); Anthony Shangchi Lai (La Crescenta, CA); Kang S. Lee (Tustin, CA); John Matthews (Torrance, CA); Ranjit Dinkar Pradhan (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA); Robert Everett Stephens (Torrance, CA)
Assignee: PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION
H04B1/0475H03F1/3247H03F3/195H03F3/245H03F2200/321H03F2200/451H04B2001/045H04B2001/0425
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Patent No.
US 11,258,471
App. No.
16/714,053
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrative software radio embodies a single multi-radio device including functionalities that are a superset of a plurality of individual discrete radio devices includes a radio frequency transmitter that integrates transmission capabilities of a plurality of discrete transmitters such that the radio frequency transmitter is configured to generate a first amalgamated waveform that is a combination of individual waveforms, each individual waveform corresponding to the transmission capabilities of its respective one of the plurality of discrete transmitters, wherein the transmission capabilities each of the plurality of discrete transmitters comprise operating characteristics different from one or more of the other discrete transmitters, wherein a waveform of a discrete transmitter comprises an adjustable electromagnetic wavefront and a proprietary waveform generation component; and a mission module communicatively coupled to the plurality of discrete transmitters and configured to alter the wavefront of at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters to reduce interference among the at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters without adjusting the proprietary waveform generation component.

Claims (12)

1. An undesired radio frequency (RF) emission compensation module comprising:

a processor for monitoring, in situ, RF emissions of a host radio, and automatically modifying the radio frequency emissions of a mission module affixed to said host to prevent incompatible radio frequency emissions, or co-site interference and

libraries for both known RF signal patterns and unknown RF signal patterns, coupled to the processor to store and recall mitigation procedures for resolving exceptions caused by such signals, wherein a quasi-heuristic learning functionality associated with the libraries is employed in establishing an end-to-end feedback system between the undesired radio frequency emission compensation module and a remote target of a mission module's RF communications.

2. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 1 , further comprising a processing device configured to notify a user of an electronic device with audio, visual, or haptic cues that a selected configuration is invalid/unworkable.

3. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 2 , wherein the processing device is further configured to automatically prevent misconfiguration of an electronic device comprising two parts: a host and a mission module.

4. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 2 , further comprising a fail safe interlock possessing the ability to restrict the flow of electric current to an unoccupied/open electrical outlet/port unless an authorized electronic device is attached to said port.

5. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 1 , further comprising an embedded programmable read only memory used to authenticate a device attempting to draw electrical power from an outlet/port.

6. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 5 , configured as a child safety device for prevention of electrical shock/burn hazard from unoccupied household alternating current electrical outlets.

7. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 1 , wherein accessing the libraries reduces a time for resolution when said known RF signal patterns or said unknown RF signal patterns are encountered by the mission module.

8. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 7 , wherein the libraries can be analyzed off-line so as to establish the quasi-heuristic learning functionality to the mission module.

9. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 1 , wherein the remote target of the mission module's RF communications is a remote transceiver.

10. The undesired radio frequency emission compensation module of claim 9 , wherein the remote transceiver comprises at least one of: a second mission module; a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) transceiver; or a modified commercial off-the-shelf (MCOTS) transceiver.

Assignments (4)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR AGENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN REEL/FRAME 056047/0552 Recorded Nov 7, 2025
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS PREDECESSOR AGENT
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 073506/0548 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION; MERCURY MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC
To: MERCURY MISSION SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 061462/0861 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 5, 2021
From: PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 056047/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2020
From: BOGHRAT, PEDRAM; FORRESTER, THOMAS C.; JANNSON, TOMASZ; KOSTRZEWSKI, ANDREW; KUNC, ROBERT ANTHONY; LAI, ANTHONY SHANGCHI; LEE, KANG S.; MATTHEWS, JOHN; DINKAR, RANJIT; STEPHENS, ROBERT EVERETT
To: PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052014/0316 →
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