ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,153, issued on Jan. 20.

"System for communications in austere environments" was invented by Kevin Patel (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for remote communications are described. In some embodiments, a telecommunications system may include a case that houses a plurality of antennas, one or more access credentials, and a computing device comprising a processor. The system may be configured to: generate or obtain a plurality of data packets for transmission to a remote site, establish communications links with a plurality of communication nodes, transmit data packets to the first node and the second node, detec...