ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,697, issued on April 29, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Tactical multi-rat sidelink" was invented by John V. Thommana (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Jeffrey D. Grundmeyer (Walker, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The US DoD is moving to incorporate 5G, particularly for sidelinks networks. 5G sidelink network are desired to operate at company, platoon, and squad levels independent of connection to 5G base stations (gNB). The 5G sidelink standards, as defined by 3GPP, cannot operate under active jamming at expected threat levels. The sidelink standards are defined for commercial use and cannot withstand active...