US Patent Issued to Rockwell Collins on Dec. 16 for "Joint optimization of frequency and relay selection for resilient HF communication" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,339, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

"Joint optimization of frequency and relay selection for resilient HF communication" was invented by John V. Thommana (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Joseph Splean II (Ely, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for selecting frequencies of operation are described. HF signals may land at the receiver node with power levels dependent upon the transmit frequency. The frequency with the highest power level at the receiver node may be selected when the receiver node is not subject to interference. The receiver node may be unable to receive a desired sign...