Adaptive OFDM waveform module for jammed radio environments
This technology improves wireless communication by cleverly repeating the same data signal across different frequencies, time slots, and antenna paths in a structured pattern. A receiver trained to recognize these patterns can reconstruct the original signal even in noisy, crowded, or signal-degraded environments. The key innovation is that the transmitter and receiver adapt together — the receiver's filters learn the repetition pattern on the fly without needing to be pre-programmed with it. This makes the system robust against interference and allows multiple users to share the same spectrum without stepping on each other.
What you could build
A waveform processing module for military or commercial radio systems that maintains reliable data links in heavily jammed or interference-dense environments. Primary buyers would be defense prime contractors building software-defined radios and tactical communication systems.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia's Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads corridors host major defense primes and DoD communications contractors — CACI, Leidos, General Dynamics, and Booz Allen — that actively license waveform and SIGINT-related IP.
Readiness: Lab validated
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Matthew Carrick, Jeffrey H. Reed, Vuk Marojevic
- Granted
- February 5, 2019
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 10200138
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