US 11,677,831 B2
Radio frequency waveguide system for mixed temperature environments
Jonathan Gilson, West Hartford, CT (US); Joseph V. Mantese, Ellington, CT (US); Gurkan Gok, Milford, CT (US); Eric J. Heims, Avon, CT (US); Goran Djuknic, New York, NY (US); Coy Bruce Wood, Ellington, CT (US); and Geoffrey T. Blackwell, Lebanon, CT (US)
Assigned to RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,751.
Application 17/578,751 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,008, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,265,380.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141289 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H01P 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/12 (2013.01) [H01P 3/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of a machine, the system comprising:
a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine, each of the nodes operable to communicate through one or more radio frequencies, wherein the machine comprises a cooler portion and a hotter portion; and
a means for communicating with the network of nodes using a higher frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the cooler portion of the machine and a lower frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the hotter portion of the machine.