	US 11,729,304 B2
	Self-organing communications network and systems
Dan F Scheffer, Frederick, MD (US); Sriram Manivannan, Baltimore, MD (US); Keren Espina, Randallstown, MD (US); Jennifer Pinkos, Hanover, MD (US); Can Gun Yaprak, Halethorpe, MD (US); and Alison Baskerville, Reisterstown, MD (US)
Filed by VORBECK MATERIALS CORP., Jessup, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,650.
Application 17/559,650 is a continuation of application No. 16/925,561, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,245,784.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,599, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,098, filed on Jan. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/957,421, filed on Jan. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329680 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/40 (2006.01); A41D 31/00 (2019.01); H04W 84/10 (2009.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 31/08 (2019.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)

CPC H04M 1/05 (2013.01) [A41D 1/002 (2013.01); A41D 31/08 (2019.02); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 1/368 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3855 (2013.01); H04W 84/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A wearable communications node, comprising:

an apparel item in the form of a harness that comprises:

a primary portion;

a halo element extending from the primary portion and positioned about the neck region of the user;

a fastener that demountably couples the primary portion to the halo element;

an antenna element;

an A/V hub affixed proximate to the halo element that receives audio and/or video input;

a communications device;

a battery;

a control circuit communicatively coupled to the antenna element, the A/V hub,

the communications device, and the battery;

wherein

the A/V hub demountably and communicatively couples to an audio/video source;

the control circuit is configured to establish, via the communication hub, a self-organizing local area network (“LAN”) with a plurality of computing devices that each connects directly, dynamically, and non-hierarchically to the LAN

the antenna element comprises:

a conductive composition comprising:

fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene;

a polymer;

the fully exfoliated single sheets of graphene

form a three-dimensional percolated network within the polymer; and

are separated on a nanoscale within the polymer.