George A Waschka

44519168, May 29, 1984

May 12, 1980

6/149291

Paul W. Casper - Melbourne FL
Norman C. Seiler - West Melbourne FL
Thomas J. Nixon - Gaithersburg MD
George A. Waschka - Melbourne FL
Charles R. Patisaul - Melbourne FL
James W. Toy - Melbourne FL
Willie T. Burton - Palm Bay FL
W. B. Ashley - Manhattan Beach CA
Fred J. Orlando - West Melbourne FL
Ronald R. Giri - Melbourne FL
Peter H. Halpern - Longwood FL
J. Richard Jones - Melbourne FL
Harold Iley - Huntsville AL

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

H04J 312

370 16

A repeatered, multichannel fiber optic communication network includes a plurality of full duplex fiber optic channels and one or more auxiliary channels. In order to supervise and control the operation of the network, for both data transmission and fault/maintenance actions, each terminal station contains a processor-based subsystem capable of network monitoring, first level maintenance action, fault isolation, and remote network control and status reporting. This processor-based subsystem interfaces with each fiber optic channel, with an orderwire communication link, and with external input/output devices and surveillance equipment. Three substantially autonomous processor-based sections which are dedicated to performing specific functions within the overall network operation are employed for carrying out these separate interfacing tasks. Each section of the processor-based subsystem in a terminal station contains its own CPU and associated memory and is programmed to carry out specific functions identified with that section. Each section is interconnected with the other two so that, internally, the subsystem is fully integrated.

44492464, May 15, 1984

May 2, 1980

6/146164

Norman C. Seiler - West Melbourne FL
Thomas J. Nixon - Gaithersburg MD
George A. Waschka - Melbourne FL

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

H04B 720

455 9

An orderwire scheme for a multichannel repeated communication network contains an auxiliary communication link that is coupled to communication sites along the network and is configured of a pair of orderwire links each formed of a conventional interstitial copper wire pair. To carry out supervisory functions with respect to each of the stations along the communication link, messages are conveyed from a control facility coupled to or as part of the network to respective stations along the link in the form of command instructions. These messages may contain a request for information from the addressed site as to equipment conditions at the site or a directive that the equipment at the site perform a particular task. In reply to the command message sent to it the addressed site returns a response message back to the control facility representative of the action taken including any data requested by the instructions. In addition to providing a distributed communication link over which supervisory command and response messages can be transmitted among the stations along the orderwire link, a further facility for conveying voice communications over the same orderwire link is provided.

44492472, May 15, 1984

Jul 30, 1980

6/173876

George A. Waschka - Melbourne FL

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

H04B 720

455 9

An orderwire communication scheme for a fiber optic communication network includes terminal station equipment associated with the central offices at opposite ends of the network and signal regenerator equipment at the repeater sites disposed between the terminal stations. The communication format along the link is a data-over-voice scheme, the data being digitally encoded on an FSK modulated carrier. In carrying out supervisory functions with respect to each of the stations along the link, command messages are conveyed from the terminal stations at one of the central offices to respective stations along the link in the form of command instructions. Each command message from a central office's terminal station contains the address of the recipient station for whom the message is intended followed by a specific encoded instruction. The instruction may contain a request for information from the addressed site as to equipment conditions at the side and/or a directive that the equipment at the site perform a particular task. In reply to the command message sent to it, the addressed site transmits a response message back to the source station, representative of the status of a particular equipment condition or operation as requested by the command instruction.

20080252545, Oct 16, 2008

Apr 10, 2007

11/733296

Francis E. PARSCHE - Palm Bay FL, US
Richard FOLIO - Melbourne FL, US
George A. WASCHKA - Melbourne Beach FL, US

Harris Corporation - Melbourne FL

H01Q 21/00
H01P 11/00

343836, 29600

The antenna assembly is circularly polarized and may be able to receive multiple independent signals. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of electrically conductive layers arranged about an axis to define a series of adjacent corner reflectors (e.g. four to eight corner reflectors), and a plurality of spiral antenna elements. Each spiral antenna element extends across a respective open end of a corresponding corner reflector. Each corner reflector may have an equal corner angle, and each spiral antenna element may be a bifilar spiral antenna element and/or a log spiral antenna element. A housing may contain the corner reflectors and the spiral antenna elements. Electronic circuitry may be coupled to the plurality of spiral antenna elements and contained within the housing. The antenna is preferential for television reception on multiple channels and directions without consumer adjustment, as the antenna provides spatial, angular and frequency diversity through simultaneous overlapping beams.