Scott Allen Abfalter

US Patent:

20090013317, Jan 8, 2009

Filed:

Jul 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/772487

Inventors:

Scott A. Abfalter - Melbourne FL, US
Terry L. Williams - Melbourne Beach FL, US
Thomas L. Jordan - Melbourne FL, US
John J. Uberbacher - West Melbourne FL, US

Assignee:

AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION - Melbourne FL

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717170

Abstract:

A method for installing software to software-defined radio equipment. The method includes the step of transferring software to one or more software-defined radio devices from a remotely located software server. The software server can be a computer operatively connected to the software-defined radio device via a communications network. The transferring step can occur while the software-defined radio device continues to perform software-defined radio functions. The software can be stored to a portion of a data store associated with the software-defined radio device which is not being used as a storage for currently running software. The software can be loaded on a restart of the software defined device. An error indication can be provided if a fault occurs in the transferring step or the loading step. The method also can include the step of reverting from the selected software to a previous software version upon a fault occurrence.

US Patent:

20050055689, Mar 10, 2005

Filed:

Sep 10, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/659695

Inventors:

Scott Abfalter - Melbourne FL, US
Terry Williams - Melbourne Beach FL, US
Thomas Jordan - Melbourne FL, US
John Uberbacher - West Melbourne FL, US

International Classification:

G06F009/445

US Classification:

717174000, 717176000

Abstract:

A method for installing software to software-defined radio equipment. The method includes the step of transferring software to one or more software-defined radio devices from a remotely located software server. The software server can be a computer operatively connected to the software-defined radio device via a communications network. The transferring step can occur while the software-defined radio device continues to perform software-defined radio functions. The software can be stored to a portion of a data store associated with the software-defined radio device which is not being used as a storage for currently running software. The software can be loaded on a restart of the software defined device. An error indication can be provided if a fault occurs in the transferring step or the loading step. The method also can include the step of reverting from the selected software to a previous software version upon a fault occurrence.