Patents by Inventor Brent Lane Goldstein

Brent Lane Goldstein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for generating a handoff candidate list
    Patent number: 5640676
    Abstract: In a cellular communication system (40) a handoff candidate list is generated for a source sector (51) by eliminating (12) from a list of potential handoff candidates (52-56) any sectors having an interference parameter exceeding a threshold value. The list is further reduced by determining (21) a handoff radius (60) and eliminating any candidate sectors (52-56) that fall outside the handoff radius (60). Candidate sectors (52-56) that do not have overlapping coverage areas are also eliminated (23). In addition, candidate sectors (52-56) having a relative angle of sight to the source sector (51) that exceeds a maximum angle are also eliminated (24). Finally, the list is reduced (15) to a preset number of candidates dependent upon the interference parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Garncarz, Timothy J. Gallagher, Brent Lane Goldstein