Patents by Inventor Donald Brinkhurst

Donald Brinkhurst 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).

  • Joint uplink data processing by plural base stations
    Patent number: 8867468
    Abstract: Joint uplink processing by plural base stations includes sending, by a serving base station, a request for uplink resources of a second base station for receiving uplink data of a mobile station. The serving base station receives first uplink data from the mobile station, and the serving base station further receives (from the second base station) second uplink data of the mobile station received by the second base station using the uplink resources specified by the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karl D. Mann, Ping Yu, Jianguo Long, Donald Brinkhurst, Roger Mah
  • JOINT UPLINK DATA PROCESSING BY PLURAL BASE STATIONS
    Publication number: 20120195284
    Abstract: Joint uplink processing by plural base stations includes sending, by a serving base station, a request for uplink resources of a second base station for receiving uplink data of a mobile station. The serving base station receives first uplink data from the mobile station, and the serving base station further receives (from the second base station) second uplink data of the mobile station received by the second base station using the uplink resources specified by the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Karl D. Mann, Ping Yu, Jianguo Long, Donald Brinkhurst, Roger Mah