Patents by Inventor Ian Neville Bendle

Ian Neville Bendle 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).

  • System and method to facilitate subframe scheduling in a split medium access control radio access network environment
    Patent number: 10420134
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a scheduling command for a subframe at a Remote Radio Unit (RRU), wherein the scheduling command provides a subframe configuration for the subframe; determining whether the subframe configuration comprises at least one resource block gap for the subframe; and if the subframe configuration comprises a resource block gap, utilizing the at least one resource block gap to accommodate one or more previously allocated resource blocks for one or more user equipment served by the RRU for which at least one of a previous downlink transmission has failed or a previous uplink grant has been delayed. In some instances, the subframe configuration can be associated with downlink transmissions and uplink transmissions for one or more user equipment served by the RRU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Neville Bendle, Oliver James Bull
  • System and method for decoupling long term evolution media access control scheduling from subframe rate procedures
    Patent number: 9844070
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving data associated with a user equipment (UE) at a central baseband unit; determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the data; communicating the data to a remote radio unit; communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and communicating the data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions. In some cases, the method can include communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit at a first rate and communicating the data to the remote radio unit at a second rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver James Bull, Ian Neville Bendle
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE SUBFRAME SCHEDULING IN A SPLIT MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20170223701
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a scheduling command for a subframe at a Remote Radio Unit (RRU), wherein the scheduling command provides a subframe configuration for the subframe; determining whether the subframe configuration comprises at least one resource block gap for the subframe; and if the subframe configuration comprises a resource block gap, utilizing the at least one resource block gap to accommodate one or more previously allocated resource blocks for one or more user equipment served by the RRU for which at least one of a previous downlink transmission has failed or a previous uplink grant has been delayed. In some instances, the subframe configuration can be associated with downlink transmissions and uplink transmissions for one or more user equipment served by the RRU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Neville Bendle, Oliver James Bull
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECOUPLING LONG TERM EVOLUTION MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL SCHEDULING FROM SUBFRAME RATE PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20160073426
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving data associated with a user equipment (UE) at a central baseband unit; determining one or more block time scheduling decisions for a plurality of subframes associated with the data; communicating the data to a remote radio unit; communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit; and communicating the data to the UE from the remote radio unit based, at least in part, on the one or more block time scheduling decisions. In some cases, the method can include communicating the one or more block time scheduling decisions to the remote radio unit at a first rate and communicating the data to the remote radio unit at a second rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Oliver James Bull, Ian Neville Bendle