Patents by Inventor Leo A. A. Vercauteren

Leo A. A. Vercauteren 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).

  • Mobile communication network having path selection means for selecting a communication path
    Patent number: 5504935
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile communication network (MCN) having communication paths (DCMRN, FBS, LE or ICMRN, RS, GCFN/GCRN, FBS, LE) between any one of mobile terminals (MT) and a fixed telecommunication network (FTN). Each communication path (DCMRN, FBS, LE or ICMRN, RS, GCFN/GCRN, FBS, LE) has a radio access link (DCMRN, ICMRN) between a mobile terminal (MT) and a relay station (RS) and has a relay link (GCFN/GCRN) between the relay station (RS) and a fixed base station (FBS). The mobile communication network has path selection means (FBS) for selecting, as part of a hand-over decision, a communication path (DCMRN, FBS, LE or ICMRN, RS, GCFN/GCRN, FBS, LE) between the mobile terminal (MT) and the fixed telecommunication network (FTN) based on measurement data of characteristics of radio access links (DCMRN/ICMRN) included in the possible communication paths (DCMRN, FBS, LE or ICMRN, RS, GCFN/GCRN, FBS, LE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventor: Leo A. A. Vercauteren