Patents by Inventor Mark Bruce Pyle

Mark Bruce Pyle 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 and apparatus for evaluating a received signal in a wireless communication utilizing long and short term values
    Patent number: 6049715
    Abstract: A long term average and a short term value of the strength of a received signal is used to determine a trigger condition in a mobile communications system to perform such functions as control channel or traffic channel reselect. The long term average removes the effects of short term fades in the short term signal that otherwise may cause a premature trigger decision. The short term value offsets historical bias that may be built into long term average. The actual trigger is only realized when both the long term average and the short term value exceed predetermined thresholds in a positive or negative direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Willhoff, Paul S. Meche, John S. Mayes, Lance Miguel LaBauve, Mark Bruce Pyle