Patents by Inventor Michael L. Brobston

Michael L. Brobston 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).

  • Local multipoint distribution service base station apparatus
    Publication number: 20020174441
    Abstract: A local multipoint distribution service base station apparatus for sending and receiving communication signals to and from subscribers includes a base unit having at least one rack which is adapted to receive at least one subrack. At least one communication signal generating unit is also arranged and configured to be received by the subrack. In addition, a transmitting/receiving unit is operationally connected to the base unit for transmitting and/or receiving the communication signals to and from the subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James Scott Marin, William K. Myers, Donald G. Burt, Michael L. Brobston, Andrew Cilia
  • LOCAL MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE BASE STATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20020003808
    Abstract: A local multipoint distribution service base station apparatus for sending and receiving communication signals to and from subscribers includes a base unit having at least one rack which is adapted to receive at least one subrack. At least one communication signal generating unit is also arranged and configured to be received by the subrack. In addition, a transmitting/receiving unit is operationally connected to the base unit for transmitting and/or receiving the communication signals to and from the subscribers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 1998
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: JAMES SCOTT MARIN, WILLIAM K. MYERS, DONALD G. BURT, MICHAEL L. BROBSTON, ANDREW CILIA
  • Point to multipoint communication system with subsectored upstream antennas
    Patent number: 6304762
    Abstract: A point-to-multipoint communication system wherein the base station broadcasts the same frequency band signals over multiple sectors of given node. The base station includes a plurality of channel receivers (ch. 1-ch. n) for each sector and a plurality of antennas 36a and 36b selectively coupled to said channel receivers. The subsector antennas have these radiation centers offset from each other to present different coverage over the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: William K. Myers, Eugene A. Robinson, Hatcher E. Chalkley, Michael L. Brobston, Douglas B. Weiner