Patents by Inventor Olivier LAFONTAINE

Olivier LAFONTAINE 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).

  • Adaptive load balancing in residential hybrid gateways
    Patent number: 10153976
    Abstract: A residential gateway has a first, wired data connection and a second, wireless data connection. At least the second data connection connects to a network node which at least temporarily maintains simultaneous connections to at least one residential gateway and at least one mobile station. The residential gateway is communicatively connected to a load balancing controller. A method of operating the residential gateway for controlling load balancing comprises the residential gateway sending a registration request to the load balancing controller. The registration request comprises an identification of the residential gateway and an identification of the network node to which the residential gateway is communicatively connected. The residential gateway receives a listening address from which it receives load balancing control messages, and listens for load balancing control messages from the listening address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Geert Goemaere, Olivier Lafontaine, Jurgen Schoeters
  • ADAPTIVE LOAD BALANCING IN RESIDENTIAL HYBRID GATEWAYS
    Publication number: 20180041440
    Abstract: A residential gateway has a first, wired data connection and a second, wireless data connection. At least the second data connection connects to a network node which at least temporarily maintains simultaneous connections to at least one residential gateway and at least one mobile station. The residential gateway is communicatively connected to a load balancing controller. A method of operating the residential gateway for controlling load balancing comprises the residential gateway sending a registration request to the load balancing controller. The registration request comprises an identification of the residential gateway and an identification of the network node to which the residential gateway is communicatively connected. The residential gateway receives a listening address from which it receives load balancing control messages, and listens for load balancing control messages from the listening address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Geert GOEMAERE, Olivier LAFONTAINE, JURGEN SCHOETERS