Patents by Inventor Patrick Allen Schwinghammer

Patrick Allen Schwinghammer 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).

  • Systems and methods for operating wireless networks
    Patent number: 8121604
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless networks with inner and outer cells are provided. A base station determines an amount of traffic on an inner and outer cell. When the traffic exceed a predetermined threshold value, traffic is adjusted on the inner or outer cell. Traffic can be adjusted by handing off some of the traffic from the inner cell to the outer cell, from the outer cell to the inner cell, between sectors of the inner or outer cells and/or by handing off traffic to a proximately located base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Allen Schwinghammer