Patents by Inventor Tom Soderlund

Tom Soderlund 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).

  • Selection of serving network element in telecommunications network
    Patent number: 7120131
    Abstract: A method of selecting the serving network element in a telecommunications network. Mobility agents or routers transmit attribute information on one or more network elements in advertising messages to at least one mobile node. This information is used in the mobile node for selecting the serving network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jukka Seppälä, Henry Haverinen, Martin Bergenwall, Tom Söderlund, Sami Uskela
  • Method and system for supporting the quality of service in wireless networks
    Patent number: 7006472
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for supporting differentiated services (quality of service) in a radio network. A radio access system is provided which supports the quality of service in data packet transmission over its air interface. The system comprises a selection of predefined default radio flows having different quality of service characteristics and means (4, 52) for selecting a radio flow having appropriate quality of service characteristics for the packet to be transmitted over the air interface from the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jukka Immonen, Juha Ala-Laurila, Tom Söderlund, Jouni Mikkonen
  • Anycast binding mobile communication method and system
    Patent number: 6721291
    Abstract: This is a method and system to efficiently do handovers for mobile IP. The mobile node registers itself with several foreign agents using a new registration type. Only one of the foreign agents is selected to forward the data packets of a data message to the mobile node. The selection algorithm may be one based on randomness, dynamic learning, message traffic congestion, or statistical information collected at the mobile node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nokia IP
    Inventors: Martin Bergenwall, Henry Haverinen, Jukka Seppälä, Tom Soderlund
  • Selection of serving network element in telecommunications network
    Publication number: 20020039367
    Abstract: A method of selecting the serving network element in a telecommunications network. Mobility agents or routers transmit attribute information on one or more network elements in advertising messages to at least one mobile node. This information is used in the mobile node for selecting the serving network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Jukka Seppala, Henry Haverinen, Martin Bergenwall, Tom Soderlund, Sami Uskela