Patents by Inventor Alessandro La Piana

Alessandro La Piana 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 for configuring a communication network, related network architecture and computer program product therefor
    Patent number: 7286854
    Abstract: A communication network includes a plurality of antennas and includes among the antennas at least one reconfigurable antenna adapted to serve communication traffic in a respective coverage area, the reconfigurable antenna having a radiation diagram exhibiting a plurality of selectively adjustable gain values for a set of directions, each direction in the set defining a propagation path between the antenna and a portion of the coverage area, determining, for each direction in the set, at least one value of communication traffic and at least one attenuation value over the propagation path, and selectively and independently alloting to each direction in the set a respective gain value as a function of at least one of the value of communication traffic and the attenuation value determined for that direction. The arrangement is adapted for use in communication networks such as second and third generation mobile communication networks employing electrically controllable antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignees: Telecom Italia S.p.A., Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Ferrato, Enrico Giovanardi, Loris Paolo Stola, Valeria Dell'anna, Alessandro La Piana
  • Method for configuring a communication network, related network architecture and computer program product therefor
    Publication number: 20060148524
    Abstract: A communication network includes a plurality of antennas and includes among the antennas at least one reconfigurable antenna adapted to serve communication traffic in a respective coverage area, the reconfigurable antenna having a radiation diagram exhibiting a plurality of selectively adjustable gain values for a set of directions, each direction in the set defining a propagation path between the antenna and a portion of the coverage area, determining, for each direction in the set, at least one value of communication traffic and at least one attenuation value over the propagation path, and selectively and independently alloting to each direction in the set a respective gain value as a function of at least one of the value of communication traffic and the attenuation value determined for that direction. The arrangement is adapted for use in communication networks such as second and third generation mobile communication networks employing electrically controllable antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Marco Ferrato, Enrico Giovanardi, Loris Stola, Valeria Dell'anna, Alessandro La Piana