Patents by Inventor Andrew Beals

Andrew Beals 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).

  • Self configuring high throughput medium access control for wireless networks
    Patent number: 7190686
    Abstract: A network architecture that coordinates shared access to a wireless transmission medium while avoiding collisions between simultaneous transmissions even where network nodes cannot hear one another. There is also the capability of readily reconfiguring a wireless network to accommodate new nodes. In one embodiment, there is a hierarchy of master nodes that coordinate wireless transmissions by the other nodes. Since the need for retransmission is minimized, throughput is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Beals