Patents by Inventor Ariela Blumer

Ariela Blumer 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).

  • Wireless coexistence based on network allocation vector usage
    Patent number: 8670345
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus includes a wireless transceiver, a WLAN controller and a second controller coupled to the wireless transceiver. The WLAN controller is configured to send/receive packets in accordance with a WLAN protocol, and the second controller is configured to send/receive packets in accordance with a second wireless protocol. The apparatus includes scheduling logic that determines whether a WLAN communication will complete before an end of a WLAN active time period. If the scheduling logic determines that the WLAN communication will not complete before the end of the WLAN active time period, the scheduling logic causes the WLAN controller to transmit a WLAN packet that encodes a NAV value that prevents an access point from using the wireless medium until an end of second time period. The second controller is configured to use the wireless medium during the second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Ariton E. Xhafa, Michael Glik, Ariela Blumer
  • WIRELESS COEXISTENCE BASED ON NETWORK ALLOCATION VECTOR USAGE
    Publication number: 20130170478
    Abstract: A wireless apparatus includes a wireless transceiver, a WLAN controller and a second controller coupled to the wireless transceiver. The WLAN controller is configured to send/receive packets in accordance with a WLAN protocol, and the second controller is configured to send/receive packets in accordance with a second wireless protocol. The apparatus includes scheduling logic that determines whether a WLAN communication will complete before an end of a WLAN active time period. If the scheduling logic determines that the WLAN communication will not complete before the end of the WLAN active time period, the scheduling logic causes the WLAN controller to transmit a WLAN packet that encodes a NAV value that prevents an access point from using the wireless medium until an end of second time period. The second controller is configured to use the wireless medium during the second time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ariton E. Xhafa, Michael Glik, Ariela Blumer