Patents by Inventor Benjamin Edwin Bittfield

Benjamin Edwin Bittfield 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).

  • Tearing down a radio link based on keepalive message activity
    Patent number: 10070480
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for tearing down a radio link based on keepalive message activity. An example method involves a radio access network (RAN) establishing a radio link with a wireless communication device (WCD); the RAN detecting that the RAN received periodic keepalive messages from the WCD via the radio link; and responsive to the RAN detecting that the RAN received periodic keepalive messages via the radio link, the RAN tearing down the radio link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Rajveen Narendran, Benjamin Edwin Bittfield