Patents by Inventor Bill A. Gage
Bill A. Gage 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).
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Patent number: 11044654Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20190174381Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 10244452Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20170238225Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 9648533Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20160183146Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 9363729Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 9307472Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20130329695Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20130250858Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 8442009Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 8437761Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Patent number: 8437760Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Bill Gage, Shalini Periyalwar, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20130064076Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an implementation for a multi-hop wireless backhaul network. These embodiments can advantageously be deployed in dense urban areas and/or co-located with wireless access nodes, such as base-stations of a cellular wireless communication system. Preferably wireless links between constituent network nodes are set-up hierarchically. A basic result of this is that peer-to-peer (child-to-child) communication is generally prohibited and circuits are forced to conform to a topology. The multi-hop wireless backhaul network may be used to carry delay sensitive, high-density last mile circuit traffic over Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) broadband radio links. Moreover, some embodiments of the invention provide a method of path-healing for re-routing of circuit traffic from circuits that have experienced catastrophic failures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Shalini Periyalwar, Hang Zhang, Glenn Algie, Peiying Zhu, Robert Matyas, Claude Royer, Bill Gage, James Naden, Alauddin Javed
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Patent number: 8385189Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an implementation for a multi-hop wireless backhaul network, in particular an aggregation node (AGN). The AGN includes a plurality of spatially switched antennas and a transceiver configured to operate on the plurality of spatially switched antennas in a time divisional multiplexing (TDM) fashion to establish active connections with other network nodes in a hierarchical manner. The AGN is further configured to perform a bi-directional relay function for backhaul traffic with the other network nodes using at least one virtual circuit having an allocated bandwidth for delay sensitive traffic. The AGN may serve to aggregate and relay/amplify circuit traffic between network nodes in the up stream and down stream directions. If the AGN is interposed within a circuit between two other nodes, the AGN can switch the circuit traffic between the end-nodes of the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Shalini Periyalwar, Hang Zhang, Glenn Algie, Peiying Zhu, Robert Matyas, Claude Royer, Bill Gage, James Mark Naden, Alauddin Javed
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Publication number: 20130010777Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide an implementation for a multi-hop wireless backhaul network. These embodiments can advantageously be deployed in dense urban areas and/or co-located with wireless access nodes, such as base-stations of a cellular wireless communication system. Preferably wireless links between constituent network nodes are set-up hierarchically. A basic result of this is that peer-to-peer (child-to-child) communication is generally prohibited and circuits are forced to conform to a topology. The multi-hop wireless backhaul network may be used to carry delay sensitive, high-density last mile circuit traffic over Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) broadband radio links. Moreover, some embodiments of the invention provide a method of path-healing for re-routing of circuit traffic from circuits that have experienced catastrophic failures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Shalini Periyalwar, Hang Zhang, Glenn Algie, Peiying Zhu, Robert Matyas, Claude Royer, Bill Gage
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Publication number: 20130010698Abstract: The present invention allows content to be delivered to a mobile terminal over different types of networks in order to efficiently use network resources. Content can be delivered using a select delivery method over a cellular network, a local wireless network, or a broadcast network. Within any of the networks, the content may be unicast to individual mobile terminals using individual content flows, multicast to a group of mobile terminals, or broadcast to any or all of the mobile terminals. Content can be multicast or broadcast to mobile terminals via different ones of the disparate networks. During a content flow, the network through which the content flow is delivered may be changed to allow the mobile terminal to receive the content through a different network. Further, the delivery method used to deliver the content may dynamically change as the number of mobile terminals receiving or requesting the content changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Shalini PERIYALWAY, Bill GAGE
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Publication number: 20110244868Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITEDInventors: Nimal SENARATH, Bill GAGE, Shalini PERIYALWAR, Wen TONG
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Publication number: 20110235618Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITEDInventors: Nimal SENARATH, Bill GAGE, Shalini PERIYALWAR, Wen TONG
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Publication number: 20110237262Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITEDInventors: Nimal SENARATH, Bill GAGE, Shalini PERIYALWAR, Wen TONG