Patents by Inventor Charles Frederick Barry

Charles Frederick Barry 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).

  • Apparatus and method of scheduling timing packets to enhance time distribution in telecommunication networks
    Patent number: 8670459
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of scheduling timing packets to enhance time distribution includes an improved apparatus in a system in which at least one of time and frequency information is derived based on information distributed in timing packets, at least some of the timing packets being transmitted by or received by the apparatus. The improvement includes a scheduling module that determines a first packet transmission time offset of a first timing packet based on a first predetermined identifier associated with the apparatus, and a second packet transmission time offset of a second timing packet based on the first packet transmission time offset and a timing packet spacing that is independent of the first predetermined identifier. The improvement further includes a transmission module that transmits the first timing packet based on the first packet transmission time offset, and the second timing packet based on the second packet transmission time offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Frederick Barry, Tian (Alan) Shen, Feng Frank Pan, DeviPrasad Natesan
  • Apparatus and Method of Scheduling Timing Packets to Enhance Time Distribution in Telecommunication Networks
    Publication number: 20110128976
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of scheduling timing packets to enhance time distribution includes an improved apparatus in a system in which at least one of time and frequency information is derived based on information distributed in timing packets, at least some of the timing packets being transmitted by or received by the apparatus. The improvement includes a scheduling module that determines a first packet transmission time offset of a first timing packet based on a first predetermined identifier associated with the apparatus, and a second packet transmission time offset of a second timing packet based on the first packet transmission time offset and a timing packet spacing that is independent of the first predetermined identifier. The improvement further includes a transmission module that transmits the first timing packet based on the first packet transmission time offset, and the second timing packet based on the second packet transmission time offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Frederick Barry, Tian (Alan) Shen, Feng Frank Pan, DeviPrasad Natesan