Patents by Inventor Chia-Wei Yen

Chia-Wei Yen 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).

  • MAC Abstraction Sub-layer and MAC Table for a Communication System and Related Communication Device
    Publication number: 20120243556
    Abstract: A method of converging a plurality of communication standards is disclosed. The method comprises providing a medium access control (MAC) abstraction sub-layer, wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer is arranged between an upper layer and a plurality of MAC layers of the plurality of communication standards; and providing a corresponding service management entity (SME) between the MAC abstraction sub-layer and the plurality of MAC layers and a plurality of physical (PHY) layers of the plurality of communication standards in a control plane; wherein the MAC abstraction sub-layer communicates with the plurality of MAC layers and the plurality of PHY layers in the control plane via the corresponding SME, and the corresponding SME communicates with the MAC abstraction sub-layer via an application programming interface (API).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Yen, JIAN-LI MAO
  • Method of Converging a Plurality of Communication Standards and Related Communication Device
    Publication number: 20120243475
    Abstract: A method of converging a plurality of communication standards is disclosed. The method comprises establishing a unified medium access control (MAC) layer comprising a unified physical (PHY) interface; and arranging the unified MAC layer between an upper layer and a plurality of PHY layers of the plurality of communication standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Yen, Jian-Li Mao