Patents by Inventor Christiaan H. Sierens

Christiaan H. Sierens 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).

  • Time slot management system
    Patent number: 5353285
    Abstract: The time slot management system is included in a digital time division multiple access system includes a main station MS and a plurality of substations U1/16 connected to each other via a tree network. The substations U1/16 send to the main station MS upstream information packets in time slots assigned to each of the former stations by the main station. Part of the time slots are reserved for management information and used by the substation to inform the main station about the bandwidth needed for the further transfer of the upstream information, According to this information the time slot management system allocates the time slots and informs the substations thereof. In this way a flexible and dynamic time slot allocation is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventors: Gert Van Der Plas, Willem J. Verbiest, Denis J. Mestdagh, Christiaan H. Sierens