Patents by Inventor Christopher Cordier

Christopher Cordier 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).

  • Method of predicting the received power level at a base station of a CDMA network and base station implementing the method
    Patent number: 6643521
    Abstract: The invention concerns in particular a method of predicting a power level received by a base station assuming admission of a candidate user by the base station. According to the invention, the method consists in allowing for the impact of introducing the candidate user on the status of the system, this impact being reflected in an increase in the individual power levels of all users served by the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Cédric Bourgoin, Christopher Cordier, Alejandro De Hoz Garcia-Bellido
  • Soft handover method used in a CDMA mobile communication system and corresponding device
    Patent number: 6324401
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of selecting a base station of a CDMA type network with which a terminal is to perform a soft handover. According to the invention, the base station which requires the lowest transmission power on the part of the terminal is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Alejandro De Hoz Garcia-Bellido, Christopher Cordier