Patents by Inventor Christopher Simmonds
Christopher Simmonds 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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Publication number: 20260082450Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality in a base station, comprising: providing a baseband card; providing a radio head, the radio head coupled to the baseband card by way of an interface; and switching, under the control of a processor, between use of the baseband card and use of an external baseband unit for controlling the radio head, the external baseband unit used via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) port, thereby providing dual base station and remote radio head functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2025Publication date: March 19, 2026Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Steven Paul Papa, Kaitki Agarwal, Randy Rutherford, David Johnston, Christopher Simmonds
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Patent number: 12484114Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality in a base station, comprising: providing a baseband card; providing a radio head, the radio head coupled to the baseband card by way of an interface; and switching, under the control of a processor, between use of the baseband card and use of an external baseband unit for controlling the radio head, the external baseband unit used via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) port, thereby providing dual base station and remote radio head functionality.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Steven Paul Papa, Kaitki Agarwal, Randy Rutherford, David Johnston, Christopher Simmonds
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Publication number: 20250358734Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2025Publication date: November 20, 2025Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Patent number: 12376029Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Publication number: 20240214928Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2024Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Publication number: 20240090082Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality in a base station, comprising: providing a baseband card; providing a radio head, the radio head coupled to the baseband card by way of an interface; and switching, under the control of a processor, between use of the baseband card and use of an external baseband unit for controlling the radio head, the external baseband unit used via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) port, thereby providing dual base station and remote radio head functionality.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Steven Paul Papa, Kaitki Agarwal, Randy Rutherford, David Johnston, Christopher Simmonds
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Patent number: 11924754Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDCCH on up to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRB s and PBCH.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Patent number: 11825563Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, the method for providing base station and Remote Radio Head (RRH) functionality in a base station, comprising: providing a baseband card; providing a radio head, the radio head coupled to the baseband card by way of an interface; and switching, under the control of a processor, between use of the baseband card and use of an external baseband unit for controlling the radio head, the external baseband unit used via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) port, thereby providing dual base station and remote radio head functionality.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Steven Paul Papa, Kaitki Agarwal, Randy Rutherford, David Johnston, Christopher Simmonds
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Patent number: 11729635Abstract: A method is disclosed, comprising: collecting, at an in-vehicle base station, reports from a plurality of user equipments (UEs); storing, at the in-vehicle base station, reports collected from the plurality of UEs into a database; forwarding, from the in-vehicle base station to a coordinating server, stored reports into the database; performing, at the coordinating server, data analysis of the received reports; and sending, from the coordinating server to a base station, an instruction to update at least one configuration parameter of the base station, thereby improving data collection and data processing for radio frequency cell optimization.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Randy Rutherford, Babak Jafarian, Steven Brigmann, Christopher Simmonds
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Patent number: 11546204Abstract: A method is disclosed for out-of-band data communication with a base station in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, at a base station in a cellular access network, the base station configured to use a coordination server and to a first core network for providing network access to user equipments (UEs), an occurrence of an event regarding a communication problem related to the base station; sending an out-of-band message, via an embedded UE module coupled to the base station attached to a second core network, to the coordination server, based on the occurrence of the event at the base station; updating, at the coordination server, a stored status for the base station, thereby enabling a status of the base station to be updated at the coordination server via an out-of-band message.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Randy Rutherford, Sumit Garg, Jitender Arora, Babak Jafarian, Christopher Simmonds
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Publication number: 20220256456Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDDCH on to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Patent number: 11323961Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDDCH on to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Publication number: 20210184913Abstract: A method is disclosed for out-of-band data communication with a base station in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, at a base station in a cellular access network, the base station configured to use a coordination server and to a first core network for providing network access to user equipments (UEs), an occurrence of an event regarding a communication problem related to the base station; sending an out-of-band message, via an embedded UE module coupled to the base station attached to a second core network, to the coordination server, based on the occurrence of the event at the base station; updating, at the coordination server, a stored status for the base station, thereby enabling a status of the base station to be updated at the coordination server via an out-of-band message.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Randy Rutherford, Sumit Garg, Jitender Arora, Babak Jafarian, Christopher Simmonds
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Patent number: 10938621Abstract: A method is disclosed for out-of-band data communication with a base station in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, at a base station in a cellular access network, the base station configured to use a coordination server and to a first core network for providing network access to user equipments (UEs), an occurrence of an event regarding a communication problem related to the base station; sending an out-of-band message, via an embedded UE module coupled to the base station attached to a second core network, to the coordination server, based on the occurrence of the event at the base station; updating, at the coordination server, a stored status for the base station, thereby enabling a status of the base station to be updated at the coordination server via an out-of-band message.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Parallel Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Randy Rutherford, Sumit Garg, Jitender Arora, Babak Jafarian, Christopher Simmonds
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Publication number: 20200288392Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing an energy efficient base station with synchronization. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: performing traffic analysis to determine off-peak hours duration when traffic is light; updating downlink and uplink schedulers to transmit a minimum required signaling and control information; and wherein updating downlink and uplink scheduler for minimum required signaling and control information further comprises scheduling, in a downlink direction, at least one of transmitting only reference symbols over selected OFDM symbols, PDDCH on to a first three OFDM symbols, PSS and SSS on a central six PRBs and PBCH.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Prashanth Rao, Steven Paul Papa, Christopher Simmonds, Ramesh Annavajjala
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Publication number: 20190335612Abstract: A system is disclosed for cooling telecommunications equipment. The system includes a nozzle disposed proximate a piece of telecommunication equipment to be cooled and a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the nozzle. A fluid supply is coupled to the fluid conduit and provides fluid to the fluid nozzle. A nozzle control system is coupled to the nozzle and configured to actuate the nozzle to cause fluid to emerge from the nozzle, thereby providing a fluid mist to cool the air surrounding at least a part of the telecommunication equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventor: Christopher Simmonds
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Publication number: 20190260632Abstract: A method is disclosed for out-of-band data communication with a base station in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, at a base station in a cellular access network, the base station configured to use a coordination server and to a first core network for providing network access to user equipments (UEs), an occurrence of an event regarding a communication problem related to the base station; sending an out-of-band message, via an embedded UE module coupled to the base station attached to a second core network, to the coordination server, based on the occurrence of the event at the base station; updating, at the coordination server, a stored status for the base station, thereby enabling a status of the base station to be updated at the coordination server via an out-of-band message.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Randy Rutherford, Sumit Garg, Jitender Arora, Babak Jafarian, Christopher Simmonds
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Publication number: 20180338250Abstract: A method is disclosed, comprising: collecting, at an in-vehicle base station, reports from a plurality of user equipments (UEs); storing, at the in-vehicle base station, reports collected from the plurality of UEs into a database; forwarding, from the in-vehicle base station to a coordinating server, stored reports into the database; performing, at the coordinating server, data analysis of the received reports; and sending, from the coordinating server to a base station, an instruction to update at least one configuration parameter of the base station, thereby improving data collection and data processing for radio frequency cell optimization.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Randy Rutherford, Babak Jafarian, Steven Brigmann, Christopher Simmonds
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Patent number: 8310327Abstract: The present invention provides an improved transformer (20), which broadly includes: a substrate (21) having first and second surfaces (22, 23); a first board (24) mounted on the substrate first surface; a second board (25) mounted on the substrate second surface; the boards being identical to one another and being mounted on the respective proximate substrate surfaces as mirror images of one another; each of the boards having a plurality of dielectric layers with electrically-conductive sheet windings (35, 36, 37, 38) embedded therein; and an assembled core (26, 28) operatively arranged to provide a path for magnetic flux attributable to a current in some of the windings. Third and fourth boards (71, 72) may be piggy-backed onto the first and second boards, respectively, to selectively vary the properties of the transformer.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Moog LimitedInventors: Michael J. Willers, Raymond Walsh, Christopher Simmonds
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Publication number: 20100219926Abstract: The present invention provides an improved transformer (20), which broadly includes: a substrate (21) having first and second surfaces (22, 23); a first board (24) mounted on the substrate first surface; a second board (25) mounted on the substrate second surface; the boards being identical to one another and being mounted on the respective proximate substrate surfaces as mirror images of one another; each of the boards having a plurality of dielectric layers with electrically-conductive sheet windings (35, 36, 37, 38) embedded therein; and an assembled core (26, 28) operatively arranged to provide a path for magnetic flux attributable to a current in the some of the windings. Third and fourth boards (71, 72) may be piggy-backed onto the first and second boards, respectively, to selectively vary the properties of the transformer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Inventors: Michael J. Willers, Raymond Walsh, Christopher Simmonds