Patents by Inventor Clive Fernando

Clive Fernando 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).

  • TOA Positioning of GPRS mobiles within the BSS centric architecture of a GSM network
    Patent number: 6606501
    Abstract: A system for TOA positioning of a GPRS mobile station (20) in a GSM network (10) comprises a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) (32) providing an interface to an LCS application (52) and adapted to communicate with the GPRS mobile station (20). The system further comprises a Base Station Subsystem (14) serving the GPRS mobile station (20). The BSS (14) is communicably accessible by the LCS application (52) through the GGSN (12). The system also comprises a plurality of Location Management Units predisposed about the GSM network (10) and configured to be utilized to measure the TOA of an access burst delivering positioning coordinates corresponding to an approximate position for the GPRS MS (20). A Packet Control Unit (16) is provided and adapted to communicate directly with LMUs (44) that are GPRS capable and indirectly with non-GPRS LMUS (44) through the BSS (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Ericsson, Inc.
    Inventors: Bikash Saha, Shahrokh Amirijoo, Clive Fernando