Patents by Inventor Curtis S. Dodd

Curtis S. Dodd 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).

  • Media access control protocol for multi-hop network systems and method therefor
    Patent number: 9438445
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless communication in which a plurality of media access control (“MAC”) packet data units (“PDUs”) corresponding to a plurality of wireless communication connections are received. The plurality of MAC PDUs is grouped into a relay packet and the relay packet is transmitted. Such grouping and transmission of the relay packet is performed by one or more relay nodes. The traffic control for the transmission can also be based on centralized or decentralized routing control and/or centralized or decentralized QoS control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hang Zhang, Peiying Zhu, Mo-Han Fong, Wen Tong, Nimal Senarath, Derek Yu, David Steer, Curtis S. Dodd
  • Media access control protocol for multi-hop network systems and method therefore
    Patent number: 8576882
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless communication in which a plurality of media access control (“MAC”) packet data units (“PDUs”) corresponding to a plurality of wireless communication connections are received. The plurality of MAC PDUs is grouped into a relay packet and the relay packet is transmitted. Such grouping and transmission of the relay packet is performed by one or more relay nodes. The traffic control for the transmission can also be based on centralized or decentralized routing control and/or centralized or decentralized QoS control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hang Zhang, Peiying Zhu, Mo-Han Fong, Wen Tong, Nimal Senarath, Derek Yu, David Steer, Curtis S. Dodd
  • MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-HOP NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20130016651
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless communication in which a plurality of media access control (“MAC”) packet data units (“PDUs”) corresponding to a plurality of wireless communication connections are received. The plurality of MAC PDUs is grouped into a relay packet and the relay packet is transmitted. Such grouping and transmission of the relay packet is performed by one or more relay nodes. The traffic control for the transmission can also be based on centralized or decentralized routing control and/or centralized or decentralized QoS control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Hang ZHANG, Peiying ZHU, Mo-Han FONG, Wen TONG, Nimal SENARATH, Derek YU, David STEER, Curtis S. DODD
  • MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-HOP NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHOD THEREFORE
    Publication number: 20090141668
    Abstract: A method and system for wireless communication in which a plurality of media access control (“MAC”) packet data units (“PDUs”) corresponding to a plurality of wireless communication connections are received. The plurality of MAC PDUs is grouped into a relay packet and the relay packet is transmitted. Such grouping and transmission of the relay packet is performed by one or more relay nodes. The traffic control for the transmission can also be based on centralized or decentralized routing control and/or centralized or decentralized QoS control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Hang Zhang, Peiying Zhu, Mo-Han Fong, Wen Tong, Nimal Senarath, Derek Yu, David Steer, Curtis S. Dodd