Patents by Inventor David M. Gay

David M. Gay 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).

  • Patent number: 5450615
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for predicting RF propagation within a structure such as a building. A reference transmitter location and a plurality of reference receiver locations are selected. For each reference receiver location, RF propagation pathways are determined with respect to the reference transmitter location. The RF propagation pathways include a direct path joining the reference transmitter location to a given reference receiver location across a straight-line path, as well as one or more reflection paths joining the reference transmitter location to a given reference receiver location via reflections from one or more reflective surfaces. One or more propagation pathways may pass through an RF obstacle, such as, for example, a lossy dielectric material. Each reflective surface and RF obstacle is associated with a reflection coefficient and a transmission coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Steven J. Fortune, David M. Gay, Brian W. Kernighan, Orlando Landron, Reinaldo A. Valenzuela, Margaret H. Wright