Patents by Inventor Diane Yuh-Lin Hou

Diane Yuh-Lin Hou 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).

  • Cell-clustering arrangements and corresponding antenna patterns for wireless communication networks employing high-altitude aeronautical antenna platforms
    Patent number: 5974317
    Abstract: A multi-beam antenna for a wireless communication network, a method of creating cells for a wireless communication network with a multi-beam antenna held aloft by an aeronautical vehicle and a wireless infrastructure. The multi-beam antenna projects: (1) a first antenna beam to create a first cell upon a generally circular first terrestrial area below the multi-beam antenna and (2) a second antenna beam to create a second cell upon a generally circular second terrestrial area below the multi-beam antenna, the first cell having a smaller radius than, and substantially concentric with, the second cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Goran M. Djuknic, Diane Yuh-Lin Hou, Yuriy B. Okunev