Patents by Inventor Donald Coates, JR.

Donald Coates, JR. 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).

  • Validating the integration of new carrier components at access point equipment
    Patent number: 12192782
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to validating the integration of new carrier components at base station equipment, e.g., in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, confirming based on installation data, an installation milestone of an installation of a carrier component at base station equipment, resulting in a confirmed milestone. The method can further include, based on the confirmed milestone, identifying for an evaluation of the installation of the carrier component, a criterion associated with a characteristic of operation of the base station equipment. Further, the method can include based on a result of evaluation of the installation, sending, by the network equipment, a validation signal to the base station equipment indicating that the installation of the carrier component is validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Global Network Services Czech Republic s.r.o., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Shuai Hao, Alexandru Cristian Andrei, Hector Perez, Donald Coates, Jr., Zihui Ge, Alvin Hicks, Jason Tipton
  • VALIDATING THE INTEGRATION OF NEW CARRIER COMPONENTS AT ACCESS POINT EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20230145501
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to validating the integration of new carrier components at base station equipment, e.g., in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, confirming based on installation data, an installation milestone of an installation of a carrier component at base station equipment, resulting in a confirmed milestone. The method can further include, based on the confirmed milestone, identifying for an evaluation of the installation of the carrier component, a criterion associated with a characteristic of operation of the base station equipment. Further, the method can include based on a result of evaluation of the installation, sending, by the network equipment, a validation signal to the base station equipment indicating that the installation of the carrier component is validated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Shuai Hao, Alexandru Cristian Andrei, Hector Perez, Donald Coates, JR., Zihui Ge, Alvin Hicks, Jason Tipton