Patents by Inventor Erik J. RIVARD

Erik J. RIVARD 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).

  • Communicating with multiple devices
    Patent number: 9386580
    Abstract: A first wireless node may determine that a first reserved retransmission frame overlaps with a second reserved transmission frame and a second reserved retransmission frame and that the second reserved transmission frame overlaps with a first reserved transmission frame and the first reserved retransmission frame. The first reserved transmission frame and the first reserved retransmission frame may be reserved for wireless communication with a first master node, and the second reserved transmission frame and the second reserved retransmission frame are reserved for wireless communication with a second master node. The wireless node may also process and acknowledge data received from the first master node during the first reserved transmission frame based on the determining, ignore data sent by the second master node during the second reserved transmission frame based on the determining, and process and acknowledge data received from the second master node during the second reserved retransmission frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindranath Singamneni, Erik J. Rivard, Siwei Tang, Long Wang
  • COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150249988
    Abstract: A first wireless node may determine that a first reserved retransmission frame overlaps with a second reserved transmission frame and a second reserved retransmission frame and that the second reserved transmission frame overlaps with a first reserved transmission frame and the first reserved retransmission frame. The first reserved transmission frame and the first reserved retransmission frame may be reserved for wireless communication with a first master node, and the second reserved transmission frame and the second reserved retransmission frame are reserved for wireless communication with a second master node. The wireless node may also process and acknowledge data received from the first master node during the first reserved transmission frame based on the determining, ignore data sent by the second master node during the second reserved transmission frame based on the determining, and process and acknowledge data received from the second master node during the second reserved retransmission frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ravindranath SINGAMNENI, Erik J. RIVARD, Siwei TANG, Long WANG