Patents by Inventor Erik Rivard

Erik 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).

  • Patent number: 9066345
    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 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindranath Singamneni, Erik Rivard, Siwei Tang, Long Wang
  • Publication number: 20130308611
    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 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ravindranath Singamneni, Erik Rivard, Siwei Tang, Long Wang
  • Patent number: 8457097
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindranath Singamneni, Erik Rivard, Siwei Tang, Long Wang
  • Publication number: 20110268020
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindranath Singamneni, Erik Rivard, Siwei Tang, Long Wang