Patents by Inventor Francesco Pica

Francesco Pica 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).

  • Publication number: 20090264130
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate management of automatic neighbor relation functions in wireless networks. The system can include components and/or devices that ascertain whether or not to add or remove a neighbor relation based on information associated with an operations and management system, wherein the operations and management system dispatches add or remove requests to a base station that establishes, updates, and/or maintains a neighbor relations table and/or set of neighbor relations that includes neighbor relations between cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Amer Catovic, Christophe Chevallier, Francesco Pica, Jay F. Dills, Manish Tripathi, Mukesh K. Mittal, Mustafa Saglam, Sunil S. Patil
  • Publication number: 20090238114
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate cell search, selection, and reselection within a wireless communication network that includes a home node base station (home nodeB). A user equipment (UE) can detect a home nodeB and communicate such identification to a macro network that includes at least one node base station (nodeB). The detected home nodeB and nodeB can be hierarchically structured in order to prioritize connectivity with the home nodeB over the nodeB. Such prioritization can be implemented by broadcasting home nodeB parameters and macro nodeB parameters having identification information therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Manoj M. Deshpande, Sanjiv Nanda, Jen Mei Chen, Francesco Pica
  • Publication number: 20090137249
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate applying offsets and/or selectable hysteresis values to favor access points in cell reselection. In measuring and ranking surrounding access points in reselection, offsets can be applied to favorable access points to facilitate cell reselection thereto. The offset can positively affect measurements, and thus ranking as well, in some cases. Negative offsets can also be applied to lower measurements (and thus ranking) of some access points. Moreover, hysteresis values can be applied in measuring current cells to prevent frequent reselection. The hysteresis values can be selected based on a type of the current cell or related access point to expand the coverage area where desired. Thus, where the current access point is favorable, a larger hysteresis can be added to measurements related to the current access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Gavin B. Horn, Fatih Ulupinar, Parag A. Agashe, Rajat Prakash, Manoj M. Deshpande, Sanjiv Nanda, Jen Mei Chen, Francesco Pica, Nathan E. Tenny
  • Publication number: 20080311900
    Abstract: To determine a cell for usage in wireless communication, a signal-to-noise ratio or a signal-to-power ratio can be used in selecting an appropriate cell. However, cell selection can also configure to take both signal-to-noise ratio and signal-to-power ratio into account. Multiple available cells can be analyzed and a highest ranking cell can be selected through balancing the aforementioned ratios. In addition, to minimize transferring between cells, a limitation can be placed such that a cell is not left unless there is better of both the aforementioned ratios at another cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Francesco Pica, Andrea Garavaglia, Long Duan