Patents by Inventor G. J. Foschini

G. J. Foschini 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).

  • Method for adaptive formation of cell clusters for cellular wireless networks with coordinated transmission and reception
    Patent number: 9241276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming clusters of cells in a wireless communication system. The method includes accessing information generated by measuring channel conditions for at least one mobile unit and a plurality of cells in the wireless communication system. The method also includes adding more than one of the plurality of cells to at least one cell cluster based on the accessed information and coordinating communication between the cells in each cell cluster and the mobile unit(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: G. J. Foschini, Howard C. Huang, Angel Lozano, Reinaldo Valenzuela, Sivarama Venkatesan
  • METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE FORMATION OF CELL CLUSTERS FOR CELLULAR WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH COORDINATED TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION
    Publication number: 20090312027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming clusters of cells in a wireless communication system. The method includes accessing information generated by measuring channel conditions for at least one mobile unit and a plurality of cells in the wireless communication system. The method also includes adding more than one of the plurality of cells to at least one cell cluster based on the accessed information and coordinating communication between the cells in each cell cluster and the mobile unit(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: G. J. Foschini, Howard C. Huang, Angel Lozano, Reinaldo Valenzuela, Sivarama Venkatesan