Patents by Inventor Hema Shankar Bontha

Hema Shankar Bontha 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).

  • System and method to provide power management for a multimode access point in a network environment
    Patent number: 9801127
    Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining whether at least one user equipment (UE) is present within a combined WiFi coverage area that overlaps a small cell coverage area of a multimode access point (AP), wherein the multimode AP comprises a WiFi AP portion and a small cell AP portion; and controlling a power saving mode for the small cell AP portion of the multimode AP based on whether at least one UE is determined to be present within the combined WiFi coverage area that overlaps the small cell coverage area of the multimode AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Santosh Ramrao Patil, Swaminathan A. Anantha, Srinivasa Reddy Irigi, Hema Shankar Bontha
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A MULTIMODE ACCESS POINT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20170245211
    Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining whether at least one user equipment (UE) is present within a combined WiFi coverage area that overlaps a small cell coverage area of a multimode access point (AP), wherein the multimode AP comprises a WiFi AP portion and a small cell AP portion; and controlling a power saving mode for the small cell AP portion of the multimode AP based on whether at least one UE is determined to be present within the combined WiFi coverage area that overlaps the small cell coverage area of the multimode AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Santosh Ramrao Patil, Swaminathan A. Anantha, Srinivasa Reddy Irigi, Hema Shankar Bontha