Patents by Inventor Henk Jan Bulten

Henk Jan Bulten 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).

  • Position-based broadcast protocol and time slot schedule for a wireless mesh network
    Patent number: 10660068
    Abstract: A method for managing communication in a wireless mesh network comprising a plurality of wireless nodes and a wireless node for use in such network are described, wherein said method may comprise: providing a time slot schedule (frame), preferably a TDMA time slot schedule (frame), comprising one or more time slots, including a transmission time slot enabling a node to transmit a broadcast message, a reception time slot enabling a node to receive a broadcast message from one or more other nodes; and/or a sleep time slot for configuring said node in an idle state; and, assigning said time slots to nodes in said network on the basis of the position of said nodes in said network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: STICHTING VU-VUMC, FOM-NIKHEF
    Inventors: Henk Jan Bulten, Johannes Franciscus Josephina Van Den Brand
  • Position-based broadcast protocol and time slot schedule for a wireless mesh network
    Publication number: 20160212729
    Abstract: A method for managing communication in a wireless mesh network comprising a plurality of wireless nodes and a wireless node for use in such network are described, wherein said method may comprise: providing a time slot schedule (frame), preferably a TDMA time slot schedule (frame), comprising one or more time slots, including a transmission time slot enabling a node to transmit a broadcast message, a reception time slot enabling a node to receive a broadcast message from one or more other nodes; and/or a sleep time slot for configuring said node in an idle state; and, assigning said time slots to nodes in said network on the basis of the position of said nodes in said network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Henk Jan Bulten, Johannes Francisc Josephina VAN DEN BRAND