Patents by Inventor Jeroen Maurice M FAMAEY

Jeroen Maurice M FAMAEY 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: 11470189
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing network access by a network stack in a communication device comprising a plurality of physical communication interfaces, each comprising a data link layer for the exchange of data frames with remote communication devices and a data link layer interface for exchanging data of data frames between the data link layer and higher layers in the network stack; and wherein the method comprises i) providing an abstraction data link layer comprising a single abstracted data link layer interface such that the plurality of physical communication interfaces appear as a single data link layer interface to the higher layers; and ii) obtaining network packets from the higher layers and distributing the network packets over the plurality of physical communication interfaces according to a neutral packet distribution scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: IMEC VZW, UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Bosch, Tom Johan R De Schepper, Ensar Zeljkovic, Jeroen Maurice M Famaey, Steven Bert Latre
  • Publication number: 20200204659
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing network access by a network stack in a communication device comprising a plurality of physical communication interfaces, each comprising a data link layer for the exchange of data frames with remote communication devices and a data link layer interface for exchanging data of data frames between the data link layer and higher layers in the network stack; and wherein the method comprises i) providing an abstraction data link layer comprising a single abstracted data link layer interface such that the plurality of physical communication interfaces appear as a single data link layer interface to the higher layers; and ii) obtaining network packets from the higher layers and distributing the network packets over the plurality of physical communication interfaces according to a neutral packet distribution scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel BOSCH, Tom Johan R DE SCHEPPER, Ensar ZELJKOVIC, Jeroen Maurice M FAMAEY, Steven Bert LATRE