Patents by Inventor John Halton
John Halton 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).
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Patent number: 6697346Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices (26, 27) for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (1) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data from at least one first communication device (27) to a second communication device (26). A partition point is determined, which defines a number of contention based random access slots and a number of reservation based random access slots in the random access time window on the basis of statistical information generated in at least one first communication device (27). The random access time window (1) is partitioned in a first and a second section on the basis of said partition point, whereby the first section contains contention based random access slots and the second section contains reservation based random access slots.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1999Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Sony International (Europe) GmbHInventors: John Halton, Paul James
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Patent number: 6621803Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1999Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Sony International (Europe) GmbHInventors: John Halton, Paul James
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Patent number: 6574212Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: June 3, 2003Assignee: Sony International (Europe) GmbHInventors: Jens-Uwe Jürgensen, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Paul James, Stefan Kornprobst, John Halton
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Publication number: 20030095528Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 1999Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: JOHN HALTON, PAUL JAMES
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Patent number: RE42452Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbHInventors: John Halton, Paul James
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Patent number: RE43323Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbHInventors: Jens-Uwe Jürgensen, Richard Stirling-Gallacher, Paul James, Stefan Kornprobst, John Halton
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Patent number: RE43669Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbHInventors: John Halton, Paul James
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Patent number: RE44809Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to devices for transmitting and receiving data in a code division multiple access telecommunication system. A random access time window (20) is provided, which comprises a plurality of random access slots for transmitting random access data, for example from a mobile station (24) to a base station (25). The plurality of random access slots in the random access time window (20) is divided into at least two groups, whereby the groups are allocated to respective priority classes, whereby the priority classes represent the transmission priorities of the random access data to be transmitted in the random access slots. The present invention allows a reduction in congestion on the random access slots for certain access types at the expense of other access types and a more efficient use of the random access time window.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbHInventors: John Halton, Paul James