Patents by Inventor Joseph Repice

Joseph Repice 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).

  • Systems and methods for communicating data at radio base station nodes
    Patent number: 7181242
    Abstract: Carrier data can be communicated between a carrier interface of the first radio base station node and a mobile switching center over a carrier bus according to a carrier protocol. In addition, bus data can be communicated between a bus interface of the first radio base station node and a second radio base station node over a radio base station bus according to a radio base station protocol that is different from the carrier protocol. Related radio communications systems and nodes are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: John Wilcox, Johnny Shepherd, Joseph Repice
  • Methods and systems for communicating data at radio base station nodes that provide efficient allocation of control timeslots
    Patent number: 7061884
    Abstract: A first frame of carrier data can be communicated between a first carrier interface of a first radio base station node and a mobile switching center over a first carrier bus. In addition, a first frame of bus data can be communicated having a first number of dedicated control timeslots at a first bus interface of the first radio base station node over a first radio base station bus. Furthermore, a second frame of carrier data can be communicated between a second carrier interface of a second radio base station node and the mobile switching center over a second carrier bus. Finally, a second frame of bus data having a second number of dedicated control timeslots, different from the first number of dedicated control timeslots, can be communicated at a second bus interface of the second radio base station node over a second radio base station bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: Johnny Shepherd, Joseph Repice, John Wilcox
  • Methods and systems for communicating data at radio base station nodes that provide efficient allocation of control timeslots
    Publication number: 20030081566
    Abstract: A first frame of carrier data can be communicated between a first carrier interface of a first radio base station node and a mobile switching center over a first carrier bus. In addition, a first frame of bus data can be communicated having a first number of dedicated control timeslots at a first bus interface of the first radio base station node over a first radio base station bus. Furthermore, a second frame of carrier data can be communicated between a second carrier interface of a second radio base station node and the mobile switching center over a second carrier bus. Finally, a second frame of bus data having a second number of dedicated control timeslots, different from the first number of dedicated control timeslots, can be communicated at a second bus interface of the second radio base station node over a second radio base station bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Johnny Shepherd, Joseph Repice, John Wilcox
  • Systems and methods for communicating data at radio base station nodes
    Publication number: 20030083071
    Abstract: Carrier data can be communicated between a carrier interface of the first radio base station node and a mobile switching center over a carrier bus according to a carrier protocol. In addition, bus data can be communicated between a bus interface of the first radio base station node and a second radio base station node over a radio base station bus according to a radio base station protocol that is different from the carrier protocol. Related radio communications systems and nodes are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: John Wilcox, Johnny Shepherd, Joseph Repice