Patents by Inventor Jouko Juhani Kapanen

Jouko Juhani Kapanen 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: 6134234
    Abstract: The invention relates to synchronization of network elements in a network that uses master-slave synchronization. The use of the known monitoring bit MCB (Master Clock Bit) is expanded in the method so that it is transmitted all the way from the master network element, for example the mobile switching center (MSC). If one of the network elements located between the master network element and a specific slave network element, for example a base station, does not accept the received signal as the synchronization source because of its quality, the network element in question forces the MCB bit located in the signal that the element transmits further to state 1. If the transmission unit of a specific slave network element is locked to the signal which includes the MCB in state 1, or if the element is forced to revert to using the internal clock because of a fault situation of the signal, the transmission unit activates the alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy
    Inventor: Jouko Juhani Kapanen