Patents by Inventor Keith Butterworth

Keith Butterworth 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).

  • System and method for load rebalancing
    Patent number: 10187838
    Abstract: A system and method for load rebalancing are provided. A node B selects a subset of carriers from a plurality of carriers of the node B according to effective usages for the plurality of carriers, determines a heavily loaded carrier and a lightly loaded carrier from the subset of carriers according to effective usages of the subset of carriers, select a mobile device assigned to the heavily loaded carrier as a candidate for handoff, and performs a handoff of the selected mobile device from the heavily loaded carrier to the lightly loaded carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ernest Newbury, Keith Butterworth, Zinan Lin, Alpaslan Gence Savas, Matthijs A. Visser
  • System and Method for Load Rebalancing
    Publication number: 20170127327
    Abstract: A system and method for load rebalancing are provided. A node B selects a subset of carriers from a plurality of carriers of the node B according to effective usages for the plurality of carriers, determines a heavily loaded carrier and a lightly loaded carrier from the subset of carriers according to effective usages of the subset of carriers, select a mobile device assigned to the heavily loaded carrier as a candidate for handoff, and performs a handoff of the selected mobile device from the heavily loaded carrier to the lightly loaded carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Ernest Newbury, Keith Butterworth, Zinan Lin, Alpaslan Gence Savas, Matthijs A. Visser