Patents by Inventor Kent G. Iverson

Kent G. Iverson 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).

  • Smart frame selection for improved backhaul bandwidth efficiency
    Patent number: 7433701
    Abstract: A wireless cellular network includes an access point selector that selects an access point for forwarding data from a wireless device. When data is received with an unacceptable quality level, the access point selector queries other access points for the same data. The queried access points send data quality information to the access point selector. The access point selector uses the data quality information for selecting another one of the access points to forward data from the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramanathan Jagadeesan, Bich Nguyen, Kent G. Iverson
  • Communicating packetized data over a channel using a dual leaky bucket priority scheme for assigning priorities to ports assigned to channels in a channel bank
    Patent number: 6456593
    Abstract: A priority scheme is based on an amount of preallocated bandwidth unused by channel unit ports. A first water level in a first bucket is associated with an amount of allotted bandwidth unused by the channel unit and a second water level in a second bucket is associated with an amount of unused allotted bandwidth exceeding an overflow level of the first bucket. A priority value is derived from the first water level when the first water level is above zero. The priority value is derived from the second water level when the first water level is below or equal to zero. In another aspect of the invention, the high priority value is determined by tracking a percentage utilization of allocated bandwidth for a predetermined number of time increments comprising a measurement time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent G. Iverson, Craig Alan Sharper, Sayuri Kuo Sharper
  • Communicating packetized data over a channel using a dual leaky bucket priority scheme for assigning priorities to ports assigned to channels in a channel bank
    Patent number: 6052379
    Abstract: A priority scheme is based on an amount of preallocated bandwidth unused by channel unit ports. A first water level in a first bucket is associated with an amount of allotted bandwidth unused by the channel unit and a second water level in a second bucket is associated with an amount of unused allotted bandwidth exceeding an overflow level of the first bucket. A priority value is derived from the first water level when the first water level is above zero. The priority value is derived from the second water level when the first water level is below or equal to zero. In another aspect of the invention, the high priority value is determined by tracking a percentage utilization of allocated bandwidth for a predetermined number of time increments comprising a measurement time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent G. Iverson, Craig Alan Sharper, Sayuri Kuo Sharper