Patents by Inventor Koen Van Oost
Koen Van Oost 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: 11902848Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a pre-defined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Koen Van Oost, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20230422064Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1, 2) during operation of the CPE device. The device and method includes determining an actual data-rate (33) of the wireless link, determining an available data rate (31) of the wireless link, and calculating a head-room (34) based on a required data rate (30) and the available data rate (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Karel VAN DOORSELAER, Koen VAN OOST, Nick GODMAN
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Publication number: 20230353474Abstract: The method for monitoring a wireless link of a wireless node of a CPE device during operation of the CPE device, comprises the steps of taking samples of one or several of the following parameters in a defined time interval: Received Signal Strength (RSSI), modulation rate (Physical Layer Rate) and/or the number of spatial streams used for the wireless link, and calculating an average for that parameters by including a filtering of said parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Koen Van Oost, Karel Van Doorselaer
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Publication number: 20230284011Abstract: Abstract: A system and method for forward detection of wireless capabilities of wireless devices is disclosed. Capability related information may include various information, ranging from supported IEEE 802.11 MAC layer or PHY layer features, such as, but not limited to, 802.11 n, 802.11 ac, 802.11 ax capability, supported number of spatial streams, support for Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO), Aggregated MAC Service Data Unit (AMSDU) capability, Aggregated MAC Protocol Data Unit (AMPDU) capability, Beamforming capabilities, to supported features of the 802.11 protocol, such as, but not limited to, fast link initialization, fast BSS transition, to Wi-Fi Alliance features such as, but not limited to, Agile Multiband™, Wi-Fi Simple Config™, and Optimized Connection Experience™.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: AIRTIES S.A.S.Inventors: Koen VAN OOST, Karel VAN DOORSELAER, Frederik VERWAEST
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Patent number: 11689947Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1, 2) during operation of the CPE device. The device and method includes determining an actual data rate (33) of the wireless link, determining an available data rate (31) of the wireless link, and calculating a headroom (34) based on a required data rate (30) and the available data rate (31).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Karel Van Doorselaer, Koen Van Oost, Nick Godman
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Patent number: 11641318Abstract: The method for monitoring a wireless link of a wireless node of a CPE device during operation of the CPE device, comprises the steps of taking samples of one or several of the following parameters in a defined time interval: Received Signal Strength (RSSI), modulation rate (Physical Layer Rate) and/or the number of spatial streams used for the wireless link, and calculating an average for that parameters by including a filtering of said parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Koen Van Oost, Karel Van Doorselaer
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Publication number: 20230080739Abstract: A wireless network device and method that operate an enhanced mesh network management (EMNM) agent at the wireless network device. The EMNM agent receives, from at least one associated mesh access point (AP), a WiFi EasyMesh compatible message. The EMNM agent determines whether the WiFi EasyMesh compatible message includes an additional information element including device metrics of the at least one associated mesh AP. On a condition that the EMNM agent determines that the WiFi EasyMesh compatible message includes the additional information element, the wireless network device stores the device metrics of the at least one associated mesh AP.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: AIRTIES KABLOSUZ ILETISIM SANAYI VE DIS TICARET A.S.Inventors: Metin Ismail TASKIN, Koen VAN OOST
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Patent number: 11570697Abstract: At least one hardware processor (111) in a wireless access point (110) in a first local network (120) managed by the wireless access point (110) routes traffic between wireless devices (121, 122) in the first local network (120) and a second network via a first interface (113, 114) configured for communication with wireless devices (121, 122) in the first local network (120) and a second interface (115) configured for communication with the second network and, upon determination that communication via the second interface (115) is impossible, connects (S460) through a third interface (113, 114) to a second wireless access (130) point as a wireless device in a second local network (140) managed by the second wireless access point (130) and routes (S470) traffic between the wireless devices (121, 122) in the first local network (120) and the second network via the first interface (113, 114) and the third interface (113, 114). This way a back-up connection can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Nicolas Letor, Koen Van Oost
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Publication number: 20220295371Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a pre-defined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Koen VAN OOST, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Publication number: 20220247646Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link established between an access point and a user equipment. The device and method include determining a level of Quality of Experience of an application intended to be run on the user equipment using a mapping between a parameter representative of the QoE of the application under different wireless transmission conditions and sets of parameters representative of said different transmission conditions of the wireless link.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Koen VAN OOST, Diego NEVES DA HORA, Renata TEIXEIRA, Karel VAN DOORSELAER
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Patent number: 11363515Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (14), the access points (11, 12) continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (13). The control entity (13) determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points (11, 12) that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point (11) and the station (14) falls below a predefined value. The control entity (13) then instructs the access point (11) to actively disconnect the station (14) and selects a new target access point (12) to accept the stations (14) connection request.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Koen Van Oost, Bart Vercammen, Kevin Gardner
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Patent number: 11316759Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link established between an access point and a user equipment. The device and method include determining a level of Quality of Experience of an application intended to be run on the user equipment using a mapping between a parameter representative of the QoE of the application under different wireless transmission conditions and sets of parameters representative of said different transmission conditions of the wireless link.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Koen Van Oost, Diego Neves da Hora, Renata Teixeira, Karel Van Doorselaer
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Publication number: 20220007223Abstract: A method for analyzing a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1) during operation of the CPE device comprises: performing an active test, during which a data transmission is forced through the wireless link, to obtain a first set of parameters, and performing before or after the active test a passive test, which is a monitoring ode during which a data transmission of the CPE device is monitored, to obtain a second set of parameters. In particular, based on the first set of parameters, it is determined whether and to which extent the wireless link is in an uncertainty zone, and based on the second set of parameters, the decision is made to assign an observed decrease in a measured data rate to physics effects or to interference effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Karel Van Doorselaer, Stuart Timms, Koen Van Oost
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Patent number: 11129035Abstract: A method for analyzing a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1) during operation of the CPE device comprises: performing an active test, during which a data transmission is forced through the wireless link, to obtain a first set of parameters, and performing before or after the active test a passive test, which is a monitoring ode during which a data transmission of the CPE device is monitored, to obtain a second set of parameters. In particular, based on the first set of parameters, it is determined whether and to which extent the wireless link is in an uncertainty zone, and based on the second set of parameters, the decision is made to assign an observed decrease in a measured data rate to physics effects or to interference effects.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Karel Van Doorselaer, Stuart Timms, Koen Van Oost
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Publication number: 20210282039Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1, 2) during operation of the CPE device. The device and method includes determining an actual data rate (33) of the wireless link, determining an available data rate (31) of the wireless link, and calculating a headroom (34) based on a required data rate (30) and the available data rate (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Karel Van Doorselaer, Koen Van Oost, Nick Godman
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Patent number: 11019511Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards a device and a method for evaluating a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1, 2) during operation of the CPE device. The device and method includes determining an actual data rate (33) of the wireless link, determining an available data rate (31) of the wireless link, and calculating a head room (34) based on a required data rate (30) and the available data rate (31).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Karel Van Doorselaer, Koen Van Oost, Nick Godman
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Patent number: 10904777Abstract: When a failure is detected of a communication link between a wireless access point and a service provider providing services to devices in proximity of said wireless access point, a probe request message is broadcasted on one or more wireless communication channels. The broadcasted probe request message includes a particular payload enabling the message to be identified as being a distress message reporting a failure of the communication link. Another wireless access point within wireless communication reach receiving a distress message may transfer a communication link failure report to the service provider in place of the wireless access point of which the communication link fails.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGSInventors: Assi Abramovitz, Koen Van Oost
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Publication number: 20210006483Abstract: The method for monitoring a wireless link of a wireless node of a CPE device during operation of the CPE device, comprises the steps of taking samples of one or several of the following parameters in a defined time interval: Received Signal Strength (RSSI), modulation rate (Physical Layer Rate) and/or the number of spatial streams used for the wireless link, and calculating an average for that parameters by including a filtering of said parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Koen Van Oost, Karel Van Doorselaer
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Patent number: 10862789Abstract: A method and a system for monitoring a wireless link of a wireless node of a CPE device during operation of the CPE device are provided, For example, the method comprises taking samples of one or several of the following parameters in a defined time interval: Received Signal Strength (RSSI), modulation rate (Physical Layer Rate) and/or the number of spatial streams used for the wireless link, and calculating an average for the one or several of the parameters by including a filtering of the one or several of the parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: AIRTIES BELGIUM SPRLInventors: Koen Van Oost, Karel Van Doorselaer
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Patent number: 10749749Abstract: A method (30) and system (10) for automatically configuring wireless local area network (WLAN) devices (21, 22, 23) of a wireless residential access network (20) is provided. An automatic authorization process initiated by an access point (21) is enabled by utilizing a back-end-network (40, 50) and results in the activation of a basic service set identifier (BSSID) based on which auto-pairing of at least one station (22) with the access point (21) is realized. An automatic authentication process of the at least one station (22) is enabled based on a comparison of an identification provided by the station (22) against a list of unique device identifiers installed in the access point (21) during the automatic authorization process. The authentication process results in granting or denying access to the residential access network (20) for the at least one station (22).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SASInventors: Koen Van Oost, Stijn Segers, Frederik Verwaest