Patents by Inventor Laurence Bignebat

Laurence Bignebat 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).

  • Device for managing resources for a satellite telecommunication system
    Patent number: 7142522
    Abstract: A satellite telecommunication system includes a plurality of user stations and at least one satellite. A resource manager for the satellite telecommunication system includes a congestion controller that assigns resources to uplinks, a demand assignment device that assigns resources to uplinks, and, for each satellite, a central entity that includes a subsystem of the congestion controller adapted to receive requests sent by user stations using the satellite, each request expressing the bit rate necessary for a group of connections supported by a user station and by the same downlink of the satellite, and to determine the bit rate authorized for the group of connections. It further includes, for each satellite, a subsystem of the demand assignment device adapted to allocate resources to an uplink, at each user station, as a function of the bit rates authorized by the congestion controller subsystem and globally for all connections supported by the user station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Cédric Baudoin, Laurence Bignebat, Stéphane Combes, Pierre Parmentier, Laurent Roullet, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen
  • Device for managing resources for a satellite telecommunication system
    Publication number: 20020009052
    Abstract: A satellite telecommunication system includes a plurality of user stations and at least one satellite. A resource manager for the satellite telecommunication system includes a congestion controller that assigns resources to uplinks, a demand assignment device that assigns resources to uplinks, and, for each satellite, a central entity that includes a subsystem of the congestion controller adapted to receive requests sent by user stations using the satellite, each request expressing the bit rate necessary for a group of connections supported by a user station and by the same downlink of the satellite, and to determine the bit rate authorized for the group of connections. It further includes, for each satellite, a subsystem of the demand assignment device adapted to allocate resources to an uplink, at each user station, as a function of the bit rates authorized by the congestion controller subsystem and globally for all connections supported by the user station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Cedric Baudoin, Laurence Bignebat, Stephane Combes, Pierre Parmentier, Laurent Roullet, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen