Patents by Inventor LeRoy L. Pick

LeRoy L. Pick 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).

  • Clear channel access methods, apparatuses, media and signals
    Patent number: 6859453
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, media and signals for providing clear channel access on a network are disclosed. A first method involves receiving a communication signal from a remote network element. The communication signal includes a previous transport overhead (PTOH) portion indicative of transport overhead contents of the communication signal prior to arrival at the remote network element, and a previous path error (PPE) portion indicative of path errors present in the communication signal at the remote network element. The method then involves modifying a transport overhead portion of the communication signal in response to the PTOH and PPE portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: LeRoy L. Pick, David C. Steele, Evert E. Deboer