Patents by Inventor Luca Marnoni

Luca Marnoni 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).

  • Method and system to synchronize mobile units to a base transceiver station
    Patent number: 7305012
    Abstract: Method to synchronize at least one mobile unit to at least one base transceiver station belonging to a digital telecommunication network, in which radio signals transmitted and received by said base station are subdivided in frames (Fn) having pre-determined duration and each frame is subdivided in a pre-determined number of timeslots (Tn) and codes (Cn), said signals including at least a synchronization signal (S), which is transmitted by the base transceiver station and includes a sequence of modulation elementary units suitable to identify the timeslot (T1) and the code (C1) of a service channel containing system messages (M), said method including the following operational steps: marking the synchronization signal (S) in at least one frame (Fx) by the base transceiver station; transmitting a pointer message (P) in the service channel of said frame (Fx) or of a subsequent frame (Fx+n) by the base transceiver station; detecting the marked synchronization signal (S?) by the mobile unit; receiving the poin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfonso De Angeli, Rossella De Benedittis, Luca Marnoni