Patents by Inventor Marc Pontif

Marc Pontif 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).

  • Patent number: 5483545
    Abstract: A go-back-N automatic repeat request method for use on a duplex installation having noisy return channels. When an acknowledge signal (ACK) is not correctly received, it is assumed to be positive until the Nth successive incorrectly received acknowledgement, which is treated as a negative acknowledgement, thereby ensuring that blocks are repeated even if acknowledgements are degraded by jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Alcatel Transmission Par Faisceaux Hertziens A.T.F.H.
    Inventors: Marc Darmon, Marc Pontif, Philippe Sadot
  • Patent number: 5313473
    Abstract: Enough room is provided in a transmitted frame to receive a plurality (n) of useful information blocks, thereby making it possible to catch up any excessive lateness (r) which may arise due to successive repeats. The decoder (2) provides a confidence flag (3) to the controlling microprocessor (5). The command block (COM) from the decoder includes an indication of the number of useful blocks that are transmitted in the frame. This block is advantageously applied to an HDLC component (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Alcatel Transmission Par Faisceaux Hertziens A.T.F.H.
    Inventors: Marc Darmon, Marc Pontif, Philippe Sadot
  • Patent number: 4509206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multicarrier signal receiver protected against unwanted signals. Between the high frequency circuit and the intermediate frequency circuit, it has a frequency-selective attenuation and preselection circuit, while a circuit for detecting the disturbed channels is coupled to the demodulation circuit and supplies control signals characteristic of the appearance and disappearance of the unwanted signals. The receiver also comprises a control circuit eliminating the disturbed channel for processing demodulated signals and for the automatic control of the intermediate frequency amplifier circuit, and controlling the attenuation of the disturbed channel in the selective attenuation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Michel Carpe, Claude Collin, Marc Pontif