Patents by Inventor Mark Anthony Shawn Smith

Mark Anthony Shawn Smith 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).

  • Methods and devices for associating a mobile device to access points within a WLAN
    Patent number: 8254347
    Abstract: Unique identifiers are assigned to sets of adjacent access points in a wireless, local area network (WLAN). Thereafter, a unique identifier may be forwarded to a mobile device which uses the identifier to associate itself with one of the adjacent access points. Associating a mobile device with an adjacent access point using unique identifiers allows a WLAN to meet its load balancing objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Yigal Bejerano, S. Jamaloddin Golestani, Seung-Jae Han, Mark Anthony Shawn Smith
  • Methods and devices for determining the adjacency of access points in a wireless network
    Patent number: 7430189
    Abstract: The adjacency of access points in a wireless, local area network is used to determine the existence of common overlapping access point coverage areas and to determine maximum distances between access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yigal Bejerano, S. Jamaloddin Golestani, Seung-Jae Han, Mark Anthony Shawn Smith
  • Methods and devices for grouping cells
    Patent number: 7194276
    Abstract: Rounded solutions of a linear program are used to partition or group cells, such as cells in a wireless network, in order to provide efficient approximations of network updating and paging costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yigal Bejerano, Nicole S. Immorlica, Joseph Naor, Mark Anthony Shawn Smith