Patents by Inventor Mark J. Coates

Mark J. Coates 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).

  • Network tomography using closely-spaced unicast packets
    Patent number: 6839754
    Abstract: This work discloses a unicast, end-to-end network performance measurement process which is capable of determining internal network losses, delays, and probability mass functions for these characteristics. The process is based on using groups of closely-spaced communications packets to determine the information necessary for inferring the performance characteristics of communications links internal to the network. Computationally efficient estimation algorithms are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: WM. Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Robert D. Nowak, Mark J. Coates
  • Network Tomography Using Close-Spaced Unicast Packets
    Publication number: 20020116154
    Abstract: This work discloses a unicast, end-to-end network performance measurement process which is capable of determining internal network losses, delays, and probability mass functions for these characteristics. The process is based on using groups of closely-spaced communications packets to determine the information necessary for inferring the performance characteristics of communications links internal to the network. Computationally efficient estimation algorithms are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Robert D. Nowak, Mark J. Coates