Patents by Inventor Mark Skeates

Mark Skeates 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 of sharing information between base stations associated with different network technologies and the base stations
    Patent number: 8831619
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes establishing, at a first base station, at least one interface with a second base station. The first and second base stations are associated with different network technologies, and at least one of the first and second base stations is a small cell base station. A small cell base station has a coverage area smaller than and at least partially overlapped by a coverage area of a macro base station. The method further includes one of (i) sending information from the first base station to the second base station over the interface, and (ii) receiving information at the first base station from the second base station over the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Zhibi Wang, Ruth Gayde, Mark Skeates, John MacNamara, Philip Sapiano
  • METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN BASE STATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES AND THE BASE STATIONS
    Publication number: 20130023301
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes establishing, at a first base station, at least one interface with a second base station. The first and second base stations are associated with different network technologies, and at least one of the first and second base stations is a small cell base station. A small cell base station has a coverage area smaller than and at least partially overlapped by a coverage area of a macro base station. The method further includes one of (i) sending information from the first base station to the second base station over the interface, and (ii) receiving information at the first base station from the second base station over the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: ALCATEL-LUCENT TELECOM LTD., ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Zhibi Wang, Ruth Gayde, Mark Skeates, John MacNamara, Philip Sapiano