Patents by Inventor Martin L. J. Gallant

Martin L. J. Gallant 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).

  • Packet-switched communications in a mobile network
    Patent number: 7420951
    Abstract: A mobile communications system includes a system controller and cell sites having base station systems. The network between the system controller and the base station systems is a packet-switched network, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) network. In one embodiment, the mobile communications system is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system. The system controller is a serving GPRS support node (SGSN), and the network between the SGSN and the base station systems includes a Gb network. In one arrangement, IP addressing is used to communicate messages between the base station systems and the SGSN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Jerry L. Mizell, Curtis M. Provost, Martin L. J. Gallant