Patents by Inventor Mathieu Mercier

Mathieu Mercier 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: 10652797
    Abstract: An example access point comprising: a memory; and a processor executing instructions stored in the memory to: determine a first interference event while operating on a first channel, wherein the first channel is designated to the access point in a global channel plan by a network controller based on a global view of a wireless network; switch to operate on a second channel from the first channel for a first amount of time in response to the first interference event; determine a second interference event of the same event type as the first interference event on the first channel, wherein the second interference event is the same event type as the first interference event; and switch to operate on the second channel from the first channel for a longer amount of time than the first amount of time, wherein the second channel is selected based on a local view of the wireless network by the access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Kishore Srimattirumala, Nethra Muniyappa, Sachin Ganu, Rajini Balay, Sree Harsha, Mathieu Mercier
  • Publication number: 20200037172
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to: determine a channel distribution vector based on a channel priority for a plurality of available wireless channels within a wireless network; receive a set of constraints on a channel plan; determine a channel plan meeting the set of user defined constraints based on the channel distribution vector; and transmit the channel plan to a plurality of radios on the wireless network, wherein the channel plan comprises a channel assigned to each radio of the plurality of radios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20190344723
    Abstract: A stackable container assembly has a base container and an accessory container selectively connected to a top surface of the base container such that the accessory container is stacked on top of the base container. The base container has a container body has a bottom surface adapted for connecting the base container to a vehicle; a tongue connected to the container body and being adapted for inserting into a first vehicle anchor fixture connected to the vehicle; and an anchor connected to the container body and being adapted for inserting into a second vehicle anchor fixture. The anchor has an anchor base and an anchor lock extending from the anchor base. The anchor lock is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the anchor base between a locked position and an unlocked position. A container and a vehicle provided with the stackable container assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Christian LABBE, Mathieu MERCIER, Eric FOURNIER
  • Patent number: 10477412
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to: determine a channel distribution vector based on a channel priority for a plurality of available wireless channels within a wireless network; receive a set of constraints on a channel plan; determine a channel plan meeting the set of user defined constraints based on the channel distribution vector; and transmit the channel plan to a plurality of radios on the wireless network, wherein the channel plan comprises a channel assigned to each radio of the plurality of radios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20190303752
    Abstract: An example access point is described that includes a wireless transceiver, processing circuitry, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions. The instructions, when executed on the processing circuitry cause the processing circuitry to: receive a trained machine learning model that determines whether signals include interference patterns characteristic of a category of interference sources, receive a first signal including a first interference pattern, determine that the first interference pattern is an interference pattern characteristic of the category of interference sources, transmit information about the first signal including attributes of the first interference pattern and the determination that the first interference pattern is an interference pattern characteristic of the category of interference sources to the model training device, and receive an updated trained machine learning model that is updated based at least on the transmitted information about the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Mathieu Mercier, Andre Beaudin, Sachin Ganu, Dongwoon Hahn
  • Patent number: 10405314
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure include: obtain data collected from a plurality of access points (APs) in a WLAN, including a current allocation of channels to radios of the APs according to a current channel plan; calculate a new channel plan which assigns a different channel to at least one of the radios; calculate a first metric that predicts better network performance achieved by the new channel plan than the current allocation of channels to the radios; determine whether the first metric exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and implement the new channel plan in response to determining that the first metric exceeds the first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Mathieu Mercier, Dongwoon Hahn, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Patent number: 10391949
    Abstract: A stackable container assembly is disclosed, the assembly having a base container having a container body having a top surface and a bottom surface, an attachment base adapted for connecting the base container to a vehicle, and a fixture assembly attached to the top surface; and an accessory container having an accessory body having an accessory bottom surface, and an accessory base on the accessory bottom surface selectively connecting the accessory container to the fixture assembly of the base container such that the accessory container is stacked on top of the base container. A container and a vehicle provided with the stackable container assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Christian Labbe, Mathieu Mercier, Eric Fournier
  • Patent number: 10349411
    Abstract: An example method comprising: assigning at least one band mode specified in the band mode list to a radio of the identified node, assigning a dual band mode to a set of wireless nodes of the plurality of wireless nodes that each satisfy a baseline coverage when operating on a low frequency band of the wireless band mode, assigning a high frequency band mode to a set of wireless nodes of the plurality of nodes based on band capacity, assigning a channel to the radio of the node on the high frequency band based on a band capacity; and responsive to assigning the channel to the radio on the high frequency band, assigning a channel to each radio of the set of nodes on the low frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20190159205
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure include: obtain data collected from a plurality of access points (APs) in a WLAN, including a current allocation of channels to radios of the APs according to a current channel plan; calculate a new channel plan which assigns a different channel to at least one of the radios; calculate a first metric that predicts better network performance achieved by the new channel plan than the current allocation of channels to the radios; determine whether the first metric exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and implement the new channel plan in response to determining that the first metric exceeds the first predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mathieu MERCIER, Dongwoon HAHN, Sachin GANU, Nethra MUNIYAPPA, Sree HARSHA, Rajini BALAY
  • Publication number: 20190159204
    Abstract: An example method comprising: assigning at least one band mode specified in the band mode list to a radio of the identified node, assigning a dual band mode to a set of wireless nodes of the plurality of wireless nodes that each satisfy a baseline coverage when operating on a low frequency band of the wireless band mode, assigning a high frequency band mode to a set of wireless nodes of the plurality of nodes based on band capacity, assigning a channel to the radio of the node on the high frequency band based on a band capacity; and responsive to assigning the channel to the radio on the high frequency band, assigning a channel to each radio of the set of nodes on the low frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20190132746
    Abstract: An example non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to: determine a channel distribution vector based on a channel priority for a plurality of available wireless channels within a wireless network; receive a set of constraints on a channel plan; determine a channel plan meeting the set of user defined constraints based on the channel distribution vector; and transmit the channel plan to a plurality of radios on the wireless network, wherein the channel plan comprises a channel assigned to each radio of the plurality of radios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20190132780
    Abstract: An example access point comprising: a memory; and a processor executing instructions stored in the memory to: determine a first interference event while operating on a first channel, wherein the first channel is designated to the access point in a global channel plan by a network controller based on a global view of a wireless network; switch to operate on a second channel from the first channel for a first amount of time in response to the first interference event; determine a second interference event of the same event type as the first interference event on the first channel, wherein the second interference event is the same event type as the first interference event; and switch to operate on the second channel from the first channel for a longer amount of time than the first amount of time, wherein the second channel is selected based on a local view of the wireless network by the access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Kishore Srimattirumala, Nethra Muniyappa, Sachin Ganu, Rajini Balay, Sree Harsha, Mathieu Mercier
  • Publication number: 20190081859
    Abstract: A method related to a network stability status may include determining, by a network controller, a stability status of a network. The method may further include dynamically determining a plurality of simulated annealing parameters associated with the network based, at least in part, on the stability status of the network. In some examples, the method may further include using, at least in part, the plurality of simulated annealing parameters to optimize a network configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20190082447
    Abstract: A network controller may include a memory and a processor. The memory may include instructions executable by the processor to receive a message from an access point. The message may comprise an interference event detected on a particular channel, wherein the particular channel is part of a particular channel list associated with the access point and stored at the network controller in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The memory may further include instructions executable to remove the particular channel from the particular channel list associated with the access point. The memory may further include instructions executable to determine a channel plan for a plurality of access points in the WLAN based on a corresponding plurality of channel lists including the particular channel list and deploy the channel plan to the plurality of access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sree Harsha, Dongwoon Hahn, Sachin Ganu, Mathieu Mercier, Nethra Muniyappa
  • Publication number: 20190082357
    Abstract: A method related to selecting a channel bandwidth may include partitioning the plurality of networks into a plurality (P) of local radio environments and identifying, for the P local radio environments, an available channel bandwidth set comprising a plurality of channel bandwidth values. The method may also relate to determining whether the plurality of channel bandwidth values provide a frequency reuse distance that is greater than a threshold frequency reuse distance, wherein the frequency reuse distance is estimated based at least on the pathloss measurement and, based on a determination that at least one of the plurality of channel bandwidth values provides the frequency reuse distance that is greater than the threshold frequency reuse distance, configuring a channel plan for the plurality of networks with a channel bandwidth value from the at least one of the plurality of channel bandwidth values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Patent number: 10219182
    Abstract: A method related to selecting a channel bandwidth may include partitioning the plurality of networks into a plurality (P) of local radio environments and identifying, for the P local radio environments, an available channel bandwidth set comprising a plurality of channel bandwidth values. The method may also relate to determining whether the plurality of channel bandwidth values provide a frequency reuse distance that is greater than a threshold frequency reuse distance, wherein the frequency reuse distance is estimated based at least on the pathloss measurement and, based on a determination that at least one of the plurality of channel bandwidth values provides the frequency reuse distance that is greater than the threshold frequency reuse distance, configuring a channel plan for the plurality of networks with a channel bandwidth value from the at least one of the plurality of channel bandwidth values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Dongwoon Hahn, Mathieu Mercier, Sachin Ganu, Nethra Muniyappa, Sree Harsha, Rajini Balay
  • Publication number: 20180178869
    Abstract: There is provided a snowmobile that has a frame having a longitudinally extending tunnel, a steering assembly operatively connected to the frame, at least one ski operatively connected to the frame and to the steering assembly, an endless drive track operatively connected to the frame, a motor supported by the frame and is operatively connected to the steering assembly and to the endless drive track for propelling the snowmobile, a straddle-type seat disposed above the tunnel and adapted to accommodate a rider, and a flap assembly. The flap assembly has a flap, a mounting body connected to a rear portion of the tunnel, and at least one toolless fastener extending generally longitudinally and selectively connecting the flap to the mounting body. There is also provided a flap assembly kit for a snowmobile and a method for installing a flap on a rear portion of a tunnel of a snowmobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Christian LABBE, Mathieu MERCIER
  • Publication number: 20180141616
    Abstract: A snowmobile includes a frame, a motor, an endless track and a straddle seat. A left and a right footrest are each connected to the frame extend laterally outwardly therefrom. The footrests extend generally horizontally and are disposed vertically lower than the straddle seat for supporting a left foot of the driver. The left footrest is disposed on a left side of the snowmobile and the right footrest is disposed on a right side thereof. A left toe hold disposed above the left footrest is supported at an inner portion thereof and extends laterally outwardly therefrom to an outer portion thereof, the outer portion of the left toe hold being freely suspended. A right toe hold disposed above the right footrest is supported at an inner portion thereof and extending laterally outwardly therefrom to an outer portion thereof, the outer portion of the right toe hold being freely suspended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien PARD, Yvon BEDARD, Martin GAGNON, Mathieu MERCIER, Christian LABBE, Sebastien VEZINA
  • Patent number: 9919726
    Abstract: An adjustable handlebar riser assembly has an outer member, an inner member, a pin, a retainer member and a locking member. The inner member and the outer member have mating flat-bottom V-shaped faces. The inner member slides at least in part within the outer member. Each of the outer and inner members has at least one aperture through their flat-bottom V-shaped faces. The pin is inserted in an aperture of the outer member and in an aperture of the inner member. The retaining member is connected to the pin at one end while the locking member is connected to an opposed end of the pin. The locking member can exert a tension on the pin, pressing the outer member onto the inner member for locking these members at a selected position relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Christian Labbe, Yvon Bedard, Mathieu Mercier, Alain Lavoie
  • Publication number: 20170327185
    Abstract: An anchor fixture, for attaching accessories to a vehicle surface has a fixture body with a base for attaching to the vehicle surface. The fixture body has an anchor aperture for receiving an anchor of a first accessory, a fastener aperture for receiving a tongue fastener of a second accessory, and an anchor chamber disposed at least partly outwardly of the anchor aperture and communicating with the anchor aperture and the fastener aperture. The fastener aperture central axis is parallel or at an acute angle to the base. Accessories and accessory attachment systems are presented. Another fixture has a slot defined by the fixture body for receiving a vehicle accessory projection and a surface opposite the slot for engaging the projection. The slot is adapted to receive an anchor which selectively engages a surface adjacent to the slot. Accessories with anchors and corresponding projections are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Christian LABBE, Francois CHENEVERT, Mathieu MERCIER