Patents by Inventor Michael Fivez

Michael Fivez 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: 12034620
    Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting forward error correction (FEC) in a communication system are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting FEC in a communication system may include selection of a FEC setting (e.g., an amount of puncturing and/or shortening of a FEC code, a FEC code, or the like) for a communication channel from a transmitter to a receiver based on channel characteristic information of the communication channel from the transmitter to the receiver (e.g., transfer function information, channel loss information, noise characteristic information, error information (e.g., bit error rate, error modeling, or the like), or the like). Various example embodiments for supporting FEC in a communication system, based on selection of a FEC setting for a communication channel based on channel characteristic information of the communication channel, may be applied within various types of communication systems, including various types of wired and/or wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Amitkumar Mahadevan, Doutje Van Veen, Noriaki Kaneda, Vincent Houtsma, Paul Cautereels, Carl Mertens, Michael Fivez
  • Patent number: 11881891
    Abstract: Example embodiments describe an optical line terminal, OLT, configured to perform determining a fragmentation allocation for respective ONUs; and notifying, the respective ONUs, of the fragmentation allocation. Other example embodiments relate to an optical network unit, ONU, configured to perform receiving, from the OLT, fragmentation allocation for fragmenting one or more packets; processing the packets in accordance with the fragmentation allocation to obtain fragmented and unfragmented packets; and forwarding, to the OLT, the fragmented and unfragmented packets in accordance with the dynamic upstream allocation map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bart Pauwels, Michael Fivez, Carl Mertens, Koenraad Schelfhout, Werner Van Hoof
  • Patent number: 11770188
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical line terminal, OLT, which is enabled to range optical network units, ONUs, in a point-to-multipoint optical network by detecting interference burst sequences transmitted by one or more joining ONUs during transmission of upstream data traffic from transmitting ONUs. The present disclosure further relates to an optical network unit, ONU, which is enabled to transmit, at a selected transmission time, an interference burst sequence including a sequence of pulses allowing the OLT to identify the ONU as a joining ONU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Paul Henri Marie Cautereels, Carl Julien Godelieve Mertens, Michael Fivez, Rene Bonk
  • Publication number: 20220190914
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optical line terminal, OLT, which is enabled to range optical network units, ONUs, in a point-to-multipoint optical network by detecting interference burst sequences transmitted by one or more joining ONUs during transmission of upstream data traffic from transmitting ONUs. The present disclosure further relates to an optical network unit, ONU, which is enabled to transmit, at a selected transmission time, an interference burst sequence including a sequence of pulses allowing the OLT to identify the ONU as a joining ONU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Paul Henri Marie CAUTEREELS, Carl Julien Godelieve MERTENS, Michael FIVEZ, Rene BONK
  • Publication number: 20220149933
    Abstract: Example embodiments describe an optical line terminal, OLT, configured to perform determining a fragmentation allocation for respective ONUs; and notifying, the respective ONUs, of the fragmentation allocation. Other example embodiments relate to an optical network unit, ONU, configured to perform receiving, from the OLT, fragmentation allocation for fragmenting one or more packets; processing the packets in accordance with the fragmentation allocation to obtain fragmented and unfragmented packets; and forwarding, to the OLT, the fragmented and unfragmented packets in accordance with the dynamic upstream allocation map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bart PAUWELS, Michael FIVEZ, Carl MERTENS, Koenraad SCHELFHOUT, Werner VAN HOOF
  • Publication number: 20210281501
    Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting forward error correction (FEC) in a communication system are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting FEC in a communication system may include selection of a FEC setting (e.g., an amount of puncturing and/or shortening of a FEC code, a FEC code, or the like) for a communication channel from a transmitter to a receiver based on channel characteristic information of the communication channel from the transmitter to the receiver (e.g., transfer function information, channel loss information, noise characteristic information, error information (e.g., bit error rate, error modeling, or the like), or the like). Various example embodiments for supporting FEC in a communication system, based on selection of a FEC setting for a communication channel based on channel characteristic information of the communication channel, may be applied within various types of communication systems, including various types of wired and/or wireless communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Amitkumar Mahadevan, Doutje Van Veen, Noriaki Kaneda, Vincent Houtsma, Paul Cautereels, Carl Mertens, Michael Fivez