Patents by Inventor Michael J. Kunczt

Michael J. Kunczt 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).

  • Upstream signal quality monitoring
    Patent number: 7944848
    Abstract: The problem is that a measurement of the average signal quality (average modulation error ratio), does not identify poor quality signals that may be originating from an individual cable modem. The device of the present invention displays the modulation error ratio (MER) for each packet received. Since the media access control (MAC) address is associated with a packet received from an individual cable modem, a graph displaying the MER for each packet received is also displaying the MER for signals from the individual cable modems. Thus a technician viewing the display will be able to identify whether a low MER is a result of an impairment in the network or the from an individual cable modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Acterna LLC
    Inventors: Daniel K. Chappell, David Hering, Michael J. Kunczt, Kelly Watts, Adam D. Gray, David W. Jones
  • Upstream Signal Quality Monitoring
    Publication number: 20080298270
    Abstract: The problem is that a measurement of the average signal quality (average modulation error ratio), does not identify poor quality signals that may be originating from an individual cable modem. The device of the present invention displays the modulation error ratio (MER) for each packet received. Since the media access control (MAC) address is associated with a packet received from an individual cable modem, a graph displaying the MER for each packet received is also displaying the MER for signals from the individual cable modems. Thus a technician viewing the display will be able to identify whether a low MER is a result of an impairment in the network or the from an individual cable modem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ACTERNA LLC
    Inventors: Daniel K. Chappell, David Hering, Michael J. Kunczt, Kelly Watts, Adam D. Gray, David W. Jones