Patents by Inventor Michael Roger

Michael Roger 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: 12634974
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The custom traffic can be used to improve the performance of the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, which can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. Further, the distributed unit, which has scheduling knowledge of upcoming traffic of the radio unit, can communicate such knowledge to the radio unit for the radio unit to change its operating state based on the upcoming traffic knowledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Tommy Ivarsson, Sewvanda Don, Vikas Arora, John Bradley Deforge, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Michael Roger, Nanping Ding, Haobo Xing
  • Patent number: 12231230
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. The radio unit can request the unscheduled physical resource blocks for custom traffic to be inserted by the radio unit. Alternatively, the distributed unit can inject the custom traffic in otherwise unscheduled physical resource blocks for sending to the radio unit. The custom traffic is configured to perform some action by the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, and the like. Performance data can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Tommy Ivarsson, Sewvanda Don, Vikas Arora, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Michael Roger, Nanping Ding, John Bradley Deforge, Haobo Xing
  • Publication number: 20230345513
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The custom traffic can be used to improve the performance of the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, which can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. Further, the distributed unit, which has scheduling knowledge of upcoming traffic of the radio unit, can communicate such knowledge to the radio unit for the radio unit to change its operating state based on the upcoming traffic knowledge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tommy Ivarsson, Sewvanda Don, Vikas Arora, John Bradley Deforge, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Michael Roger, Nanping Ding, Haobo Xing
  • Publication number: 20230344550
    Abstract: The described technology is generally directed towards scheduling, by a distributed unit, the injection of custom traffic (signals/data) into a radio unit communications path. The distributed unit coordinates with the radio unit to schedule and synchronize such custom traffic in unscheduled (physical resource block), such as interleaved with to live-air and non-live-air traffic. The radio unit can request the unscheduled physical resource blocks for custom traffic to be inserted by the radio unit. Alternatively, the distributed unit can inject the custom traffic in otherwise unscheduled physical resource blocks for sending to the radio unit. The custom traffic is configured to perform some action by the radio unit, such as to perform antenna calibration, to perform test and measurement operations to obtain performance data, and the like. Performance data can be used, for example, to modify operating parameters of the radio unit to improve performance of the radio unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tommy Ivarsson, Sewvanda Don, Vikas Arora, Thomas Leonard Trevor Plestid, Michael Roger, Nanping Ding, John Bradley Deforge, Haobo Xing
  • Publication number: 20230321344
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a protective housing for a fragile article for containing fluid medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Andresen, Michael Roger, Tony Jefferies, David Andrew Trow, Brendan Lance Udy, David Bain Calder
  • Patent number: 10171146
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) rank reduction to improve downlink throughput are disclosed. A method of operation of a radio access node includes determining that an imbalance between parallel channels of a spatial multiplexing downlink transmission to a wireless device is greater than an imbalance threshold and/or that a Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) rate over time for the parallel channels of a spatial multiplexing downlink transmission reported by the wireless device is greater than a NACK rate threshold. The method also includes, in response to determining that the imbalance between the parallel channels is greater than the imbalance threshold and/or that the NACK rate is greater than the NACK rate threshold, performing a fast rank reduction for a next downlink transmission whereby a rank is reduced from a rank indicator reported by the wireless device to some lower rank. Reducing the rank may improve downlink throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: James Jianfeng Weng, Hua Xu, Xixian Chen, Jianguo Long, Guoqiang Lu, Michael Roger, Ying Shao, Michel Chauvin
  • Publication number: 20180026688
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) rank reduction to improve downlink throughput are disclosed. A method of operation of a radio access node includes determining that an imbalance between parallel channels of a spatial multiplexing downlink transmission to a wireless device is greater than an imbalance threshold and/or that a Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) rate over time for the parallel channels of a spatial multiplexing downlink transmission reported by the wireless device is greater than a NACK rate threshold. The method also includes, in response to determining that the imbalance between the parallel channels is greater than the imbalance threshold and/or that the NACK rate is greater than the NACK rate threshold, performing a fast rank reduction for a next downlink transmission whereby a rank is reduced from a rank indicator reported by the wireless device to some lower rank. Reducing the rank may improve downlink throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: James Jianfeng Weng, Hua Xu, Xixian Chen, Jianguo Long, Guoqiang Lu, Michael Roger, Ying Shao, Michel Chauvin
  • Patent number: 9300819
    Abstract: The communication device has: a first communication transceiver for transmitting and receiving communication with a first facsimile machine via an analogue link; a second communication transceiver for transmitting and receiving communication with a digital communication network via a digital link; a converter to convert an analogue signal to a digital signal; a memory adapted to store the telephone number of a second, remote, facsimile machine receiving a fax to be transmitted, and to store in memory a digital data file corresponding to the conversion of a fax in analogue form into a digital file by the converter; and an electronic controller having a first simulator simulating an analogue telephone network, a second simulator simulating the second facsimile machine ready to receive a fax, and a forwarding device to forward digital data via the digital communication network which contain the digital file corresponding to the fax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Messaging Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Roger
  • Publication number: 20110134478
    Abstract: The communication device has: a first communication transceiver for transmitting and receiving communication with a first facsimile machine via an analogue link; a second communication transceiver for transmitting and receiving communication with a digital communication network via a digital link; a converter to convert an analogue signal to a digital signal; a memory adapted to store the telephone number of a second, remote, facsimile machine receiving a fax to be transmitted, and to store in memory a digital data file corresponding to the conversion of a fax in analogue form into a digital file by the converter; and an electronic controller having a first simulator simulating an analogue telephone network, a second simulator simulating the second facsimile machine ready to receive a fax, and a forwarding device to forward digital data via the digital communication network which contain the digital file corresponding to the fax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Roger
  • Publication number: 20100045463
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring performance comprises two elements: a first element (4) for attaching to a human or animal, containing two or more of physiological, biochemical, kinematic, and/or environmental sensors and a processing means which records in memory signals or derivates of signals from said sensors and contain s a means of re-transmitting this data to a second element, and a second element (13, 16) containing a display (12, 17) or audio output to present the processed live or previous recorded data to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
    Inventors: William James Bradley, Michael Roger, Dominique M. Freeman