Patents by Inventor Nicholas Debernardi

Nicholas Debernardi 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).

  • Scheduling of users on a shared radio resource using a combination of link quality and traffic information
    Patent number: 8311002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for optimizing radio resource utilizations when scheduling data transmissions between a radio base station (15) and one or more user equipments (18) on a radio channel over a radio interface in a communication network comprising a plurality of said radio base stations (15) serving cells between which said user equipments (18) are moving. Firstly information on channel quality of said radio channel is obtained. Also, information on the traffic per user within the cell is obtained. Then, the information on channel quality and said traffic information are combined and the data transmission is scheduled based on the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Nyberg, Birgitta Olin, Nicholas Debernardi
  • SCHEDULING OF USERS ON A SHARED RADIO RESOURCE USING A COMBINATION OF LINK QUALITY AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20100085923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for optimizing radio resource utilizations when scheduling data transmissions between a radio base station (15) and one or more user equipments (18) on a radio channel over a radio interface in a communication network comprising a plurality of said radio base stations (15) serving cells between which said user equipments (18) are moving. Firstly information on channel quality of said radio channel is obtained. Also, information on the traffic per user within the cell is obtained. Then, the information on channel quality and said traffic information are combined and the data transmission is scheduled based on the combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Henrik Nyberg, Birgitta Olin, Nicholas Debernardi