Patents by Inventor Paolo Tongiani

Paolo Tongiani 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).

  • Method and system for downlink transmission scheduling in multi-carrier networks
    Patent number: 8320320
    Abstract: A method of scheduling transmissions in a multi-carrier transmission system, includes, for each downlink transmission frame: partitioning the downlink transmission frame into a plurality of data regions each including an equal number of slots, each data region corresponding to a respective logical band; for a currently active connection: a) creating a first set of logical bands not fully occupied for transmission and having a minimum boosting level making the transmission receivable by a receiving terminal; b) extracting from the first set, a second set of logical bands available for allocating a maximum number of slots for downlink transmission to the active connection; and c) selecting the logical band for downlink transmission to the active connection from the second set as the logical band that, after allocating the slots to the considered connection, leaves a residual number of slots equal to or smaller than a predetermined minimum residual in the logical band, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Caretti, Claudio Cicconetti, Ivano Salvatore Collotta, Paolo Tongiani, Luciano Lenzini, Enzo Mingozzi
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING IN MULTI-CARRIER NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20110261778
    Abstract: A method of scheduling transmissions in a multi-carrier transmission system, includes, for each downlink transmission frame: partitioning the downlink transmission frame into a plurality of data regions each including an equal number of slots, each data region corresponding to a respective logical band; for a currently active connection: a) creating a first set of logical bands not fully occupied for transmission and having a minimum boosting level making the transmission receivable by a receiving terminal; b) extracting from the first set, a second set of logical bands available for allocating a maximum number of slots for downlink transmission to the active connection; and c) selecting the logical band for downlink transmission to the active connection from the second set as the logical band that, after allocating the slots to the considered connection, leaves a residual number of slots equal to or smaller than a predetermined minimum residual in the logical band, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Marco Caretti, Claudio Cicconetti, Ivano Salvatore Collotta, Paolo Tongiani, Luciano Lenzini, Enzo Mingozzi