Patents by Inventor Paul Astell

Paul Astell 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: 7463905
    Abstract: In cellular telephony, a plurality of communication signals which are received at a base station for wireless transmission are multiplexed onto a single physical medium which runs up a mast. This reduces the use of cabling running up the mast with an attendant savings in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Russell Smiley, Paul Astell, Steve A. Beaudin
  • Patent number: 6421542
    Abstract: A millimeter-wave point-to-multipoint LMDS radio system for broadband wireless access having frequency reuse that includes a cell area divided into an integer number k sub-sectors of equal angular arc 360/k degrees each; a hub having antennas each configured to generate an antenna beam that covers an integer number j sub-sectors, an angular gap i being defined between edges of coverage of one of the antennas where i is an integer number of sub-sectors; a total integer number of n channel sets each of at least one radio channel and each configured independent and free of interference from other ones of the channels in other ones of the channel sets, each of the channel sets having a number of uses defined by a quantity k/(i+j) that is an integer equal or greater than two, each channel set being deployed with a common re-use pattern with an angular stagger between antennas of (i+j)/n sub-sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Howard M. Sandler, Stuart Dean, Paul Astell