Patents by Inventor Peter M. Deane

Peter M. Deane 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).

  • Providing space division multiple access in a wireless network
    Patent number: 8982779
    Abstract: To provide space division multiple access in a wireless network, plural beams are transmitted within a cell segment. Different information sets are sent in the corresponding plural beams, where one or more of the information sets are detectable by a mobile station depending upon a location of the mobile station in the cell segment. An indication responsive to which of the different information sets is detected by the mobile station is received, and beam selection from among the plural beams is performed according to the received indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Xiao-Dong Li, Peter M. Deane, Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Neil McGowan, Ming Jia
  • PROVIDING SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100173639
    Abstract: To provide space division multiple access in a wireless network, plural beams are transmitted within a cell segment. Different information sets are sent in the corresponding plural beams, where one or more of the information sets are detectable by a mobile station depending upon a location of the mobile station in the cell segment. An indication responsive to which of the different information sets is detected by the mobile station is received, and beam selection from among the plural beams is performed according to the received indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Xiao-Dong Li, Peter M. Deane, Patrick Lie Chin Cheong, Neil McGowan, Jia Ming