Patents by Inventor Peter Maria Van De Ven

Peter Maria Van De Ven 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 for granting medium access in a wireless network and network therefor
    Patent number: 9526116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for granting medium access to a node in a wireless network, the network comprising at least two nodes, and the method comprising the step of determining, for one of the at least two nodes, a medium access rate to be used, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network, wherein the rate is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node. The invention also relates to a wireless radio network comprising at least two nodes, wherein a medium access rate to be used by a node is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Augustus Josephus Elizabeth Maria Janssen, Peter Maria Van De Ven, Johannes Simeon Hendrikus Van Leeuwaarden
  • METHOD FOR GRANTING MEDIUM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK AND NETWORK THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20120106497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for granting medium access to a node in a wireless network, the network comprising at least two nodes, and the method comprising the step of determining, for one of the at least two nodes, a medium access rate to be used, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network, wherein the rate is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node. The invention also relates to a wireless radio network comprising at least two nodes, wherein a medium access rate to be used by a node is determined as being different from one node to another and dependent on the number of neighbors of a node, a medium access rate determining how often a node transmits data throughout the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Theodorus Jacobus Johannes Denteneer, Augustus Josephus Elizabeth Maria Janssen, Peter Maria Van De Ven, Johannes Simeon Hendrikus Van Leeuwaarden