Patents by Inventor Phillip C. SAPIANO

Phillip C. SAPIANO 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 apparatus for determination of almost blank subframe pattern by network listening
    Patent number: 9345023
    Abstract: A method of determining almost-blank subframe (ABS) information in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) including a macro cell and one or more small cells underlaid with respect to the macro cell, the method including obtaining, at a first base station (BS) of a first one of the one or more small cells, almost-blank subframe (ABS) information of the macro cell based on at least one of transmissions of the macro cell and transmissions of a UE attached to the first small cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Ruth S. Gayde, Phillip C. Sapiano
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF ALMOST BLANK SUBFRAME PATTERN BY NETWORK LISTENING
    Publication number: 20140321434
    Abstract: A method of determining almost-blank subframe (ABS) information in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) including a macro cell and one or more small cells underlaid with respect to the macro cell, the method including obtaining, at a first base station (BS) of a first one of the one or more small cells, almost-blank subframe (ABS) information of the macro cell based on at least one of transmissions of the macro cell and transmissions of a UE attached to the first small cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
    Inventors: Ruth S. GAYDE, Phillip C. SAPIANO