Patents by Inventor Richard R. Forberg

Richard R. Forberg 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).

  • Satellite communication with multiple active gateways
    Patent number: 8032073
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to enable a fixed or a mobile ground based slave stations (VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminal) in a communication network to receive TDM transmissions from and transmit TDMA burst transmissions to one or more ground-based gateway stations in a networking system that employs one or more geosynchronous satellites. Each gateway station transmits on one or more forward TDM channels to the slave stations; however, one primary gateway acts as the master station at any given time which transmits the network control messages to the slave stations (VSATs) that control their TDMA transmission behavior on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: STM Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Emil Youssefzadeh, Hans Peter Lexow, Richard R. Forberg