Patents by Inventor ROBERT JOHN HUNTER

ROBERT JOHN HUNTER 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).

  • Access node configuration in a network
    Patent number: 10911303
    Abstract: An apparatus, method of operating the apparatus, and system comprising the apparatus are provided. The apparatus has a backhaul sub-node to provide a backhaul connection to a communications network and an access sub-node to provide an access cell to which user equipment can connect. In response to a configuration trigger a configuration procedure is performed, in which the backhaul sub-node gathers information about the network environment and transmits at least a portion of the information about the network environment to a network management node. The the network management node then generates an access sub-node configuration which it transmits to the access sub-node, where the configuration is dependent on the information about the network environment transmitted to the network management node by the backhaul sub-node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Edward Putman, Alan Carter, Robert John Hunter
  • ACCESS NODE CONFIGURATION IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20190028343
    Abstract: An apparatus, method of operating the apparatus, and system comprising the apparatus are provided. The apparatus has a backhaul sub-node to provide a backhaul connection to a communications network and an access sub-node to provide an access cell to which user equipment can connect. In response to a configuration trigger a configuration procedure is performed, in which the backhaul sub-node gathers information about the network environment and transmits at least a portion of the information about the network environment to a network management node. The the network management node then generates an access sub-node configuration which it transmits to the access sub-node, where the configuration is dependent on the information about the network environment transmitted to the network management node by the backhaul sub-node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Airspan Networks Inc.
    Inventors: ANTHONY EDWARD PUTMAN, ALAN CARTER, ROBERT JOHN HUNTER