Patents by Inventor Roland W. Hicks, JR.

Roland W. Hicks, JR. 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).

  • Wireless infrastructure with distributed fiber networks
    Patent number: 10644799
    Abstract: Systems described herein provide antenna elements, each of which contains an antenna array and electronics, built into a fiber optic aerial cable to form a hybrid cable. The hybrid cable has a fiber buffer tube including one or more fiber cores, an outer sheath surrounding the fiber buffer tube, and a distributed array of antenna elements around portions of the outer sheath along a length of the hybrid fiber optic cable. Each of the antenna elements includes an antenna and control electronics for the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Roland W. Hicks, Jr., Glenn A. Wellbrock, Tiejun J. Xia
  • WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DISTRIBUTED FIBER NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20190123825
    Abstract: Systems described herein provide antenna elements, each of which contains an antenna array and electronics, built into a fiber optic aerial cable to form a hybrid cable. The hybrid cable has a fiber buffer tube including one or more fiber cores, an outer sheath surrounding the fiber buffer tube, and a distributed array of antenna elements around portions of the outer sheath along a length of the hybrid fiber optic cable. Each of the antenna elements includes an antenna and control electronics for the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Roland W. Hicks, JR., Glenn A. Wellbrock, Tiejun J. Xia
  • Wireless infrastructure with distributed fiber networks
    Patent number: 10218441
    Abstract: Systems described herein provide antenna elements, each of which contains an antenna array and electronics, built into a fiber optic aerial cable to form a hybrid cable. The hybrid cable has a fiber buffer tube including one or more fiber cores, an outer sheath surrounding the fiber buffer tube, and a distributed array of antenna elements integrated along a length of the hybrid fiber optic cable. Each of the antenna elements includes an antenna and control electronics for the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Roland W. Hicks, Jr., Glenn A. Wellbrock, Tiejun J. Xia
  • Self-organizing customer premises network
    Patent number: 10178593
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a service requirement for a client device connected to a WiFi access point in a customer premises network that includes a plurality of WiFi access points. The processor may be further configured to monitor a service requirement parameter, associated with the determined service requirement, for the client device; detect that the service requirement parameter is within a threshold of the determined service requirement; and perform a self-organizing network (SON) action on the customer premises network, in response to detecting that the service requirement parameter is within the threshold of the determined service requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Talbert, Meaghan Leong, Christina Fyock, Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Edward J. Norris, William E. Garrett, Jr., Roland W. Hicks, Jr.
  • WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DISTRIBUTED FIBER NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20180287703
    Abstract: Systems described herein provide antenna elements, each of which contains an antenna array and electronics, built into a fiber optic aerial cable to form a hybrid cable. The hybrid cable has a fiber buffer tube including one or more fiber cores, an outer sheath surrounding the fiber buffer tube, and a distributed array of antenna elements integrated along a length of the hybrid fiber optic cable. Each of the antenna elements includes an antenna and control electronics for the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Roland W. Hicks, JR., Glenn A. Wellbrock, Tiejun J. Xia
  • SELF-ORGANIZING CUSTOMER PREMISES NETWORK
    Publication number: 20180234902
    Abstract: A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to determine a service requirement for a client device connected to a WiFi access point in a customer premises network that includes a plurality of WiFi access points. The processor may be further configured to monitor a service requirement parameter, associated with the determined service requirement, for the client device; detect that the service requirement parameter is within a threshold of the determined service requirement; and perform a self-organizing network (SON) action on the customer premises network, in response to detecting that the service requirement parameter is within the threshold of the determined service requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Talbert, Meaghan Leong, Christina Fyock, Daniel J. O'Callaghan, Edward J. Norris, William E. Garrett, JR., Roland W. Hicks, JR.