Patents by Inventor Roy Finlay

Roy Finlay 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).

  • Load balancing in core network comprising a pool of core network elements
    Patent number: 8457133
    Abstract: A method of balancing load of an individual network element operating in a pool in a radio telecommunications network. In said network a user equipment is assigned to a network element from said pool of network elements based on relative weighting values associated with said network elements. Said relative weighting value indicates the capacity of a network element relative to other network elements in the pool. The method comprises: periodically determining load of said network element; reducing the relative weighting value if said network element is overloaded for a predefined number of periods, exceeding a limit of allowed consecutive overloads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Roy Finlay
  • LOAD BALANCING IN CORE NETWORK COMPRISING A POOL OF CORE NETWORK ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20110032820
    Abstract: A method of balancing load of an individual network element operating in a pool in a radio telecommunications network. In said network a user equipment is assigned to a network element from said pool of network elements based on relative weighting values associated with said network elements. Said relative weighting value indicates the capacity of a network element relative to other network elements in the pool. The method comprises: periodically determining load of said network element; reducing the relative weighting value if said network element is overloaded for a predefined number of periods, exceeding a limit of allowed consecutive overloads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Roy Finlay