Patents by Inventor Scott H. Tran

Scott H. Tran 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 network infrastructure in that digital processing resources are shared
    Patent number: 6721571
    Abstract: A wireless communication system infrastructure services wireless communications within a service coverage area. A digital enclosure includes a plurality of wireless communication processing components that perform digital processing functions. A plurality of radio enclosures couple to the digital enclosure via communication links and each service wireless communications within a corresponding geographic area of the service coverage area. During operation of the wireless communication system infrastructure, two radio enclosures of the plurality of radio enclosures share a communication processing component of the digital enclosure while jointly servicing a single wireless communication. The two radio enclosures reside at respective geographic locations that are separated by a geographic distance such that each of the radio enclosures services a respective cell. Each of the radio enclosures may service a plurality of sectors that form the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott H. Tran, Farhad Bassirat, Chang-Gang Zhang, Kendall Martin
  • Wireless network infrastructure in that digital processing resources are shared
    Publication number: 20020077149
    Abstract: A wireless communication system infrastructure services wireless communications within a service coverage area. A digital enclosure includes a plurality of wireless communication processing components that perform digital processing functions. A plurality of radio enclosures couple to the digital enclosure via communication links and each service wireless communications within a corresponding geographic area of the service coverage area. During operation of the wireless communication system infrastructure, two radio enclosures of the plurality of radio enclosures share a communication processing component of the digital enclosure while jointly servicing a single wireless communication. The two radio enclosures reside at respective geographic locations that are separated by a geographic distance such that each of the radio enclosures services a respective cell. Each of the radio enclosures may service a plurality of sectors that form the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Scott H. Tran, Farhad Bassirat, Chang-Gang Zhang, Martin Kendall