Patents by Inventor Scott Kenneth LINDSAY

Scott Kenneth LINDSAY 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).

  • Scheduled medium access for directional multi-gigabit wireless communications systems
    Patent number: 11224063
    Abstract: A method in a wireless access point (AP) for controlling medium access includes: transmitting a beacon frame defining (i) a beacon header interval (BHI), and (ii) a data transmission interval (DTI) divided into a predetermined number of scheduled periods, each scheduled period containing a set of uplink allocation request sub-periods; sending, to a client device, an uplink allocation request assignment indicating an assigned uplink allocation request sub-period from the set, that corresponds to the client device; during a current one of the scheduled periods, receiving an uplink allocation request from the client device during the assigned uplink allocation request sub-period; determining an uplink allocation sub-period for the client device based on the uplink allocation request; and during a next one of the scheduled periods, sending an indication of the uplink allocation sub-period to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Albert Klaas Theodoor Rietema, Bradley Robert Lynch, Scott Kenneth Lindsay, Timor Israeli
  • SCHEDULED MEDIUM ACCESS FOR DIRECTIONAL MULTI-GIGABIT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200187240
    Abstract: A method in a wireless access point (AP) for controlling medium access includes: transmitting a beacon frame defining (i) a beacon header interval (BHI), and (ii) a data transmission interval (DTI) divided into a predetermined number of scheduled periods, each scheduled period containing a set of uplink allocation request sub-periods; sending, to a client device, an uplink allocation request assignment indicating an assigned uplink allocation request sub-period from the set, that corresponds to the client device; during a current one of the scheduled periods, receiving an uplink allocation request from the client device during the assigned uplink allocation request sub-period; determining an uplink allocation sub-period for the client device based on the uplink allocation request; and during a next one of the scheduled periods, sending an indication of the uplink allocation sub-period to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Albert Klaas Theodoor RIETEMA, Bradley Robert LYNCH, Scott Kenneth LINDSAY, Timor ISRAELI