Patents by Inventor Shashidhar R. Gandham

Shashidhar R. Gandham 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).

  • Patent number: 8005002
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs a query-based convergecast scheduling in a convergecast network, which includes a base-station and a plurality of nodes. During operation, the system receives a convergecast tree for the convergecast network. Each node in the convergecast tree is associated with a hop-count to the base-station through a specific branch and each node can generate zero or more packets to transmit. Next, the system initializes a query from the base-station, wherein the query is successively propagated to the nodes through the branches. In response to the query, the system computes distributed-timing-information indicating a packet transmission schedule for the nodes. The system next aggregates the distributed-timing-information associated with the nodes toward the base-station through the branches. The system then forwards the aggregated distributed-timing-information to the plurality of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Ying Zhang, Qingfeng Huang
  • Publication number: 20110194490
    Abstract: A method that addresses a cross layer optimization technique for TCP in which the need to send ACK frames across wireless links is contained by using the information from the MAC layer acknowledgements is disclosed. More specifically the method significantly reduces bandwidth consumption and improves the performance of TCP on wireless networks. Furthermore, since the number of transmitted and received packets is reduced at the mobile device, the battery life of the device can be improved significantly. The proposed method can also be applied to downlink and uplink ACK frames with a slight variation between the two.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: XG TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla, Ajay Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 7961691
    Abstract: What is described is an approach to assigning timeslots of appropriate duration when using a TDMA based MAC protocol for forwarding VOIP traffic. It is known that a typical user speaks only 35% of the time in a voice session. Existing VOIP systems exploit this fact and reduce the amount of data generated by employing Voice Activity Detection (VAD) algorithms. The packets generated when a user is silent are shorter than the packets generated when a user is speaking. Hence there is a need to assign timeslots of different duration based on user speech activity. When the user is speaking we assign an Active Speech Timeslot (AST). When the user is listening a Silent Speech Timeslot (SST) that is long enough to transmit packets generated by a Comfort Noise Generator is assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: XG Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Shashidhar R. Gandham
  • Patent number: 7881274
    Abstract: A tri-core architecture for reducing MAC layer processing latency at the base stations is described. The new architecture minimizes the processing delay by introducing a pipelined approach. The fundamental concept involves splitting the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer functionality into three distinct tasks, with each processor performing a given task. All tasks will be thus performed concurrently, avoiding much of the overhead encountered while processing received packets and preparing packets to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: XG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100189073
    Abstract: A system and method for a mobile switching center to efficiently manage; assign; and reclaim the IP addresses is described. The procedure utilizes a mechanism that involves splitting the IP address assignment functionality into two parts, with the Base Station being responsible for assigning IP addresses to individual end user devices and the mobile switching center assigning a block of IP addresses to each Base Station and includes a methodology for the mobile switching center to efficiently manage; assign and reclaim the IP addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Jeff Mielke
  • Publication number: 20100150111
    Abstract: A scanning technique to select the best channel a mobile handset needs when approaching handoff is described. More specifically a system and method for an adaptive proactive scanning mechanism in which the rate of scanning is determined by the necessity to handoff and battery power is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100150095
    Abstract: A technique for network entry in multi-channel mobile systems is described. The procedure utilizes the channel specific information sent in the beacon of each channel to select a subset of suitable channels. It then proceeds to scan these channels to gather information on perceived interference and received signal strength. Based on collected information the device picks the most suitable channel for joining the network. Since the channels to be scanned are pre-selected based on information seen in the beacon, the overall scan latency is reduced, thereby leading to a faster and more successful network entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100135247
    Abstract: In this disclosure a technique of base station assisted mobility detection of handsets is described. More specifically by transmitting the subnet ID in the Beacon, a base station simplifies the process of network detection. This also leads to a significant reduction in handoff latency by giving the handset ample time to prepare for the impending handoff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100124202
    Abstract: In wireless networks where the goal is to support a large number of VOIP based cellular calls, large overhead headers in RTP voice packets are not acceptable. In wireless networks where multiple base stations are deployed, handsets may handoff from one base station to the other while in a voice call creating a large overhead. This disclosure describes an efficient way to extend a header compression algorithm and lower the overhead when the handset is in a voice call and hands off from one base station to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthikeya V. Muppalla, Shih-Chun Chang, Shashidhar R. Gandham
  • Publication number: 20100118838
    Abstract: A heterogeneous back-off algorithm wherein latency-intolerant messages follow a linear back-off and other messages follow an exponential back-off protocol is disclosed. Typically exponential back-off techniques are used to schedule retransmissions to increase the probability of successful transmission in temporally high contention scenarios. However, exponential back-off can create an exponential increase in the transmit latency. For transmitting latency-intolerant messages like handoff messages large latency is not acceptable therefore a heterogeneous back-off algorithm using both back-off protocols is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Alireza Keshavarz Haddad
  • Publication number: 20100091738
    Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed where a Base Station provides assistance to a mobile device in the channel-switch process because a mobile device might have to perform frequent channel switches to overcome adverse channel conditions due to interference in the 900 MHz ISM band. The Base Station broadcasts channel-specific information that will be used by all mobile devices to accurately select prospective channels for future channel-switches, thereby cutting down the latency that is experienced during an actual switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100074226
    Abstract: A mechanism for decreasing the latency in an IP address assignment process for mobile systems using IP as network layer protocol is described. The proposed system is aimed at supporting seamless hand-offs for real-time applications like VOIP. A set of optimized messages is defined to eliminate the need for exchanging long DHCP messages to acquire an IP address. The mechanism involves splitting the IP address assignment functionality into two parts, with the base station being responsible for assigning IP addresses to individual end user devices, and the Mobile Switching Center assigning a block of IP addresses to each base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20100014503
    Abstract: An extension to a heterogeneous MAC protocol that makes provisions for multi-frequency system architecture is described. A new frame structure for a multi-frequency xMAX system is introduced. Multi-frequency xMAX system is an extension of a single-channel xMAX system, where the available bandwidth is split into multiple channels to provide additional capacity and range. The new frame structure is followed by all channels and is designed to fulfill the requirements of multiple frequency operation. The new frame structure incorporates features that allow the handset to leverage the advantages of multiple frequency channels, especially in the event of interference. Also, a new mechanism to reduce the power consumption in the handset is discussed that significantly reduces the number of unnecessary receive operations at the handset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Shukla, Shashidhar R. Gandham, Shih-Chun Chang
  • Publication number: 20090323657
    Abstract: A tri-core architecture for reducing MAC layer processing latency at the base stations is described. The new architecture minimizes the processing delay by introducing a pipelined approach. The fundamental concept involves splitting the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer functionality into three distinct tasks, with each processor performing a given task. All tasks will be thus performed concurrently, avoiding much of the overhead encountered while processing received packets and preparing packets to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: xG Techcology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20090310575
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a new keep alive timeslots based method to track registered handsets for a MAC protocol that combines contention-free and contention-based MAC protocols into a heterogeneous MAC protocol used for forwarding VoIP traffic in VoIP systems on wireless networks using multiple base stations thus allowing for transmission of high bit-rate data to multiple users over wired and wireless means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Shih-Chun Chang
  • Publication number: 20090310560
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a provisional hand-off mechanism to transfer handsets between base stations for a MAC protocol that combines contention-free and contention-based MAC protocols for use in wireless VoIP systems with multiple base stations that reduces packet overhead thus allowing for transmission of high bit-rate data to multiple users over wired and wireless means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla
  • Publication number: 20090268667
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a new a header compression method for a MAC protocol that combines contention-free and contention-based MAC protocols into a heterogeneous MAC protocol used for forwarding VoIP traffic in VoIP systems on wireless networks using multiple base stations that reduces packet overhead thus allowing for transmission of high bit-rate data to multiple users over wired and wireless means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Karthikeya V. Muppalla
  • Publication number: 20090257415
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a new interference avoidance Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol that combines contention-free and contention-based MAC protocols into a heterogeneous MAC protocol used for forwarding VoIP traffic in VoIP systems on wireless networks using multiple base stations which addresses additional interference elimination and the need to transport high bit-rate data to multiple users over wired and wireless means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla, Hai Vu
  • Publication number: 20090257414
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a new Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol that combines contention-free and contention-based MAC protocols into a heterogeneous MAC protocol used for forwarding VoIP traffic in VoIP systems on wireless networks using multiple base stations which addresses the need to transport high bit-rate data to multiple users over wired and wireless means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shashidhar R. Gandham, Amit Shukla, Hai Vu
  • Publication number: 20080205373
    Abstract: What is described is an approach to assigning timeslots of appropriate duration when using a TDMA based MAC protocol for forwarding VOIP traffic. It is known that a typical user speaks only 35% of the time in a voice session. Existing VOIP systems exploit this fact and reduce the amount of data generated by employing Voice Activity Detection (VAD) algorithms. The packets generated when a user is silent are shorter than the packets generated when a user is speaking. Hence there is a need to assign timeslots of different duration based on user speech activity. When the user is speaking we assign an Active Speech Timeslot (AST). When the user is listening a Silent Speech Timeslot (SST) that is long enough to transmit packets generated by a Comfort Noise Generator is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: xG Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Shashidhar R. Gandham