Patents by Inventor Shlomo M. Avital

Shlomo M. Avital 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).

  • Method and apparatus to shorten the duration of initial network selection and handover decisions in multicomm platforms by utilizing alternate fragmented scanning
    Patent number: 8774158
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter capable of combining more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network, wherein the apparatus includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans; and wherein the network adapter breaks a scan into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms to provide faster scanning, connection time and handover from one wireless technology to another wireless technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shlomo M. Avital, Miri Ratner
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SHORTEN THE DURATION OF INITIAL NETWORK SELECTION AND HANDOVER DECISIONS IN MULTICOMM PLATFORMS BY UTILIZING ALTERNATE FRAGMENTED SCANNING
    Publication number: 20120057564
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a network adapter capable of combining more than one wireless communication technology (comm) for wireless communication in a wireless network, wherein the apparatus includes a network detection phase implemented by doing a full scan of one comm followed by one or more additional comm scans; and wherein the network adapter breaks a scan into buckets, and alternates between different scanning buckets of different comms to provide faster scanning, connection time and handover from one wireless technology to another wireless technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Shlomo M. Avital, Miri Ratner