Patents by Inventor Soon S. Shin

Soon S. Shin 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).

  • Multiple access communication network with combined contention and reservation mode access
    Patent number: 6240083
    Abstract: Channel access for communicating a data packet over a multiple access communication network with a forward channel and a multiple access reverse channel which efficiently handles a mix of short message and long data transfer communication type traffic is provided by combined contention and reservation mode access to the multiple reverse channel. A forward channel transmission apparatus or base station broadcasts a forward channel control packet associated with a subsequent transmission window which channel control packet includes an indication of contention or reservation mode for the subsequent transmission window and an identifier identifying a device to be granted reservation mode access to the reverse channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson
    Inventors: Andrew S. Wright, Cuong Hon Lai, Soon S. Shin, Helen R. Newton