Patents by Inventor Stefano Alessandro Crosta

Stefano Alessandro Crosta 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).

  • Automatic clustering of wireless network nodes toward selected mesh access points
    Patent number: 8259635
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting by a mesh access point a number of wireless network nodes that are attached to the mesh access point within a mesh network; calculating by the mesh access point an attachment preference factor that enables at least one other wireless network node to determine whether to attach to the mesh access point, wherein the mesh access point increases the attachment preference factor based on a corresponding increase in the number of wireless network nodes that are attached to the mesh access point; and outputting by the mesh access point the attachment preference factor, enabling the at least one other wireless network node to determine whether to attach to the mesh access point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Patrick Wetterwald, Vincent Jean Ribiere, Stefano Alessandro Crosta
  • Automatic Clustering of Wireless Network Nodes Toward Selected Mesh Access Points
    Publication number: 20090175208
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting by a mesh access point a number of wireless network nodes that are attached to the mesh access point within a mesh network; calculating by the mesh access point an attachment preference factor that enables at least one other wireless network node to determine whether to attach to the mesh access point, wherein the mesh access point increases the attachment preference factor based on a corresponding increase in the number of wireless network nodes that are attached to the mesh access point; and outputting by the mesh access point the attachment preference factor, enabling the at least one other wireless network node to determine whether to attach to the mesh access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Pascal THUBERT, Patrick Wetterwald, Vincent Jean Ribiere, Stefano Alessandro Crosta