Patents by Inventor Suma Prabhakara

Suma Prabhakara 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, system and device for network communications within a vehicle
    Patent number: 10952243
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to vehicle communication systems, in particular, toward contention resolution on a shared medium in vehicle communication systems. The present disclosure can provide a modified version of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 standard to handle physical layer (PHY), and data link layer's (DLL) media access control (MAC) of the wired communication links in the vehicle communication subsystem utilizing a shared medium and half-duplex mode. As a result, the modified MAC and PHY may provide fair access and deterministic latency for shared access to the medium of vehicle communication systems independent of the offered network load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongbum Kim, Stephen Eric Sidle, Luna Chen, Jerry L. Petree, Suma Prabhakara, George T. Feltovich
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190313446
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to vehicle communication systems, in particular, toward contention resolution on a shared medium in vehicle communication systems. The present disclosure can provide a modified version of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 standard to handle physical layer (PHY), and data link layer's (DLL) media access control (MAC) of the wired communication links in the vehicle communication subsystem utilizing a shared medium and half-duplex mode. As a result, the modified MAC and PHY may provide fair access and deterministic latency for shared access to the medium of vehicle communication systems independent of the offered network load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yongbum Kim, Stephen Eric Sidle, Luna Chen, Jerry L. Petree, Suma Prabhakara, George T. Feltovich