Patents by Inventor Thomas Nicolay

Thomas Nicolay 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 for multi-hop data transmission in an ad-hoc network comprising concealed nodes
    Patent number: 8270341
    Abstract: A method for multi-hop data transmission in an ad-hoc network comprising concealed nodes. A source node determines the probability of a collision-free transmission of data to the following nodes and if a high probability of collision-free transmission is present, transmits a data packet to a following node without coordinating transmission-channel allocation with concealed nodes disposed in the vicinity of the next node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Langguth, Henrik Schober, Thomas Nicolay
  • METHOD FOR MULTI-HOP DATA TRANSMISSION IN AN AD-HOC NETWORK COMPRISING CONCEALED NODES
    Publication number: 20090175170
    Abstract: In a method for multi-hop data transmission in an ad-hoc network comprising concealed nodes, one node with transmission intent determines the probability of a collision-free transmission of data to the following nodes and if a high probability of collision-free transmission of data, transmits a user data packet to said following node, without co-ordinating the detection of the following node with the concealed nodes located in the vicinity of the following node in relation to the transmission of data to said following node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Langguth, Henrik Schober, Thomas Nicolay