Patents by Inventor Timothy R. Gargrave

Timothy R. Gargrave 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).

  • Medium access control layer that encapsulates data from a plurality of received data units into a plurality of independently transmittable blocks
    Patent number: 9013989
    Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Stanley Joseph Kostoff, II, William Edward Earnshaw, Bart W. Blanchard, Timothy R. Gargrave
  • MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER THAT ENCAPSULATES DATA FROM A PLURALITY OF RECEIVED DATA UNITS INTO A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY TRANSMITTABLE BLOCKS
    Publication number: 20140192641
    Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Stanley Joseph Kostoff, II, William Edward Earnshaw, Bart W. Blanchard, Timothy R. Gargrave
  • Medium access control layer that encapsulates data from a plurality of received data units into a plurality of independently transmittable blocks
    Patent number: 8654635
    Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Stanley J. Kostoff, II, William E. Earnshaw, Bart W. Blanchard, Timothy R. Gargrave
  • Medium access control layer that encapsulates data from a plurality of received data units into a plurality of independently transmittable blocks
    Patent number: 8090857
    Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Stanley J. Kostoff, II, William E. Earnshaw, Bart W. Blanchard, Timothy R. Gargrave
  • MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER THAT ENCAPSULATES DATA FROM A PLURALITY OF RECEIVED DATA UNITS INTO A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY TRANSMITTABLE BLOCKS
    Publication number: 20110128973
    Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Stanley J. Kostoff, II, William E. Earnshaw, Bart W. Blanchard, Timothy R. Gargrave