Patents by Inventor Tom Helenius

Tom Helenius 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).

  • Traffic control in a communication system
    Patent number: 6349088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for traffic control in a communication system transferring traffic units. The invention includes maintaining a continuously changing quantity determining whether an individual traffic unit can be forwarded, changing the value of the quantity so that a traffic density lower than a specific predetermined value changes the value of the quantity in a first direction, but no more than up to a predetermined first limit, and a traffic density higher than said predetermined value changes the value in a second direction. Further, the inventing relates to rejecting traffic units as the value of the quantity in said second direction reaches a specific predetermined second limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy
    Inventors: Philip Ginzboorg, Tom Helenius