Patents by Inventor Vincenzo Maria Pii

Vincenzo Maria Pii 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).

  • Link scheduling algorithm for OFDMA wireless networks with relay nodes
    Patent number: 9107150
    Abstract: A method scheduling link activations within a wireless communications network including at least one network cell including a base station providing radio coverage over the network cell and at least one relay node putting the base station into communication with a user equipment within the network cell over an access link. The relay node communicates with the base station over a backhaul link. The method includes estimating, for the relay node, an access link capacity according to status information indicative of a status of the user equipment associated with the relay node, estimating a backhaul link capacity of the relay node according to the status information, and scheduling, for the relay node, either a backhaul link activation or an access link activation such that one of the backhaul link and access link is activated, in a predetermined time interval, based on a comparison between the access capacity and backhaul capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A
    Inventors: Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Marco Caretti, Roberto Fantini, Daniele Migliorini, Vincenzo Maria Pii, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea
  • LINK SCHEDULING ALGORITHM FOR OFDMA WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH RELAY NODES
    Publication number: 20130336200
    Abstract: A method scheduling link activations within a wireless communications network including at least one network cell including a base station providing radio coverage over the network cell and at least one relay node putting the base station into communication with a user equipment within the network cell over an access link. The relay node communicates with the base station over a backhaul link. The method includes estimating, for the relay node, an access link capacity according to status information indicative of a status of the user equipment associated with the relay node, estimating a backhaul link capacity of the relay node according to the status information, and scheduling, for the relay node, either a backhaul link activation or an access link activation such that one of the backhaul link and access link is activated, in a predetermined time interval, based on a comparison between the access capacity and backhaul capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Matteo Maria Andreozzi, Marco Caretti, Roberto Fantini, Daniele Migliorini, Vincenzo Maria Pii, Dario Sabella, Giovanni Stea