Patents by Inventor William Edward Lawton

William Edward Lawton 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).

  • Forward error correction with channel adaptation
    Patent number: 6553534
    Abstract: A scheme for configuring an FEC encoder (including an associated interleaver) for changing data channel characteristics. Channel information specifying a modulation mode and carriers capable of supporting the modulation mode for the data channel is received by a transmitting network node for use in a data transmission to a receiving network node. The received channel information is based on a prior data transmission to the receiving network node over the data channel. Configuration values are computed from the received channel information and an amount of data to be transmitted in a data transmission. The FEC encoder is configured to operate on the data transmission data amount according to the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Intellon Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Bart W. Blanchard, Harper Brent Mashburn, Timothy Robert Gargrave, William Edward Lawton
  • Forward error correction with channel adaptation
    Publication number: 20020188908
    Abstract: A scheme for configuring an FEC encoder (including an associated interleaver) for changing data channel characteristics. Channel information specifying a modulation mode and carriers capable of supporting the modulation mode for the data channel is received by a transmitting network node for use in a data transmission to a receiving network node. The received channel information is based on a prior data transmission to the receiving network node over the data channel. Configuration values are computed from the received channel information and an amount of data to be transmitted in a data transmission. The FEC encoder is configured to operate on the data transmission data amount according to the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Intellon Corporation, a Florida corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, Bart W. Blanchard, Harper Brent Mashburn, Timothy Robert Gargrave, William Edward Lawton
  • Forward error correction with channel adaptation
    Patent number: 6397368
    Abstract: A scheme for configuring an FEC encoder (including an associated interleaver) for changing data channel characteristics. Channel information specifying a modulation mode and carriers capable of supporting the modulation mode for the data channel is received by a transmitting network node for use in a data transmission to a receiving network node. The received channel information is based on a prior data transmission to the receiving network node over the data channel. Configuration values are computed from the received channel information and an amount of data to be transmitted in a data transmission. The FEC encoder is configured to operate on the data transmission data amount according to the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Intellon Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Yonge, III, Bart W. Blanchard, Harper Brent Mashburn, Timothy Robert Gargrave, William Edward Lawton