Patents by Inventor William Niel Robinson

William Niel Robinson 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).

  • Multichannel random access communications system
    Patent number: 5680398
    Abstract: A communications system comprising a central unit (200) and a number of remote units (300) and a downlink (10) for communication from the central unit to the remote units and an uplink (11) for communication from the remote units to the central unit. A signalling channel is provided on the downlink, a plurality of traffic channels are provided on the uplink and signalling information is transmitted on the downlink signalling channel to indicate positively which of one or more of the uplink traffic channels is to be used as a signalling channel for a random access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: William Niel Robinson