GARY BERTEL ANDERSON
Pilots in Agate Bay, CA

6434137, Aug 13, 2002

Jan 31, 2000

09/494957

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Sherman Gavette - Colorado Springs CO
William D. Hetherington - Colorado Springs CO

Xircom Wireless, Inc. - Colorado Springs CO

H04B 7212

370347, 370328, 370337, 455561

A mobile communication system having a layered architecture communicates user and signaling data among components of the communication system in the form of information elements which are encapsulated within packets and which may be passed across one or more system interfaces. The mobile communication system may comprises mobile user stations, base stations, and base station controllers and operates as a transparent data pipeline between application end users, such as a telephone service, connected at base station controllers and mobile user stations. Each system interface functions as a communication channel between system components, providing the lower layers of a layered communication system architecture. In a particular embodiment, the interface between the base station and the user stations is a TDMA interface, and the interface between a base radio transceiver and a line card processor comprises a dual-port RAM which is used as a shared resource across the interface. Prioritized queues may be used to facilitate response to relatively urgent signaling and control messages.

6532365, Mar 11, 2003

Aug 29, 2000

09/652117

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO
Bryan K. Petch - Colorado Springs CO
Peter O. Peterson - Colorado Springs CO

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04Q 720

455437, 455436, 455423, 370331

A simple and flexible over-air protocol for use with a mobile telephone system, having hand-held telephones in a microcell or other type of cellular communication system. A method in which user stations communicate with one or more base stations to place and receive telephone calls, in which the user stations are provided a secure voice or data link and have the ability to handoff calls between base stations while such calls are in progress. Each base station has a set of “air channels” to which it transmits in sequence. The air channels supported by each base station are called that base stationa “polling loop”. A user station receives general polling information on an unoccupied air channel, transmits responsive information to the base station, and awaits acknowledgment from the base station. Each base station may therefore simultaneously maintain communication with as many user stations as there are air channels in its polling loop. The ability of a user station to communicate on any unoccupied air channel makes the protocol air-channel agile, while the stability of user station and base station clocks may define air channels, gaps, and minor frames.

6094575, Jul 25, 2000

Mar 4, 1996

8/610193

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Sherman Gavette - Colorado Springs CO
Charles L. Lindsay - Monument CO
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO

Omnipoint Corporation - Colorado Springs CO

N04Q 720

455422

A mobile communication system having a layered architecture communicates user and signaling data among components of the communication system in the form of information elements which are encapsulated within packets and which may be passed across one or more system interfaces. The mobile communication system comprises mobile user stations, base stations, and base station controllers and operates as a transparent data pipeline between application end users, such as a telephone service, connected at base station controllers and mobile user stations. In a particular embodiment, the interface between the base station and the user stations is a TDMA interface, and signaling traffic between the base station and each of the user stations is conducted in either a fast control traffic mode or a slow control traffic mode. In the fast control traffic mode, signaling messages are exchanged between the base station and a user station in a plurality of time slots within a timespan of a single time frame; in the slow control traffic mode, signaling messages are exchanged between the base station and a user station in no more than a single time slot within a timespan of a single time frame.

7668147, Feb 23, 2010

May 27, 2003

10/446609

Charles L. Lindsay - Monument CO, US
Ryan N. Jensen - Monument CO, US
Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04B 7/212

370347, 370280, 370346

A method and system for conducting rapid control traffic in a time division multiple access (TDMA) communication system comprises a base station communicating with a plurality of user stations in assigned time slots of a time frame. For bearer traffic, time slots are assigned to particular user stations for an extended duration. In unassigned time slots, the base station transmits a general polling message indicating availability of the time slot. A user station desiring to hand off communication from one base station to another uses multiple available time slots at the target base station for exchanging control traffic messages with the target base station. The next available time slot is indicated by a slot pointer in the header of each general polling message to facilitate rapid exchange of control traffic messages. During handover, the user station may establish a new link with the target base station before relinquishing the existing communication link with the old base station.

5768264, Jun 16, 1998

Jun 7, 1995

8/485267

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO
Sherman Gavette - Colorado Springs CO
James Brick - Sunnyvale CA

Omnipoint Corporation - Colorado Springs CO

H04Q 720

370280

A simple and flexible over-air protocol for use with a mobile telephone system, having hand-held telephones in a microcell or other type of cellular communication system. A method in which user stations communicate with one or more base stations to place and receive telephone calls, in which the user stations are provided a secure voice or data link and have the ability to handoff calls between base stations while such calls are in progress. Each base station has a set of "air channels" to which it transmits in sequence. The air channels supported by each base station are called that base station's "polling loop". A user station receives general polling information on an unoccupied air channel, transmits responsive information to the base station, and awaits acknowledgment from the base station. Each base station may therefore simultaneously maintain communication with as many user stations as there are air channels in its polling loop. The ability of a user station to communicate on any unoccupied air channel makes the protocol air-channel agile, while the stability of user station and base station clocks may define air channels, gaps, and minor frames.

6947469, Sep 20, 2005

Jul 25, 2002

10/202756

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA, US
Bryan K. Petch - Colorado Springs CO, US
Peter O. Peterson - Colorado Springs CO, US
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO, US
Sherman Gavette - Colorado Springs CO, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04B001/69

375141, 370342, 370347, 455522

A simple and flexible over-air protocol for use with a mobile telephone system, having hand-held telephones in a microcell or other type of cellular communication system. A method in which user stations communicate with one or more base stations to place and receive telephone calls, in which the user stations are provided a secure voice or data link and have the ability to handoff calls between base stations while such calls are in progress. Each base station has a set of “air channels” to which it transmits in sequence. The air channels supported by each base station are called that base station's “polling loop”. A user station receives general polling information on an unoccupied air channel, transmits responsive information to the base station, and awaits acknowledgment from the base station. Each base station may therefore simultaneously maintain communication with as many user stations as there are air channels in its polling loop. The ability of a user station to communicate on any unoccupied air channel makes the protocol air-channel agile, while the stability of user station and base station clocks may define air channels, gaps, and minor frames.

6112080, Aug 29, 2000

Dec 31, 1996

8/774559

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO
Bryan K. Petch - Colorado Springs CO
Peter O. Peterson - Larkspur CA

Omnipoint Corporation - Bethesda MD

H04Q 722

455422

A simple and flexible over-air protocol for use with a mobile telephone system, having hand-held telephones in a microcell or other type of cellular communication system. A method in which user stations communicate with one or more base stations to place and receive telephone calls, in which the user stations are provided a secure voice or data link and have the ability to handoff calls between base stations while such calls are in progress. Each base station has a set of "air channels" to which it transmits in sequence. The air channels supported by each base station are called that base station's "polling loop". A user station receives general polling information on an unoccupied air channel, transmits responsive information to the base station, and awaits acknowledgment from the base station. Each base station may therefore simultaneously maintain communication with as many user stations as there are air channels in its polling loop. The ability of a user station to communicate on any unoccupied air channel makes the protocol air-channel agile, while the stability of user station and base station clocks may define air channels, gaps, and minor frames.

5787076, Jul 28, 1998

Feb 18, 1997

8/801529

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO
Bryan K. Petch - Colorado Springs CO
Peter O. Peterson - Larkspur CO

Omnipoint Corporation - Colorado Springs CO

H04J 316

370294

A simple and flexible over-air protocol for use with a mobile telephone system, having hand-held telephones in a microcell or other type of cellular communication system. A method in which user stations communicate with one or more base stations to place and receive telephone calls, in which the user stations are provided a secure voice or data link and have the ability to handoff calls between base stations while such calls are in progress. Each base station has a set of "air channels" to which it transmits in sequence. The air channels supported by each base station are called that base station's "polling loop". A user station receives general polling information on an unoccupied air channel, transmits responsive information to the base station, and awaits acknowledgment from the base station. Each base station may therefore simultaneously maintain communication with as many user stations as there are air channels in its polling loop. The ability of a user station to communicate on any unoccupied air channel makes the protocol air-channel agile, while the stability of user station and base station clocks may define air channels, gaps, and minor frames.

7251226, Jul 31, 2007

Nov 9, 2001

10/036302

Charles L. Lindsay - Monument CO, US
Ryan N. Jensen - Monument CO, US
Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

H04Q 7/00

370331, 370337, 370347

A method and system for conducting rapid control traffic in a time division multiple access (TDMA) communication system comprises a base station communicating with a plurality of user stations in assigned time slots of a time frame. For bearer traffic, time slots are assigned to particular user stations for an extended duration. In unassigned time slots, the base station transmits a general polling message indicating availability of the time slot. A user station desiring to hand off communication from one base station to another uses multiple available time slots at the target base station for exchanging control traffic messages with the target base station. The next available time slot is indicated by a slot pointer in the header of each general polling message to facilitate rapid exchange of control traffic messages. During handover, the user station may establish a new link with the target base station before relinquishing the existing communication link with the old base station.

6161013, Dec 12, 2000

Jul 26, 1996

8/687651

Gary B. Anderson - Carnelian Bay CA
Bryan K. Petch - Colorado Springs CO
Peter O. Peterson - Colorado Springs CO
Ryan N. Jensen - Colorado Springs CO
Sherman Gavette - Colorado Springs CO

Omnipoint Corporation - Colorado Springs CO

H04Q 720

455435

A simple and flexible over-the-air communication system is provided in which user stations communicate with one or more base stations to place and receive telephone calls, in which the user stations are provided a secure voice or data link and have the ability to handoff calls between base stations while such calls are in progress. A user station receives general polling information on an unoccupied air channel, transmits responsive information to the base station and awaits acknowledgment from the base station. Each base station may therefore simultaneously maintain communication with as many user stations as there are air channels in its polling loop.