Inventor · West Chester, PA, US

Ana Lucia Iacono

32Patents
10h-index
32Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 12, 2001 → Jan 14, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7308264B2 Method for identifying pre-candidate cells for a mobile unit operating with a switched beam antenna in a wireless communication system, and corresponding system Electricity 183 Active
US7324817B2 Wireless communication method and apparatus for selecting and reselecting cells based on measurements performed using directional beams and an omni-directional beam pattern Electricity 179 Active
US7379489B2 Orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) code assignment Electricity 69 Expired
US7206610B2 Method, system and components for facilitating wireless communication in a sectored service area Electricity 47 Expired
US7397790B2 Packet switched connections using dedicated channels Electricity 25 Expired
US7366464B2 Access point operating with a smart antenna in a WLAN and associated methods Electricity 17 Expired
US7020127B2 Apparatus and methods for determination of gain factors for wireless communication transmission power Electricity 15 Expired
US7313409B2 Method and apparatus for transmit power control during beam switching Electricity 12 Expired
US7373164B2 Apparatus and methods for wireless communication transmission power control that supports physical channel reconfiguration Electricity 12 Active
US8265702B2 Method, system and components for facilitating wireless communication in a sectored service area Electricity 10 Active
US6771632B2 Sub-channels for the random access channel in time division duplex Electricity 8 Expired
US7079843B2 Method and apparatus for supporting a soft handoff by establishing a cell set used to facilitate antenna beam mode transitions in a mobile station Electricity 8 Expired
US7295811B2 Method for performing measurements for handoff of a mobile unit operating with a switched beam antenna in a wireless communication system, and corresponding system Electricity 7 Expired
US7058032B2 Scheduling data transmission by medium access control (MAC) layer in a mobile network Electricity 7 Expired
US7551587B2 Apparatus and methods for determination of gain factors for wireless communication transmission power Electricity 6 Active
US7764957B2 Method for performing measurements for handoff of a mobile unit operating with a switched beam antenna in a wireless communication system, and corresponding system Electricity 6 Active
US8024001B2 Method, system and components for facilitating wireless communication in a sectored service area Electricity 6 Active
US7881264B2 Apparatus and methods for determination of gain factors for wireless communication transmission power Electricity 5 Active
US8761124B2 Apparatus and methods for determination of gain factors for wireless communication transmission power Electricity 3 Active
US7340254B2 Measurement opportunities for a mobile unit operating with a switched beam antenna in a CDMA system Electricity 3 Expired
US7680518B2 Deviation based antenna control algorithm for an access point Electricity 2 Active
US8644229B2 Scheduling data transmission by medium access control (MAC) layer in a mobile network Electricity 2 Active
US7092720B2 Method for characterizing base station capabilities in a wireless communication system and for avoiding base station overload Electricity 2 Expired
US8483082B2 Apparatus and methods for determination of gain factors communication transmission power Electricity 2 Active
US7917092B2 Beam selection apparatus and method in voice over internet protocol over switched beam wireless local area network Electricity 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.