Inventor · Lake Zurich, IL, US

James P. Michels

30Patents
7h-index
18Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 1996 → Jun 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6441786B1 Adaptive antenna array and method for control thereof Electricity 63 Expired
US7894371B2 System and method of resource allocation within a communication system Electricity 30 Active
US7272129B2 Method and apparatus for synchronizing a node within an ad-hoc communication system Electricity 28 Expired
US5715240A Communication device capable of estimating signal quality without synchronization pattern Electricity 25 Expired
US8305972B2 Proactive scheduling methods and apparatus to enable peer-to-peer communication links in a wireless OFDMA system Electricity 16 Active
US7471734B2 Space-time transmit diversity scheme for time-dispersive propagation media Electricity 14 Expired
US7792059B2 Method and system for transitioning between a distributed ad hoc network architecture and a cluster ad hoc network architecture Electricity 10 Active
US8879479B2 Reactive scheduling methods and apparatus to enable peer-to-peer communication links in a wireless OFDMA system Electricity 6 Active
US8982846B2 Proactive scheduling methods and apparatus to enable peer-to-peer communication links in a wireless OFDMA system Electricity 5 Active
US9954600B2 Servicing cell selection in air to ground communication systems Electricity 4 Active
US7649873B2 Method and apparatus for merging independently synchronized networks Electricity 4 Active
US11076372B1 Systems and methods for accessing an air-to-ground network Electricity 2 Active
US8787305B2 Method and apparatus for scheduling peer-to-peer communication links Electricity 2 Active
US6944455B2 Selective networking method for mobile ad hoc networks Electricity 1 Expired
US10084493B1 Systems and methods for facilitating predictive noise mitigation Electricity 1 Active
US9049702B2 Method and apparatus for scheduling various types of peer-to-peer communication links Electricity 1 Active
US10044433B2 Servicing cell selection in air to ground communication systems Electricity 1 Active
US11716681B2 Systems and methods to control access in air-to-ground networks operating in unlicensed spectrum Electricity 1 Active
US12088368B2 Systems and methods for satellite selection using beamscanning techniques Electricity 0 Active
US11616565B2 Beam pointing fine tuning for vehicle-based antennas Electricity 0 Active
US11323969B2 Multi-carrier power pooling Electricity 0 Active
US10461788B2 Systems and methods for facilitating predictive noise mitigation Electricity 0 Active
US12273783B2 Neighbor list and beam management for ATG systems Electricity 0 Active
US12170956B2 Systems and methods to control access in air-to-ground networks operating in unlicensed spectrum Electricity 0 Active
US10362543B2 Multi-carrier power pooling Electricity 0 Active

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