Inventor · Dallas, TX, US

Thomas Novlan

195Patents
10h-index
37Co-inventors
76Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 18, 2013 → Apr 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9949298B1 Facilitating signaling and transmission protocols for enhanced beam management for initial access Electricity 62 Active
US10383147B2 Methods and apparatus for resource collision avoidance in vehicle to vehicle communication Electricity 34 Active
US9974066B2 Methods and apparatus for device-to-device communications system Electricity 24 Active
US10206232B2 Initial access and radio resource management for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) wireless networks Electricity 23 Active
US9991942B2 Method and apparatus for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) Electricity 17 Active
US10158555B2 Facilitation of route optimization for a 5G network or other next generation network Electricity 13 Active
US9923684B2 Methods to support inter-eNodeB CoMP Electricity 10 Active
US10547397B2 Channel sounding using carrier aggregation Electricity 10 Active
US10057839B2 Methods and apparatus for discovery signals for LTE advanced Electricity 10 Active
US9918290B2 Methods and apparatus for inter-cell device-to-device communication and discovery Electricity 10 Active
US10361827B2 Aperiodic and periodic CSI feedback modes for coordinated multi-point transmission Electricity 9 Active
US10742562B2 Method and apparatus for adaptive control of contention window in LAA Electricity 9 Active
US10470136B1 Downlink power control enhancements for multi-hop integrated access and backhaul Electricity 8 Active
US10700775B2 Resource coordination for integrated access and backhaul Electricity 8 Active
US9642140B2 Methods of UL TDM for inter-enodeb carrier aggregation Electricity 8 Active
US10644974B2 Measurements and radio link monitoring in a wireless communications system Electricity 7 Active
US9438321B2 Methods and apparatus for codebook subset restriction for two-dimensional advanced antenna systems Electricity 7 Active
US10595363B2 Autonomous topology management for wireless radio user equipment Electricity 7 Active
US9917676B2 Harq procedure and frame structure for LTE cells on unlicensed spectrum Electricity 6 Active
US10834781B2 Closed loop carrier sense multiple access with multiuser request to send and clear to send handshaking in an advanced wireless network Electricity 6 Active
US9894651B2 Methods and apparatus for resource allocation for D2D communications Electricity 6 Active
US10314082B2 Facilitating signaling and transmission protocols for enhanced beam management for initial access Electricity 6 Active
US10015687B2 Measurement in MBMS Electricity 5 Active
US10020969B2 Methods and apparatus for discovery and measurement in cellular networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10091659B2 Methods and apparatus for partial subframe transmission and broadcast channel on unlicensed spectrum in a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell Electricity 5 Active

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