The invention solves a problem of load balancing between several wireless access points and improves performance of wireless communications in areas serving many user simultaneously, such as in airports.
Solution
The present invention proposes a multipath transport protocol to be implemented at a novel Access Network Systems/Routers. The crux of the present invention is the association of a wireless mobile devise simultaneously with several access points located within the reception range.
Competitive Advantage
The invention improves performance of wireless communications in areas serving many user simultaneously, such as in airports.
Applications
Wireless internet access.
Patent Status
International patent application filed August 26, 2009.
Licensing Opportunity
We are looking for a commercialization partner with capabilities in product development, sales, and marketing. An exclusive worldwide license is available.
About the Inventors
Dilip Sarkar received the B. Tech. (Hons.) degree in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in May 1983, the M. S. degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in December 1984, and the Ph. D. degree in computer science from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, in May 1988. He is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. His research interests include design and analysis of algorithms, parallel and distributed processing, middleware and web computing, multimedia communication over broadband and wireless networks, fuzzy systems, and neural networks. In these areas, he has guided several theses and has authored numerous papers. Dr. Sarkar is a senior member of the IEEE, a member of IEEE Communications Society.
Selected References
H. del Rio, and D. Sarkar, "Logarithmic Expected Packet Delivery Delay in Ad Hoc Wireless Networks," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Vol. 4, pp. 281-287, 2004
N. S. C. Rupenaguntla, and D. Sarkar "Call Admission Control in Mobile Cellular CDMA Systems using Fuzzy Associative Memory," Proceedings of the ICC Vol. 7, pp. 4082-4086, 2004.
S. Kovvuri, V. Pandey, D. Ghosal, B. Mukherjee, and D. Sarkar, "A call-admission control (CAC) algorithm for providing guaranteed QoS in cellular networks," International Journal of WIRELESS INFORMATION NETWORKS Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 73-85, 2003.
S. Mopati, and D. Sarkar, "Call Admission Control in Mobile Cellular Systems Using Fuzzy Associative Memory" Computer Communications and Networks, Proceedings of the ICCCN, pp. 95-100, 2003.
D. Fedyanin and D. Sarkar, "Iterative algorithms for performance evaluation of wireless networks with guard channels," International Journal of WIRELESS INFORMATION NETWORKS, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 239-245, 2001.
S. Kovvuri, V. Pandey, D. Ghosal, B. Mukherjee, and D. Sarkar, "A call-admission control (CAC) algorithm for providing guaranteed QoS in cellular networks," Proceedings of the International Conference on Broadband Wireless Access Systems, 2000.
