Inventor

Thomas J. Kenney

Inventor

Portland, OR, US

Overview

1999–2021

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 190 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Lprimary

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication31%

H04WWireless communication networks30%

H04BTransmission18%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use13%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications3%

H04JMultiplex communication2%

H04MTelephonic communication1%

H03MCoding0%

A41BShirts0%

B01DSeparation0%

PatentTitleYear

11,128,515Extreme high throughput future proof preamble design2021 11,128,505Channel width, spatial streams, and short packet signaling2021 11,109,318Methods and systems for reuse of a wireless medium during wake-up of a wireless device2021 11,082,924Wake-up radio advertisement channel2021 11,082,983Tone plans and preambles for extremely high throughput2021 11,076,385Block acknowledgement and fragmentation in multi-link communication between multi-link logical entities2021 11,057,888Physical layer signaling in next generation vehicle2021 10,979,978Wake up receiver frame2021 10,965,524Channel bonding and bonded channel access2021 10,959,245Methods, systems, and apparatus to coordinate multiple access point scheduling and transmission2021 10,939,378Methods to encode a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) mark for a wake-up radio (WUR) packet2021 10,932,193Wake up receiver transmit waveform2021 10,892,863Joint nulling and joint beamforming for downlink transmissions by multiple access points (AP)2021 10,880,831Systems, methods, and apparatus for a short beacon in low rate Wi-Fi communications2020 10,863,585Methods for dynamic multi-band layer-1 aggregation in a wireless local area network (WLAN) network2020 10,856,226Service set compression2020 10,841,150Channel bonding and bonded channel access2020 10,841,760Methods for vehicular communication in next generation vehicle-to-everything (NGV) devices in mobility scenarios2020 10,813,061Power reduction in a wireless network2020 10,798,712Methods for vehicular communication in accordance with co-existence between next generation vehicle-to-everything (NGV) devices and legacy devices2020 10,779,236Methods to encode a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) mark for a wake-up radio (WUR) packet2020 10,772,159Channel estimation for coordinated access point transmissions in wireless networks2020 10,763,956Mechanism to increase the transmission range of a cell edge station in a wireless network2020 10,750,448Wake-up radio advertisement channel2020 10,728,750Apparatus, system and method of communication over a 6 Gigahertz (GHz) wireless frequency band2020 10,701,688Dynamic channel bonding and multi-band aggregation2020 10,674,457Methods and arrangements to coordinate communications in a wireless network2020 10,659,206Techniques to communicate information using OFDMA tone allocation schemes in frequency bands2020 10,536,903Methods and arrangements for frequency selective transmission2020 10,462,744Methods and systems for reuse of a wireless medium during wake-up of a wireless device2019 10,448,384High-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station and access point (AP) and method for signaling of channel resource allocations2019 10,389,856Methods and arrangements for traffic indication mapping in wireless networks2019 10,348,469Hew master station and method for communicating in accordance with a scheduled OFDMA technique on secondary channels2019 10,284,346Systems and methods for signal classification2019 10,278,044Systems and methods for transmitting and managing communication on dedicated short-range communication channels2019 10,237,826Utilizing DC nulls in transmission of low power wake-up packets2019 10,200,974Methods and arrangements to mitigate collisions in wireless networks2019 10,177,888Wireless apparatus for high-efficiency (HE) communication with additional subcarriers2019 10,172,099Methods and arrangements to coordinate communications in a wireless network2019 10,165,470High-efficiency (HE) station and method for configuring HE packets with long and short preamble formats2018 10,158,512Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation2018 10,122,510Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for signaling high efficiency packet formats using a legacy portion of the preamble in wireless local-area networks2018 10,090,977Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation2018 10,090,964Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for an interleaver for higher quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) in a high efficiency wireless local-area network2018 10,080,191Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for transmitting and receiving beacon frames on different sub-channels2018 10,075,998Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for signaling a resource allocation in a high efficiency wireless local-area network2018 10,057,846Associating station with master station2018 10,034,240Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for transmitting and receiving beacon frames2018 10,034,294Techniques for providing flexible clear channel assessment detection thresholds in a wireless network2018 10,014,994Wireless devices, computer-readable media, and methods for high-efficiency local-area network (HEW) distributed sub-carrier allocation2018 9,985,852Methods and arrangements for traffic indication mapping in wireless networks2018 9,980,228Low-power wake-up packet generation2018 9,974,095HEW station and method for UL MU-MIMO HEW with improved receiver performance2018 9,961,678Master station and method for HEW communication with signal field configuration for HEW OFDMA MU-MIMO wideband channel operation2018 9,935,737Access point (AP), user station (STA) and method for spatial modulation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (SM-OFDM) communication2018 9,930,659'Wireless device and method for high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) communication with block-by-block orthogonal training sequences'2018 9,924,510'Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) allocations based on a basic tone resource unit or entire sub-channel'2018 9,913,263'Association request for narrowband communications in a telecommunication environment'2018 9,913,266'Methods and apparatus for scheduling a narrowband response to wideband data in a high-efficiency wireless local area network'2018 9,912,462'Apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for alignment of long training fields in a high efficiency wireless local-area network'2018 9,906,343'Techniques to communicate information using OFDMA tone allocation schemes in frequency bands'2018 9,894,187'Methods and arrangements for short beacon frames in wireless networks'2018 9,888,407'Methods and arrangements for traffic indication mapping in wireless networks'2018 9,882,695'Master station and method for HEW communication using a transmission signaling structure for a HEW signal field'2018 9,883,505'HEW packet structure and method for high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) communication'2018 9,882,687'Method of packet classification for 802.11ax'2018 9,882,753'Tone count selection'2018 9,883,473'Conveying information to bandwidth limited device'2018 9,867,082'Methods and arrangements for communications in low power wireless networks'2018 9,867,210'Master station and method for HEW communication using a transmission signaling structure for a HEW signal field'2018 9,860,893'Frame structure with reduced signal field and method for high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) communication'2018 9,853,784HEW master station and method for communicating in accordance with a scheduled OFDMA technique on secondary channels2017 9,847,896Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for signaling high efficiency packet formats using a legacy portion of the preamble in wireless local-area networks2017 9,838,511Methods and arrangements for traffic indication mapping in wireless networks2017 9,838,961Communication station and method for communicating using minimum bandwidth units of various tone allocations for OFDMA HEW2017 9,819,527'Transmitter for spatial modulation in a high-efficiency wireless local-area network'2017 9,819,386'Methods and arrangements to increase transmission range'2017 9,806,927'Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for signaling high efficiency packet formats using a legacy portion of the preamble in wireless local-area networks'2017 9,794,787'System and method for limiting mobile device functionality'2017 9,775,147'Master station and method for high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) communication using a multiple access technique'2017 9,762,424'Systems, methods, and apparatus for a low rate PHY structure'2017 9,756,626'High-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station and access point (AP) and method for signaling of channel resource allocations'2017 9,743,303'Methods and arrangements for beamforming reports in wireless networks'2017 9,743,399'Methods and arrangements to signal short interframe spaces'2017 9,743,393'Dynamic patterned resource allocation in a wireless network'2017 9,729,268'Wireless communication device and method for multi-MCS OFDM transmissions at different transmission power levels'2017 9,730,082'Methods and arrangements to relay packets via Wi-Fi direct'2017 9,722,683'Mobile device transmitter and methods for transmitting signals in different signal dimensions for 3GPP LTE'2017 9,699,727'Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for signaling high efficiency preambles'2017 9,680,603'High-efficiency (HE) communication station and method for communicating longer duration OFDM symbols within 40 MHz and 80 MHz bandwidth'2017 9,673,946'Transmit beamforming sounding with traveling pilots'2017 9,668,258'Master station and method for high-efficiency WI-FI (hew) communication using multi-device hew preamble'2017 9,668,281'Detection of 802.11p signals in 802.11 n/ac enabled devices'2017 9,655,040'Methods and arrangements for low power wireless networks'2017 9,654,269'Methods and arrangements for an acknowledgement in wireless networks'2017 9,647,863'Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation'2017 9,614,708'[HEW] spatial modulation technique with different source-encoded data services of the next generation WLAN IEEE 802.11ax'2017 9,615,291'High-efficiency station (STA) and method for decoding an HE-PPDU'2017 9,614,607'Millimeter-wave relay device with bounded delay and method for retransmission of symbols'2017 9,591,575'Methods and arrangements for frequency selective transmission'2017 9,591,569'Wireless device, method, and computer readable media for synchronization in a wireless local-area network'2017 9,578,681'Methods and arrangements for a low power device in wireless networks'2017 9,578,537'Methods and arrangements for channel access in wireless networks'2017 9,571,324'Method for improving spectral efficiency in Wi-Fi OFDM systems'2017 9,571,906'Location based advertising and querying for low power devices in a wireless local-area network'2017 9,571,256'Systems, methods, and devices for allocating OFDMA subchannels without straddling direct current'2017 9,572,130'User equipment and method for transmitting a data stream to an evolved node B'2017 9,544,914'Master station and method for HEW communication using a transmission signaling structure for a HEW signal field'2017 9,537,699'Wireless device and method for low power and low data rate operation'2017 9,510,346'Master station and method for high-efficiency wi-fi (hew) communication using traveling pilots'2016 9,473,899'Device, system and method of determining whether a mobile device is located in an indoor location or an outdoor location'2016 9,462,504'Transmit time offset in uplink multi-user multiple input-multiple output system'2016 9,461,855'Methods and arrangements for selecting channel updates in wireless networks'2016 9,456,059'Methods and arrangements for extension frames in wireless networks'2016 9,450,725'Wireless apparatus for high-efficiency (HE) communication with additional subcarriers'2016 9,451,638'Methods, wireless communication stations, and system for device coexistence in the 5 GHZ frequency band'2016 9,407,732'Methods and arrangements to decode communications'2016 9,380,492'Methods, systems and apparatuses to enable short frames'2016 9,363,826'Wireless device and method for wireless channel access'2016 9,357,437'Methods and arrangements for communications in low power wireless networks'2016 9,344,179'Methods and arrangements for communications in low power wireless networks'2016 9,344,232'Mobile device and method for multiple bandwidth operation with tone count selection'2016 9,325,463'High-efficiency WLAN (HEW) master station and methods to increase information bits for HEW communication'2016 9,313,075'Methods and arrangements for channel updates in wireless networks'2016 9,313,301'Systems, methods, and apparatus for a low rate PHY structure'2016 9,313,741'Methods and arrangements to coordinate communications in a wireless network'2016 9,307,056'Methods, systems and apparatuses for direct data frames'2016 9,300,504'Mobile device transmitter and methods for transmitting signals in different signal dimensions for 3GPP LTE'2016 9,294,145'Methods and arrangements for very large bandwidth operations'2016 9,287,964'Millimeter-wave relay device with bounded delay and method for retransmission of symbols'2016 9,288,291'Method and apparatus for a 1 MHZ long training field design'2016 9,271,241'Access point and methods for distinguishing HEW physical layer packets with backwards compatibility'2016 9,231,809'Methods and arrangements for phase tracking in wireless networks'2016 9,214,998'Methods and arrangements for communications in low power wireless networks'2015 9,210,021'Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation'2015 9,210,024'Methods and arrangements for channel updates in wireless networks'2015 9,191,097'Techniques for transmitting data via relay communication links'2015 9,179,455'Methods and arrangements for frequency selective transmission'2015 9,178,675'Channel estimation and tracking'2015 9,160,595'Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation'2015 9,131,504'Method to enable Wi-Fi direct usage in radar bands'2015 9,131,512'Methods and arrangements to mitigate collisions in wireless networks by enabling coexistence of disparate bandwidths'2015 9,078,237'Methods and arrangements for orthogonal training sequences in wireless networks'2015 9,066,265'Methods and arrangements for frequency selective transmission'2015 9,049,239'Wireless device and method for low power and low data rate operation'2015 9,008,167'Methods and arrangements for phase tracking for multi-mode operation in wireless networks'2015 8,995,588'Systems and methods for implementing improved frequency estimation'2015 8,995,958'System and method for limiting mobile device functionality'2015 8,989,102'Methods and arrangements for low power wireless networks'2015 8,982,970'Tone count selection'2015 8,923,153'Techniques to update a wireless communication channel estimation'2014 8,879,996'Method to enable Wi-Fi direct usage in radar bands'2014 8,855,142'Coded bit padding'2014 8,848,841'Techniques to accommodate different classes of devices in a wireless network'2014 8,805,420'Systems and methods for implementing intelligent wideband digital frequency selection scanning'2014 8,804,623'802.11 very high throughput preamble signaling field with legacy compatibility'2014 8,750,215'Method and apparatus for a 1 MHz long training field design'2014 8,594,632'Device to-device (D2D) discovery without authenticating through cloud'2013 8,462,864'OFDM transmitter and methods for reducing the effects of severe interference with symbol loading'2013 8,446,971'Communication station and method for efficiently providing channel feedback for MIMO communications'2013 8,396,150'Tone count selection'2013 8,238,316'802.11 very high throughput preamble signaling field with legacy compatibility'2012 RE042800'Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating selection of power levels at which to communicate data in a radio communication system'2011 7,369,632'Diversity-mode delay lock loop circuit and associated method for a radio receiver'2008 7,359,445'System, method and computer program product for demodulating quadrature amplitude modulated signals based upon a speed of a receiver'2008 7,289,551'System, method and computer program product for demodulating quadrature amplitude modulated signals'2007 7,209,483'Apparatus, and associated method, for operating upon packet data communicated in a packet communication system utilizing a packet retransmission scheme'2007 7,209,714'Apparatus, and associated method, for communicating data at selected levels of diversity in a radio communication system'2007 7,068,741'Approximator apparatus, and associated method, for approximating an N-dimensional euclidean norm'2006 7,020,091'Apparatus, and associated method, for estimating channel conditions of a communication channel of a communication system'2006 6,977,918'Method and apparatus for processing a signal received in a high data rate communication system'2005 6,904,557'Discontinuous transmission (DTX) detection using decoder metric'2005 6,856,646'T-spaced equalization for 1xEV systems'2005 6,834,087'Delay lock loop circuit, and associated method, for a radio receiver'2004 6,819,935'Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating selection of power levels at which to communicate data in a radio communication system'2004 6,771,705'Turbo encoder with transmitter diversity'2004 6,741,665'Method and apparatus providing an amplitude independent automatic frequency control circuit'2004 6,735,242'Time tracking loop for pilot aided direct sequence spread spectrum systems'2004 6,665,284'Apparatus, and associated method, for receiving data at a radio device'2003 6,621,871'Incremental redundancy packet combiner and decoder'2003 6,580,771'Successive user data multipath interference cancellation'2003 6,233,271'Method and apparatus for decoding trellis coded direct sequence spread spectrum communication signals'2001 6,219,344'Pilot aided traffic channel estimation for CDMA cellular systems'2001 6,215,813'Method and apparatus for encoding trellis coded direct sequence spread spectrum communication signals'2001 6,144,691'Method and apparatus for synchronizing to a direct sequence spread spectrum signal'2000 6,125,136'Method and apparatus for demodulating trellis coded direct sequence spread spectrum communication signals'2000 6,055,264'Method and apparatus for fast acquisition and multipath search in a spread spectrum system'2000 6,009,129'Device and method for detection and reduction of intermodulation distortion'1999 6,005,889'Pseudo-random noise detector for signals having a carrier frequency offset'1999 5,861,051'Process for removing carbon dioxide from gas mixture'1999

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1999–2008Based in San Diego, CA, US· patent location history

1999Based in Houston, TX, US· patent location history

2003–2011Patents assigned to NOKIA CORP (16)· patent assignee history

2011–2021Based in Portland, OR, US· patent location history

2012–2021Patents assigned to INTEL CORP (102)· patent assignee history

2012–2018Patents assigned to KENNEY THOMAS J (30)· patent assignee history

2012–2019Patents assigned to PERAHIA ELDAD (29)· patent assignee history

2016–2021Patents assigned to INTEL IP CORP (59)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
INTEL CORP	102	2012–2021
INTEL IP CORP	59	2016–2021
KENNEY THOMAS Jself	30	2012–2018
PERAHIA ELDAD	29	2012–2019
NOKIA CORP	16	2003–2011

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Portland, OR, US	163	2011–2021
San Diego, California, US	26	1999–2008
Houston, Texas, US	1	1999