公开(公告)号：US07321730B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-22

申请号：US10600713

申请日：2003-06-23

申请人： Kent Felske ,  Richard Brand ,  Eric Bernier

发明人： Kent Felske ,  Richard Brand ,  Eric Bernier

IPC分类号： H04J14/00 ,  H04B10/08 ,  H04B10/14

CPC分类号： H04J14/0258 ,  H04B10/0779 ,  H04B2210/08 ,  H04J14/0227 ,  H04J14/0232 ,  H04J14/0245 ,  H04J14/0249 ,  H04J14/0282 ,  H04J14/0298 ,  H04Q11/0067 ,  H04Q2011/0083

摘要： An optical network unit (ONU) interconnected by passive optical network (PON) equipment to an optical line terminal (OLT) is identified using secondary modulation of the optical carrier to impress an identifier of the ONU onto the carrier. This resolves a recurring ONU failure mode detection problem caused by failure of a laser driver that causes the ONU to be stuck in an on state.

摘要翻译： 通过无线光网络（PON）设备与光线路终端（OLT）互连的光网络单元（ONU），使用光载波的二次调制来识别ONU的标识符。 这解决了导致ONU被卡在导通状态的激光驱动器的故障引起的重复的ONU故障模式检测问题。

公开(公告)号：US08036956B1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-11

申请号：US11287131

申请日：2005-11-23

申请人： Kent Felske ,  Eric Bernier

发明人： Kent Felske ,  Eric Bernier

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q10/087

摘要： Secure access to inventory data concerning a supplier's product located at a seller's premises is provided by tagging units of product with a supplier identifier and a product identifier. The identifiers may be embedded in RFID tags or EPC labels. A secure VPN tunnel is established between a supplier and a seller. The VPN tunnel is associated with a particular supplier identifier such that only inventory data associated with the supplier identifier that matches the supplier is transmitted on the VPN tunnel, and inventory data associated with supplier identifiers that do not match the supplier are filtered out. Hence, the seller can provide the supplier with access to inventory data without exposing sensitive information related to the seller and other suppliers.

摘要翻译： 有关供应商位于卖方场所的产品的库存数据的安全访问是通过具有供应商标识符和产品标识符的产品标签单位来提供的。 标识符可以嵌入在RFID标签或EPC标签中。 在供应商和卖方之间建立一个安全的VPN隧道。 VPN隧道与特定的供应商标识相关联，使得只有与供应商匹配的供应商标识符相关联的库存数据在VPN隧道上传输，并且与供应商不符的供应商标识符相关联的库存数据被过滤掉。 因此，卖方可以向供应商提供库存数据的访问，而不会暴露与卖方和其他供应商有关的敏感信息。

公开(公告)号：US08577369B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-05

申请号：US11761583

申请日：2007-06-12

申请人： Guyves Achtari ,  Eric Bernier ,  Kent Felske

发明人： Guyves Achtari ,  Eric Bernier ,  Kent Felske

IPC分类号： H04W36/00 ,  H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W36/0083 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/28

摘要： A system, method and apparatus for facilitating handoff of communications with a user device between a first communication network having a first domain technology, and a second communication network having a second domain technology different from the first domain technology, the system, method and apparatus includes an anchor point that establishes a first service flow with the first communication network, and a second service flow with the second communication network based upon a triggering event respectively, with the user device, and a handoff device that receives at least one handoff parameter for determining a handoff operation of the user device from the first communication network to the second communication network.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在具有第一域技术的第一通信网络和具有与第一域技术不同的第二域技术的第二通信网络之间促进与用户设备的通信切换的系统，方法和装置，所述系统，方法和装置包括： 与所述第一通信网络建立第一服务流的锚点和与所述用户设备分别基于触发事件的第二通信网络的第二服务流，以及接收至少一个切换参数以用于确定的切换设备 用户设备从第一通信网络到第二通信网络的切换操作。

公开(公告)号：US08300594B1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-30

申请号：US11536913

申请日：2006-09-29

申请人： Eric Bernier ,  Kent Felske ,  Guyves Achtarl

发明人： Eric Bernier ,  Kent Felske ,  Guyves Achtarl

IPC分类号： H04W4/00

CPC分类号： H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/12

摘要： A method and apparatus for communicating wireless network landscape information to a mobile device is shown and described. Strategic placement of beaconing devices that are encoded with pre-defined, specialized SSIDs allows information to be forwarded to the mobile clients to trigger specific behavior in the clients and to enable the clients to pro-actively control network transitions, thereby increasing their ability to provide seamless communications.

摘要翻译： 示出并描述了一种用于将无线网络横向信息传送到移动设备的方法和装置。 使用预定义的专用SSID编码的信标设备的战略布局允许将信息转发到移动客户端以触发客户端中的特定行为，并使客户端能够主动控制网络转换，从而增加其提供的能力 无缝沟通。

公开(公告)号：US20120265653A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-18

申请号：US13531678

申请日：2012-06-25

申请人： Kent Felske ,  Eric Bernier

发明人： Kent Felske ,  Eric Bernier

IPC分类号： G06Q10/08

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q10/087

摘要： Secure access to inventory data concerning a supplier's product located at a seller's premises is provided by tagging units of product with a supplier identifier and a product identifier. The identifiers may be embedded in RFID tags or EPC labels. A secure VPN tunnel is established between a supplier and a seller. The VPN tunnel is associated with a particular supplier identifier such that only inventory data associated with the supplier identifier that matches the supplier is transmitted on the VPN tunnel, and inventory data associated with supplier identifiers that do not match the supplier are filtered out. Hence, the seller can provide the supplier with access to inventory data without exposing sensitive information related to the seller and other suppliers.

摘要翻译： 有关供应商位于卖方场所的产品的库存数据的安全访问是通过具有供应商标识符和产品标识符的产品标签单位来提供的。 标识符可以嵌入在RFID标签或EPC标签中。 在供应商和卖方之间建立一个安全的VPN隧道。 VPN隧道与特定的供应商标识相关联，使得只有与供应商匹配的供应商标识符相关联的库存数据在VPN隧道上传输，并且与供应商不符的供应商标识符相关联的库存数据被过滤掉。 因此，卖方可以向供应商提供库存数据的访问，而不会暴露与卖方和其他供应商有关的敏感信息。

公开(公告)号：US20080096560A1

公开(公告)日：2008-04-24

申请号：US11585476

申请日：2006-10-24

申请人： Kent Felske ,  Abel Dasylva ,  Delfin Montuno ,  Guyves Achtari ,  Eric Bernier

发明人： Kent Felske ,  Abel Dasylva ,  Delfin Montuno ,  Guyves Achtari ,  Eric Bernier

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W36/00837

摘要： This invention provides a system, method and apparatus for facilitating handoffs from a first communication network to a second communication network, the first communication network and second communication network being heterogeneous with respect to each other. The system, method and apparatus may further include a contextual information server, which stores contextual elements corresponding to a user device and the operating environment of the user device, and a handoff decision function module that evaluates at least one of the contextual elements to determine whether to handoff user device communications from the first communication network to the second communication network. The method and apparatus may further include obtaining at least one contextual element corresponding to a user device and the operating environment of the user device, evaluating the at least one contextual element with a handoff decision function module to establish a handoff decision, establishing a handoff decision, and notifying the user device of the handoff decision. The method for facilitating handoffs from a first communication network to a second communication network may further include receiving a received signal strength indication, receiving a link quality determination, receiving a characteristic of the user device, and determining the location of the user device.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于促进从第一通信网络切换到第二通信网络的系统，方法和装置，所述第一通信网络和第二通信网络相对于彼此是异构的。 系统，方法和装置还可以包括上下文信息服务器，其存储与用户设备对应的上下文元素和用户设备的操作环境，以及切换决策功能模块，其评估至少一个上下文元素以确定是否 将用户设备通信从第一通信网络切换到第二通信网络。 所述方法和装置还可以包括获得与用户设备对应的至少一个语境元素和用户设备的操作环境，用切换决策功能模块评估至少一个语境元素以建立切换决策，建立切换决策 并通知用户设备切换决定。 促进从第一通信网络到第二通信网络的切换的方法还可以包括接收接收的信号强度指示，接收链路质量确定，接收用户设备的特性以及确定用户设备的位置。

公开(公告)号：US10921453B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US15992020

申请日：2018-05-29

申请人： Patrick Dumais ,  Eric Bernier ,  Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad

发明人： Patrick Dumais ,  Eric Bernier ,  Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad

IPC分类号： G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02F1/29

摘要： A LIDAR includes multiple light sources and a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) device for controllably redirecting beams from each of the multiple light sources. The same or a different LCOS device can be used to controllably redirect reflected light to each of several corresponding light detectors. The LCOS device can be adjusted on a slower time scale while the light sources can be sequentially activated on a faster time scale. The LCOS device provides for fine steering control of LIDAR beams. The use of multiple light sources and detectors allows for a higher LIDAR scan rate.

公开(公告)号：US10511382B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-17

申请号：US15883540

申请日：2018-01-30

申请人： Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad ,  Hamid Mehrvar ,  Zhiping Jiang ,  Eric Bernier

发明人： Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri Rad ,  Hamid Mehrvar ,  Zhiping Jiang ,  Eric Bernier

IPC分类号： H04B10/079 ,  H04B10/071 ,  H04B10/299 ,  H04J14/02 ,  H04B10/80

摘要： A monitoring and calibration apparatus for an optical networking device such as ROADM is provided. Reflectors are integrated into the device, for example at the ends of optical interconnect cables. The reflectors reflect light in specific monitoring wavelengths and pass other wavelengths such as those used for communication. A light source emits monitoring light which is reflected by the reflector and measured by a detector to measure the integrity of optical paths. The optical paths can include optical cables and cable connectors. Path integrity between different modules of the device can therefore be monitored. Multiple reflectors, reflecting light in different wavelengths, can be placed in series along the same optical path and used to monitor multiple segments of the path. A wavelength selective switch (WSS) of the device can be used to route monitoring light to different optical paths. The WSS also operates to route communication signals in the device.

公开(公告)号：US10345524B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-09

申请号：US15388861

申请日：2016-12-22

申请人： Jia Jiang ,  Eric Bernier

发明人： Jia Jiang ,  Eric Bernier

IPC分类号： G02B6/30 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/14

摘要： An optical coupler at an edge of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is provided and configured to match a mode of a waveguide of the PIC to a mode of an external optical fiber. A core of the waveguide terminates prior to the edge and can include an inverted taper for mode enlargement. The waveguide cladding includes an inverted taper and is surrounded by an outer cladding material of lower refractive index, forming a second waveguide. The cladding and outer cladding cooperate to guide light between the core and the edge while the inverted taper contributes to mode enlargement. The outer cladding material is selected to have a refractive index which facilitates the mode matching to optical fiber. The coupler can be provided using lithography. Material underneath the waveguide cladding can be removed by an undercutting process and the outer cladding material deposited in place thereof.

公开(公告)号：US09991966B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US15400483

申请日：2017-01-06

申请人： Dritan Celo ,  Lukas Chrostowski ,  Eric Bernier ,  Yun Wang

发明人： Dritan Celo ,  Lukas Chrostowski ,  Eric Bernier ,  Yun Wang

IPC分类号： H03M1/00 ,  H04B10/54 ,  G02B6/293 ,  G02F1/01

CPC分类号： G02F1/011 ,  G02B6/29343 ,  G02F2001/0113 ,  G02F2201/06 ,  G02F2203/15 ,  H04B10/2575 ,  H04B10/524

摘要： An optical transmitter including an optical waveguide and N microring resonators (MRRs) coupled to the optical waveguide is provided. In such an optical transmitter each of the N MRRs having a different coupling coefficient determining the amount of coupling to the optical waveguide, wherein N>1. In some embodiments, each of the N MRRs has a different spacing distance from the optical waveguide, wherein the coupling coefficient for each MRR is dependent on the spacing. In some embodiments the optical transmitter further includes an input for receiving N drive signals from a controller, each drive signal shifting the resonant wavelength of the corresponding MRR to control the optical power coupled in the corresponding MRR from the optical waveguide in which an optical signal propagates.