Patents by Inventor Egon Schulz

Egon Schulz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8611294
    Abstract: In the field of wireless communications where a communication network has cooperative antenna systems, a method, apparatus, and computer program product for transmitting reference signals in the communication network from a first network element to a second network element are disclosed herein. The transmission of reference signals includes transmitting a first type of reference signals, which are related to a first communication system, using a first resource of a frame, and transmitting a second type of reference signals, which are related to a second communication system, using a second resource of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8605664
    Abstract: A method and a system for transmitting data by a transmitter over a channel having a predetermined channel quality estimate, comprises the steps of splitting (S2P) input data stream (S40, S60, S80) to be transmitted into a plurality of data sub-streams (S40a, S40b, S40c); processing (SYM1, SYM2, SYMj) each of the plurality of data sub-streams (S40a, S40b, S40c) into a plurality of symbol subsets (S41, S42, S43) by selecting a certain scheme of coded-modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM); processing, separately, each of the plurality of symbol subsets (S41, S42, S43), via a plurality of separate Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFT1, DFT2, DFT3), herein after denoted as DFTs, to obtain a plurality of DFT-precoded data sub-streams (S44, S45, S46); allocating each DFT-precoded data sub-stream (S44, S45, S46) in a frequency resource block (RB1, RB2, RB3), via a sub-carrier mapping module (SCM), so that for each data sub-stream (S40a, S40b, S40c) the selected scheme of coded-modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM) is chosen in depe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Josef Martin Eichinger, Yan Gao, Rüdiger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Bernard Raaf, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8559534
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for data transmission via an interface between a communication pair of a transmitting subscriber and a receiving subscriber of a communication system, wherein a scrambled pilot signal is used both for channel measurement and for data transmission. The present invention relates further to a subscriber for data transmission and a communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz
  • Patent number: 8532589
    Abstract: A radio communications system has at least one base station and subscriber station. To transmit messages to a subscriber stations, the base station uses successive emission directions that differ from one another. The base station transmits information concerning the sequence of the use of said emission directions to subscriber stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Honglin Hu, Egon Schulz, Martin Weckerle
  • Patent number: 8532677
    Abstract: The proposed methods and devices provide a new technique for feeding back CSI information of a channel between a network element and a user equipment to the network element by feeding back a location of the user equipment. The new technique opens completely new options for multi user scheduling and channel prediction. According to embodiments, a proposed user equipment configuration is indicated to the user by the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8494077
    Abstract: Method for transmitting data in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system and communication system for transmitting data in a MIMO system. A method for transmitting data in a communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of selecting a first channel (C1) and a second channel (C2), of receiving by the second receiver (Rx2) of first data and frequency resource information, of performing a non-linear pre-coding for second data (D2) of the second channel (x2) and of sending the precoded second data (D2) from the second transmitter (Tx2) to the second receiver (Rx2) and sending the first non-pre-coded data (D1) of the first channel (C1) from a first transmitter (Tx1) to a first receiver (Rx1) at the same timeframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8390518
    Abstract: It is described an antenna arrangement for transmitting and/or for receiving electromagnetic radiation. The antenna arrangement includes two antenna elements, which are adapted for transmitting and/or for receiving electromagnetic radiation of a first polarization. The antenna arrangement further includes one antenna element, which is adapted for transmitting and/or for receiving electromagnetic radiation of a second polarization being different from the first polarization. Furthermore, there is provided one coupling unit, which is adapted to couple, based on an appropriate control signal, the antenna elements selectively with one terminal of the antenna arrangement in such a manner, that the polarization direction of the antenna arrangement can be adjusted to the first polarization or to a combination of the first and the second polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8391151
    Abstract: A mobile network telecommunication system is provided. The system includes a base station for sending flow control signal for a UE (user equipment) to a core network, the core network being capable of responding to the flow control signal by buffering packet data for the UE, and an interface for transmitting the flow control signal between the base station and the core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Yikang Xiang
  • Patent number: 8391385
    Abstract: OFDM symbols are generated using data from one or more users or from one or more data sources represented on a number of sub-carriers. To inhibit multiple-access interference on application of the CDMA principle, the data are transformed in a data-source specific manner and only subsequently allocated to the sub-carriers, independently of the transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Elena Costa, Dirk Galda, Harald Haas, Hermann Rohling, Egon Schulz
  • Patent number: 8331291
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for data communication between a first instance and a second instance, the method including the step of: The first instance issues a first status report to the second instance either via a third instance or directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Yikang Xiang
  • Patent number: 8306009
    Abstract: A method of selecting suitable frequency bands for data transmission between a network node and a user equipment within a mobile communications network. A method selects suitable frequency bands for data transmission between a network node and user equipment within a mobile communications network. A scheduler on the network node side selects data transmission mode depending on the user equipment capability of receiving data from at least two frequency bands simultaneously. The scheduler preferably selects the data transmission mode in the following way: simultaneous data transmission over at least two frequency with or without splitting traffic data or data transmission over only one available frequency band. For data transmission, a radio frame structure (Big MAC element) is dynamically established in the so-called medium access control layer, shortened so-called MAC-layer, by using concurrent radio resources from other frequency bands or other radio access technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Dillinger, Michael Freisinger, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Peter Slanina
  • Patent number: 8260307
    Abstract: Radio stations in a radio communication system send messages from one radio station to another either directly or via one or several radio stations forwarding the messages by using radio resources. The radio resources are allocated in a decentralized manner to radio stations to send the message. At least one radio station sends information about first radio resources used for sending at least one message to the at least one radio station, the information about the first radio resources being sent by using second radio resources that are allocated to the at least one radio station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Michael Meincke, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20120113897
    Abstract: A method and a device for data processing in a communication network are provided, wherein a mobile terminal receives several input signals from at least one base station; and wherein the mobile terminal processes said several input signals into a feedback information that is conveyed to at least one base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Lars Thiele, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Haustein, Volker Jungnickel, Malte Schellmann, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8175062
    Abstract: In a communication system, a first transmitting station transmits a transmission signal to a first receiving station for transmitting a sequence of data via a radio interface. The radio interface is monitored with respect to an interference signal from an interference source prior to transmission via at least one of the first transmitting station and the first receiving station. The transmission only begins if the radio interface is sufficiently free from interference for a moment in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Patent number: 8112695
    Abstract: Irregular LDPC codes have a construction which allows one to obtain a number of codes with different length from a single prototype code with a parity check matrix given by H=[Hz Hi], where Hz specifies the well-known zigzag pattern in the corresponding Tanner graph. The parity check matrices for longer codes are obtained as [Hz??diag(Hi, . . . , Hi)], where Hz? specifies a longer zigzag pattern depending on the number of matrices Hi used, and ? represents some permutation. This allows one to construct the decoder for a longer code by reusing hardware components developed for decoding the prototype code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Elena Costa, Egon Schulz, Petr Trifonov
  • Patent number: 8111660
    Abstract: A method transmits data by radio during which a frequency band is split into a plurality of subcarriers, and a plurality of antennas are used for transmitting. The data are split into a number of elements, which are to be respectively transmitted by each antenna, said number of elements corresponding to the number of subcarriers, whereby for each antenna, each element is respectively assigned to a subcarrier for transmitting, and at least two antennas on at least one subcarrier transmit different elements. Before an OFDM modulation for each antenna, each element is multiplied by an antenna-specific and element-specific factor. Alternatively, after an OFDM modulation for at least one antenna, the time sequence of the time-dependent signal generated on the basis of the OFDM modulation is reordered. A transmitter carries out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Bossert, Elena Costa, Axel Hübner, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20120014466
    Abstract: OFDM symbols are generated using data from one or more users or from one or more data sources represented on a number of sub-carriers. To inhibit multiple-access interference on application of the CDMA principle, the data are transformed in a data-source specific manner and only subsequently allocated to the sub-carriers, independently of the transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Elena COSTA, Dirk Galda, Harald Haas, Hermann Rohling, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20110312357
    Abstract: The present invention refers to generating of cooperation areas in a communications network, wherein each cooperation area is defined by at least two base stations of said communications network, which are cooperating when communicating with mobile nodes in said communications network. In particular, a number of sets of possible interferers is transmitted to at least one mobile node by a base station, wherein with each set of possible interferers an index value associated to said set of possible interferers is transmitted. Then, said mobile node selects a set of possible interferers from said number of sets of possible interferers and transmits a selected index value to said base station, said selected index value being an index value associated to said selected set of possible interferers. Hereupon, a cooperation area for said mobile node is defined by said base station by use of said selected index value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20110305195
    Abstract: Method and Apparatus thereof for coordinating a joint transmission between a plurality of cooperative access nodes serving a plurality of user terminals in a mobile communications system, including the steps of: receiving channel information by said access nodes from user terminals that are being served by said access nodes; exchanging between said access nodes of said received channel information thus ensuring that all channel information is distributed to all cooperative access nodes; processing all received channel information by each one of said access nodes, and determining by said access nodes using said processed channel information, of a channel estimation for said joint transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Forck, Thomas Haustein, Volker Jungnickel, Malte Schellmann, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20110280163
    Abstract: It is described a method for compensating interference effects within a telecommunication network including at least a first base station and a second base station, which serve in a cooperative manner a first user equipment and a second user equipment by using time division duplex. The method is applied in an operational state, in which the first base station is in a downlink mode and the second base station is in an uplink mode. The method includes (a) determining at least one of a first channel state information between the first base station and the second base station and a second channel state information between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, (b) encoding data signals based on the first and/or the second channel state information, and (c) transmitting the encoded data signals by the first base station and/or by the second base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas