Patents by Inventor Eiko Seidel

Eiko Seidel 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: 11974307
    Abstract: In the field of wireless communication systems or networks, the design of resource pools as they may be used in sidelink communications among users of the wireless communication system, for example in V2X applications, is described. In particular, an improved resource pool design, for example for resource pools to be used in sidelink communications in V2X services in view of the advantages defined by the NR 5G standard, is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan, Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Roya Ebrahim Rezagah, Robin Thomas, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Eiko Seidel
  • Publication number: 20240089804
    Abstract: A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Robin Rajan THOMAS, Thomas WIRTH, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas SCHIERL, Eiko SEIDEL, Lars THIELE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Patent number: 11910233
    Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile communication network is provided. The mobile communication network has a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell. To receive a data packet from the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to receive a plurality of different versions of the data packet transmitted by the radio access network to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources. To provide a data packet to the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Eiko Seidel
  • Patent number: 11889403
    Abstract: A base station for a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of logical radio access networks, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a plurality of users to be served by the base station for accessing one or more of the logical radio access networks, and the base station is configured to selectively control the physical resources of the wireless communication network assigned to the logical radio access networks and/or to control access of the users or user groups to one or more of the logical radio access networks, wherein, during a first operation mode of the wireless communication network, the base station is configured to allow access of users or user groups of one or more of the logical radio access networks (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Lars Thiele, Cornelius Hellge, Eiko Seidel
  • Patent number: 11812286
    Abstract: Radio access network controller-based mobility optimization is disclosed. Mobility reports are received at a radio access network controller from multiple network node devices, each mobility report reporting at least one individual failure event to complement one or more aggregated mobility event counters and/or one or more aggregated performance measurement reports. The mobility reports are related to client devices in one or more service areas. The radio access network controller analyzes the received mobility reports. In response to the analyzing resulting in a perceived need for an update of a cell configuration of a service area of the one or more service areas, the radio access network controller determines updated cell configuration information for the service area. The updated cell configuration information is transmitted from the radio access network controller to-wards at least one network node device in the service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Eiko Seidel, Gabor Hannak, Christiane Maria Allwang, Ingo Viering, Ahmad Awada, Alistair Urie
  • Publication number: 20230292151
    Abstract: Radio access network controller-based mobility optimization is disclosed. Mobility reports are received at a radio access network controller from multiple network node devices, each mobility report reporting at least one individual failure event to complement one or more aggregated mobility event counters and/or one or more aggregated performance measurement reports. The mobility reports are related to client devices in one or more service areas. The radio access network controller analyzes the received mobility reports. In response to the analyzing resulting in a perceived need for an update of a cell configuration of a service area of the one or more service areas, the radio access network controller determines updated cell configuration information for the service area. The updated cell configuration information is transmitted from the radio access network controller to-wards at least one network node device in the service area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Eiko SEIDEL, Gabor HANNAK, Christiane Maria ALLWANG, Ingo VIERING, Ahmad AWADA, Alistair URIE
  • Patent number: 11751106
    Abstract: A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Robin Rajan Thomas, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Schierl, Eiko Seidel, Lars Thiele, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20230189120
    Abstract: A base station for a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of logical radio access networks, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a plurality of users to be served by the base station for accessing one or more of the logical radio access networks, and the base station is configured to selectively control the physical resources of the wireless communication network assigned to the logical radio access networks and/or to control access of the users or user groups to one or more of the logical radio access networks, wherein, during a first operation mode of the wireless communication network, the base station is configured to allow access of users or user groups of one or more of the logical radio access networks (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Lars THIELE, Cornelius Hellge, Eiko Seidel
  • Publication number: 20230180054
    Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile communication network is provided. The mobile communication network has a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell. To receive a data packet from the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to receive a plurality of different versions of the data packet transmitted by the radio access network to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources. To provide a data packet to the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Eiko SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20230180301
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is connectable to two or more of a plurality of network slices of the wireless communication network, wherein a slice specific random access channel, RACH, resource configuration is associated with one or more of the plurality of slices. Responsive to a first RACH event associated with a first slice, the UE is to determine whether there is an ongoing RACH procedure triggered by a second RACH event associated with a second slice. In case of an ongoing RACH procedure, the UE is to prohibit an additional RACH procedure triggered by the first RACH event associated with the first slice, and/or suspend the additional RACH procedure for a certain time, and/or stop the ongoing RACH procedure and start the additional RACH procedure, and/or modify the ongoing RACH procedure, and/or modify the ongoing RACH procedure to start the additional RACH procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Eiko SEIDEL, Sarun Selvanesan, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge
  • Publication number: 20230092324
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is connectable to two or more of a plurality of network slices of the wireless communication network, wherein a slice specific random-access channel, RACH, resource configuration is associated with one or more of the plurality of slices. The UE is configured or pre-configured with slice specific RACH resource configurations for some or all of the plurality of slices. Responsive to a RACH event, the UE is to determine a slice that triggered and/or that is associated with the RACH event, and select the slice specific RACH resource configuration associated with the determined slice to be used for performing a RACH procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Eiko SEIDEL, Sarun SELVANESAN, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 11601845
    Abstract: A user equipment for a mobile communication network is provided. The mobile communication network has a radio access network including a plurality of cells and being configured to serve the user equipment within a cell. To receive a data packet from the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to receive a plurality of different versions of the data packet transmitted by the radio access network to the user equipment in parallel via different physical resources. To provide a data packet to the radio access network, the user equipment is configured to provide a plurality of different versions of the data packet and to transmit the plurality of different versions of the data packet to the radio access network in parallel via different physical resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Eiko Seidel
  • Patent number: 11595877
    Abstract: A base station for a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of logical radio access networks, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a plurality of users to be served by the base station for accessing one or more of the logical radio access networks, and the base station is configured to selectively control the physical resources of the wireless communication network assigned to the logical radio access networks and/or to control access of the users or user groups to one or more of the logical radio access networks, wherein, during a first operation mode of the wireless communication network, the base station is configured to allow access of users or user groups of one or more of the logical radio access networks (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Lars Thiele, Cornelius Hellge, Eiko Seidel
  • Publication number: 20220408226
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel form of communication within a cellular wireless communication network. One aspect of the invention concerns a User Equipment for a cellular network, wherein the UE inter alia includes a first interface for UE-to-Basestation communication configured to communicate with a base station of the cellular network and a second interface for UE-to-UE communication configured to communicate with one or more other UEs of a UE-Group to which the UE belongs. According to the invention the UE is configured to receive via its first interface configuration data for configuring its second interface, and to coordinate, via the second interface, a communication within the UE Group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Cornelius HELLGE, Robin THOMAS, Thomas SCHIERL, Lars THIELE, Eiko SEIDEL
  • Patent number: 11438736
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel form of communication within a cellular wireless communication network. One aspect of the invention concerns a User Equipment for a cellular network, wherein the UE inter alia includes a first interface for UE-to-Basestation communication configured to communicate with a base station of the cellular network and a second interface for UE-to-UE communication configured to communicate with one or more other UEs of a UE-Group to which the UE belongs. According to the invention the UE is configured to receive via its first interface configuration data for configuring its second interface, and to coordinate, via the second interface, a communication within the UE Group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Robin Thomas, Thomas Schierl, Lars Thiele, Eiko Seidel
  • Publication number: 20220240129
    Abstract: A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Rajan THOMAS, Thomas WIRTH, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas SCHIERL, Eiko SEIDEL, Lars THIELE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20220224447
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an apparatus, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of Hybrid ARQ, HARQ, entities, each of the plurality of HARQ entities configured to operate a HARQ process associated with one of a plurality of HARQ behaviors, the plurality of HARQ behaviors being different, and/or a Hybrid ARQ, HARQ, entity configured to operate a plurality of HARQ processes, each HARQ processes associated with one of a plurality of HARQ behaviors, the plurality of HARQ behaviors being different, wherein the apparatus is configured to receive a control information from a transceiver in a wireless communication system, the control information transmitted over a radio channel of the wireless communication system, the control information including a Hybrid ARQ, HARQ, identifier identifying one HARQ behavior out of the plurality of HARQ behaviors or one HARQ process out of the plurality of HARQ processes, the one HARQ process associated with a HARQ behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Eiko SEIDEL, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 11343720
    Abstract: A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Robin Rajan Thomas, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Schierl, Eiko Seidel, Lars Thiele, Thomas Wiegand
  • Publication number: 20220078684
    Abstract: An embodiment of a user equipment supports conditional handovers to one or more cells of a cellular network. The user equipment is configured to receive configuration data from the cellular network. The configuration data indicates for a plurality of target cells of the cellular network, conditions to trigger a conditional handover to any of the target cells. The user equipment is further configured to check the conditions with respect to appliance, and, in case of appliance, trigger the conditional handover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Eiko SEIDEL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Sarun SELVANESAN, Baris GÖKTEPE
  • Publication number: 20220070759
    Abstract: A base station for a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of logical radio access networks, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a plurality of users to be served by the base station for accessing one or more of the logical radio access networks, and the base station is configured to selectively control the physical resources of the wireless communication network assigned to the logical radio access networks and/or to control access of the users or user groups to one or more of the logical radio access networks, wherein, during a first operation mode of the wireless communication network, the base station is configured to allow access of users or user groups of one or more of the logical radio access networks (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Lars THIELE, Cornelius HELLGE, Eiko SEIDEL