Patents by Inventor Stephen Kaminski
Stephen Kaminski 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).
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Patent number: 9668177Abstract: A method for handover in a wireless communications network includes the step of communicating information between a target network node and a source network node to enable the source network node to identify and to distinguish types of failures prior to, during or after handover. The information may relate to: “Handover command not received” due to RLF prior to handover or Handover command failure experienced in the source cell; or “Handover failure” where “Handover command received” is followed by Access failure in the target cell. The method is applicable, for example, to networks in accordance with LTE.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Alcaltel LucentInventors: Heidrun Grob-Lipski, Stephen Kaminski, Hajo-Erich Bakker, Dietrich Zeller
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Patent number: 9521686Abstract: The invention concerns a method for scheduling of service data intended to be sent from a base station (BS1) over radio interfaces to a user terminal (UE1) by means of at least one control message sent from the base station (BS1) to the user terminal (UE1), whereby said at least one control message comprises or allows for a determination of at least one of the orders when the user terminal (UE1) shall perform reception of downlink data and when and under which circumstances the user terminal (UE1) shall send HARQ feedback information in upcoming transmission time intervals (TTI), a base station (BS1), a user terminal (UE1) and a communication network therefor.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Stephen Kaminski, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Hajo Bakker, Klaus Keil, Markus Gruber
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Patent number: 9300377Abstract: The invention concerns a method for downlink communication between a base station and a user terminal by means of a downlink superimposed radio signal comprising downlink data for the user terminal and for at least one further user terminal that are transmitted using the same radio resources, wherein the downlink data for the user terminal are transmitted with lower power than the downlink data for the at least one further user terminal, and control information is sent in downlink from the base station to the user terminal that enables the user terminal to decode the downlink data for the at least one further user terminal, a base station, a user terminal and a communication network therefor.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Stephen Kaminski, Bozo Cesar
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Patent number: 9276796Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joint processing of uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to a plurality of coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB) of a wireless communication system (1), the method comprising: estimating and preferably compensating for individual propagation delays of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from one of the user equipments (UE1, UE2) to the coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB), and compensating a timing difference between a propagation delay of a coordinated reception point (BSA, BSB) which serves the user equipment (UE1, UE2) and at least one propagation delay of at least one coordinated reception point (BSB, BSA) which does not serve the user equipment (UE1, UE2) for performing the joint processing of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)), wherein the step of compensating the timing difference comprises modifying a channel matrix (H) associated with uplink channels from the at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to the coordinatedType: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Thorsten Wild, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski, Christian Gerlach
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Publication number: 20150280955Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joint processing of uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to a plurality of coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB) of a wireless communication system (1), the method comprising: estimating and preferably compensating for individual propagation delays of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from one of the user equipments (UE1, UE2) to the coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB), and compensating a timing difference between a propagation delay of a coordinated reception point (BSA, BSB) which serves the user equipment (UE1, UE2) and at least one propagation delay of at least one coordinated reception point (BSB, BSA) which does not serve the user equipment (UE1, UE2) for performing the joint processing of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)), wherein the step of compensating the timing difference comprises modifying a channel matrix (H) associated with uplink channels from the at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to the coordinatedType: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Thorsten Wild, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski, Christian Gerlach
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Patent number: 8969098Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems adapted to provide mixing of a liquid reagent in an automated clinical analyzer. The methods include aspirating an air separator (e.g., an air slug) into the interior of a probe. A relatively small volume of reagent liquid is also aspirated into the probe adjacent to the air separator; the volume of liquid reagent being entirely contained within the probe. The volume of liquid reagent may be repeatedly aspirated and dispensed at a relatively high frequency to accomplish reagent mixing in the reagent container. Improved sample and reagent mixing may be promoted using a similar method. Systems carrying out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.Inventor: Edward Stephen Kaminski
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Patent number: 8954073Abstract: The invention relates to a telecommunication method in a base station of a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations, a communication link being established between the base station and a user equipment, the method comprising the following steps performed by the base station: selecting one of the plurality of base stations as a target base station for a handover of the user equipment; transmitting a handover request to the target base station; receiving a handover request acknowledgement from the target base station, the handover request acknowledgment being indicative of at least one physical resource of the target base station; and transmitting a handover command to the user equipment via the communication link using the at least one physical resource. The handover command being descriptive of information required for accessing the target base station.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Stephen Kaminski, Thorsten Wild, Hajo Bakker, Danish Aziz, Rolf Sigle, Heidrun Grob-Lipski, Uwe Doetsch, Michael Schmidt
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Patent number: 8755803Abstract: A method for handover of a User Equipment from a source base station to a target base station. The proposed method comprises providing User Equipment specific information from the source base station to at least one candidate base station, evaluating an uplink radio situation during uplink transmission of the User Equipment to the source base station by the at least one candidate base station, sending information related to the evaluation to the source base station by the at least one candidate base station, and performing a handover decision by the source base station based on the evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Stephen Kaminski
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Patent number: 8688108Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile telecommunication device (100) for establishing a telecommunication connection in the radio frequency range with a base station (102; 104; 1100), the mobile telecommunication device comprising; at least a first (106) and a second antenna (108), an electromagnetic shield (110) located between the first and the second antenna, a logic component (1000), wherein the first and the second antenna are adapted to transmit and receive telecommunication signals of the same frequency band, and wherein the logic component selects whether the first or the second antenna is used for the telecommunication connection with the base station.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Stephen Kaminski, Bozo Cesar, Uwe Doetsch
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Patent number: 8675520Abstract: The invention provides a method of operating a first base station (100) as a reception station for a wireless uplink communication connection with a wireless appliance (102), wherein the method comprises: controlling the wireless uplink communication with the wireless appliance, receiving a signal (127) from the wireless appliance, receiving a rest signal (126) from at least one second base station (104), and analyzing the rest signal from the at least one second base station for detecting a signal (129) from the wireless appliance that is above a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski
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Patent number: 8509250Abstract: The invention provides a resource allocation method for a network element adapted for multimedia broadcast and synchronized services in a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations synchronized for data transmission, the method comprising: inputting a set of synchronized subframe numbers per radio frame and a total number of radio frames, wherein each radio frame contains a predefined number of subframes; selecting a first value of the set of synchronized subframe numbers; first allocating the first value as a number of synchronized subframes per frame to the total number of radio frames; second allocating the first value as the number of synchronized subframes per frame to a first half of the total number of radio frames, if the first allocating step is not performed; and selecting a second value of the set of synchronized subframe numbers.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Markus Gruber, Dietrich Zeller, Stephen Kaminski
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Publication number: 20130017621Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems adapted to provide mixing of a liquid reagent in an automated clinical analyzer. The methods include aspirating an air separator (e.g., an air slug) into the interior of a probe. A relatively small volume of reagent liquid is also aspirated into the probe adjacent to the air separator; the volume of liquid reagent being entirely contained within the probe. The volume of liquid reagent may be repeatedly aspirated and dispensed at a relatively high frequency to accomplish reagent mixing in the reagent container. Improved sample and reagent mixing may be promoted using a similar method. Systems carrying out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.Inventor: Edward Stephen Kaminski
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Patent number: 8300595Abstract: The invention concerns a method for a handover procedure of a user terminal (UE) on radio interfaces from a source base station (SBS) to a target base station (TBS) whereby the target base station (TBS) sends out user data to the user terminal (UE) before reception of a message indicating the termination of the handover procedure (HO Complete), the user terminal (UE) uses an uplink feedback for sending at least one message (Feedback) associated to the downlink transmission of said user data to the target base station (TBS), and the target base station (TBS) uses said at least one message (Feedback) associated to the downlink transmission of said user data as an indication of the presence of the user terminal (UE) within the range of the target base station (TBS), a base station (BS1-BS8) and a network (CN) therefor.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Stephen Kaminski, Anton Ambrosy
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Patent number: 8289927Abstract: A method of data forwarding during handover in a mobile communication system is provided. The mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations and a base station, the base station being coupled to a gateway, a telecommunication link being established between a user equipment and the base station. The method comprising: selecting a set of base station from the plurality of base stations as candidate base stations for a handover of the user equipment by the base station; selecting a first target base station for handover from the set of base stations by the base station; obtaining downlink data from a gateway and up-link data from a user equipment by the base station; forwarding the uplink and downlink data from the base station to the first target base station.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Heidrun Grob-Lipski, Stephen Kaminski, Hajo-Erich Bakker
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Publication number: 20120236818Abstract: The invention concerns a method for downlink communication between a base station and a user terminal by means of a downlink superimposed radio signal comprising downlink data for the user terminal and for at least one further user terminal that are transmitted using the same radio resources, wherein the downlink data for the user terminal are transmitted with lower power than the downlink data for the at least one further user terminal, and control information is sent in downlink from the base station to the user terminal that enables the user terminal to decode the downlink data for the at least one further user terminal, a base station, a user terminal and a communication network therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Stephen Kaminski, Bozo Cesar
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Publication number: 20120231788Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile telecommunication device (100) for establishing a telecommunication connection in the radio frequency range with a base station (102; 104; 1100), the mobile telecommunication device comprising; at least a first (106) and a second antenna (108), an electromagnetic shield (110) located between the first and the second antenna, a logic component (1000), wherein the first and the second antenna are adapted to transmit and receive telecommunication signals of the same frequency band, and wherein the logic component selects whether the first or the second antenna is used for the telecommunication connection with the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Stephen Kaminski, Bozo Cesar, Uwe Doetsch
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Publication number: 20120176987Abstract: Method for scheduling transmissions between a base station (BS) and user terminals (UE) by sending scheduling grants on physical downlink control channels in a subframe with a dedicated amount of control channel elements for each physical downlink control channel, wherein priorities of said transmissions between the base station (BS) and the user terminals (UE) are determined based on the dedicated amount of control channel elements for each physical downlink control channel, and the transmissions between the base station (BS) and the user terminals (UE) are scheduled in the order of said priorities, a base station and a communication network therefor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Stephen Kaminski, Klaus Keil
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Publication number: 20120163484Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joint processing of uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to a plurality of coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB) of a wireless communication system (1), the method comprising: estimating and preferably compensating for individual propagation delays of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)) transmitted from one of the user equipments (UE1, UE2) to the coordinated reception points (BSA, BSB), and compensating a timing difference between a propagation delay of a coordinated reception point (BSA, BSB) which serves the user equipment (UE1, UE2) and at least one propagation delay of at least one coordinated reception point (BSB, BSA) which does not serve the user equipment (UE1, UE2) for performing the joint processing of the uplink data (g(n), s(n)), wherein the step of compensating the timing difference comprises modifying a channel matrix (H) associated with uplink channels from the at least one user equipment (UE1, UE2) to the coordinatedType: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Uwe Doetsch, Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski, Christian Gerlach
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Patent number: 8200224Abstract: The invention relates to a handover method in a base station of a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system further comprising a plurality of base stations.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Heidrun Grob-Lipski, Stephen Kaminski, Hajo-Erich Bakker
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Publication number: 20120044872Abstract: The invention provides a method of operating a first base station (100) as a reception station for a wireless uplink communication connection with a wireless appliance (102), wherein the method comprises: controlling the wireless uplink communication with the wireless appliance, receiving a signal (127) from the wireless appliance, receiving a rest signal (126) from at least one second base station (104), and analyzing the rest signal from the at least one second base station for detecting a signal (129) from the wireless appliance that is above a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Osman Aydin, Stephen Kaminski