Patents by Inventor Tobias Scholand
Tobias Scholand 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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Publication number: 20230254194Abstract: A communication device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency signal. The communication device further includes a processor configured to determine a shift frequency based on a component radio frequency signal. The processor is configured to determine a second signal based on the radio frequency signal. The component radio frequency signal is based on the radio frequency signal and associated with a frequency related to the radio frequency signal represented in the frequency domain. The second signal is determined based on shifting frequencies related to the radio frequency signal represented in the frequency domain by the shift frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Jian Gu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Markus Jordan, Thomas Esch
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Patent number: 11516749Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide various aspects that would allow for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) or peer-to-peer (P2P) or sidelink (SL) communications. In an embodiment, a communication device may include: a memory for storing computer-readable instructions; and processing circuitry, configured to process the instructions stored in the memory to: obtain a first path loss between the communication device and a base station, wherein the communication device is coupled to the base station; calculate a second path loss based on one or more sidelink reference signal received power (S-RSRP) indicators received by the communication device, wherein the S-RSRP indicators are received from one or more communication devices within a communication range of the communication device; and determine a transmit (Tx) power of the communication device based on the first path loss and the second path loss.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Francois Deparis, Yanzhong Dai, Dun Liu, Jun Zhou, Qingyun Guo, Weijie Sun, Donghui Guo, Jun Wang, Wei Jiang, Daguo Li, Yubao Li, Baoyu Sun, Huiqiang Zhou, Xuanbing Liu, Zhibin Yu, Ningbo Gao
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Patent number: 11483191Abstract: A wireless device includes a radio transceiver, and a digital transmitter configured to transmit, via the radio transceiver, a first data symbol, and to transmit, via the radio transceiver, a repetition of the first data symbol immediately after the first data symbol, where the first data symbol forms a cyclic prefix for the repetition of the first data symbol.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Roland Hellfajer, Michael Speth, Peter Ascheuer, Frank Huertgen, Tobias Scholand, Jan Ellenbeck, Admir Burnic, Giuseppe Lipuma, Sven Dortmund, Thomas Esch, Romeo Lopez Soto, Markus Schlamann
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Patent number: 11451260Abstract: A terminal device includes a controller configured to identify a data hopping sequence for a first superframe including a plurality of frames, and a transceiver configured to switch hopping frequencies over the plurality of frames according to a data hopping sequence that excludes one or more hopping frequencies scheduled for use by a synchronization hopping sequence in one or more superframes immediately succeeding the first superframe.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tobias Scholand, Jan Ellenbeck, Biljana Badic, Oana-Elena Barbu, Thomas Hans-Joerg Reichelmeir, Norman Goris, Lea Castel, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Christian Drewes, Johannes Brendel
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Patent number: 11251913Abstract: A method for controlling a bandwidth used for processing a baseband transmit signal by a transmit path of a transmitter is provided. The method includes generating a first comparison result by comparing, to a threshold value, a first number of physical resource blocks allocated to the transmitter for a first transmission time interval. Further, the method includes generating a second comparison result by comparing, to the threshold value, a second number of physical resource blocks allocated to the transmitter for a subsequent second transmission time interval. The method additionally includes adjusting the bandwidth based on the first and the second comparison results.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Rainer Dirk Kreienkamp, Stefan Kaehlert, Giuseppe Li Puma, Markus Hammes, Thorsten Clevorn, Jan Ellenbeck, Tobias Scholand, Matthias Malkowski, Narayan Vishwanathan, Chandra Gupta, Markus Schlamann, Romeo Lopez Soto, Lijun Zhang
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Patent number: 11115947Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with asynchronous synchronization reference source selection and reselection for wireless communication devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to establish a sidelink connection with a first synchronization reference (SyncRef) UE, and monitor for physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) synchronization signals from a second SyncRefUE, wherein the UE is to drop one or more subframes of data reception of the sidelink connection with the first SyncRef UE when the UE monitors for the PSBCH synchronization signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Dmitry Belov, Alexey Khoryaev, Tobias Scholand
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Publication number: 20210136699Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide various aspects that would allow for Vehicle to Everything (V2X) or peer-to-peer (P2P) or sidelink (SL) communications. In an embodiment, a communication device may include: a memory for storing computer-readable instructions; and processing circuitry, configured to process the instructions stored in the memory to: obtain a first path loss between the communication device and a base station, wherein the communication device is coupled to the base station; calculate a second path loss based on one or more sidelink reference signal received power (S-RSRP) indicators received by the communication device, wherein the S-RSRP indicators are received from one or more communication devices within a communication range of the communication device; and determine a transmit (Tx) power of the communication device based on the first path loss and the second path loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Francois Deparis, Yanzhong Dai, Dun Liu, Jun Zhou, Qingyun Guo, Weijie Sun, Donghui Guo, Jun Wang, Wei Jiang, Daguo Li, Yubao Li, Baoyu Sun, Huiqiang Zhou, Xuanbing Liu, Zhibin Yu, Ningbo Gao
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Publication number: 20210099329Abstract: A wireless device includes a radio transceiver, and a digital transmitter configured to transmit, via the radio transceiver, a first data symbol, and to transmit, via the radio transceiver, a repetition of the first data symbol immediately after the first data symbol, where the first data symbol forms a cyclic prefix for the repetition of the first data symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Roland Hellfajer, Michael Speth, Peter Ascheuer, Frank Huertgen, Tobias Scholand, Jan Ellenbeck, Admir Burnic, Giuseppe Lipuma, Sven Dortmund, Thomas Esch, Romeo Lopez Soto, Markus Schlamann
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Publication number: 20200404606Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with asynchronous synchronization reference source selection and reselection for wireless communication devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to establish a sidelink connection with a first synchronization reference (SyncRef) UE, and monitor for physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) synchronization signals from a second SyncRefUE, wherein the UE is to drop one or more subframes of data reception of the sidelink connection with the first SyncRef UE when the UE monitors for the PSBCH synchronization signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Andrey CHERVYAKOV, Dmitry Belov, Alexey Khoryaev, Tobias Scholand
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Patent number: 10862715Abstract: An equalizer includes: a channel estimator configured to generate a set of time-domain channel coefficients based on a receive signal; a frequency-domain transformer configured to generate a set of frequency-domain channel coefficients based on a frequency transform of the set of time-domain channel coefficients; an equalizer coefficient generator configured to generate a set of frequency-domain equalizer coefficients based on the set of frequency-domain channel coefficients; a time-domain transformer configured to generate a set of time-domain equalizer coefficients based on a time transform of the set of frequency-domain equalizer coefficients; and a filter configured to filter the receive signal based on a filter function that is based on the set of time-domain equalizer coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Thomas Esch, Mihail Petrov, Tobias Scholand, Michael Speth, Norbert Neurohr
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Publication number: 20200328776Abstract: A terminal device includes a controller configured to identify a data hopping sequence for a first superframe including a plurality of frames, and a transceiver configured to switch hopping frequencies over the plurality of frames according to a data hopping sequence that excludes one or more hopping frequencies scheduled for use by a synchronization hopping sequence in one or more superframes immediately succeeding the first superframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Jan Ellenbeck, Biljana Badic, Oana- Elena Barbu, Thomas Hans-Joerg Reichelmeir, Norman Goris, Lea Castel, Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas, Christian Drewes, Johannes Brendel
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Patent number: 10785735Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with asynchronous synchronization reference source selection and reselection for wireless communication devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to establish a sidelink connection with a first synchronization reference (SyncRef) UE, and monitor for physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) synchronization signals from a second SyncRef UE, wherein the UE is to drop one or more subframes of data reception of the sidelink connection with the first SyncRef UE when the UE monitors for the PSBCH synchronization signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Dmitry Belov, Alexey Khoryaev, Tobias Scholand
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Publication number: 20200267039Abstract: A communication device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency signal. The communication device further includes a processor configured to determine a shift frequency based on a component radio frequency signal. The processor is configured to determine a second signal based on the radio frequency signal. The component radio frequency signal is based on the radio frequency signal and associated with a frequency related to the radio frequency signal represented in the frequency domain. The second signal is determined based on shifting frequencies related to the radio frequency signal represented in the frequency domain by the shift frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Jian Gu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Markus Jordan, Thomas Esch
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Publication number: 20200228264Abstract: A method for controlling a bandwidth used for processing a baseband transmit signal by a transmit path of a transmitter is provided. The method includes generating a first comparison result by comparing, to a threshold value, a first number of physical resource blocks allocated to the transmitter for a first transmission time interval. Further, the method includes generating a second comparison result by comparing, to the threshold value, a second number of physical resource blocks allocated to the transmitter for a subsequent second transmission time interval. The method additionally includes adjusting the bandwidth based on the first and the second comparison results.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Rainer Dirk Kreienkamp, Stefan Kaehlert, Giuseppe Li Puma, Markus Hammes, Thorsten Clevorn, Jan Ellenbeck, Tobias Scholand, Matthias Malkowski, Narayan Vishwanathan, Chandra Gupta, Markus Schlamann, Romeo Lopez Soto, Lijun Zhang
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Patent number: 10405171Abstract: A communication terminal is described with a controller configured to receive, from applications, respective requests for an exchange of application layer data over a communication network associated with the respective application, to select a first application, to control a communication circuit to perform an exchange according to the request received from the first application, to initiate, for a second application, a buffering of application layer data requested to be exchanged according to the request received from the second application, to control the communication circuit to release the first network layer communication connection based on a duration of the buffering and to establish a second network layer communication connection to a communication network associated with the second application and perform an exchange according to the request received from the second application over the second network layer communication connection after release of the first network layer communication connection.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Herbert Dawid, Tobias Scholand, Michael Speth, Roland Hellfajer, Markus Jordan, Edgar Bolinth
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Publication number: 20190045470Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with asynchronous synchronization reference source selection and reselection for wireless communication devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to establish a sidelink connection with a first synchronization reference (SyncRef) UE, and monitor for physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) synchronization signals from a second SyncRef UE, wherein the UE is to drop one or more subframes of data reception of the sidelink connection with the first SyncRef UE when the UE monitors for the PSBCH synchronization signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Andrey CHERVYAKOV, Dmitry BELOV, Alexey KHORYAEV, Tobias SCHOLAND
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Publication number: 20190037386Abstract: A communication terminal is described with a controller configured to receive, from applications, respective requests for an exchange of application layer data over a communication network associated with the respective application, to select a first application, to control a communication circuit to perform an exchange according to the request received from the first application, to initiate, for a second application, a buffering of application layer data requested to be exchanged according to the request received from the second application, to control the communication circuit to release the first network layer communication connection based on a duration of the buffering and to establish a second network layer communication connection to a communication network associated with the second application and perform an exchange according to the request received from the second application over the second network layer communication connection after release of the first network layer communication connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Herbert DAWID, Tobias SCHOLAND, Michael SPETH, Roland HELLFAJER, Markus JORDAN, Edgar BOLINTH
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Publication number: 20180337804Abstract: An equalizer includes: a channel estimator configured to generate a set of time-domain channel coefficients based on a receive signal; a frequency-domain transformer configured to generate a set of frequency-domain channel coefficients based on a frequency transform of the set of time-domain channel coefficients; an equalizer coefficient generator configured to generate a set of frequency-domain equalizer coefficients based on the set of frequency-domain channel coefficients; a time-domain transformer configured to generate a set of time-domain equalizer coefficients based on a time transform of the set of frequency-domain equalizer coefficients; and a filter configured to filter the receive signal based on a filter function that is based on the set of time-domain equalizer coefficients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Thomas Esch, Mihail Petrov, Tobias Scholand, Michael Speth, Norbert Neurohr
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Patent number: 10044533Abstract: A method (200) of bias cancellation for a radio channel sequence includes: receiving (201) a radio signal, the radio signal comprising a radio channel sequence coded by a first signature, the first signature belonging to a set of orthogonal signatures; decoding (202) the radio channel sequence based on the first signature to generate a decoded radio channel sequence; decoding (203) the radio channel sequence based on a second signature, wherein the second signature is orthogonal to the signatures of the set of orthogonal signatures, to generate a bias of the radio channel sequence; and canceling (204) the bias of the radio channel sequence from the decoded radio channel sequence.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Thomas Esch, Edgar Bolinth, Markus Jordan, Tobias Scholand, Michael Speth
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Patent number: 10003990Abstract: A communication device is described comprising a transmitter configured to transmit data according to a retransmission protocol, a determiner configured to determine whether, for a transmission time scheduled according to the retransmission protocol, there was a transmission gap within a predetermined time interval before the transmission time or to determine whether there will be a transmission gap within a predetermined time interval after the transmission time and a controller configured to control the transmitter to perform an initial transmission of data or a retransmission of data according to the retransmission protocol at the transmission time based on the result of the determination.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tobias Scholand, Roland Hellfajer, Chandra Prakash Gupta