Patents by Inventor Walter Müller
Walter Müller 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: 11304153Abstract: A method performed by a network node for managing power of Cell Reference Symbols, CRS, wherein the network node operates one or more cells and the network node is configured to transmit the CRS in a first power mode. When the network node identifies a first cell which is not actively serving any UEs, which cell is also referred to as an empty cell, the network node reduces the power of the CRS in the first cell in relation to the first power mode. By reducing the power of the CRS, the overall interference of the CRS from the empty cell is reduced, thereby enhancing the performance in cells actively serving UEs.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Tomas Lagerqvist, Christian Skärby, Walter Müller
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Patent number: 11277761Abstract: A technique for determining signal quality of a radio access network, RAN, (502) comprising a plurality of transmission-reception points, TRxPs (504), is described. A method aspect of the technique comprises or initiates receiving a control message for determining the signal quality based on a measurement of a reference signal (516.21) from a second TRxP (504.4) at a radio resource. The control message is indicative of the radio resource for the reference signal relative to a synchronization signal (512.1) from a first TRxP (504.1; 504.2; 504.3) other than the second TRxP.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Rasmus Axén, Walter Müller
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Patent number: 11153789Abstract: A method is disclosed performed by a first network node (110) of a wireless communication system (100) for handling of a UE (150) connected to the first network node (110), wherein a second network node (120) of the communication system (100) has a first transmission resource (130) for wireless transmission using a first access technology and a second transmission resource (140) for wireless transmission using a second access technology. The first and the second transmission resources (130, 140) are collocated. The method comprises receiving, from the UE (150), an indication of fulfilled transmission condition for transmission from the second transmission resource (140) to the UE (150), the indication being based on a transmission quality measurement performed by the UE (150) on a wireless signal transmitted by the first transmission resource (130), and determining whether the UE (150) is to be served by the second access technology transmission resource (140) of the second network node (120).Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Walter Müller
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Publication number: 20210290560Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system without a release-determining membrane for delivering scopolamine, comprising a skin contact layer, an active substance-containing reservoir layer, an active substance-impermeable backing layer, and optionally a protective layer which is detachable from the skin contact layer, wherein the skin contact layer is in direct contact with the active substance-containing reservoir layer. The skin layer or the skin layer and the reservoir layer may be equipped with adhesive strength-increasing additives, for example silicone oils. Furthermore, the system may be equipped with an active substance-free over-patch in order to ensure a sufficient adhesion onto the skin over the application duration. In comparison to comparable systems with a release-determining membrane, a similar bioavailability of the active substance was achieved, such that these systems are bioequivalent to the membrane-containing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Sandra WIEDERSBERG, Gerd HOFFMANN, Walter MÜLLER
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Publication number: 20210259023Abstract: Method of performing a random access procedure between a User Equipment, UE, and a radio access network, wherein two access nodes comprise different sets of signature sequences, wherein said signature sequences are used, by said access nodes, to differentiate requests coming from different UEs, said method comprising the steps of receiving a random access request from said UE, wherein said random access request comprises a signature sequence, determining that said random access request is intended for said first radio access node based on said signature sequence comprised by said request, receiving, from a second access node, said random access request, thereby indicating that said second radio access node has also received said random access request from said UE, and sending a response based on said received random access request from said UE and based on said random access request received from said second radio access node.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Rasmus Axén, Mehdi Amirijoo, Håkan Axelsson, Walter Müller, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
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Patent number: 11063725Abstract: The invention relates to methods of configuring reference signal transmissions from one or more network nodes (12) to a wireless communication device (14) to facilitate mobility measurement reporting (MRS) by the wireless communication device. The methods comprise determining whether there is a need to include link set identifier content with one or more of the reference signal transmissions responsive to network information regarding a current mobility status of a network configuration, where each of said reference signal transmissions originate from one of the one or more network nodes (12). The method further comprises defining a configuration for each of the reference signal transmissions responsive to the determination, and configuring the one or more network nodes to implement the reference signal transmissions according to the defined configurations.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Walter Müller, Andres Reial
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Patent number: 11064405Abstract: Embodiments include exemplar)? methods and/or procedures performed by a central unit, CU, (110) that together with first and second distributed units, DUs (120, 130), comprise a node (100, 1160) of a wireless communication network. Embodiments include receiving (830) from the first DU, prior to occurrence of a first event concerning a user equipment, UE, (1110) that is in communication with the first DU, a lower-layer configuration of the UE. Embodiments also include storing (840) the lower-layer configuration of the UE, and sending (870), to the second DU, a setup request comprising the stored lower-layer configuration of the UE. Embodiments also include receiving (880), from the second DU, a setup response comprising a first delta configuration indicating one or more differences between a lower-layer configuration of the second DU and the stored lower-layer configuration. Embodiments also include sending (890), to the first DU, a modification request comprising the first delta configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Angelo Centonza, Matteo Fiorani, Walter Müller
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Publication number: 20210204182Abstract: In one aspect, a network (e.g., a TRP) (150) uses handover triggering information to detect whether a handover triggering condition is present before a radio link fails, and initiates a handover upon detecting the handover triggering condition. In another aspect, a target TRP (152) is provided with beam generating information that enables the target TRP (152) to produce a high-gain beam for use in communicating with a UE (101) without having to perform a beam refinement procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Walter MÜLLER, Rasmus AXÉN, Carola FARONIUS
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Publication number: 20210195521Abstract: A user equipment (14) is configured to operate in a connected discontinuous reception, C-DRX, mode. The user equipment (14) is configured to receive a DRX radio network temporary identifier, DRX-RNTI, (22) and/or receive configuration parameters for C-DRX mode that configure the user equipment (14) with a C-DRX cycle including an on-duration period and an off-duration period. The user equipment (14) is configured to operate in a sleep state during the off-duration period. The user equipment (14) is configured to, responsive to receiving a message (26) during a wake-up monitoring period (24), attempt to decode the message (26) using the DRX-RNTI (22). The user equipment (14) is configured to monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel during the on-duration period of a C-DRX cycle or operate in the sleep state during the on-duration period, depending respectively on whether or not the attempt to decode the message (26) using the DRX-RNTI (22) succeeds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Walter Müller, Björn Hofström
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Publication number: 20210176691Abstract: In a method for adapting a mobile network, a terminal is connected to a first access node of the mobile network via a first connection and to a second access node via a second connection. The first access node controls a data transmission for the terminal and the second access node assists in the data transmission for the terminal. The method comprises determining whether a quality of at least one of the first connection and the second connection is degraded, acquiring quality degradation information about the degradation of the quality of at least one of the first connection and the second connection based on the step of determining, and adapting the mobile network based on the step of acquiring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Torsten Dudda, Walter Müller, Mattias Bergström, Stefan Wager, Zhiyi Xuan
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Patent number: 11013037Abstract: Method of performing a random access procedure between a User Equipment, UE, and a radio access network, wherein two access nodes comprise different sets of signature sequences, wherein said signature sequences are used, by said access nodes, to differentiate requests coming from different UEs, said method comprising the steps of receiving a random access request from said UE, wherein said random access request comprises a signature sequence, determining that said random access request is intended for said first radio access node based on said signature sequence comprised by said request, receiving, from a second access node, said random access request, thereby indicating that said second radio access node has also received said random access request from said UE, and sending a response based on said received random access request from said UE and based on said random access request received from said second radio access node.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Rasmus Axén, Mehdi Amirijoo, Håkan Axelsson, Walter Müller, Paul Schliwa-Bertling
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Patent number: 10999743Abstract: The invention refers to a method performed by a radio network node (200), wherein the radio access network comprises a central unit, CU (220), and a distributed unit, DU (210), comprising obtaining (502) one or more criteria for determining a preferable location for a UE context controller in the radio access network node, the UE context controller managing a connection between a UE (100) and the radio access network node (200); and determining (504), based on the one or more criteria, whether the UE context controller shall be located in the CU (220) and/or in the DU (210). The invention further related to a corresponding radio network node (200).Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Elena Myhre, Walter Müller
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Publication number: 20210126726Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali el Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Niklas Johansson, Martin Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
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Patent number: 10980082Abstract: Methods of operating a DU node of a radio access network are disclosed. The DU node is coupled to a CU node over an F1 interface, and the DU node performs a setup procedure with the CU node over the F1 interface for an RRC connection with respect to a wireless device UE. A setup request message is transmitted to the CU node, wherein the setup request message includes an indication of a latest RRC version supported by the DU node. A setup response message is received from the CU node, wherein this message includes an indication of an RRC version supported by the CU node and by the UE. An RRC connection is established with the UE using the RRC version indicated in the setup response message. Related methods of operating a CU node are also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Matteo Fiorani, Angelo Centonza, Tao Cui, Walter Müller
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Patent number: 10966128Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device, for handling a mobility procedure in a communication network. The communication network comprises a first network and a second network. The first network is associated with a core network node and a first RAN node. The second network is associated with a second RAN node. The first RAN node and the second RAN node each support a set of cells. The first and the second network comprise partitioned sets of functionalities, wherein a first set of functionalities belongs to a first network slice supporting the wireless device. The wireless device is associated with the first network and the first network slice in a first cell of the first RAN node. The network slices and corresponding network slice identities are uncoordinated between the first and the second network. The wireless device receives, from the core network node, a message comprising an indication of combinations of networks and network slices equivalent to the first network slice.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Oscar Zee, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Jari Vikberg
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Patent number: 10959151Abstract: In a method for adapting a mobile network, a terminal is connected to a first access node of the mobile network via a first connection and to a second access node via a second connection. The first access node controls a data transmission for the terminal and the second access node assists in the data transmission for the terminal. The method comprises determining whether a quality of at least one of the first connection and the second connection is degraded, acquiring quality degradation information about the degradation of the quality of at least one of the first connection and the second connection based on the step of determining, and adapting the mobile network based on the step of acquiring.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Torsten Dudda, Walter Müller, Mattias Bergström, Stefan Wager, Zhiyi Xuan
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Patent number: 10940122Abstract: The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS), comprising a backing layer, which is permeable to the active ingredient, at least one matrix layer, comprising fentanyl or an active agent analogous to fentanyl, based on polyacrylate and a protective layer to be removed before usage, characterized in that the polyacrylate polymer is self-adhesive, free of carboxyl groups, has a saturation solubility for fentanyl of 3 to 20 wt. %, preferably of 4 to 12 and particularly of 5 to 10 wt. % and the layers contain at least 80% of the included active ingredient in a molecularly-dispersed, dissolved form.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AGInventors: Walter Müller, Thomas Hille
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Patent number: 10939306Abstract: A method and radio access node for controlling beam transmission from a radio access node. The method identifies a number of user equipment (UEs) associated with a same beam set and groups the identified UEs into one or more corresponding groups. The method assigns a same discontinuous reception (DRX) phase to the UEs in each corresponding group, and coordinates transmission from the beam set to UEs in the one or more corresponding groups based on the assigned DRX phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Walter Müller, Rasmus Axén, Thomas Walldeen, Patrik Karlsson
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Patent number: 10938497Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali el Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Niklas Johansson, Martin Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landstrom, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
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Publication number: 20210059002Abstract: Methods of operating a DU node of a radio access network are disclosed. The DU node is coupled to a CU node over an F1 interface, and the DU node performs a setup procedure with the CU node over the F1 interface for an RRC connection with respect to a wireless device UE. A setup request message is transmitted to the CU node, wherein the setup request message includes an indication of a latest RRC version supported by the DU node. A setup response message is received from the CU node, wherein this message includes an indication of an RRC version supported by the CU node and by the UE. An RRC connection is established with the UE using the RRC version indicated in the setup response message. Related methods of operating a CU node are also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Matteo FIORANI, Angelo CENTONZA, Tao CUI, Walter MÜLLER