Patents Assigned to Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
  • Patent number: 8514790
    Abstract: Embodiments are described that provide methods and radio networks that communicate data between a mobile communication device and a core network. The methods include using network coding to encode data, and communicating a subset of the encoded data between the mobile communication device and the core network through a dynamic relay station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Drewes, Markus Mueck, Thuyen Le, Hyung-Nam Choi
  • Publication number: 20130208631
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a transceiver system configured to cancel RF second-order intermodulation distortion (IMD2) within a differential reception path. In some embodiments, the transceiver system has one or more common-mode attenuation elements that attenuate common-mode interferer signals within the differential reception path. The common-mode attenuation elements detect a common-mode interferer from one or more nodes within a transceiver system front-end. One or more properties of the detected common-mode interferer are adjusted and then fed into the differential reception path, where the adjusted common-mode signal attenuates the common-mode interferers. In other embodiments, the differential reception path has a tunable amplifying stage. The tunable amplifying stage has first and second amplifier elements that are independently operated to intentionally introduce an operating parameter mismatch between the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Krzysztof Dufrene
  • Publication number: 20130208766
    Abstract: A method includes a first step of receiving a signal at a first receiver circuit on the basis of a mobile communications standard supporting multiple predefined modulation alphabets wherein the received signal includes first data dedicated to the first receiver circuit and second data dedicated to a second, different receiver circuit, a second step of determining a modulation alphabet of the multiple predefined modulation alphabets during an operation of the first receiver circuit and a third step of detecting data depending on the second data at the first receiver circuit on the basis of the determined modulation alphabet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Rajarajan Balraj, Biljana Badic
  • Publication number: 20130210375
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a transceiver system configured to cancel RF second-order intermodulation distortion (IMD2) within a differential reception path. In some embodiments, the transceiver system has one or more common-mode attenuation elements that attenuate common-mode interferer signals within the differential reception path. The common-mode attenuation elements detect a common-mode interferer from one or more nodes within a transceiver system front-end. One or more properties of the detected common-mode interferer are adjusted and then fed into the differential reception path, where the adjusted common-mode signal attenuates the common-mode interferers. In other embodiments, the differential reception path has a tunable amplifying stage. The tunable amplifying stage has first and second amplifier elements that are independently operated to intentionally introduce an operating parameter mismatch between the elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Krzysztof Dufrene
  • Publication number: 20130208835
    Abstract: A method includes a first step of receiving a signal on the basis of a mobile communications standard supporting multiple predefined modulation alphabets and a second step of detecting data of the received signal on the basis of a modulation alphabet which includes modulation symbols of at least two of the multiple predefined modulation alphabets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Rajarajan Balraj, Biljana Badic
  • Patent number: 8510589
    Abstract: Receiving an indication of a frequency ratio of first and second clocks; generating an indication of a number of clock pulses of the second clock occurring between first and second clock pulses of the first clock; and generating an indication of a time offset between (1) a clock pulse of the second clock occurring between the second clock pulse and a third clock pulse of the first clock, and (2) the second clock pulse of the first clock. Also, receiving an input data word representing a fractional number, a first part of the input data word comprising an integer portion of the fractional number and a second part comprising a decimal portion of the fractional number; providing a first output data word that is either the first part of the input data word or an increment by one of the first part; and providing a second output data word that is an integer multiple of the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Menkhoff
  • Patent number: 8509132
    Abstract: A method of measurement reporting and a cellular radio terminal are provided. A method of measurement reporting comprises receiving, while a measurement reporting scheme is active, a request for a radio connection reconfiguration, suspending the measurement reporting scheme upon the receiving a request and resuming the suspended measurement reporting scheme upon a completion of the radio connection reconfiguration. A cellular radio terminal is configured to carry out the method of measurement reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Nickisch
  • Patent number: 8509326
    Abstract: A transmitter for transmitting OFDM signals includes a space-time or space-frequency encoder to generate coded OFDM symbols by arranging a sequence of OFDM symbols or variants thereof in a predetermined space-time or space-frequency block matrix or a portion thereof. The transmitter also includes a frequency selector to select a particular OFDM carrier frequency out of a number of available OFDM carrier frequencies, and a signal generator to generate OFDM signals by applying the selected OFDM carrier frequency to the coded OFDM symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Mueck
  • Patent number: 8502615
    Abstract: A circuit includes a phase shifter configured to selectively shift a phase of a baseband phase signal in accordance with a zero crossing signal to output a selectively phase-shifted signal, a phase modulator configured to provide a phase modulated carrier signal in accordance with the selectively phase-shifted signal, and an inverter configured to selectively invert the phase modulated carrier signal in accordance with the zero crossing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20130193936
    Abstract: The switched-mode power supply includes a power stage, and a control unit to control the operation of the power stage based on a critical parameter of the power stage, wherein the control unit is configured to control the operation of the power stage to change from a first operational mode to a second operation mode if the critical parameter leaves a pre-defined range, and to change from the second operational mode to the first operational mode based on a measurement of a first time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Henzler
  • Publication number: 20130194114
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter for converting an input signal includes a sigma-delta modulator for receiving an analog modulator input signal and for providing a digital modulator output signal and an interference cancellation loop. The interference cancellation loop includes a digital filter, a digital-to-analog converter, and a signal combiner. The digital filter is configured to amplify the sigma-delta output signal in a frequency band, attenuate the sigma-delta output signal outside the frequency band and a transition band surrounding the frequency band, and provide a filtered digital feedback signal. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to convert the filtered digital signal to a cancellation signal. The signal combiner is configured to combine the input signal with the cancellation signal resulting in the modulator input signal, in order to at least partially cancel interference signal portions within the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Markus Schimper, Werner Schelmbauer, Maurits Ortsmanns
  • Publication number: 20130198530
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for managing a plurality of cipher processor units. A cipher module may receive a cipher instruction indicating a cipher algorithm to be used. The cipher module may identify a cipher processing unit of the plurality of cipher processing units associated with the cipher algorithm. The cipher module may execute the cipher instruction using the cipher processing unit and the common register array. The cipher module may store a state of a common register array to be used by the cipher processing unit of the plurality of cipher processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew A. Wang, Ravi Jammula, Lothar Winkler
  • Patent number: 8498598
    Abstract: An RF-demodulator includes an RF-input, a demodulator output, a mixing and amplification stage coupled between the RF-input and the demodulator output, and a calibration circuitry. The calibration circuitry is configured to apply a calibration input signal at the RF-input and sense a resulting calibration output signal at the demodulator output to derive a gain of the mixing and amplification stage based on the relationship between the calibration output signal and the calibration input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Umut Basaran
  • Patent number: 8498594
    Abstract: A diversity receiver includes a plurality of antennas to receive radio frequency signals. A plurality of receiver circuits are each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of antennas to process the received radio frequency signals, and a channel estimator is coupled to at least one of the receiver circuits to determine at least one of channel estimation values for the received radio frequency signals. A controller is coupled to the channel estimator and to at least one of the receiver circuits and selectively activates or deactivates the at least one receiver circuit based on the determined at least one channel estimation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Rueckriem
  • Patent number: 8493909
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for the transmission of data from a transmitter to receiver. The present invention is directed to improving data transmission. To this end, the transmission of data is accelerated, and an inband-signaling of information is carried out on an MAC-layer plane, wherein the information is particularly relevant to the base station (BS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Hyung-Nam Choi
  • Patent number: 8492200
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor chip module and a semiconductor chip package is disclosed. One embodiment provides a first layer, a second layer, and a base layer. The first layer is disposed on the base layer, and the second layer is disposed on the first layer. A plurality of semiconductor chips is applied above the second layer, and the second layer with the applied semiconductor chips is separated from the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Patent number: 8494462
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a signal processing unit and a regulation unit. The signal processing unit processes an input signal to form an analog output signal. The regulation unit is coupled to the signal processing unit in order to produce a digital regulation signal as a function of the analog output signal for regulation of the analog output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Wagner, Bernd Adler, Andrea Camuffo, Alexander Belitzer
  • Patent number: 8488690
    Abstract: A method of channel estimation and a channel estimator for a multiple carrier radio transmission system is described. The method comprises receiving a signal comprising a symbol-carrier matrix, the symbol-carrier matrix comprising a pre-determined pattern of pilot symbols, and determining first channel estimates at pilot symbol positions of the pilot symbols in the symbol-carrier matrix. The method further comprises determining second channel estimates at intermediate positions of the symbol-carrier matrix, wherein the intermediate positions are separated from the pilot symbol positions of the pilot symbols by positions associated with non-determined channel estimates and determining third channel estimates at further positions of the symbol-carrier matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Cecilia Carbonelli, Stefan Fechtel
  • Patent number: 8489105
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a radio base station is provided. The radio base station may include a transceiver configured to transmit data to a radio communication device and receive data from the radio communication device using a plurality of component carriers, each component carrier including a pre defined frequency band including a plurality of resource elements; a component carrier determiner configured to determine a subset comprising at least one component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, wherein as the at least one component carrier of the subset may be used by the radio communication device for a pre-defined communication mode; and a message generator configured to generate a message including information specifying that the at least one component carrier of the subset may be used by the radio communication device for the pre-defined communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventor: Hyung-Nam Choi
  • Publication number: 20130178236
    Abstract: In an aspect of this disclosure, a network device of a network may be provided. The network device may include: an interface configured to receive text from a communication end device via a communication protocol; a memory configured to store recipient identifiers in relation to textual names; and a recipient identifier acquirer configured to acquire from the memory a recipient identifier based on the received text. The communication protocol may be configured to exchange information only between communication end devices of the network and network devices of the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Kowalewski