Patents by Inventor Achim Franz Wacker

Achim Franz Wacker 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).

  • Method of improving coverage and optimisation in communication networks
    Patent number: 9571336
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting and determining the location of a coverage hole in a communications network such as a cellular communication system wherein the location is determined from operational parameters and/or by network elements themselves. Additionally is a method to reduce a hole by adjusting antennae parameters preferably remotely and automatically and this can be done in conjunction with hole location to optimize the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Seppo Olavi Hamalainen, Haitao Tang, Achim Franz Wacker, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz
  • Method of Improving Coverage and Optimisation in Communication Networks
    Publication number: 20140315538
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting and determining the location of a coverage hole in a communications network such as a cellular communication system wherein the location is determined from operational parameters and/or by network elements themselves. Additionally is a method to reduce a hole by adjusting antennae parameters preferably remotely and automatically and this can be done in conjunction with hole location to optimise the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Seppo Olavi HAMALAINEN, Haitao Tang, Achim Franz Wacker, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz
  • Method of improving coverage and optimisation in communication networks
    Patent number: 8774791
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting and determining the location of a coverage hole in a communications network such as a cellular communication system wherein the location is determined from operational parameters and/or by network elements themselves. Additionally is a method to reduce a hole by adjusting antennae parameters preferably remotely and automatically and this can be done in conjunction with hole location to optimise the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Seppo Olavi Hamalainen, Haitao Tang, Achim Franz Wacker, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz
  • Method of Improving Coverage and Optimisation in Communication Networks
    Publication number: 20110212720
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting and determining the location of a coverage hole in a communications network such as a cellular communication system wherein the location is determined from operational parameters and/or by network elements themselves. Additionally is a method to reduce a hole by adjusting antennae parameters preferably remotely and automatically and this can be done in conjunction with hole location to optimise the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Seppo Olavi Hamalainen, Haitao Tang, Achim Franz Wacker, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz