Patents by Inventor Andre Fonseca Dos Santos

Andre Fonseca Dos Santos 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).

  • Patent number: 11729811
    Abstract: A base station and a user equipment device and a method for sending data from the user equipment device to the base station is proposed. The method for transmitting data comprises the steps of determining disadvantageous transmission conditions for the user equipment device and if such disadvantageous transmission conditions are determined, transmitting data in a reserved frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Husain Nizamuddin
  • Publication number: 20220070884
    Abstract: A base station and a user equipment device and a method for sending data from the user equipment device to the base station is proposed. The method for transmitting data comprises the steps of determining disadvantageous transmission conditions for the user equipment device and if such disadvantageous transmission conditions are determined, transmitting data in a reserved frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Husain Nizamuddin
  • Patent number: 11191091
    Abstract: A base station and a user equipment device and a method for sending data from the user equipment device to the base station is proposed. The method for transmitting data comprises the steps of determining disadvantageous transmission conditions for the user equipment device and if such disadvantageous transmission conditions are determined, transmitting data in a reserved frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Husain Nizamuddin
  • Patent number: 11178675
    Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and computer programs for mobile communication systems comprising base station and mobile transceivers. An apparatus for a base station transceiver (and/or a mobile transceiver) of a mobile communication system, comprises a transceiver module to communicate with the mobile transceiver (and/or base station transceiver) using first and second communication channels, wherein the first channel is more reliable than the second channel. The apparatus further comprises a controller module to control the transceiver module, and to provide a data service to the mobile transceiver (and/or base station transceiver). The data service comprises first and second data packets, wherein the first data packets comprise information related to core data of the data service, and wherein the second data packets comprise information related to optional refinement data for the data service. The first data packets use the first channel, and the second data packets use the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Danish Aziz, Frank Schaich, Paulo Baracca, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 9980107
    Abstract: A vehicle messaging transmission method, a vehicle messaging transmitter, a vehicle messaging reception method, a vehicle messaging receiver, an infrastructure node method, and infrastructure node and computer program products are disclosed. The vehicle messaging transmission method, comprises: detecting a vehicle event; and transmitting both a vehicle-to-vehicle message over a vehicle-to-vehicle radio link, the vehicle-to-vehicle message identifying the vehicle event and a vehicle-to-infrastructure message over a vehicle-to-infrastructure radio link, the vehicle-to-infrastructure message identifying the vehicle event. In this way, rather than periodically transmitting location messages, instead messages are only transmitted when a particular event occurs. This helps to reduce the volume of messages since the messages are only transmitted when an event occurs. Also transmitting a vehicle-to-vehicle message enables messages to be transmitted quickly, with reduced latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Volker Braun, Uwe Doetsch, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20170245297
    Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and computer programs for mobile communication systems comprising base station transceivers and mobile transceivers. An apparatus (10, 20) for a base station transceiver (100) (and/or a mobile transceiver (200)) of a mobile communication system (300), comprises a transceiver module (12, 22) to communicate with the mobile transceiver (200) (and/or base station transceiver (100)) using at least a first communication channel and a second communication channel, wherein the first communication channel is more reliable than the second communication channel. The apparatus (10, 20) further comprises a controller module (14, 24) to control the transceiver module (12, 22), and to provide a data service to the mobile transceiver (200) (and/or base station transceiver (100)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Danish Aziz, Frank Schaich, Paulo Baracca, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 9698898
    Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a receiver and a transmitter of a wireless system. An apparatus (10) for a receiver (100) of a wireless communication system comprises means for receiving (12) radio signals, which are organized in repetitive radio frames, a radio frame being subdivided in sub-frames. The apparatus (10) further comprises means for extracting (14) a first payload data packet from the received radio signals using a single sub-frame of the received radio signals and for extracting a second payload data packet using two or more sub-frames of two or more radio frames. An apparatus (20) for a transmitter (200) comprises means for obtaining (22) information on a subset of radio resources for scheduled and/or non-scheduled transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Uwe Doetsch, Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Frank Schaich
  • Publication number: 20170164136
    Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and computer programs for a base station transceiver and for a fixed machine device transceiver of a mobile communication system. The apparatus (10) for the base station transceiver (100) of the mobile communication system (300) comprises a transceiver module (12) operable to communicate with a stationary fixed machine device transceiver (200) using a first or a second identity information related to an identity of the fixed machine device transceiver (200). A number of bits representing the first identity information differs from a number of bits representing the second identity information. The apparatus (10) further comprises a control module (14) operable to control the transceiver module (12). The control module (14) is further operable to determine the first or the second identity information for the fixed machine device transceiver (200) such that for a given point in time either the first or the second identity information is valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Stephan Saur, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 9565698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a base station (10) for a cellular communications system, wherein said cellular communications system preferably operates according to the long term evolution, LTE, standard, wherein said base station (10) is configured to transmit random access information, which comprises information on random access procedures associated with said base station (10), and/or scheduling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Uwe Doetsch, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 9451486
    Abstract: A method for performing measurements in a digital cellular wireless telecommunication network is provided. An embodiment of the method includes determining free resources of a set of cells of the telecommunication network, determining a subset of the plurality of mobile devices, setting the subset of the plurality of mobile devices into a probing mode, determining the location of the subset of mobile devices in the probing mode, exchanging test signals between the mobile devices in the probing mode and the base stations of the set of cells, performing a plurality of measurements of signal strengths and/or signal powers of the test signals, determining average values from the plurality of measurements, and storing the average values of the plurality of measurements to provide a result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Edgar Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20160212601
    Abstract: A vehicle messaging transmission method, a vehicle messaging transmitter, a vehicle messaging reception method, a vehicle messaging receiver, an infrastructure node method, and infrastructure node and computer program products are disclosed. The vehicle messaging transmission method, comprises: detecting a vehicle event; and transmitting both a vehicle-to-vehicle message over a vehicle-to-vehicle radio link, the vehicle-to-vehicle message identifying the vehicle event and a vehicle-to-infrastructure message over a vehicle-to-infrastructure radio link, the vehicle-to-infrastructure message identifying the vehicle event. In this way, rather than periodically transmitting location messages, instead messages are only transmitted when a particular event occurs. This helps to reduce the volume of messages since the messages are only transmitted when an event occurs. Also transmitting a vehicle-to-vehicle message enables messages to be transmitted quickly, with reduced latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Volker Braun, Uwe Doetsch, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20160205702
    Abstract: A base station and a user equipment device and a method for sending data from the user equipment device to the base station is proposed. The method for transmitting data comprises the steps of determining disadvantageous transmission conditions for the user equipment device and if such disadvantageous transmission conditions are determined, transmitting data in a reserved frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Husain Nizamuddin
  • Publication number: 20160057755
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting an implicit user ID of a received data packet is disclosed. When a data packet is received, at least one frequency on which the data packet has been received is determined. Further, a spreading code sequence of the data packet is determined, and the at least one determined frequency and the determined spreading code sequence are used to determine an implicit user ID of the data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Frank Schaich
  • Publication number: 20150365970
    Abstract: The invention relates to a base station (10) for a cellular communications system, wherein said cellular communications system preferably operates according to the long term evolution, LTE, standard, wherein said base station (10) is configured to transmit random access information, which comprises information on random access procedures associated with said base station (10), and/or scheduling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Uwe Doetsch, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20150256249
    Abstract: Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a receiver and a transmitter of a wireless system. An apparatus (10) for a receiver (100) of a wireless communication system comprises means for receiving (12) radio signals, which are organized in repetitive radio frames, a radio frame being subdivided in sub-frames. The apparatus (10) further comprises means for extracting (14) a first payload data packet from the received radio signals using a single sub-frame of the received radio signals and for extracting a second payload data packet using two or more sub-frames of two or more radio frames. An apparatus (20) for a transmitter (200) comprises means for obtaining (22) information on a subset of radio resources for scheduled and/or non-scheduled transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Uwe Doetsch, Thorsten Wild, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Frank Schaich
  • Publication number: 20140146700
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing measurements in a digital cellular wireless telecommunication network (100; 102; 500), wherein the method comprises: —determining free resources of a set (508) of cells of the telecommunication network (100; 102, 500), wherein the set (508) of cells comprises a plurality of mobile devices, and wherein the free resources are usable for exchanging data between base stations of the set (508) of cells and the plurality of mobile devices; —determining a subset of the plurality of mobile devices; —setting the subset of the plurality of mobile devices into a probing mode; —determining the location of the subset of mobile devices in the probing mode; —exchanging test signals between the mobile devices in the probing mode and the base stations of the set (508) of cells, wherein the test signals comprise first and second pilot signals, wherein the first pilot signals are orthogonal to the second pilot signals, and wherein the test signals are exchanged by using the free
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Edgar Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20120134281
    Abstract: A method for pre-configuring conditions of data transfer at a base station for user equipment includes receiving a data transfer request from user equipment. The data transfer request includes conditions. The base station compares the conditions with current base station performance conditions. If the comparison is favorable, the base station sends an accept message to the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Aydin Osman, Danish Aziz, Michael Wilhelm, André Fonseca dos Santos
  • Publication number: 20100296556
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding system for estimating and refining channel tap values for use in an equalizer on the receiver side, wherein the method is based on exploiting statistics of logic strings that multilevel codes impose on a transmitted signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Vodafone Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rave, Andre Fonseca Dos Santos, Gerhard Fettweis