Patents by Inventor Andreas Lobinger

Andreas Lobinger 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: 12289791
    Abstract: There are provided measures for network-assisted fallback to contention-based random access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ahmad Awada, Muhammad Naseer-Ul-Islam, Andreas Lobinger
  • Patent number: 12089098
    Abstract: There are provided measures for feedback on network-assisted fallback to contention-based random access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Muhammad Naseer-Ul-Islam, Ahmad Awada, Andreas Lobinger
  • Patent number: 11894906
    Abstract: An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: associate communication beams into at least two different groups, where at least one of the groups has at least two of the communication beams; based upon beam-group specific key performance indicators, where the beam-group specific key performance indicators have been based upon the association of the communication beams into the at least two different groups, use the beam-group specific key performance indicators to determine at least one beam-group specific mobility parameter for at least one of the groups of communication beams; and transmit the at least one beam-group specific mobility parameters to a base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Sina Khatibi, Ingo Viering, Umur Karabulut, Andreas Lobinger
  • Patent number: 11696197
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: upon detecting that a first condition is met, causing a transmission of a measurement report to a wireless network; acquiring a conditional handover command from the wireless network; upon detecting that a second condition, associated with the conditional handover command, is met, starting a handover execution timer for triggering execution of a handover from a source cell to a target cell; detecting that a radio link failure condition is met before the execution of the handover is triggered; and on the basis of the detecting, signaling, to the wireless network, information indicative of a cause of a conditional handover failure to be either misconfigured first condition or misconfigured second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Irina-Mihaela Balan, Andreas Lobinger, Guillaume Decarreau, Ingo Viering
  • Publication number: 20210029600
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: upon detecting that a first condition is met, causing a transmission of a measurement report to a wireless network; acquiring a conditional handover command from the wireless network; upon detecting that a second condition, associated with the conditional handover command, is met, starting a handover execution timer for triggering execution of a handover from a source cell to a target cell; detecting that a radio link failure condition is met before the execution of the handover is triggered; and on the basis of the detecting, signaling, to the wireless network, information indicative of a cause of a conditional handover failure to be either misconfigured first condition or misconfigured second condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Irina-Mihaela Balan, Andreas Lobinger, Guillaume Decarreau, Ingo Viering
  • Patent number: 10433190
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding signaling physical cell identifier problems. Certain aspects of the present invention include receiving, at a network node, information regarding a suspected identifier problem from a first base station, the information indicating the suspected identifier problem between the first base station and a second base station, and analyzing the suspected identifier problem based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bernhard Wegmann, Ingo Viering, Henrik Martikainen, Andreas Lobinger
  • Patent number: 10341891
    Abstract: When a given user equipment (UE) has a plurality K of cells currently serving it, in various embodiments there is an algorithm for triggering the UE to wirelessly send a cell measurement report. The algorithm utilizes a parameter whose value is dependent on the number K of cells currently in the UE's active set. The UE updates K anytime a new cell is added to, or a serving cell is removed from, the UE's active set. In various examples the parameter is an offset that operates such that for adding a new cell increasing values of K make it more difficult to satisfy the algorithm. One example has the offset's value computed using a slope value provided by the network and a default offset value; another has the offset's value computed using maximum and minimum allowable values of both K and the offset which are provided by the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ingo Viering, Jarmo Makinen, Fasil Berhanu Tesema, Ahmad Awada, Andreas Lobinger
  • Patent number: 10264502
    Abstract: It is provided a method for adapting a parameter being indicative for a trigger signal for starting measurements, by a first base station of a first radio access network of a first type of radio access technology, of a signal quality of signals being received from a second base station of a second radio access network of a second type of radio access technology. The method includes measuring by a user equipment, which is served by the second base station, the signal quality of signals being received from the first base station, reporting a signal being indicative for the measured signal quality from the user equipment to a network entity, and adapting, by the network entity, a parameter based on the measured signal quality, wherein the parameter is indicative for a trigger signal for starting measuring a further signal quality of signals being received from the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bernhard Wegmann, Ingo Viering, Andreas Lobinger, Dirk Rose, Cinzia Sartori, Juergen Michel
  • Patent number: 9042934
    Abstract: Method and Apparatus thereof, for controlling intercell interference in a radio communications system having a plurality of user equipment and a plurality of access nodes including the steps of: a user equipment of said plurality connected to a serving access node, upon determining that an access node of said plurality is causing interference, transmitting a request to said serving access node; said serving access node forwarding said request to an apparatus controlling said interfering access node over an X2 interface, and said apparatus, instructing said interfering access node to execute said request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Michael Faerber, Andreas Lobinger, Christian Markwart, Bernhard Raaf, Simone Redana, Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer, Richard Waldhauser, Bernhard Wegmann
  • Patent number: 9009572
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for adapting the data blocks to be supplied to a turbo coder, wherein the adaptation of the block length of the data blocks to the minimum required block length of the turbo coder is insured without the disadvantage of the suboptimum termination of the turbo coder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Lobinger, Bernhard Raaf, Ralf Wiedmann
  • Patent number: 8995267
    Abstract: The present invention refers to handling of an overload in a communications network and to handling of handovers occurring after the handling of handovers in the communications net work, wherein said communications network is based upon a tree topology providing several levels of nodes in said communications network. According to the present invention, in formation about an overload is provided through several levels of nodes in communications network, starting from the node, with regard to which said overload has occurred, and ending with nodes being located in levels arranged upside the level, in which the overload occurred, and being connected directly or indirectly with the node, with regard to which said overload has occurred. When handling a handover from a cell in a node, which is affected by the overload, the handover will be allowed only if the cell comprises at least one node, which is also affected by the overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Martin Dottling, Michael Faerber, Jaroslaw Lachowski, Andreas Lobinger, Juergen Michel, Richard Waldhauser
  • Patent number: 8903323
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method including creating inquiry information related to an evaluation of at least one network terminal, and transmitting the created inquiry information in a long-range reference signal; a method including receiving the inquiry information in the long-range signal, establishing, based on the received inquiry information, report information related to a quality of the long-range reference signal, and transmitting the established report information; and a method including receiving the report information, and evaluating, based on the received report information, at least one network terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Martin Döttling, Michael Färber, Andreas Lobinger, Jürgen Michel, Bernhard Raaf, Ingo Viering
  • Patent number: 8811887
    Abstract: It is described a method for changing the data load distribution within a telecommunication network including a first base station, a second base station and a relay node being connected to the first base station and/or to the second base station. The described method includes (a) establishing for each of a plurality of user equipments a first indirect connection to the first base station via the relay node, (b) establishing in a collective manner for each of the plurality of user equipments a second indirect connection to the second base station via the relay node, and (c) terminating in a collective manner for each of the plurality of user equipments the first indirect connection. It is further described a network element, which is adapted to carry out the above described data load redistribution method, and a computer program, which is adapted for controlling the above described data load redistribution method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Martin Döttling, Michael Faerber, Jaroslaw Lachowski, Andreas Lobinger, Juergen Michel, Richard Waldhauser
  • Patent number: 8611914
    Abstract: According to a method for operating a radio communication system, a first radio station decides about the assignment of first radio resources to a user terminal and thereafter assigns the first radio resources to the user terminal. Before deciding about the assignment of the first radio resources to the user terminal, the first radio station transmits information to a second radio station regarding the first radio station's future assignment of the first radio resources. Radio stations carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Andreas Lobinger, Jijun Luo
  • Patent number: 8588089
    Abstract: A mechanism for controlling resources and/or settings of an access network element like a base station is provided which allows an autonomous reconfiguration of, for example, the antenna configuration based on a set of performance indicators in a base station. The base station can reconfigure itself without the need of operator control so that during periods with low capacity demands the base station will reconfigure correspondingly, which may include a reduction of active cells by turning off the power for a part of the installed equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Martin Döttling, Michael Färber, Andreas Lobinger, Jürgen Michel, Bernhard Raaf, Ingo Viering
  • Publication number: 20130225177
    Abstract: It is provided a method for adapting a parameter being indicative for a trigger signal for starting measurements, by a first base station of a first radio access network of a first type of radio access technology, of a signal quality of signals being received from a second base station of a second radio access network of a second type of radio access technology. The method includes measuring by a user equipment, which is served by the second base station, the signal quality of signals being received from the first base station, reporting a signal being indicative for the measured signal quality from the user equipment to a network entity, and adapting, by the network entity, a parameter based on the measured signal quality, wherein the parameter is indicative for a trigger signal for starting measuring a further signal quality of signals being received from the second base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bernhard Wegmann, Ingo Viering, Andreas Lobinger, Dirk Rose, Cinzia Sartori, Jurgen Michel
  • Publication number: 20130189991
    Abstract: Method for self-optimized interworking between a first radio access network of a first type of radio access technology and a second radio access network of a second type of radio access technology. The first radio access network includes a first base station. The second radio access network includes a second base station. Measuring signals indicative for availability characteristics of the second base station, transmitting the signals indicative for the availability characteristics of the second base station from the user equipment to the first base station, generating a map of the coverage of the first and second radio access networks based on the signals indicative for the availability characteristics of the first and second base stations, wherein the map includes the information about the availability characteristics of the first and second base stations for interworking, and self-optimized interworking between the first and second base stations based on the map of coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Nokia sIEMENS nETWORKS oY
    Inventors: Dirk Rose, Bernhard Wegmann, Ingo Viering, Andreas Lobinger, Cinzia Sartori, Juergen Michel
  • Publication number: 20120309384
    Abstract: Method and Apparatus thereof, for controlling intercell interference in a radio communications system having a plurality of user equipment and a plurality of access nodes including the steps of: a user equipment of said plurality connected to a serving access node, upon determining that an access node of said plurality is causing interference, transmitting a request to said serving access node; said serving access node forwarding said request to an apparatus controlling said interfering access node over an X2 interface, and said apparatus, instructing said interfering access node to execute said request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Faerber, Andreas Lobinger, Christian Markwart, Bernhard Raaf, Simone Redana, Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer, Richard Waldhauser, Bernhard Wegmann
  • Publication number: 20110292799
    Abstract: The present invention refers to handling of an overload in a communications network and to handling of handovers occurring after the handling of handovers in the communications net work, wherein said communications network is based upon a tree topology providing several levels of nodes in said communications network. According to the present invention, in formation about an overload is provided through several levels of nodes in communications network, starting from the node, with regard to which said overload has occurred, and ending with nodes being located in levels arranged upside the level, in which the overload occurred, and being connected directly or indirectly with the node, with regard to which said overload has occurred. When handling a handover from a cell in a node, which is affected by the overload, the handover will be allowed only if the cell comprises at least one node, which is also affected by the overload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Dottling, Michael Faerber, Jaroslaw Lachowski, Andreas Lobinger, Juergen Michel, Richard Waldhauser
  • Publication number: 20110223854
    Abstract: It is described a method for changing the data load distribution within a telecommunication network comprising including a first base station, a second base station and a relay node being connected to the first base station and/or to the second base station. The described method includes (a) establishing for each of a plurality of user equipments a first indirect connection to the first base station via the relay node, (b) establishing in a collective manner for each of the plurality of user equipments a second indirect connection to the second base station via the relay node, and (c) terminating in a collective manner for each of the plurality of user equipments the first indirect connection. It is further described a network element, which is adapted to carry out the above described data load redistribution method, and a computer program, which is adapted for controlling the above described data load redistribution method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Martin Döttling, Michael Faerber, Jaroslaw Lachowski, Andreas Lobinger, Juergen Michel, Richard Waldhauser