Patents by Inventor Andreas PFADLER

Andreas PFADLER 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: 12273226
    Abstract: An access node, user equipment, an apparatus, method, and computer program for determining a delay-Doppler-resolution for a transceiver of a mobile communication system. The method for determining a delay-Doppler-resolution (DDR) for a transceiver of a mobile communication system includes determining information on properties of the transceiver, selecting the DDR from a database based on the information on the properties of the transceiver, and using the DDR for radio communication with the transceiver in the mobile communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Andreas Pfadler
  • Patent number: 12244439
    Abstract: An access node, user equipment, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for a communication system. An apparatus for a wireless transmitter device includes a transmitter module for transmitting wireless transmissions and a processing module, which controls the transmitter module. The processing module generates one or more transmit symbols in a Delay-Doppler domain to obtain a Delay-Doppler representation; transforms the Delay-Doppler representation into a Time-Frequency domain to obtain a Time-Frequency representation, the Time-Frequency representation having a first bandwidth and a first duration; adds pilot symbols to the Time-Frequency representation to obtain a Time-Frequency representation with an extended second bandwidth or an extended second duration; transforms the Time-Frequency representation with the extended second bandwidth or the extended second duration to the time domain to obtain a time domain representation; and transmits the time domain representation to a wireless receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Slawomir Stanczek, Peter Jung
  • Publication number: 20250039760
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for improving a handover of a user equipment in a cell of a mobile communication system. A position of the user equipment inside a coverage area of the cell may be periodically determined, based on an angle of arrival of a signal received from the user equipment and transmitting information to the user equipment to enable neighbor cell measurements if a change of the periodically determined position indicates an exiting and/or entering of the coverage area of the cell by the user equipment to improve a handover process to another cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Luca Montero Bayo, Andreas Pfadler
  • Publication number: 20250015907
    Abstract: A method for user equipment for increasing a signal strength of a radio signal from the user equipment at a receiving communication device including determining an attenuation characteristic of a line-of-sight communication channel between the user equipment and the receiving communication device and adjusting an antenna radiation pattern of the user equipment based on the attenuation characteristic of the line-of-sight communication channel for increasing the signal strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Luca MONTERO BAYO
  • Publication number: 20240422616
    Abstract: Determining an effective quality of service (QOS) in mobile communication by receiving a first QoS indication from a first mobile network operator (MNO) and a second QoS indication from a second MNO, wherein the first QoS and the second QoS are defined according to different QoS models for a terminal. The first QoS and the second QoS are translated to a uniform format of the QoS. The first MNO or the second MNO is selected to provide a service that is based on the translated first QoS and the translated second QoS. By translating different QoS models to a common format and selecting the MNO based on the translated QOS values, an effective QoS can be determined and utilized for mobile communication services across multiple networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Luca Montero Bayo
  • Publication number: 20240422614
    Abstract: A device and a method determine a predictive quality of service (pQoS) in mobile communication, wherein an indication of at least one data property concerning data to be exchanged between an application of a terminal and an external device is received from the application. A communication link is determined between the application and the external device. A pQoS model is determined based on the indicated data property and the communication link; a pQoS is determined by applying the PQOS model; and providing the determined pQoS to the application. Disclosed embodiments also include receiving from the application of the terminal an indication of at least one key performance indicator (KPI) that is applied by the application to measure an actual quality of service (QoS), and determining the pQoS model further based on the indicated at least one KPI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Luca MONTERO BAYO
  • Publication number: 20240414560
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for controlling a radiation boundary area comprising receiving information about a radiation boundary area and approximating at least one antenna system parameter of the communication device to adjust a radiation pattern of the antenna system to the radiation boundary area. The antenna system may be configured to generate a radiation pattern to radiate into the radiation boundary area using the at least one antenna system parameter and transmitting information about the radiation pattern of the antenna system to a network entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Luca Montero Bayo, Andreas Pfadler
  • Patent number: 12131635
    Abstract: Methods, computer programs, communication circuits for communicating in a tele-operated driving session, a transportation vehicle and a remote control center for remotely controlling a transportation vehicle. The method for a transportation vehicle and communicating in a tele-operated driving session between the transportation vehicle and a remote control center includes establishing the tele-operated driving session, the transportation vehicle receiving a message including information on the environment of the transportation vehicle from a traffic entity outside the transportation vehicle, and the transportation vehicle transmitting the information to the remote control center for remotely controlling the transportation vehicle based on the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Publication number: 20240349011
    Abstract: A method for a network entity for controlling a communication between a first communication device and a second communication device including obtaining positions of communication devices and determining radiation boundary areas in an environment of the communication devices. The method also allocates a radiation boundary area of the radiation boundary areas to the first communication device of the communication devices to communicate with the second communication device of the communication devices and transmits information about the allocated radiation boundary area to the first communication device and/or the second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Luca MONTERO BAYO, Andreas ` PFADLER
  • Patent number: 12113860
    Abstract: A method, a computer program, and an apparatus for invoking a tele-operated driving session for a transportation vehicle equipped with an automated driving function, and a transportation vehicle equipped with an automated driving function, which uses the method or apparatus. A quality of service for a communication between the transportation vehicle and a control center is predicted for a tele-operated driving session, communication requirements for the tele-operated driving session are predicted, at least one parameter of the transportation vehicle is then adapted so that the communication requirements match the predicted quality of service, and a tele-operated driving session is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod
  • Patent number: 12092473
    Abstract: A method, a computer program, an apparatus, a transportation vehicle, and a network entity for predicting a deadlock situation for an automated transportation vehicle. The deadlock situation is an exceptional traffic situation necessitating a change of an operational mode of the transportation vehicle. The method for predicting a deadlock situation for the automated transportation vehicle includes obtaining information related to a historical deadlock situation cause, determining historical context information for the historical deadlock situation cause, determining information indicative for the deadlock situation cause based on the information related to the historical context information, monitoring actual context information for information indicative for the deadlock situation, and predicting the deadlock situation based on the information indicative for the deadlock situation in the actual context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler, Israel Gonzalez Vazquez
  • Publication number: 20240239301
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for authenticating a user for using a reserved rental vehicle. In one embodiment, radio-signal-based primary authentication information is transmitted to an electronic input unit of the user and the user can be authenticated on the basis of a check of the primary authentication information using a server system outside the vehicle. Secondary authentication information based on optical image processing is transmitted, in addition to the primary authentication information, to the electronic input unit of the user and to an authentication unit of the rental vehicle. If the user could not be successfully authenticated for using the reserved rental vehicle using the primary authentication information, the user is authenticated for using the reserved rental vehicle on the basis of a check of the secondary authentication information using the authentication unit of the rental vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Moritz Schönauer, Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod
  • Publication number: 20240233533
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for a remote control center and for operating a vehicle from remote. Information is obtained on a pQoS of a communication link between the remote control center and the vehicle. At least one driving command is then provided to the vehicle via the communication link and a range of the at least one driving command is adapted, based on the information on the pQoS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Patent number: 12008897
    Abstract: Methods, computer programs, apparatuses, a transportation vehicle, and a control center for resolving a deadlock traffic situation of a transportation vehicle. The method includes detecting the deadlock traffic situation, reporting the deadlock traffic situation to a control center, entering a tele-operated driving session in coordination with the control center, determining information on an identification of the deadlock traffic situation in coordination with the control center, forwarding the information on the identification of the deadlock situation to other transportation vehicles, and resolving the deadlock traffic situation using tele-operation by the control center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Kwoczek, Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler, Israel Gonzalez Vazquez
  • Patent number: 11984950
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program for a transportation vehicle in a mobile communication system. The method for a first transportation vehicle in a mobile communication system for controlling a radio link to a second transportation vehicle includes setting up a radio link to the second transportation vehicle, determining information related to relative movement between an antenna of the first transportation vehicle and an antenna of the second transportation vehicle based on sensor data of the first transportation vehicle, and adjusting a beam pattern of the antenna of the first transportation vehicle based on the information related to relative movement to control the radio link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Steffen Schmitz, Andreas Kwoczek
  • Patent number: 11979770
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system, a vehicle, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs for user equipment, UE, and service provision in a mobile communication system. The method (10) for user equipment (100), UE, in a mobile communication system (400), comprises using (12) a service with a set of quality of service, QoS, requirements in the mobile communication system (400), receiving (14) information related to a future course of the QoS provisioning of the service from the mobile communication system (400), and adapting (16) the service based on the information related to the future course of the QoS and based on the set of QoS requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, MAN TRUCK & BUS SE
    Inventors: Roman Alieiev, Ernst Zielinski, Andreas Pfadler, Joakim Cerwall
  • Patent number: 11972689
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle, a traffic control entity, a method, a computer program, and an apparatus for determining a minimum inter-vehicular distance for a platoon. The method for determining a minimum inter-vehicular distance for a platoon of transportation vehicles obtains information related to a predicted quality of service (pQoS) of communication links between the transportation vehicles of the platoon; a speed of the transportation vehicles of the platoon; and one or more maximum decelerations of the transportation vehicles of the platoon. The method also uses a functional relationship between the pQoS, the speed, the one or more maximum decelerations, and an inter-vehicular distance to determine the minimum inter-vehicular distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod
  • Publication number: 20240135814
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for a remote control center and for operating a vehicle from remote. Information is obtained on a pQoS of a communication link between the remote control center and the vehicle. At least one driving command is then provided to the vehicle via the communication link and a range of the at least one driving command is adapted, based on the information on the pQoS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Publication number: 20240129050
    Abstract: Methods, computer programs, and apparatuses for determining and using a predicted future quality of service of a wireless communication link between a transceiver and a mobile transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Guillaume JORNOD
  • Patent number: 11962445
    Abstract: A method for detecting OTFS pilot interference including receiving delay-Doppler-domain samples of a received OTFS delay-Doppler frame, wherein the delay-Doppler domain samples are derived by a two-dimensional symplectic Fourier transformation of time-frequency domain samples resulting from sampling a time-varying received OFTS coded signal; summing the squares of the amplitudes of the delay-Doppler domain samples of the delay-Doppler grid positions evaluated for the channel estimation to establish the received non-interfering pilot power; summing the squares of the amplitudes of all the delay-Doppler domain samples of the complete delay-Doppler grid to establish the total received frame power; comparing a pilot power ratio derived by dividing the non-interfering pilot power by the total received frame power with a guard space ratio derived by dividing the sum of the number of guard and pilot grid spaces in the transmitted OTFS frame by the total number of grid spaces of the transmitted OTFS frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod