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: 11751029
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program for a transportation vehicle in a mobile communication system a system. A method for a first transportation vehicle in a mobile communication system for setting up data communication with a second transportation vehicle includes receiving a message from the second transportation vehicle on a first radio frequency, the message having information related to an antenna of the second transportation vehicle; configuring an antenna of the first transportation vehicle based on the information related to the antenna of the second transportation vehicle; and transmitting a data packet to the second transportation vehicle on a second radio frequency using the antenna of the first transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Steffen Schmitz, Andreas Kwoczek
  • Patent number: 11751131
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle, a network node, an apparatus, a computer program, and a method for selecting a mobile communications system for a mobile communications service. The method includes obtaining for each of multiple mobile communications services information on a required quality of service (rQoS) of the mobile communications services, determining for each of multiple mobile communications systems information on a predicted quality of service, and selecting from the multiple mobile communications systems a mobile communications system for each of multiple mobile communications services based on the information on the rQoS and the pQoS of the mobile communications system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Patent number: 11702109
    Abstract: A method, a computer program, an apparatus, a transportation vehicle, and a traffic entity for updating an environmental model at a transportation vehicle. The method for a traffic entity and for updating a first environmental model at a transportation vehicle includes receiving information related to the first environmental model from the transportation vehicle wherein the first environmental model has at least first information on an object in an environment of the transportation vehicle and the first environmental model includes confidence information related to the first information. The method also includes obtaining information related to a second environmental model of the transportation vehicle at the traffic entity wherein at least second information on the object in the environment of the transportation vehicle and the second environmental model includes confidence information related to the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod
  • Patent number: 11698644
    Abstract: A method, a computer program, an apparatus, a transportation vehicle, and a network component for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of transportation vehicles. The method for controlling a maneuver within a platoon of transportation vehicles includes receiving information related to a maneuver for the platoon; determining information on a fuel efficiency of the maneuver based on fuel consumptions for maneuvering from an initial state to a maneuver target state, keeping the maneuver target state, and reverting from the maneuver target state to the initial state; and deciding whether to perform the maneuver based on the information on the fuel efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Publication number: 20230217257
    Abstract: A method for a network entity. The method for controlling a communication between a first communication device and a second communication device includes obtaining positions of communication devices and determining radiation boundary areas in an environment of the communication devices. The method also includes allocating 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 transmitting information about the allocated radiation boundary area to the first communication device and/or the second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Luca MONTERO BAYO, Andreas PFADLER
  • Publication number: 20230217348
    Abstract: A method for a relaying system. The method for improving an awareness of the relaying system by user equipment includes encoding information about a relaying service in a vehicle-to-everything message and transmitting the vehicle-to-everything message to the user equipment to improve user equipment's awareness of the relaying system's relaying service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Luca MONTERO BAYO
  • Patent number: 11662720
    Abstract: A method, a computer program, an apparatus, a transportation vehicle, and a network component for determining a speed limit for a tele-operated transportation vehicle. The method for determining a speed limit for a tele-operated transportation vehicle includes obtaining information related to an environment of the tele-operated transportation vehicle; obtaining information related to a predictive quality of service (pQoS) of a communication link between the tele-operated transportation vehicle and a tele-operator of the transportation vehicle; and determining the speed limit based on the information related to the environment of the tele-operated transportation vehicle and the information related to the pQoS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod, Israel Gonzalez Vazquez
  • Publication number: 20230146830
    Abstract: A method, a computer program, and an apparatus for invoking a tele-operated driving session and a transportation vehicle equipped with an automated driving function using the method or apparatus. An impending situation that requires a tele-operated driving session is identified, a quality of service for a communication between the transportation vehicle and a control center is predicted for a location where the tele-operated driving session will be performed, the speed of the transportation vehicle is reduced to a maximum drivable speed for a tele-operated driving session with the predicted quality of service, and the tele-operated driving session is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume JORNOD, Andreas PFADLER
  • Patent number: 11641244
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a computer program for predicting a future quality of service of a wireless communication link based on a predicted future environmental model that is predicted using a time-series projection. The method includes determining environmental models of one or more active transceivers in the environment of the mobile transceiver over points in time, determining a predicted future environmental model of the one or more active transceivers at a point in time of the future using a time-series projection of environmental models, predicting the future quality of service of the wireless communication link for point in time of the future using a machine-learning model. The machine-learning model is trained to provide information on a predicted quality of service for a given environmental model, and the predicted future environmental model is used as input to the machine-learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventors: Guillaume Jornod, Andreas Pfadler
  • Publication number: 20230122098
    Abstract: A method for user equipment connected to a cell for improving a handover list including obtaining information about communication devices in an environment and generating the handover list, transmitting the handover list to the cell and transmitting dynamic information about an own state to the cell, and receiving an improved handover list from the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Luca MONTERO BAYO
  • Publication number: 20230122490
    Abstract: A method for a relaying system for improving a handover list for user equipment connected to the relaying system which includes obtaining handover lists, obtaining a position of the relaying system, determining a handover list of the multiple handover lists based on the position of the relaying system, and transmitting the determined handover list to the user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Luca MONTERO BAYO
  • Publication number: 20230124275
    Abstract: A method for user equipment for improving a transmission efficiency on a radio channel including obtaining a predictive environmental model and predicting a channel dynamic of the radio channel based on the predictive environmental model, receiving a reference signal to measure a channel characteristic of the radio channel and calculating the channel dynamic of the radio channel based on the reference signal, and determining a deviation between the predicted channel dynamic and the calculated channel dynamic and adjusting a transmission parameter based on the deviation to improve the transmission efficiency on the radio channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Luca MONTERO BAYO
  • Patent number: 11632276
    Abstract: A method for adaptive transmitter symbol arrangement in delay-Doppler domain grids including retrieving one or more current communication relevant parameters; deriving from the one or more current communication relevant parameters at least a maximum expected Doppler frequency shift for a transmitted signal; placing at least one pilot symbol in a delay-Doppler domain grid; placing a minimum number of guard symbols around the at least one pilot symbol in the delay-Doppler domain grid so the guard symbols occupy a guard space around the at least one pilot so any grid position outside the guard space around the at least one pilot has a distance along the first grid direction exceeding the derived first guard space parameter and also has a distance along the second grid direction that exceeds the second guard space parameter; and placing data symbols in the delay-Doppler domain grid outside the guard space for data transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas Pfadler
  • Publication number: 20230115781
    Abstract: A method for a communication device to adjust a processing gain of a radio communication with another communication device including transmitting a request for processing gain information to the other communication device, which allows the communication device to achieve a processing gain necessary for a service of the radio communication and receiving a processing gain response message including the processing gain information from the other communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Luca MONTERO BAYO, Andreas PFADLER
  • Publication number: 20230113523
    Abstract: A method for user equipment to improve position information of one or more communication devices including obtaining map information about positions of the one or more communication devices, determining radio channel information about the one or more communication devices by analyzing a radio channel, and generating a node map having improved position information of the one or more communication devices using the map information and the radio channel information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Luca MONTERO BAYO, Andreas PFADLER
  • Patent number: 11553462
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication devices, systems comprising wireless communication devices, and to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for a wireless communication device. The apparatus comprises a transceiver module for transmitting and receiving wireless transmissions. The apparatus comprises a processing module that is configured to control the transceiver module. The processing module is configured to communicate with a further wireless communication device via the transceiver module. The communication with the further wireless communication device is based on a transmission of data frames between the wireless communication device and the further wireless communication device. Each data frame is based on a two-dimensional grid in a time-frequency plane having a time dimension resolution and a frequency dimension resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Peter Jung, Slawomir Stanczak
  • Patent number: 11545034
    Abstract: Methods, computer programs, apparatuses, a transportation vehicle, and a traffic entity for updating an environmental model at a transportation vehicle. The method for a transportation vehicle and for updating an environmental model of the transportation vehicle includes obtaining an environmental model of the transportation vehicle, the environmental model having static and dynamic objects in the environment of the transportation vehicle along at least a part of the trajectory of the transportation vehicle; assigning information related to correctness probabilities at least to dynamic objects of the environmental model; determining at least one dynamic object for which the information related to the correctness probability indicates a correctness probability below a threshold; and transmitting a broadcast message to the environment to request further information on the at least one dynamic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Pfadler, Guillaume Jornod
  • Publication number: 20220417062
    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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Slawomir STANCZEK, Peter JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220406182
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for assigning the lane in which a vehicle is currently driven, wherein input variables of at least one data source are detected to determine the lane currently being driven in, and wherein at least one data source includes signals from an environmental sensor system of the vehicle. In cases in which the possibility of unequivocal assignment of the lane in which a vehicle is currently driven is improved, it is provided that at least one data source includes a C2X communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Gläser, Daniel Reimann, Andreas Pfadler, Julia Kwasny, Sven Klomp, Sandra Kleinau
  • Publication number: 20220393921
    Abstract: A method for the OTFS coded transmission of data. To improve the bit error rate for transmission of OTFS-coded signals that are processed based on integer Doppler shifts, the guard interval is expanded over the complete Doppler dimension or, alternatively, the guard interval extends over the complete delay dimension of the OTFS-coded frame in situations of either large Doppler shifts or large delays, especially as the quadruple of the Doppler shifts approaches or exceeds the extension of the Doppler domain in the OTFS frame or twice the delay delays approach or exceeds the extension of the delay domain in the OTFS frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas PFADLER, Guillaume JORNOD