Patents by Inventor Bernd Holfeld
Bernd Holfeld 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).
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Publication number: 20260142769Abstract: A receiver receives and processes a data signal having at least one data signal block. The data signal block has a number of symbols in the time domain and a number of sub-carriers in the frequency domain. The data signal block includes a control region to provide control data to the receiver and a payload region to provide payload data to the receiver. Payload data is allocated to the control region of the data signal block.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2026Publication date: May 21, 2026Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GOEKTEPE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Dennis WIERUCH, Bernd HOLFELD, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Lars THIELE, Martin KURRAS
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Patent number: 12537638Abstract: A receiver receives and processes a data signal having at least one data signal block. The data signal block has a number of symbols in the time domain and a number of sub-carriers in the frequency domain. The data signal block includes a control region to provide control data to the receiver and a payload region to provide payload data to the receiver. Payload data is allocated to the control region of the data signal block.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Goektepe, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Dennis Wieruch, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Haustein, Lars Thiele, Martin Kurras
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Publication number: 20250175316Abstract: The present invention is concerned with different novel concepts for reducing latency in data transmission. These concepts may be exploited by a transceiver configured to perform wireless data communication with a third party device by aggregating time division duplex carriers having different temporal distribution of uplink times and downlink times. These concepts may further be exploited by an apparatus configured to perform data transmission or reception via allocations of transmission resources of aggregated carriers in units of transmission time intervals into which the aggregated carriers are subdivided, wherein the aggregated carriers are temporally subdivided into the transmission time intervals in a temporal grid, respectively, wherein the aggregated carriers' grids are temporally mutually offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2025Publication date: May 29, 2025Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Dennis Wieruch, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Lars Thiele, Thomas Haustein
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Patent number: 12231375Abstract: The present invention is concerned with different novel concepts for reducing latency in data transmission. These concepts may be exploited by a transceiver configured to perform wireless data communication with a third party device by aggregating time division duplex carriers having different temporal distribution of uplink times and downlink times. These concepts may further be exploited by an apparatus configured to perform data transmission or reception via allocations of transmission resources of aggregated carriers in units of transmission time intervals into which the aggregated carriers are subdivided, wherein the aggregated carriers are temporally subdivided into the transmission time intervals in a temporal grid, respectively, wherein the aggregated carriers' grids are temporally mutually offset.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Dennis Wieruch, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Lars Thiele, Thomas Haustein
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Publication number: 20240064790Abstract: A receiver configured for receiving a wireless signal having a signal transmitted through a channel using resource elements of a wireless communications network has a determiner configured for determining a resource information indicating the resource elements and for determining a channel metric of the channel. There receiver has an associator configured for associating the resource information with the channel metric using an identity information contained in the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Dennis WIERUCH, Peter JUNG, Bernd HOLFELD
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Patent number: 11785628Abstract: A receiver configured for receiving a wireless signal having a signal transmitted through a channel using resource elements of a wireless communications network has a determiner configured for determining a resource information indicating the resource elements and for determining a channel metric of the channel. There receiver has an associator configured for associating the resource information with the channel metric using an identity information contained in the signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Dennis Wieruch, Peter Jung, Bernd Holfeld
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Publication number: 20230246762Abstract: A receiver receives and processes a data signal having at least one data signal block. The data signal block has a number of symbols in the time domain and a number of sub-carriers in the frequency domain. The data signal block includes a control region to provide control data to the receiver and a payload region to provide payload data to the receiver. Payload data is allocated to the control region of the data signal block.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GOEKTEPE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Dennis WIERUCH, Bernd HOLFELD, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Lars THIELE, Martin KURRAS
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Patent number: 11700619Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), wherein a size of an SPS interval is based on one or more transmission time intervals (TTIs). A further apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, and wherein the apparatus is configured such that the semi-persistent scheduling is controlled via a configuration message.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Bernd Holfeld, Dennis Wieruch, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Thomas Schierl
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Patent number: 11658778Abstract: A receiver receives and processes a data signal having at least one data signal block. The data signal block has a number of symbols in the time domain and a number of sub-carriers in the frequency domain. The data signal block includes a control region to provide control data to the receiver and a payload region to provide payload data to the receiver. Payload data is allocated to the control region of the data signal block.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Goektepe, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Dennis Wieruch, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Haustein, Lars Thiele, Martin Kurras
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Patent number: 11438042Abstract: A transmitter for transmitting data to a receiver of a wireless communication network, the transmitter includes at least one antenna, a codebook, an encoder, and a transceiver coupled to the encoder and to the at least one antenna. The codebook includes a plurality of codewords, each codeword being a vector including a plurality of symbols, each symbol to be transmitted over resources of the wireless communication network. The encoder is configured to receive an information message to be transmitted to a receiver of the wireless communication network, to select from the codebook the codeword associated with the received information message, and to divide the selected codeword into a plurality of sub-codewords.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Zoran Utkovski, Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante, Patrick Agostini, Martin Kasparick, Bernd Holfeld
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Patent number: 11374672Abstract: Various embodiments to enable Spectrum Access System (SAS) controlled interference management are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a memory to store network configuration data and a processing device coupled to the memory. The processing device to generate a protection band based on interference measurements. The protection band is allocated to at least one of the infrastructure node of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure. In this regard, the interference measurements are related to transmissions of data between infrastructure nodes of the LTE network infrastructure. Thereupon, a time slot is determined for the at least one of the infrastructure node based on the protection band. The time slot indicates an allocated time frame to access data in the LTE network infrastructure using a radio frequency in accordance with the protection band.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bilijana Badic, Markus Dominik Mueck, Srikathyayani Kathyayani Srikanteswara, Sabine Roessel, Thomas Wirth, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Haustein
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Patent number: 11356150Abstract: The present invention concerns a cellular communication network having a base station serving a radio cell and at least one user equipment located within the radio cell, wherein the base station is configured to receive a radio signal from the user equipment and to determine at least one signal property of the received radio signal, wherein the base station is further configured to assign a user equipment identifier to the user equipment based on the a least one determined signal property. The present invention further concerns a base station to be used in the above mentioned cellular network as well as corresponding methods.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Martin Kasparick, Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante, Dennis Wieruch, Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian, Benjamin Sackenreuter, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Fehrenbach
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Publication number: 20220109554Abstract: The present invention is concerned with different novel concepts for reducing latency in data transmission. These concepts may be exploited by a transceiver configured to perform wireless data communication with a third party device by aggregating time division duplex carriers having different temporal distribution of uplink times and downlink times. These concepts may further be exploited by an apparatus configured to perform data transmission or reception via allocations of transmission resources of aggregated carriers in units of transmission time intervals into which the aggregated carriers are subdivided, wherein the aggregated carriers are temporally subdivided into the transmission time intervals in a temporal grid, respectively, wherein the aggregated carriers' grids are temporally mutually offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Dennis WIERUCH, Bernd HOLFELD, Thomas WIRTH, Cornelius HELLGE, Lars THIELE, Thomas HAUSTEIN
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Patent number: 11223467Abstract: The present invention is concerned with different novel concepts for reducing latency in data transmission. These concepts may be exploited by a transceiver configured to perform wireless data communication with a third party device by aggregating time division duplex carriers having different temporal distribution of uplink times and downlink times. These concepts may further be exploited by an apparatus configured to perform data transmission or reception via allocations of transmission resources of aggregated carriers in units of transmission time intervals into which the aggregated carriers are subdivided, wherein the aggregated carriers are temporally subdivided into the transmission time intervals in a temporal grid, respectively, wherein the aggregated carriers' grids are temporally mutually offset.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Dennis Wieruch, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Lars Thiele, Thomas Haustein
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Publication number: 20210400708Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), wherein a size of an SPS interval is based on one or more transmission time intervals (TT's). A further apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, and wherein the apparatus is configured such that the semi-persistent scheduling is controlled via a configuration message.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Bernd HOLFELD, Dennis WIERUCH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Cornelius HELLGE, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Thomas SCHIERL
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Patent number: 11122611Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), wherein a size of an SPS interval is based on one or more transmission time intervals (TT's). A further apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, and wherein the apparatus is configured such that the semi-persistent scheduling is controlled via a configuration message.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Bernd Holfeld, Dennis Wieruch, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Thomas Schierl
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Patent number: 11089630Abstract: A base station is configured to control a wireless communications network cell of a wireless communications network. The base station is configured to establish a connection to a first user equipment and to a second user equipment using a random access process. For establishing the connection to the first user equipment, the base station is configured to use a sequence of a first random access preamble, the sequence having a first length. For establishing the connection of the second user equipment, the base station is configured to use a sequence of a second random access preamble, the sequence having a second length.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Martin Kasparick, Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante, Dennis Wieruch, Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian, Benjamin Sackenreuter, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Fehrenbach
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Publication number: 20210092761Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), wherein a size of an SPS interval is based on one or more transmission time intervals (TT's). A further apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, and wherein the apparatus is configured such that the semi-persistent scheduling is controlled via a configuration message.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Bernd HOLFELD, Dennis WIERUCH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Cornelius HELLGE, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Thomas SCHIERL
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Patent number: 10841943Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system, is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), wherein a size of an SPS interval is based on one or more transmission time intervals (TTIs). A further apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, wherein the apparatus is configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, and wherein the apparatus is configured such that the semi-persistent scheduling is controlled via a configuration message.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Bernd Holfeld, Dennis Wieruch, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Yago Sánchez de la Fuente, Thomas Schierl
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Publication number: 20200287603Abstract: A transmitter for transmitting data to a receiver of a wireless communication network, the transmitter includes at least one antenna, a codebook, an encoder, and a transceiver coupled to the encoder and to the at least one antenna. The codebook includes a plurality of codewords, each codeword being a vector including a plurality of symbols, each symbol to be transmitted over resources of the wireless communication network. The encoder is configured to receive an information message to be transmitted to a receiver of the wireless communication network, to select from the codebook the codeword associated with the received information message, and to divide the selected codeword into a plurality of sub-codewords.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Zoran UTKOVSKI, Renato Luis GARRIDO CAVALCANTE, Patrick AGOSTINI, Martin KASPARICK, Bernd HOLFELD