Patents by Inventor Bernhard Raaf

Bernhard Raaf 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: 11601875
    Abstract: An application management apparatus for controlling tasks, including a task split and response merge circuit configured to divide an application into a plurality of tasks and associate respective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) attributes to the plurality of tasks; and a task management circuit configured to allocate each of the plurality of tasks to a first or second Radio Access Technology (RAT) based on the KPI attributes, and to derive a plurality of task responses from the first or second RATs to which the respective plurality of tasks are allocated, wherein the task split and response merge circuit is further configured to merge the task responses to select the first or second RAT to run the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Biljana Badic, Markus Dominik Mueck, Zhibin Yu, Bernhard Raaf, Dave Cavalcanti, Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro
  • Publication number: 20220353650
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a communication device for vehicular radio communications. The communication device includes one or more processors configured to identify a plurality of vehicular communication devices that form a cluster of cooperating vehicular communication devices. The one or more processors also determine channel resource allocations for the plurality of vehicular communication devices that includes channel resources allocated for a first vehicular radio communication technology and channel resources allocated for a second vehicular radio communication technology. The one or more processors also transmit the channel resource allocation to the plurality of vehicular communication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Carlos ALDANA, Biljana BADIC, Dave CAVALCANTI, Debabani CHOUDHURY, Christian DREWES, Jong-Kae FWU, Bertram GUNZELMANN, Nageen HIMAYAT, Ingolf KARLS, Duncan KITCHIN, Markus Dominik MUECK, Bernhard RAAF, Domagoj SIPRAK, Harry SKINNER, Christopher STOBART, Shilpa TALWAR, Zhibin YU
  • Patent number: 11463048
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for generating a power amplifier supply voltage based on a target envelope signal for a radio frequency (RF) transmit signal. An envelope tracking system includes a first selector circuitry and predistortion circuitry. The first selector circuitry is disposed in a selector module and is configured to input a plurality of voltages conducted on a first plurality of power lanes, wherein the first plurality of power lanes is part of a power distribution network; select a voltage from the plurality of voltages based on the target envelope signal; and provide the selected voltage to a supply lane connected to an input of the power amplifier that amplifies the RF transmit signal. The predistortion circuitry is configured to modify the RF transmit signal based on a selected power lane of the first plurality of power lanes that conducts the selected voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan Henzler, Andreas Langer, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 11451363
    Abstract: A full-duplex radio device is disclosed. The full-duplex radio device includes an analog transmission (TX) circuit that includes a power amplifier to output an analog TX signal. The full-duplex radio device also includes a feedback receiver circuit coupled to the analog TX circuit. The feedback receiver circuit provides a digital representation of the analog TX signal that is used to digitally cancel at least a transmitter noise component of a self-interference signal associated with a transmission of the analog TX signal in the full-duplex radio device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 11350348
    Abstract: Technology for improving the selection, transfer, and storage of user equipment (UE) radio capability information is disclosed. A cellular mobile network can be configured to identify radio-access-technology (RAT)-specific radio-capability information relating to RATs supported in the cellular mobile network and communicate the RAT-specific radio-capability information to a UE. The UE can use the RAT-specific radio-capability information to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. In addition, the UE may store a list of supported frequency bands and/or supported frequency-band combinations (LOSB) indexed by network operators and use the list to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. A network node may also selectively remove unnecessary information from UE radio capability information before storing the UE radio capability information at a mobility management entity (MME).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Zaus, Sabine Roessel, Bernhard Raaf, Jan Ellenbeck, Hyung-Nam Choi
  • Patent number: 11336319
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement including one or more processors configured to: detect a presence of one or more human object proximities based on sensor data; identify one or more coverage sectors of one or more antenna arrays, operably coupled to the one or more processors, in response to the detected presence of the one or more human object proximities; determine whether radio waves within the one or more identified coverage sectors satisfy a transmit power criteria; select one or more candidate coverage sectors of the one or more antenna arrays based the one or more identified coverage sectors; and determine at least one radio link quality for the radio waves of the one or more candidate coverage sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Biljana Badic, Michael Glik, Bertram Gunzelmann, Tom Harel, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Andre Janssen, Jonathan Kosloff, Sebastian Mitelberg, Markus Dominik Mueck, Bernhard Raaf, Jianqiang Rao, Nir Tishbi, Zhibin Yu
  • Publication number: 20220116932
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises allocating a control channel resource in a wireless relay transmission frame on a wireless relay link; generating a control signaling based on at least one of a resource allocation scheme, a status of the wireless relay link and a traffic condition of the wireless relay link; mapping the control signaling to the allocated control channel resource via at least one of a time-first mapping, a frequency-first mapping, and a multiplexing mapping; and transmitting the control signaling in the allocated control channel resource on the wireless relay link to at least one associated relay node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Erlin Zeng, Hai Ming Wang, Xiangguang Che, Chun Yan Gao, Peng Chen, Jing Han, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 11283426
    Abstract: An electrical device (100) that comprises at least one signal filter (104) comprising a plurality of mechanical resonators (106 108, 110) in a substrate (102) and at least one further mechanical resonator (112) in the substrate (102) configured to oscillate at a reference frequency of an oscillator signal. An electrical system (300) comprising an electrical oscillator (306) a transceiver (302) and an antenna (310), and an electrical device (100). A method (1300) for providing an electrical device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Igal Kushnir, Harry Skinner, Bernhard Raaf, Sharon Malevsky, Gil Horovitz
  • Patent number: 11212782
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises allocating a control channel resource in a wireless relay transmission frame on a wireless relay link; generating a control signaling based on at least one of a resource allocation scheme, a status of the wireless relay link and a traffic condition of the wireless relay link; mapping the control signaling to the allocated control channel resource via at least one of a time-first mapping, a frequency-first mapping, and a multiplexing mapping; and transmitting the control signaling in the allocated control channel resource on the wireless relay link to at least one associated relay node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Erlin Zeng, Hai Ming Wang, Xiangguang Che, Chun Yan Gao, Peng Chen, Jing Han, Bernhard Raaf
  • Publication number: 20210321324
    Abstract: An application management apparatus for controlling tasks, including a task split and response merge circuit configured to divide an application into a plurality of tasks and associate respective Key Performance Indicator (KPI) attributes to the plurality of tasks; and a task management circuit configured to allocate each of the plurality of tasks to a first or second Radio Access Technology (RAT) based on the KPI attributes, and to derive a plurality of task responses from the first or second RATs to which the respective plurality of tasks are allocated, wherein the task split and response merge circuit is further configured to merge the task responses to select the first or second RAT to run the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Biljana Badic, Markus Dominik Mueck, Zhibin Yu, Bernhard Raaf, Dave Cavalcanti, Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Pinheiro
  • Patent number: 11071052
    Abstract: Technology for improving the selection, transfer, and storage of user equipment (UE) radio capability information is disclosed. A cellular mobile network can be configured to identify radio-access-technology (RAT)-specific radio-capability information relating to RATs supported in the cellular mobile network and communicate the RAT-specific radio-capability information to a UE. The UE can use the RAT-specific radio-capability information to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. In addition, the UE may store a list of supported frequency bands and/or supported frequency-band combinations (LOSB) indexed by network operators and use the list to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. A network node may also selectively remove unnecessary information from UE radio capability information before storing the UE radio capability information at a mobility management entity (MME).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Zaus, Sabine Roessel, Bernhard Raaf, Jan Ellenbeck, Hyung-Nam Choi
  • Publication number: 20210175919
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement including one or more processors configured to: detect a presence of one or more human object proximities based on sensor data; identify one or more coverage sectors of one or more antenna arrays, operably coupled to the one or more processors, in response to the detected presence of the one or more human object proximities; determine whether radio waves within the one or more identified coverage sectors satisfy a transmit power criteria; select one or more candidate coverage sectors of the one or more antenna arrays based the one or more identified coverage sectors; and determine at least one radio link quality for the radio waves of the one or more candidate coverage sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Biljana BADIC, Michael GLIK, Bertram GUNZELMANN, Tom HAREL, Yeong-Sun HWANG, Andre JANSSEN, Jonathan KOSLOFF, Sebastian MITELBERG, Markus Dominik MUECK, Bernhard RAAF, Jianqiang RAO, Nir TISHBI, Zhibin YU
  • Publication number: 20210176675
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to devices, methods, and computer program products of communication networks in relation to, e.g., involved in initial access from an idle status, connection reestablishment, handover, or synchronization. A terminal apparatus may include: a control module configured to detect receipt of a group information indicative of a group of at least two network apparatuses, the group information being descriptive for a certain configuration of communication parameters enabling the terminal apparatus to communicate with anyone of the network apparatuses of the respective group, and request connecting to at least one of the network apparatuses of the group by use of the certain configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Waldhauser, Hanns Jurgen Schwarzbauer, Bernhard Raaf, Juergen Michel
  • Patent number: 11023067
    Abstract: A device may be controlled using a fingerprint input. Data indicative of a fingerprint is received from a sensor. It is determined that the fingerprint is associated with a first finger profile that is usable to distinguish a first finger from other fingers of a user of the device. A user control that is associated with the finger profile is identified. The user control is configured to control a setting of a function executing on the device. The user control is input to control the first setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Schoenauer, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 10959135
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to devices, methods, and computer program products of communication networks in relation to, e.g., involved in initial access from an idle status, connection reestablishment, handover, or synchronization. A terminal apparatus may include: a control module configured to detect receipt of a group information indicative of a group of at least two network apparatuses, the group information being descriptive for a certain configuration of communication parameters enabling the terminal apparatus to communicate with anyone of the network apparatuses of the respective group, and request connecting to at least one of the network apparatuses of the group by use of the certain configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Richard Waldhauser, Hanns Jurgen Schwarzbauer, Bernhard Raaf, Juergen Michel
  • Publication number: 20210075372
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for generating a power amplifier supply voltage based on a target envelope signal for a radio frequency (RF) transmit signal. An envelope tracking system includes a first selector circuitry and predistortion circuitry. The first selector circuitry is disposed in a selector module and is configured to input a plurality of voltages conducted on a first plurality of power lanes, wherein the first plurality of power lanes is part of a power distribution network; select a voltage from the plurality of voltages based on the target envelope signal; and provide the selected voltage to a supply lane connected to an input of the power amplifier that amplifies the RF transmit signal. The predistortion circuitry is configured to modify the RF transmit signal based on a selected power lane of the first plurality of power lanes that conducts the selected voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan HENZLER, Andreas LANGER, Bernhard RAAF
  • Patent number: 10911962
    Abstract: Communication techniques are disclosed. An example apparatus configured for communication comprises a wireless communication system and an antenna array coupled to the wireless communication system. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to nm a communication application, wherein the communication application is configured to determine an area of interest. The apparatus also includes a pattern controller to adjust a radiation pattern of the antenna array to direct wireless energy toward the area of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Foerster, Zhibin Yu, Dave Cavalcanti, Ana Lucia A. Pinheiro, Markus Dominik Mueck, Bernhard Raaf
  • Publication number: 20200395916
    Abstract: An electrical device (100) that comprises at least one signal filter (104) comprising a plurality of mechanical resonators (106 108, 110) in a substrate (102) and at least one further mechanical resonator (112) in the substrate (102) configured to oscillate at a reference frequency of an oscillator signal. An electrical system (300) comprising an electrical oscillator (306) a transceiver (302) and an antenna (310), and an electrical device (100). A method (1300) for providing an electrical device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Igal Kushnir, Harry Skinner, Bernhard Raaf, Sharon Malevsky, Gil Horovitz
  • Publication number: 20200344589
    Abstract: Discovery of devices in a network of devices comprises assigning resources for the discovery, and providing accordingly at least two discovery patterns of transmission and reception phases for the devices in the network for communication of information between the devices. A device can transmit or receive information in accordance with a dedicated discovery pattern of transmission and reception phases allocated from a set of different discovery patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 10812125
    Abstract: A communication device includes an evaluator configured to evaluate one or more criteria, wherein a first criterion of the one or more criteria includes detecting an object, a determiner configured to determine one or more beam pairs from a plurality of potential beam pairs to use in communications with a second device based on the evaluation of the one or more criteria and transmit an indication of one or more partner-side beams of a selected beam pair of the one or more beam pairs to the second device, and a beam controller configured to adjust an antenna to communicate with the second device via a device-side beam of the selected beam pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Biljana Badic, Michael Glik, Bertram Gunzelmann, Tom Harel, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Andre Janssen, Jonathan Kosloff, Sebastian Mitelberg, Markus Dominik Mueck, Bernhard Raaf, Jianqiang Rao, Nir Tishbi, Zhibin Yu