Patents by Inventor Bertram Gunzelmann
Bertram Gunzelmann 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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Patent number: 11924132Abstract: A communication device comprises a receiver including at least two receive antennas and configured to receive at least one reference signal of a plurality of reference signals, each reference signal being transmitted from at least one base station at a predefined reference signal transmission time; a controller configured to switch between at least two receive configurations of the at least two antennas during a reception period of the at least one reference signal; and a signal quality determiner configured to determine a parameter indicative of a first signal quality of the received reference signal for each receive configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Michael Ruder, Holger Neuhaus, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Bertram Gunzelmann
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Patent number: 11844024Abstract: Methods and devices including a processing circuit for a User Equipment, UE, wherein the UE includes a radio frequency, RF, receiver, wherein the processing circuit is configured to set a power switching pattern of the RF receiver for UE power saving in Discontinuous Reception, DRX, Radio Resource Control, RRC, IDLE mode based on a paging occasion, PO, and a signal block associated with the PO.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Zhibin Yu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Rui Huang
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Publication number: 20230337213Abstract: A central trajectory controller including a cell interface configured to establish signaling connections with one or more backhaul moving cells and to establish signaling connections with one or more outer moving cells, an input data repository configured to obtain input data related to a radio environment of the one or more outer moving cells and the one or more backhaul moving cells, and a trajectory processor configured to determine, based on the input data, first coarse trajectories for the one or more backhaul moving cells and second coarse trajectories for the one or more outer moving cells, the cell interface further configured to send the first coarse trajectories to the one or more backhaul moving cells and to send the second coarse trajectories to the one or more outer moving cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Biljana BADIC, Steven A. BOWERS, Yang-Seok CHOI, Miltiadis FILIPPOU, Bertram GUNZELMANN, Nageen HIMAYAT, Ingolf KARLS, Nirlesh Kumar KOSHTA, Rajkumar KRISHNAPERUMAL, Markus Dominik MUECK, Hosein NIKOPOUR, Pradeep PANGI, Jerome PARRON, Bernhard RAAF, Sabine ROESSEL, Dario SABELLA, Bernd SCHALLER, Domagoj SIPRAK, Christopher STOBART, Shashanka TOTADAMANE RAMAPPA, Sudeep MANITHARA VAMANAN, Zhibin YU, Jing ZHU
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Patent number: 11751025Abstract: A communication device for multi-radio access technology (RAT) communications includes one or more processors and a plurality of transceivers. Each transceiver is configured to operate in at least one RAT of a plurality of RATs. The processors are configured to establish connection with a second communication device using a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers and a first RAT of the plurality of RATs. A first data stream associated with a communication link connected to the second communication device and a third communication device is receive via a convergence function at the second communication device. The communication link uses a second RAT of the plurality of RATs. A code sequence is applied to a second data stream to generate an encoded second data stream, which is transmitted to the third communication device via a second communication link established based on information received via the first data stream.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Stefan Fechtel, Kilian Roth, Bertram Gunzelmann, Markus Dominik Mueck, Ingolf Karls, Zhibin Yu, Thorsten Clevorn, Nageen Himayat, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Ana Lucia Pinheiro, Bahareh Sadeghi, Hassnaa Moustafa, Marcio Rogerio Juliato, Rafael Misoczki, Emily H. Qi, Jeffrey R. Foerster, Duncan Kitchin, Debdeep Chatterjee, Jong-Kae Fwu, Carlos Aldana, Shilpa Talwar, Harry G. Skinner, Debabani Choudhury
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Publication number: 20230254194Abstract: A communication device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency signal. The communication device further includes a processor configured to determine a shift frequency based on a component radio frequency signal. The processor is configured to determine a second signal based on the radio frequency signal. The component radio frequency signal is based on the radio frequency signal and associated with a frequency related to the radio frequency signal represented in the frequency domain. The second signal is determined based on shifting frequencies related to the radio frequency signal represented in the frequency domain by the shift frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Tobias Scholand, Jian Gu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Markus Jordan, Thomas Esch
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Patent number: 11641644Abstract: A central trajectory controller including a cell interface configured to establish signaling connections with one or more backhaul moving cells and to establish signaling connections with one or more outer moving cells, an input data repository configured to obtain input data related to a radio environment of the one or more outer moving cells and the one or more backhaul moving cells, and a trajectory processor configured to determine, based on the input data, first coarse trajectories for the one or more backhaul moving cells and second coarse trajectories for the one or more outer moving cells, the cell interface further configured to send the first coarse trajectories to the one or more backhaul moving cells and to send the second coarse trajectories to the one or more outer moving cells.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Biljana Badic, Steven A. Bowers, Yang-Seok Choi, Miltiadis Filippou, Bertram Gunzelmann, Nageen Himayat, Ingolf Karls, Nirlesh Kumar Koshta, Rajkumar Krishnaperumal, Markus Dominik Mueck, Hosein Nikopour, Pradeep C Pangi, Jerome Parron, Bernhard Raaf, Sabine Roessel, Dario Sabella, Bernd Schaller, Domagoj Siprak, Christopher Stobart, Shashanka Totadamane Ramappa, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Zhibin Yu, Jing Zhu
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Publication number: 20230101423Abstract: A communication device comprises a receiver including at least two receive antennas and configured to receive at least one reference signal of a plurality of reference signals, each reference signal being transmitted from at least one base station at a predefined reference signal transmission time; a controller configured to switch between at least two receive configurations of the at least two antennas during a reception period of the at least one reference signal; and a signal quality determiner configured to determine a parameter indicative of a first signal quality of the received reference signal for each receive configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Michael Ruder, Holger Neuhaus, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Bertram Gunzelmann
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Publication number: 20220353650Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20220353652Abstract: A communication device for multi-radio access technology (RAT) communications includes one or more processors and a plurality of transceivers. Each transceiver is configured to operate in at least one RAT of a plurality of RATs. The processors are configured to establish connection with a second communication device using a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers and a first RAT of the plurality of RATs. A first data stream associated with a communication link connected to the second communication device and a third communication device is receive via a convergence function at the second communication device. The communication link uses a second RAT of the plurality of RATs. A code sequence is applied to a second data stream to generate an encoded second data stream, which is transmitted to the third communication device via a second communication link established based on information received via the first data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Stefan Fechtel, Kilian Peter Anton Roth, Bertram Gunzelmann, Markus Dominik Mueck, Ingolf Karls, Zhibin Yu, Thorsten Clevorn, Nageen Himayat, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Ana Lucia Pinheiro, Bahareh Sadeghi, Hassnaa Moustafa, Marcio Rogerio Juliato, Rafael Misoczki, Emily H. Qi, Jeffrey R. Foerster, Duncan Kitchin, Debdeep Chatterjee, Jong-Kae Fwu, Carlos Aldana, Shilpa Talwar, Harry G. Skinner, Debabani Choudhury
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Patent number: 11463212Abstract: A communication device comprises a receiver including at least two receive antennas and configured to receive at least one reference signal of a plurality of reference signals, each reference signal being transmitted from at least one base station at a predefined reference signal transmission time; a controller configured to switch between at least two receive configurations of the at least two antennas during a reception period of the at least one reference signal; and a signal quality determiner configured to determine a parameter indicative of a first signal quality of the received reference signal for each receive configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Michael Ruder, Holger Neuhaus, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Bertram Gunzelmann
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Patent number: 11424811Abstract: This disclosure relates to an antenna array circuitry for analog beamforming, the antenna array circuitry comprising: a plurality of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element is configured to receive a respective analog signal (r(1,t), r(2,t), r(N,t)), wherein the plurality of antenna elements is adjustable based on a code-word, wherein the code-word comprises respective phase configurations (?p(1), ?p(2), ?p(N)) of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the code-word is based on a superposition of a predetermined set of basic code-words, wherein each basic code-word associates with a corresponding sub-beam, wherein a main radiation lobe of the corresponding sub-beam points in a predefined spatial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Zhibin Yu, Ansgar Scherb, Andre Janssen, Bertram Gunzelmann, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Holger Neuhaus
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Patent number: 11336319Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11304037Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques for V2X communications using multiple radio access technologies (RATs) are described herein. A communication associated with one or more of the multiple RATs may be received at a device. The device may include a transceiver interface with multiple connections to communicate with multiple transceiver chains. The multiple transceiver chains can be configured to support multiple RATs. Additionally, the multiple transceiver chains may be controlled via the multiple connections of the transceiver interface to coordinate the multiple RATs to complete the communication.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Stefan Fechtel, Kilian Peter Anton Roth, Bertram Gunzelmann, Markus Dominik Mueck, Ingolf Karls, Zhibin Yu, Thorsten Clevorn, Nageen Himayat, Dave A. Cavalcanti, Ana Lucia Pinheiro, Bahareh Sadeghi, Hassnaa Moustafa, Marcio Rogerio Juliato, Rafael Misoczki, Emily H. Qi, Jeffrey R. Foerster, Duncan Kitchin, Debdeep Chatterjee, Jong-Kae Fwu, Carlos Aldana, Shilpa Talwar, Harry G. Skinner, Debabani Choudhury
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Patent number: 11304144Abstract: The disclosure relates to a User Equipment, UE, circuitry, comprising: a Radio Frequency, RF, circuitry, configured to receive RF signals from a serving cell, the RF signals comprising reference signals and a burst of paging occasions, POs within a Discontinuous Reception, DRX, cycle; and a baseband circuitry, configured to: select a candidate set of POs from the burst of POs based on a priority metric with respect to the reference signals which are associated to the POs, and set a power switching pattern of the RF circuitry based on the selected candidate set of POs.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Zhibin Yu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Jianqiang Rao, Rui Huang
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Patent number: 11296772Abstract: A wireless device includes a radio frequency transceiver, an antenna array, and one or more processors configured to transmit and receive signals with the radio frequency transceiver and the antenna array, and further configured to transmit, with a first antenna beam, a first plurality of blocks of payload data, transmit, with a second antenna beam, a second plurality of blocks of payload data, receive from a receiver device, feedback on the first plurality of blocks and the second plurality of blocks that requests retransmission or transmit power adjustments, select, based on the feedback, an antenna beam as a transmit antenna beam, and transmit payload data to the receiver device with the transmit antenna beam.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Zhibin Yu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Francois Deparis, Qing Xu
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Patent number: 11228880Abstract: A communication device for a vehicular radio communications includes one or more processors configured to identify a plurality of vehicular communication devices that form a cluster of cooperating vehicular communication devices, 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, and transmit the channel resource allocation to the plurality of vehicular communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Carlos Aldana, Dave Cavalcanti, Debabani Choudhury, Jong-Kae Fwu, Bertram Gunzelmann, Nageen Himayat, Ingolf Karls, Duncan Kitchin, Markus Dominik Mueck, Harry Skinner, Christopher Stobart, Shilpa Talwar, Zhibin Yu
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Patent number: 11165495Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating in a wireless network including apparatus comprising transceiver circuitry to send and receive data in a plurality of time periods, defined by a time division duplex (TDD) time grid, to another entity, the plurality of time periods corresponding to a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and the transceiver circuitry being operable to switch from receive mode to transmit mode and/or from transmit mode to receive mode according to a flexible uplink and downlink allocation of the plurality of time periods; and baseband circuitry coupled to the transceiver circuitry to control the transceiver circuitry to switch during a switching interval embedded within a time period corresponding to an OFDM symbol of the plurality of OFDM symbols.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sabine Roessel, Holger Neuhaus, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Bertram Gunzelmann, Andreas Menkhoff, Elmar Wagner, Jong-Kae Fwu, Xiangyang Zhuang
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Publication number: 20210329562Abstract: The disclosure relates to a User Equipment, UE, circuitry, comprising: a Radio Frequency, RF, circuitry, configured to receive RF signals from a serving cell, the RF signals comprising reference signals and a burst of paging occasions, POs within a Discontinuous Reception, DRX, cycle; and a baseband circuitry, configured to: select a candidate set of POs from the burst of POs based on a priority metric with respect to the reference signals which are associated to the POs, and set a power switching pattern of the RF circuitry based on the selected candidate set of POs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Zhibin YU, Bertram GUNZELMANN, Jianqiang RAO, Rui HUANG
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Publication number: 20210329561Abstract: Methods and devices including a processing circuit for a User Equipment, UE, wherein the UE includes a radio frequency, RF, receiver, wherein the processing circuit is configured to set a power switching pattern of the RF receiver for UE power saving in Discontinuous Reception, DRX, Radio Resource Control, RRC, IDLE mode based on a paging occasion, PO, and a signal block associated with the PO.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Zhibin YU, Bertram GUNZELMANN, Rui HUANG
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Publication number: 20210266058Abstract: This disclosure relates to an antenna array circuitry for analog beamforming, the antenna array circuitry comprising: a plurality of antenna elements, wherein each antenna element is configured to receive a respective analog signal (r(1,t), r(2,t), r(N,t)), wherein the plurality of antenna elements is adjustable based on a code-word, wherein the code-word comprises respective phase configurations (?p(1), ?p(2), ?p(N)) of the plurality of antenna elements, wherein the code-word is based on a superposition of a predetermined set of basic code-words, wherein each basic code-word associates with a corresponding sub-beam, wherein a main radiation lobe of the corresponding sub-beam points in a predefined spatial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Zhibin YU, Ansgar SCHERB, Andre JANSSEN, Bertram GUNZELMANN, Yeong-Sun HWANG, Holger NEUHAUS