Patents by Inventor Björn Heppner

Björn Heppner 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).

  • Method and arrangement for measuring the signal quality in an optical transmission system
    Patent number: 6968134
    Abstract: A received binary signal (BS) is sampled with different thresholds, the sampling results are integrated and stored. The measured probability distributions or probability density distributions can be used to draw conclusions concerning the signal quality (for example, the bit error rate) and to optimize the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Wiesmann, Christoph Glingener, Oliver Bleck, Björn Heppner, Ernst Müllner, Albrecht Neudecker