Patents by Inventor Frederik Petre

Frederik Petre 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: 7873021
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for multi-user wireless transmission of data signals in a communication system having at least one base station and at least one terminal where for a plurality of users have robustness to frequency-selective fading added to the data to be transmitted, then grouping data symbols into blocks formed by demultiplexing a serial-to-parallel operation, and spreading and scrambling a portion of the obtained blocks of data, followed by combining spread and scrambled portions of the blocks, adding transmit redundancy to the combined spread and scrambled portions which is then transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Frederik Petré, Geert Leus
  • Patent number: 7623571
    Abstract: A method and system for retrieving a desired user data symbol sequence from a received signal are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) receiving a channel modified version of a transmitted signal comprising a plurality of user data symbol sequences, each being encoded with a user specific known code, ii) determining an equalization filter directly and in a deterministic way from the received signal and iii) applying the equalization filter on the received signal to thereby retrieve the transmitted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: IMEC
    Inventors: Frederik Petré, Geert Leus, Marc Moonen
  • Publication number: 20070064775
    Abstract: A method and system for retrieving a desired user data symbol sequence from a received signal are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) receiving a channel modified version of a transmitted signal comprising a plurality of user data symbol sequences, each being encoded with a user specific known code, ii) determining an equalization filter directly and in a deterministic way from the received signal and iii) applying the equalization filter on the received signal to thereby retrieve the transmitted signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Frederik Petre, Geert Leus, Marc Moonen
  • Patent number: 7158558
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a system and method for wideband multiple access telecommunication. In the method, a block is transmitted from a basestation to a terminal. The block comprises a plurality of chip symbols scrambled with a base station specific scrambling code, the plurality of chip symbols comprising a plurality of spread user specific data symbols which are user specific data symbols spread by using user specific spreading codes and at least one pilot symbol. In the terminal, at least two independent signals that comprise at least a channel distorted version of the transmitted block are generated. The two independent signals are combined with a combiner filter with filter coefficients which are determined by using the pilot symbol, thus a combined filtered signal is obtained. The combined filtered signal is despread and descrambled with a composite code of the basestation specific scrambling code and one of the user specific codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignees: Interuniversitair Microelektronica Centrum (IMEC), Agilent Technologies Inc., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
    Inventors: Frederik Petré, Geert Leus, Marc Moonen
  • Publication number: 20040120274
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for multi-user wireless transmission of data signals in a communication system having at least one base station and at least one terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Frederik Petre, Geert Leus
  • Publication number: 20030095529
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a system and method for wideband multiple access telecommunication. In the method, a block is transmitted from a basestation to a terminal. The block comprises a plurality of chip symbols scrambled with a base station specific scrambling code, the plurality of chip symbols comprising a plurality of spread user specific data symbols which are user specific data symbols spread by using user specific spreading codes and at least one pilot symbol. In the terminal, at least two independent signals that comprise at least a channel distorted version of the transmitted block are generated. The two independent signals are combined with a combiner filter with filter coefficients which are determined by using the pilot symbol, thus a combined filtered signal is obtained. The combined filtered signal is despread and descrambled with a composite code of the basestation specific scrambling code and one of the user specific codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Frederik Petre, Geert Leus, Marc Moonen