Abstract: The invention refers to a transmitter for emitting at least one signal towards a receiver. A signal generator generates the signal such that the signal includes data content. The data content is modified using an identifier assigned to the transmitter or assigned to the receiver. The invention also refers to a receiver and corresponding methods.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a transmission method of wireless transmission of data within a communication system (e.g. a sensor network or telemetry system). The system includes a step of transmitting the data while using at least two time hopping patterns and/or frequency hopping patterns, a second pattern of the at least two patterns being a time- and/or frequency-shifted version of a first pattern of the at least two patterns.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a data receiver with a unit for receiving sub-data packets configured to receive at least two sub-data packets from a data transmitter, and to combine the at least two sub-data packets to obtain a data packet that is transmitted split into the at least two sub-data packets by the data transmitter, wherein each of the at least two sub-data packets is shorter than the data packet, a unit for receiving sub-data packets configured to receive the at least two sub-data packets on at least two different carrier frequencies a unit for determining a phase difference configured to determine a phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets that is caused by the at least two different carrier frequencies and the path delay, and a unit for determining a distance difference configured to determine a distance difference between the data receiver and the data transmitter based on the determined phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets.

Abstract: A data receiver configured to receive a signal having at least two partial data packets, the data receiver being configured to estimate a state of a transmission channel, to obtain first channel state information, to demodulate a first set of received symbols from different data packets, to obtain a first set of received encoded bits, wherein the data receiver is configured to decode the first set of received encoded bits to determine, a first set of estimated encoded bits which corresponds more likely to a first set of transmitted encoded bits than the received encoded bits, and to map the first set of estimated bits to estimated transmission symbols using a mapping rule matching a transmitter-side mapping rule to obtain a first set of estimated transmission symbols, and to determine second channel state information using the first set of estimated transmission symbols.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a terminal point of a communication system, wherein a control signal is emitted in the communication system for coordinating the participants of the communication system, wherein the control signal is transferred distributed in correspondence with a frequency hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band, indicated by a control signal hopping pattern, wherein the terminal point has a receiver, wherein a receive bandwidth of the receiver is smaller at least by the factor 3 than a bandwidth of the frequency hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band, indicated by the control signal hopping pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive a reference signal, the reference signal having information on the control signal, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive the control signal based on the information on the control signal.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic oscillating circuit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic oscillating circuit, a magnetic field which carries data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data from a user terminal to another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal, and a step of driving the electromagnetic actuator by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic actuator, a magnetic field which carries the data.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a controller for a participant of a communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a network-specific channel access pattern, wherein the network-specific channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify a relative channel access pattern, wherein the relative channel access pattern indicates, from the usable frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of resources of the network-specific channel access pattern, an occupancy of resources that is to be used for the transfer of data of the participant.

Abstract: Proposed is a controller for a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band that is used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a channel access pattern, wherein the channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify the channel access pattern as a function of individual information of the communication system and as a function of a state of a numerical sequence generator for generating a numerical sequence or a number of a numerical sequence.

Abstract: A data receiver configured to receive a signal having at least two partial data packets, the data receiver being configured to estimate a state of a transmission channel, to obtain first channel state information, to demodulate a first set of received symbols from different data packets, to obtain a first set of received encoded bits, wherein the data receiver is configured to decode the first set of received encoded bits to determine, a first set of estimated encoded bits which corresponds more likely to a first set of transmitted encoded bits than the received encoded bits, and to map the first set of estimated bits to estimated transmission symbols using a mapping rule matching a transmitter-side mapping rule to obtain a first set of estimated transmission symbols, and to determine second channel state information using the first set of estimated transmission symbols.

Abstract: A data receiver is configured to receive a signal, the signal comprising interferences of an interference-infested transmission channel, the data receiver being configured to form a histogram of receive information of a signal portion of the received signal and to determine mean receive information and/or a noise measure from the histogram.

Abstract: A data receiver is configured to receive a signal including a plurality of partial data packets, wherein the plurality of partial data packets each include part of a data packet, wherein the data receiver includes a multi-stage correlator that is configured to perform multi-stage correlation to detect the partial data packets in the received signal, wherein a second correlation stage of the multi-stage correlator operates based on correlation results of a first correlation stage of the multi-stage correlator.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a data receiver, wherein the data receiver is configured to receive a broadband signal, wherein the broadband signal includes at least two partial data packets that are distributed in time and/or frequency, wherein the data receiver is configured to perform detection of the at least two partial data packets in the broadband signal and to provide at least one detection parameter for the detected partial data packets, wherein the data receiver is configured to perform decoding of the detected partial data packet by using the at least one detection parameter, wherein the data receiver is configured to perform or process detection and decoding separately from one another.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a receiver having a receiving unit and a synchronization unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a data packet having a pilot sequence. The synchronization unit is configured to separately correlate the pilot sequence with at least two partial reference sequences corresponding to a reference sequence for the pilot sequence of the data packet, in order to obtain a partial correlation result for each of the at least two partial reference sequences, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to non-coherently add the partial correlation results in order to obtain a coarse correlation result for the data packet.

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to transmit at least one signal with a pilot sequence having a plurality of pilot symbols, wherein the transmitter has a signal generator, wherein the signal generator provides the pilot sequence, wherein the signal generator provides the pilot sequence such that the pilot sequence has at least two symbol groups each having at least two pilot symbols, and the symbol groups, when evaluating a signal received by a receiver as a result of the transmission of the signal with respect to a phase, the symbol groups generate phase errors that depend on a temporal off-set between a reference point in time of the transmission of the signal by the transmitter and a value assumed and/or estimated for the evaluation for the reference point in time, said phase errors essentially mutually compensating each other across the symbol groups in the evaluation.

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to transmit signals each having a pilot sequence including a plurality of pilot sequence symbols, wherein the transmitter includes a signal generator, wherein the signal generator is configured to provide the pilot sequence starting from a base sequence which includes a plurality of base sequence symbols, wherein the signal generator provides the pilot sequence symbols starting from the base sequence symbol successively repeated R?1 times, and wherein R is a natural number greater than or equal to two, wherein the base sequence is configured such that a correlation of the pilot sequence with a transmission signal formed from the pilot sequence has a main maximum which is as narrow as possible and/or secondary maximums which are as small as possible.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a receiver having a receiving unit and a synchronization unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a data packet having a pilot sequence. The synchronization unit is configured to separately correlate the pilot sequence with at least two partial reference sequences corresponding to a reference sequence for the pilot sequence of the data packet, in order to obtain a partial correlation result for each of the at least two partial reference sequences, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to non-coherently add the partial correlation results in order to obtain a coarse correlation result for the data packet.

Abstract: A data receiver receives at least one signal from a data transmitter and determines therefrom at least one environment parameter of the data transmitter or of an environment of the data transmitter. The data receiver is configured to identify an operational state of the data transmitter or of a component of the data transmitter by comparing the at least one environment parameter so received or an environment parameter profile determined on the basis of the at least one environment parameter, with an environment parameter reference profile which describes an expected environment parameter or an expected environment parameter profile in the environment of the data transmitter.

Abstract: Embodiments provide transfer methods. The method includes a step of transferring data of a first class from a data transmitter to a data receiver, wherein the data of the first class is transferred divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern. Furthermore, the method includes a step of transferring data of a second class from the data transmitter or a different data transmitter to the data receiver, wherein the data of the second class is transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern, wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a data transmitter configured to divide data onto a plurality of sub-data packets and to transmit the plurality of sub-data packets distributed in correspondence with a time/frequency hopping pattern, wherein there are transmission intermissions where no transmission takes place, between the sub-data packets, the data transmitter being configured to transmit a synchronization sub-data packet on a fixed synchronization frequency channel, wherein the synchronization frequency channel and frequency channels in which the plurality of sub-data packets are transmitted in correspondence with the time/frequency hopping pattern are different.