Patents by Inventor Guenther Zurek-Terhardt

Guenther Zurek-Terhardt 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: 8982745
    Abstract: A method for improving the data rate of data for M/H receivers and for improving the quality of channel estimation in an ATSC-M/H transport data stream marks the transport data packets determined for the transmission of data for M/H receivers in N (e.g., 38) consecutively transmitted transport data packets in an ATSC-M/H-slot of the uncoded ATSC-M/H transport data stream originally determined for the transmission of data for stationary receivers. Coded data for M/H receivers are inserted in the marked transport data packets and introduce training sequences in segments of data fields of the coded ATSC-M/H transport data stream containing marked transport data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Günther Zurek-Terhardt, Torsten Görig, Jens Rusch-Ihwe, Denis Hagemeier, Michael Simon
  • Patent number: 8553619
    Abstract: Time synchronization between a control center and transmitters in a single frequency network is provided by generating and receiving a first reference time signal with a high time and frequency accuracy in a short and long time horizon and a second reference time signal supplied to the control center with a low time and frequency accuracy in the short time horizon and a high time and frequency accuracy in the long time horizon. A transport data stream is generated and supplied to the transmitters with a time-variable data rate through the control center corresponding to a frequency of the second reference time signal. Time displacement of the transport data stream received from the control center is performed by a respective transmitter until the data packets of the transport data stream each containing a transmission time are transmitted at a correct transmission time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norman Herzog, Guenther Zurek-Terhardt
  • Publication number: 20110141975
    Abstract: A central station and several transmitters in a single-frequency network are synchronised. A first reference time signal is generated with a high degree of time and frequency accuracy on the short and long time horizon and a second reference time signal is generated and supplied to the central station with a low degree of time and frequency accuracy on the short time horizon and a high degree of accuracy on the long time horizon. A transport data stream with a temporally variable data rate that corresponds to the frequency of the second reference time signal is generated by means of the central station, said stream being supplied to several transmitters and comprising distributed data packets that contain the transmission instant of the data packet, referenced to the second reference time signal, for the transmitters. The time accuracy of the transmission instant of each data packet is optimised by averaging the time and frequency accuracy of the second reference signal over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Norman Herzog, Guenther Zurek-Terhardt
  • Publication number: 20100238916
    Abstract: A method for improving the data rate of data for M/H receivers and for improving the quality of channel estimation in an ATSC-M/H transport data stream marks the transport data packets determined for the transmission of data for M/H receivers in N (e.g., 38) consecutively transmitted transport data packets in an ATSC-M/H-slot of the uncoded ATSC-M/H transport data stream originally determined for the transmission of data for stationary receivers. Coded data for M/H receivers are inserted in the marked transport data packets and introduce training sequences in segments of data fields of the coded ATSC-M/H transport data stream containing marked transport data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Günther Zurek-Terhardt, Torsten Görig, Jens Rusch-Ihwe, Denis Hagemeier, Michael Simon
  • Patent number: 7058394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for communicating with the Internet, whereby at least one communication network and one radio system is used for a connection between a terminal and the Internet. The radio system allows the transmission of selected information available on the Internet. On the user side, a terminal is provided which comprises a communication device for communicating with the Internet via a communication network and devices for receiving and processing the Internet information transmitted by the radio system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Boegelsack, Guenther Zurek-Terhardt
  • Publication number: 20040014465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for communicating with the internet, whereby at least one communication network and one radio system is used for a connection between a terminal and the internet. The radio system allows the transmission of selected information available on the internet. On the user side, a terminal is provided which comprises a communication device for communicating with the internet via a communication network and devices for receiving and processing the internet information transmitted by the radio system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Boegelsack, Guenther Zurek-Terhardt