Patents by Inventor Holger Claussen
Holger Claussen 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: 12146975Abstract: This specification relates to estimation of a location of a mobile device using one or more locator devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Traian Abrudan, Holger Claussen, Veli-Matti Kolmonen
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Patent number: 12072429Abstract: This specification relates to estimation of a location of a mobile device using one or more locator devices. This specification describes an apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from one or more locator devices, each locator device comprising an antenna array, information indicative of a bearing from the antenna array of each of the one or more locator devices to a mobile device; means for determining parameters of a Kent distribution for each of the one or more locator devices based on the received information and predetermined characteristics of the antenna array; and means for determining an estimated position of the mobile device by performing an optimisation process on an objective function that is dependent on the Kent distribution parameters for each of the one or more locator devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Traian Abrudan, Holger Claussen, Veli-Matti Kolmonen
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Patent number: 12061281Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: obtaining, for at least one reference position, an estimate of a representative direction from a node of a communication network to the at least one reference position based on information indicative of at least one directional measurement, the directional measurement being indicative at least of a propagation direction of a signal communicated between the at least one reference position and the node of the communication network; obtaining, for the at least one reference position, a weighted estimate of the representative direction based on at least an angular weighting function for the at least one reference position, the angular weighting function being representative at least of an aperture of at least one antenna of the node of the communication network; and obtaining information indicative at least of an orientation and/or position of the node of the communication network at least based on the weighted estimate of the representative direction obtained for theType: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Traian Abrudan, Veli-Matti Kolmonen, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 11477666Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method includes obtaining sets of input data and an objective, the sets of input data including values of wireless network communication parameters, generating sets of output data for the sets of input data in accordance with the objective, generating a mapping of the sets of input data to the sets of output data and training a network controller using the mapping.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLINInventors: Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen, David Lynch, David Fagan, Michael Fenton, Michael O'Neill
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Publication number: 20220099789Abstract: Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: obtaining, for at least one reference position, an estimate of a representative direction from a node of a communication network to the at least one reference position based on information indicative of at least one directional measurement, the directional measurement being indicative at least of a propagation direction of a signal communicated between the at least one reference position and the node of the communication network; obtaining, for the at least one reference position, a weighted estimate of the representative direction based on at least an angular weighting function for the at least one reference position, the angular weighting function being representative at least of an aperture of at least one antenna of the node of the communication network; and obtaining information indicative at least of an orientation and/or position of the node of the communication network at least based on the weighted estimate of the representative direction obtained for theType: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Traian ABRUDAN, Veli-Matti KOLMONEN, Holger CLAUSSEN
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Publication number: 20210389409Abstract: This specification relates to estimation of a location of a mobile device using one or more locator devices. This specification describes an apparatus comprising: means for receiving, from one or more locator devices, each locator device comprising an antenna array, information indicative of a bearing from the antenna array of each of the one or more locator devices to a mobile device; means for determining parameters of a Kent distribution for each of the one or more locator devices based on the received information and predetermined characteristics of the antenna array; and means for determining an estimated position of the mobile device by performing an optimisation process on an objective function that is dependent on the Kent distribution parameters for each of the one or more locator devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Traian ABRUDAN, Holger CLAUSSEN, Veli-Matti KOLMONEN
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Publication number: 20210349176Abstract: This specification relates to estimation of a location of a mobile device using one or more locator devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Traian ABRUDAN, Holger CLAUSSEN, Veli-Matti KOLMONEN
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Publication number: 20210105069Abstract: Processing circuitry for processing data signal prior to transmitting said signal as a visible light communication signal is disclosed. The processing circuitry comprises: an input for receiving the data signal to be transmitted; mapping circuitry operable to map the data signal to a set of active subcarriers and to add nulls corresponding to inactive subcarriers to generate a mapped data signal. Transforming circuitry operable to apply a modified Fourier Transform operation to the mapped data signal to generate a transformed signal. The Fourier Transform operation being modified to maintain the nulls corresponding to the inactive subcarriers in the transformed signal, the transforming circuitry being operable to apply modified coefficients to at least some data values corresponding to active subcarriers to compensate for the maintained nulls, such that the modified Fourier Transform operation does not change the overall energy of the data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Traian Abrudan, Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10897768Abstract: A method of allocating orthogonal resources, a computer program for so doing, a network node and network control node are disclosed. One method comprises determining user equipment within a radio cell of the network node that are considered to be edge user equipment located towards an edge of the radio cell and user equipment that are considered to be centre user equipment located towards a centre of the radio cell. Allocating a subset of the set of resources to the edge user equipment and allocating resources from the set of resources that are not allocated to the edge user equipment to the centre user equipment; and indicating to at least some adjacent network nodes that the subset of the resources is not available to the adjacent network node for allocation to edge user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Giovanni Geraci, David Lopez-Perez, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10893531Abstract: Aspects and embodiments provide a method of allocating frame resource elements in a wireless communication network for the purpose of channel estimation, and a base station and computer program product operable to perform that method. One aspect provides a method of allocating resource elements in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: determining a channel estimate associated with each user equipment to be scheduled in a given frame; assessing whether a validity time associated with each channel estimation value, e.g. CSI, associated to each user equipment is still valid or should be considered as expired; and allocating the frame resource elements to either channel estimation, when the current channel estimation is not anymore valid, or else to data transmission, when it is still valid.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Giovanni Geraci, David Lopez-Perez, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10693701Abstract: A method is provided of receiving user data from multiple transmitters, the user data from each transmitter having been encoded as a Low Density Lattice codeword, and the multiple Low Density Lattice codewords having been transmitted so as to be received as a combined signal at a receiver, the method of receiving comprising the steps of: (i) receiving the signal, (ii) calculating coefficients of linear combinations of the codewords from the multiple transmitters, (iii) calculating a scaling factor to be applied to the signal based on the coefficients, (iv) applying the scaling factor to the signal to provide a linear combination of the codewords, (v) decoding the linear combination of the codewords based on channel state information to obtain an optimal independent linear combination of user data, (vi) repeating steps (ii), (iii) (iv) and (v) to obtain at least as many optimal independent linear combinations as the number of transmitters, and recovering the user data from the optimal independent linear combinType: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Dong Fang, Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen
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Publication number: 20200015101Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method includes obtaining sets of input data and an objective, the sets of input data including values of wireless network communication parameters, generating sets of output data for the sets of input data in accordance with the objective, generating a mapping of the sets of input data to the sets of output data and training a network controller using the mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen, David Lynch, David Fagan, Michael Fenton, Michael O'Neill
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Publication number: 20190254044Abstract: Aspects and embodiments provide a method of allocating frame resource elements in a wireless communication network for the purpose of channel estimation, and a base station and computer program product operable to perform that method. One aspect provides a method of allocating resource elements in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: determining a channel estimate associated with each user equipment to be scheduled in a given frame; assessing whether a validity time associated with each channel estimation value, e.g. CSI, associated to each user equipment is still valid or should be considered as expired; and allocating the frame resource elements to either channel estimation, when the current channel estimation is not anymore valid, or else to data transmission, when it is still valid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Giovanni Geraci, David Lopez-Perez, Holger Claussen
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Publication number: 20190239231Abstract: A method of allocating orthogonal resources, a computer program for so doing, a network node and network control node are disclosed. One method comprises determining user equipment within a radio cell of the network node that are considered to be edge user equipment located towards an edge of the radio cell and user equipment that are considered to be centre user equipment located towards a centre of the radio cell. Allocating a subset of the set of resources to the edge user equipment and allocating resources from the set of resources that are not allocated to the edge user equipment to the centre user equipment; and indicating to at least some adjacent network nodes that the subset of the resources is not available to the adjacent network node for allocation to edge user equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Giovanni Geraci, David Lopez-Perez, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10368357Abstract: A method, in a heterogeneous telecommunications network, for mitigating uplink-downlink (UL-DL) interference between a first half-duplex user equipment (UE) operable to communicate using a first frequency resource in an uplink to a first full-duplex node, and a second half duplex UE operable to receive downlink communications from a second full-duplex node, the method including receiving, at the second node, an indication of actual or potential UL-DL interference generated by the first UE, scheduling a pair of UEs, that includes the second UE, for full-duplex UL-DL communication with the second full-duplex node in which DL transmissions to the second UE from the second node use a second frequency resource different from the first frequency resource or in which scheduling is avoided for DL connections to the second UE that fall below a quality of service threshold determined using channel quality measurements obtained by the second UE for the first and second frequency resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: David Lopez-Perez, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10149305Abstract: A method, in a heterogeneous telecommunications network, for mitigating uplink-downlink (UL-DL) interference between a first half-duplex user equipment (UE) operable to communicate using a first frequency resource in an uplink to a first full-duplex node, and a second half duplex UE operable to receive downlink communications from a second full-duplex node, the method including receiving, at the second node, an indication of actual or potential UL-DL interference generated by the first UE, scheduling a pair of UEs, that includes the second UE, for full-duplex UL-DL communication with the second full-duplex node in which DL transmissions to the second UE from the second node use a second frequency resource different from the first frequency resource or in which scheduling is avoided for DL connections to the second UE that fall below a quality of service threshold determined using channel quality measurements obtained by the second UE for the first and second frequency resources.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: David Lopez-Perez, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10135576Abstract: A receiver node is operable to receive rateless encoded data packets from a transmitter node.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rouzbeh Razavi, Holger Claussen
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Publication number: 20180248739Abstract: A method is provided of receiving user data from multiple transmitters, the user data from each transmitter having been encoded as a Low Density Lattice codeword, and the multiple Low Density Lattice codewords having been transmitted so as to be received as a combined signal at a receiver, the method of receiving comprising the steps of: (i) receiving the signal, (ii) calculating coefficients of linear combinations of the codewords from the multiple transmitters, (iii) calculating a scaling factor to be applied to the signal based on the coefficients, (iv) applying the scaling factor to the signal to provide a linear combination of the codewords, (v) decoding the linear combination of the codewords based on channel state information to obtain an optimal independent linear combination of user data, (vi) repeating steps (ii), (iii) (iv) and (v) to obtain at least as many optimal independent linear combinations as the number of transmitters, and recovering the user data from the optimal independent linear combinType: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Alcatel LucentInventors: Dong Fang, Stepan Kucera, Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 10057778Abstract: A method of providing a region of radio coverage within a wireless telecommunication network and a wireless telecommunication base station operable to provide that region of radio coverage. The base station comprises: transmission apparatus operable to provide a first region of radio coverage on a first radio frequency and a second region of radio coverage on a second radio frequency. The first region of radio coverage comprises a plurality of angularly spaced primary first radio beams and at least one secondary first radio beam. The base station is arranged to transmit the secondary first radio beam at a vertical tilt angle which differs from a tilt angle associated with the plurality of primary first radio beams. The second region of radio coverage comprises at least a primary second radio beam; that primary second radio beam is arranged to radiate from the base station between adjacent angularly spaced primary first radio beams.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLCInventor: Holger Claussen
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Patent number: 9918349Abstract: A proxy node includes reception logic operable to receive data from a first node for transmission to a second node over a communications link; determination logic operable to determine a selected proxy node from a group of proxy nodes, the selected proxy node being one of the group of proxy nodes where a difference in a communications link characteristic of a communications link between the proxy node, the selected proxy node and the second node and a communications link characteristic of a communications link between the proxy node and the second node falls within a threshold amount; and transmission logic operable to establish a rateless coded communications link for transfer of the data with the selected proxy node.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rouzbeh Razavi, Holger Claussen