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: 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: Embodiments provide an interleaver for interleaving an LDPC encoded bit sequence, wherein the interleaver includes a segmentation stage configured to segment the LDPC encoded bit sequence into a plurality of chunks including a first chunk and one or more other chunks, a first interleaver stage, configured to interleave the one or more other chunks or a concatenated version thereof, a second interleaver stage, configured to block wise interleave the first chunk and an interleaved bit sequence provided by the first interleaver stage, to obtain an interleaved version of the LDPC encoded bit sequence, wherein the first chunk consists of bits of a first type being, which are error correcting bits or repeat accumulate bits of the LDPC encoded bit sequence, or are represented, in a Tanner graph representation of the LDPC encoded bit sequence, by variable nodes that include non-random connections to at least two error correcting check nodes.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a transfer method for wirelessly transferring data in a communication system (e.g. a sensor network or telemetry system). The data includes core data and extension data, wherein the core data is encoded and distributed in an interleaved manner to a plurality of core sub-data packets, wherein the extension data is encoded and distributed in an interleaved manner to a plurality of extension sub-data packets, wherein at least a part of the core data contained in the core sub-data packets is needed for receiving the extension data or extension data packets.

Abstract: Embodiments provide an interleaver for interleaving an LDPC encoded bit sequence, wherein the interleaver includes a segmentation stage configured to segment the LDPC encoded bit sequence into a plurality of chunks including a first chunk and one or more other chunks, a first interleaver stage, configured to interleave the one or more other chunks or a concatenated version thereof, a second interleaver stage, configured to block wise interleave the first chunk and an interleaved bit sequence provided by the first interleaver stage, to obtain an interleaved version of the LDPC encoded bit sequence, wherein the first chunk consists of bits of a first type being, which are error correcting bits or repeat accumulate bits of the LDPC encoded bit sequence, or are represented, in a Tanner graph representation of the LDPC encoded bit sequence, by variable nodes that include non-random connections to at least two error correcting check nodes.

Abstract: A data transmitter is provided, having: a generator for generating transmission data packets, configured to split a first data packet into at least three transmission data packets, each of the transmission packets being shorter than the first data packet, the generator being configured to channel-encode the at least three transmission packets such that only a portion thereof is required for decoding the first data packet; a transmission element for transmitting data packets, configured to transmit the at least three transmission packets in a frequency channel via a communications channel with a time gap; a monitor element for monitoring the frequency channel, configured to recognize an interference or transmission of a further data transmitter in the frequency channel; the transmission element being configured not to transmit via the communications channel a packet, waiting for transmission, of the at least three transmission packets if an interference or transmission from a further data transmitter is recogn

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to operate in a mobile communication system according to a mobile communication standard (e.g., 3GPP), wherein resources of the communication system are divided into resources elements. The transmitter is also configured to transmit an additional telegram by separating the telegram into a plurality of data packets, each of the data packets being shorter than the telegram, and transmitting each of the data packets respectively in one of the resource elements.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: The invention relates to a method for the frequency error correction of an oscillator of a sensor node in a sensor network, comprising the following steps: receiving a transmission signal of a transmitter, the signal being modulated by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); determining the frequency deviation of the oscillator using the received transmission signal; determining a correction signal for correcting the frequency deviation of the oscillator and correcting the frequency of the oscillator by means of the correction signal.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a transfer method for wirelessly transferring data in a communication system (e.g. a sensor network or telemetry system). The data includes core data and extension data, wherein the core data is encoded and distributed in an interleaved manner to a plurality of core sub-data packets, wherein the extension data is encoded and distributed in an interleaved manner to a plurality of extension sub-data packets, wherein at least a part of the core data contained in the core sub-data packets is needed for receiving the extension data or extension data packets.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a data receiver with a unit for receiving sub-data packets, a unit for determining a phase difference and a unit for determining a distance difference. The unit for receiving sub-data packets is 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, wherein the unit for receiving sub-data packets is configured to receive the at least two sub-data packets on at least two different carrier frequencies. The unit for determining a phase difference is 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.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a first sensor node relative to a second sensor node, wherein the first and the second sensor nodes are communicatively connected to each other and are a constituent part of a sensor network, comprising the method steps: reception of signal sections of transmitted signals from at least two transmitters by the first and the second sensor node, beginning at a time t1 for a time period tRX; determining the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals to at least one of the sensor nodes; determining the distance between the sensor nodes from the propagation time differences of the transmitted signals from the at least two transmitters received at the first and second sensor nodes; determining the position of the first sensor node relative to the second sensor node from the distance between the sensor nodes and the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals, wherein the sensor nodes determine the time t1 and the time period t1 in relation to a r

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the frequency error correction of an oscillator of a sensor node in a sensor network, comprising the following steps: receiving a transmission signal of a transmitter, the signal being modulated by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); determining the frequency deviation of the oscillator using the received transmission signal; determining a correction signal for correcting the frequency deviation of the oscillator and correcting the frequency of the oscillator by means of the correction signal.