Patents by Inventor Jakob KNEIßL

Jakob KNEIßL 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).

  • Publication number: 20210036727
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Karol BIEG, Eberhard GAMM, Clemens KORN, Jakob KNEISSL, Frank OBERNOSTERER, Raimund MEYER
  • Publication number: 20210036721
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Jakob KNEISSL, Eberhard GAMM, Josef BERNHARD, Robert KOCH, Martin KOHLMANN
  • Patent number: 10887147
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jörg Robert, Jakob Kneißl
  • Patent number: 10868705
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
    Inventors: Jakob Kneissl, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Joerg Robert, Johannes Wechsler, Stefan Ereth, Wolfgang Koch
  • Patent number: 10855494
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jakob Kneissl, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Joerg Robert, Johannes Wechsler, Dominik Soller, Wolfgang Koch
  • Patent number: 10833909
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN NÜRNBERG
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jörg Robert, Jakob Kneißl
  • Publication number: 20200343980
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: GERD KILIAN, JOSEF BERNHARD, THOMAS KAUPPERT, HRISTO PETKOV, JOHANNES WECHSLER, JAKOB KNEISSL, RAPHAEL MZYK, DOMINIK SOLLER, RAFAEL PSIUK
  • Publication number: 20200336241
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Guenter ROHMER, Maximilian ROTH, Frank NACHTRAB, Jakob KNEISSL, Johannes WECHSLER, Michael SCHLICHT, Raimund MEYER, Frank OBERNOSTERER
  • Publication number: 20200266852
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Jakob KNEISSL, Johannes WECHSLER, Frank OBERNOSTERER, Raimund MEYER
  • Publication number: 20200177233
    Abstract: In embodiments, data transmitters and data receivers use, in a first mode, a first hopping pattern and a second hopping pattern for a repeated transfer of data, and, in a second mode, a third hopping pattern for the single transfer of data, wherein the hopping patterns of the first mode and the second mode are different so that a collision probability in the repeated transmission of data by a further data transmitter in a respectively different mode may be decreased and the transmission reliability may therefore be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jakob KNEISSL, Josef BERNHARD, Gerd KILIAN, Johannes WECHSLER, Raimund MEYER, Frank OBERNOSTERER
  • Publication number: 20200168987
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data transmitter having a transmitter configured to transmit a signal, wherein at least one signal parameter of the signal depends on an environmental parameter in an environment of the data transmitter, and a shielding unit configured to shield the transmitter or part of the transmitter from the environmental parameter to reduce a receiver-side reconstructable effect of the environmental parameter on the at least one signal parameter and/or a modifier for modifying the signal parameter configured to modify the at least one signal parameter to reduce a receiver-side reconstructable effect of the environmental parameter on the at least one signal parameter, wherein the modifier for modifying the signal parameter is configured to modify the at least one signal parameter directly or a signal derived from a clock signal of a clock generator of the data transmitter on which the signal or generation of the signal depends, in order to modify the at least one signal parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Dominik SOLLER, Michael SCHLICHT, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Raphael MZYK, Klaus GOTTSCHALK
  • Publication number: 20200169349
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data transmitter having a transmitter configured to transmit a signal and a changer for changing a signal parameter configured to change at least one signal parameter of the signal or a parameter on which the signal parameter of the signal depends, wherein the signal parameter depends on an environmental parameter in an environment of the data transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Raphael MZYK, Klaus GOTTSCHALK, Dominik SOLLER, Michael SCHLICHT
  • Publication number: 20200162301
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Jörg ROBERT, Jakob KNEIßL
  • Publication number: 20200162300
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Jörg ROBERT, Jakob KNEIßL
  • Patent number: 10574501
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jörg Robert, Jakob Kneißl
  • Patent number: 10567111
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting, according to which the payload data included in the data packet is provided with at least one indicator, such that a degree of interference of the received data (e.g. already decided bits) provided by the receiver for receiving data packets (e.g. a simple cost-effective radio chip) can be determined based on the at least one indicator, such that the determined degree of interference can be considered during channel decoding of the channel-coded payload data for increasing efficiency of channel decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Josef Bernhard
  • Publication number: 20200052952
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jakob Kneissl, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Joerg Robert, Johannes Wechsler, Stefan Ereth, Wolfgang Koch
  • Publication number: 20200052876
    Abstract: A data transmitter for transmitting data to a data receiver is provided, wherein individual communication information is known to the data transmitter and the data receiver, the data transmitter being configured to generate an individual synchronization sequence while using the individual communication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Raimund MEYER, Dominik SOLLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Johannes WECHSLER, Frank OBERNOSTERER
  • Publication number: 20200052736
    Abstract: The invention refers to a transmitter that emits data in the form of a group of at least two partial telegrams that together include the data and that are shorter than an individual telegram comprising the data. The transmitter emits the group of partial telegrams according to a hopping pattern that refers to times and/or transmission frequencies of the emission of the individual partial telegrams. Furthermore, the transmitter emits the group of partial telegrams several times and at least twice. Furthermore, the invention relates to a receiver and corresponding methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Wolfram STRAUSS, Jakob KNEISSL, Johannes WECHSLER
  • Publication number: 20200044687
    Abstract: In embodiments, instead of a uniform (global) hopping pattern that is used equally by all data transmitters and data receivers of a communication system, data transmitters and the data receiver use an individual hopping pattern for the communication. This individual hopping pattern may depend on an operation and is therefore only used by the data transmitter and the data receiver themselves or by a small group of data transmitters and/or data receivers, which may significantly increase the interference immunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes WECHSLER, Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Dominik SOLLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Alexej JARRESCH, Raimund MEYER, Frank OBERNOSTERER