Patents by Inventor Jochen Hoidis

Jochen Hoidis 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: 9961598
    Abstract: To carry out inter-RAT handover to the strongest neighbor cell, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus determines a measurement configuration relating to handover from a cell of a source RAT to a cell of one or more target RATs. The apparatus detects trigger events associated with a first cell and a second cell of the one or more target RATs and a serving cell of the source RAT based on the measurement configuration. The apparatus may prioritize the second cell over the first cell in response to the detected trigger events, e.g., based on the received signal strength of the cells. The apparatus may generate a MRM for each of the first cell and the second cell. The MRM for the second cell may be sent to the serving cell before the MRM for the first cell is sent to the serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jochen Hoidis, Renata Carrilho Braz, Akos Ferenc Kezdy, Matthias Schulist
  • Patent number: 9924471
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating dynamic measurement power offset adjustments for use in reporting channel quality feedback. A user equipment may generate and send a plurality of channel quality indicator (CQI) values to a base station. The base station determines whether at least some of the received CQI values are outside of an upper or lower threshold value. If at least some of the received CQI values are outside the upper or lower threshold value, the base station can transmit an adjusted measurement power offset to the user equipment. On receipt of the adjusted measurement power offset, the user equipment generates subsequent CQI values using the adjusted measurement power offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea Garavaglia, Long Duan, Jochen Hoidis, Amer Catovic
  • Publication number: 20170272988
    Abstract: To carry out inter-RAT handover to the strongest neighbor cell, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus determines a measurement configuration relating to handover from a cell of a source RAT to a cell of one or more target RATs. The apparatus detects trigger events associated with a first cell and a second cell of the one or more target RATs and a serving cell of the source RAT based on the measurement configuration. The apparatus may prioritize the second cell over the first cell in response to the detected trigger events, e.g., based on the received signal strength of the cells. The apparatus may generate a MRM for each of the first cell and the second cell. The MRM for the second cell may be sent to the serving cell before the MRM for the first cell is sent to the serving cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jochen HOIDIS, Renata Carrilho BRAZ, Akos Ferenc KEZDY, Matthias SCHULIST
  • Publication number: 20150043518
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating dynamic measurement power offset adjustments for use in reporting channel quality feedback. A user equipment may generate and send a plurality of channel quality indicator (CQI) values to a base station. The base station determines whether at least some of the received CQI values are outside of an upper or lower threshold value. If at least some of the received CQI values are outside the upper or lower threshold value, the base station can transmit an adjusted measurement power offset to the user equipment. On receipt of the adjusted measurement power offset, the user equipment generates subsequent CQI values using the adjusted measurement power offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Garavaglia, Long Duan, Jochen Hoidis, Amer Catovic
  • Patent number: 8903327
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating dynamic measurement power offset adjustments for use in reporting channel quality feedback. A user equipment may generate and send a plurality of channel quality indicator (CQI) values to a base station. The base station determines whether at least some of the received CQI values are outside of an upper or lower threshold value. If at least some of the received CQI values are outside the upper or lower threshold value, the base station can transmit an adjusted measurement power offset to the user equipment. On receipt of the adjusted measurement power offset, the user equipment generates subsequent CQI values using the adjusted measurement power offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrea Garavaglia, Long Duan, Jochen Hoidis, Amer Catovic
  • Patent number: 8447291
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) determines that a client application has entered a period of transmission inactivity whereby the UE will not be required to transmit data on behalf of the client application. The UE selectively transmits a transmission inactivity notification to an access network (AN) to notify the AN of the transmission inactivity period. The AN receives the transmission inactivity notification and determines to transition the UE from a first state to a second state based at least in part on the received transmission inactivity notification, the second state associated with lower-power consumption of the UE than the first state. The AN sends instructions to the UE to facilitate the transition of the UE from the first state to the second state. In another embodiment, the AN can send instructions to the UE to prohibit the UE from sending transmission inactivity notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Francesco Pica, Etienne Francois Chaponniere, Christophe Chevallier, Andrea Garavaglia, Aziz Gholmieh, Long Duan, Mukesh Kumar Mittal, Mustafa Saglam, Sunil Suresh Patil, Salil Sawhney, Rajasekar Arulprakasam, Jochen Hoidis
  • Publication number: 20130072123
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating dynamic measurement power offset adjustments for use in reporting channel quality feedback. A user equipment may generate and send a plurality of channel quality indicator (CQI) values to a base station. The base station determines whether at least some of the received CQI values are outside of an upper or lower threshold value. If at least some of the received CQI values are outside the upper or lower threshold value, the base station can transmit an adjusted measurement power offset to the user equipment. On receipt of the adjusted measurement power offset, the user equipment generates subsequent CQI values using the adjusted measurement power offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrea Garavaglia, Long Duan, Jochen Hoidis, Amer Catovic
  • Publication number: 20120264416
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) determines that a client application has entered a period of transmission inactivity whereby the UE will not be required to transmit data on behalf of the client application. The UE selectively transmits a transmission inactivity notification to an access network (AN) to notify the AN of the transmission inactivity period. The AN receives the transmission inactivity notification and determines to transition the UE from a first state to a second state based at least in part on the received transmission inactivity notification, the second state associated with lower-power consumption of the UE than the first state. The AN sends instructions to the UE to facilitate the transition of the UE from the first state to the second state. In another embodiment, the AN can send instructions to the UE to prohibit the UE from sending transmission inactivity notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Francesco Pica, Etienne Francois Chaponniere, Christophe Chevallier, Andrea Garavaglia, Aziz Gholmieh, Long Duan, Mukesh Kumar Mittal, Mustafa Saglam, Sunil Suresh Patil, Salil Sawhney, Rajasekar Arulprakasam, Jochen Hoidis