Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Nenner

Karl-Heinz Nenner 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: 11206527
    Abstract: A communication method for a user equipment includes: receiving, by the user equipment, at least one software component or software module or configuration information via a configuration and/or control channel between the user equipment and a telecommunications network and/or via a first set of communication capabilities of the user equipment, wherein the at least one software component or software module or configuration information is related to a second set of communication capabilities corresponding to enhanced and/or modified communication relative to the first set of communication capabilities, the second set of communication capabilities being related to access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to non-access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to other communication services of the user equipment; and activating the second set of communication capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Nenner
  • Patent number: 10897425
    Abstract: A method for handling communication between a telecommunications network and a user equipment includes using label information for indicating at least one service data flow such that any data packet belonging to the at least one service data flow and being transmitted in a direction from the user equipment to the gateway node or in a direction from the gateway node to the user equipment includes the label information and/or is transmitted with the label information. The label information indicates: a termination point of the at least one service data flow, both termination points of the at least one service data flow, and/or a quality-of-service level to be applied to the service data flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Dieter Gludovacz
  • Patent number: 10887821
    Abstract: A method for transmitting small and infrequent communication data between, on the one hand, a plurality of internet-of-things communication devices, and, on the other hand, a mobile communication network includes: transmitting, by a base station entity, the small and infrequent communication data, at least partly, as part of a payload portion of an IP packet towards a network node of a core network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Axel Klatt
  • Patent number: 10798655
    Abstract: A method for power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, a set of first radio resources is assigned, by a radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, power consumption information is obtained by the radio resource management entity, the power consumption information indicating that a current power consumption of the user equipment using the assigned set of first radio resources is above a predefined upper power consumption threshold or below a predefined lower power consumption threshold; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, a set of second radio resources is assigned, by the radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Axel Klatt
  • Publication number: 20190349745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for an enhanced and/or modified communication of a user equipment with a telecommunications network in view of access-stratum capabilities and/or in view of non-access-stratum capabilities and/or in view of other communication services of the user equipment, wherein a configuration and/or control channel is provided or able to be temporarily provided between the user equipment and the telecommunications network, wherein the user equipment has—besides using the configuration and/or control channel—a first set of communication capabilities, the first set of communication capabilities being related to access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to non-access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to other communication services of the user equipment, wherein in order to provide an enhanced and/or modified communication—as compared to the first set of communication capabilities—of the user equipment with the telecommunications network, the method comprises
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz NENNER
  • Patent number: 10349387
    Abstract: A method for communication between a telecommunications network and a secondary communication device via or using a primary communication device includes: performing a discovery operation regarding the secondary communication device, the discovery operation being initiated either by the primary communication device, by the secondary communication device, or by the telecommunications network; and transmitting at least one control information, being related to the secondary communication device or being related to the result of the discovery operation, between, on the one hand, the telecommunications network, and, on the other hand, the primary communication device and/or the secondary communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Uwe Michel, Uwe Janssen
  • Patent number: 10306461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing roaming services, for a user equipment, within a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network comprising a core network and an access network, the access network of the mobile communication network comprising at least one radio cell being served by a base station entity, wherein the user equipment is able to be attached to the mobile communication network via the base station entity despite the user equipment being related to a further mobile communication network as the home public land mobile network of the user equipment, wherein the core network comprises a serving core network node and a home subscriber server functionality, wherein the serving core network node provides mobility management functionality regarding the base station entity and thereby provides mobility management functionality regarding the user equipment, wherein the further mobile communication network comprises a further core network, the further core network comprising a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Dieter Jacobsohn
  • Patent number: 10244433
    Abstract: A method for enhanced mobility management within a mobile communication network includes: generating, by the user equipment, information regarding a first radio cell and a second radio cell, and/or receiving, by the user equipment, information regarding the first radio cell and the second radio cell from the first radio cell and/or the second radio cell; and selecting, by the user equipment, either the first radio cell or the second radio cell, and/or requesting, by the user equipment, on-demand mobility support from the mobile communication network. The second step is performable by the user equipment both in case that the user equipment is in an idle state and in case that the user equipment is in a connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Nenner
  • Publication number: 20190028395
    Abstract: A method for handling communication between a telecommunications network and a user equipment includes using label information for indicating at least one service data flow such that any data packet belonging to the at least one service data flow and being transmitted in a direction from the user equipment to the gateway node or in a direction from the gateway node to the user equipment includes the label information and/or is transmitted with the label information. The label information indicates: a termination point of the at least one service data flow, both termination points of the at least one service data flow, and/or a quality-of-service level to be applied to the service data flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Dieter Gludovacz
  • Publication number: 20180242256
    Abstract: A method for power consumption management of a user equipment using a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, a set of first radio resources is assigned, by a radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, power consumption information is obtained by the radio resource management entity, the power consumption information indicating that a current power consumption of the user equipment using the assigned set of first radio resources is above a predefined upper power consumption threshold or below a predefined lower power consumption threshold; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, a set of second radio resources is assigned, by the radio resource management entity, to the user equipment for transmitting uplink data and/or receiving downlink data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Axel Klatt
  • Publication number: 20180160358
    Abstract: A method for transmitting small and infrequent communication data between, on the one hand, a plurality of internet-of-things communication devices, and, on the other hand, a mobile communication network includes: transmitting, by a base station entity, the small and infrequent communication data, at least partly, as part of a payload portion of an IP packet towards a network node of a core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Axel Klatt
  • Patent number: 9832235
    Abstract: A method for extending IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-oriented handling of telecommunications services within a telecommunications network for a subscriber using circuit switched (CS) connectivity, wherein an identification information of the subscriber is natively lacking an IMS identity and/or IMS profile within the telecommunications network, includes: generating, at least temporarily, by an identity management functionality of the telecommunications network, an IMS identity and/or IMS profile with respect to the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Dieter Jacobsohn, Karl-Heinz Nenner, Steffen Habermann, Georg Wegmann
  • Publication number: 20170332284
    Abstract: A method for enhanced mobility management within a mobile communication network includes: generating, by the user equipment, information regarding a first radio cell and a second radio cell, and/or receiving, by the user equipment, information regarding the first radio cell and the second radio cell from the first radio cell and/or the second radio cell; and selecting, by the user equipment, either the first radio cell or the second radio cell, and/or requesting, by the user equipment, on-demand mobility support from the mobile communication network. The second step is performable by the user equipment both in case that the user equipment is in an idle state and in case that the user equipment is in a connected state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Nenner
  • Publication number: 20170280417
    Abstract: A method for enhanced and adaptive mobility management within a mobile communication network includes: in a first step—upon a first mobile terminated service targeting a first user equipment—a first paging operation is performed targeting the first user equipment, and in a second step, either during the first step or subsequent to the first step—upon a second mobile terminated service targeting a second user equipment—a second paging operation is performed targeting the second user equipment. The first paging operation is performed—during the initial time interval—in a first paging area, and the second paging operation is performed—during the initial time interval—in a second paging area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Nenner
  • Patent number: 9756528
    Abstract: A method for indicating routing capacity related data or routing delay related data via signalling messages in a core network of a telecommunications network using Diameter messages of a Diameter protocol includes: transmitting a first piece of routing capacity related information from a first Diameter enabled network node to a second Diameter enabled network node, and transmitting a second piece of routing capacity related information from the first Diameter enabled network node to the second Diameter enabled network node. The first and second pieces of routing capacity related information are transmitted by at least one Diameter message, wherein the first piece of routing capacity related information comprises aggregated routing capacity data or aggregated routing delay data related to a first routing alternative, and the second piece of routing capacity related information comprises aggregated routing capacity data or aggregated routing delay data related to a second routing alternative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Heinz Nenner, Dieter Jacobsohn, Yvette Honorine Koza
  • Publication number: 20170245256
    Abstract: A method for communication between a telecommunications network and a secondary communication device via or using a primary communication device includes: performing a discovery operation regarding the secondary communication device, the discovery operation being initiated either by the primary communication device, by the secondary communication device, or by the telecommunications network; and transmitting at least one control information, being related to the secondary communication device or being related to the result of the discovery operation, between, on the one hand, the telecommunications network, and, on the other hand, the primary communication device and/or the secondary communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Uwe Michel, Uwe Janssen
  • Publication number: 20170094499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing roaming services, for a user equipment, within a mobile communication network, the mobile communication network comprising a core network and an access network, the access network of the mobile communication network comprising at least one radio cell being served by a base station entity, wherein the user equipment is able to be attached to the mobile communication network via the base station entity despite the user equipment being related to a further mobile communication network as the home public land mobile network of the user equipment, wherein the core network comprises a serving core network node and a home subscriber server functionality, wherein the serving core network node provides mobility management functionality regarding the base station entity and thereby provides mobility management functionality regarding the user equipment, wherein the further mobile communication network comprises a further core network, the further core network comprising a
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Nenner, Dieter Jacobsohn
  • Publication number: 20160345152
    Abstract: A method for handling emergency calls includes: receiving, by a user equipment attached to a mobile communication network, emergency call capability information indicative of whether the mobile communication network supports an emergency service for the user equipment in a case where the user equipment is connected to the mobile communication network via a wireless access point connected to an external packet data network; and initiating, by the user equipment, an emergency call via the wireless access point or via an access network of the mobile communication network different from the wireless access point based on whether or not the emergency call capability information indicates that the mobile communication network supports the emergency service for the user equipment in the case where the user equipment is connected to the mobile communication network via the wireless access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Mari Melander, Michele Zarri, Holger Debelts, Karl Heinz Nenner, Rene Ververgaert, Georg Schweflinghaus
  • Patent number: 9491699
    Abstract: A method for saving energy in operating first and second mobile communication networks by invoking an energy saving operational mode of the first and second mobile communication networks includes: operating a first radio access network in a first operational mode for peak time usage of the first mobile communication network, and in a second operational mode for off-peak time usage of the first mobile communication network; and invoking, at least partly during off-peak time usage of the first and second mobile communication networks, the energy saving operational mode of the combination of the first and second mobile communication networks such that the first radio access network is operated in the second operational mode while the second radio access network is operated such that coverage and capacity requirements in a geographic area are ensured by the combination of the first and second mobile communication networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Heinz Nenner, Dieter Jacobsohn, Heinz Polsterer
  • Publication number: 20160315978
    Abstract: A method for extending IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-oriented handling of telecommunications services within a telecommunications network for a subscriber using circuit switched (CS) connectivity, wherein an identification information of the subscriber is natively lacking an IMS identity and/or IMS profile within the telecommunications network, includes: generating, at least temporarily, by an identity management functionality of the telecommunications network, an IMS identity and/or IMS profile with respect to the subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Dieter Jacobsohn, Karl-Heinz Nenner, Steffen Habermann, Georg Wegmann