Patents by Inventor Philippe Sehier

Philippe Sehier 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: 11968006
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for physical layer security by pseudo-random layer mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Philippe Sehier, Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe Laddu, Luca Rose, Fanny Jardel
  • Patent number: 11882429
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for determining for at least one of a plurality of user equipments, based on an activation probability value of some or all of the plurality of user equipments, uplink resources for use by the at least one user equipment; and providing an indication of the determined uplink resources to the at least one user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Matha Deghel, Anna Pantelidou, Philippe Sehier
  • Publication number: 20230194647
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are disclosed. A method comprising: receiving (702) one or more criteria, from a location server, related to one or more properties of at least one measurement used for position estimation; receiving (704) a measurement request to perform the at least one measurement; performing (706) the at least one measurement based on the measurement request; determining (708) whether the at least one measurement satisfies the one or more criteria; and determining (710) a measurement reporting mode based on whether the at least one measurement satisfies the one or more criteria in the absence of the location server specifying a measurement reporting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ping-Heng KUO, Philippe SEHIER, Diomidis MICHALOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20230184879
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described. The method can include receiving a first measurement report from a first communication node of a mobile communication system. The first measurement report can include downlink measurement data generated at a user device in response to a positioning reference signal sent by the first communication node. The method can further include receiving a second measurement report from the first communication node. The second measurement report can include uplink measurement data generated at the first communication node in response to an uplink reference signal sent by the user device. The method can also include determining an integrity of the measurement data based on a comparison of said uplink and downlink measurement data and setting an integrity verification notification in accordance with the determined integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Daejung YOON, Diomidis MICHALOPOULOS, Philippe SEHIER
  • Patent number: 11671159
    Abstract: A method is described of selecting, by a multi-antenna base station of a wireless communications system, at least one transmission beam to transmit data to at least one terminal. The method can include determining a grid of N2 transmission beams intended to cover a portion of the space served by the base station and generated by using N1 antennas of the base station, where N1 and N2 designate integers such as N2>N1, and selecting one or more non-adjacent beam(s) of the grid to transmit data to at least one terminal during at least one given time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Zwi Altman, Deepak Nayak, Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Philippe Sehier
  • Publication number: 20230033736
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for physical layer security by pseudo-random layer mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Philippe SEHIER, Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe LADDU, Luca ROSE, Fanny JARDEL
  • Patent number: 11561277
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving a first measurement report from a first communication node of a mobile communication system, wherein the first measurement report includes downlink measurement data generated at a user device in response to a positioning reference signal sent by the first communication node; receiving a second measurement report from the first communication node, wherein the second measurement report includes uplink measurement data generated at the first communication node in response to an uplink reference signal sent by the user device; determining an integrity of the measurement data based on a comparison of said uplink and downlink measurement data; and setting an integrity verification notification in accordance with the determined integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Daejung Yoon, Diomidis Michalopoulos, Philippe Sehier
  • Publication number: 20220360412
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine (1006) whether at least one transport block has been successfully delivered to another apparatus; and determine (1008, 1010, 1012) whether to use the at least one transport block to scramble at least one subsequent transport block based on whether the at least one transport block has been successfully delivered to the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Keeth Saliya Jayasinghe LADDU, Luca ROSE, Fanny JARDEL, Philippe SEHIER
  • Publication number: 20220099791
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving a first measurement report from a first communication node of a mobile communication system, wherein the first measurement report includes downlink measurement data generated at a user device in response to a positioning reference signal sent by the first communication node; receiving a second measurement report from the first communication node, wherein the second measurement report includes uplink measurement data generated at the first communication node in response to an uplink reference signal sent by the user device; determining an integrity of the measurement data based on a comparison of said uplink and downlink measurement data; and setting an integrity verification notification in accordance with the determined integrity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Daejung Yoon, Diomidis Michalopoulos, Philippe Sehier
  • Publication number: 20220070854
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for determining for at least one of a plurality of user equipments, based on an activation probability value of some or all of the plurality of user equipments, uplink resources for use by the at least one user equipment; and providing an indication of the determined uplink resources to the at least one user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Matha DEGHEL, Anna PANTELIDOU, Philippe SEHIER
  • Publication number: 20210152231
    Abstract: A method is described of selecting, by a multi-antenna base station of a wireless communications system, at least one transmission beam to transmit data to at least one terminal. The method can include determining a grid of N2 transmission beams intended to cover a portion of the space served by the base station and generated by using N1 antennas of the base station, where N1 and N2 designate integers such as N2>N1, and selecting one or more non-adjacent beam(s) of the grid to transmit data to at least one terminal during at least one given time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Zwi Altman, Deepak Nayak, Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Philippe Sehier
  • Patent number: 10785085
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for probabilistic amplitude shaping (PAS) are provided. One method may include selecting a distribution parameter for one constellation in a communications system depending on one or more flat fading channels, transforming a uniform distribution of the constellation into a shaped distribution using the selected distribution parameter to produce modulated data, and passing the modulated data through a fading channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Fanny Jardel, Jie Chen, Philippe Sehier
  • Publication number: 20200228386
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for probabilistic amplitude shaping (PAS) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Fanny JARDEL, Jie CHEN, Philippe SEHIER
  • Patent number: 9100146
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for virtual sectorization using an active antenna array. Embodiments of the apparatus include a transmitter for providing signals to an active antenna array. The signals cause the active antenna array to transmit a first reference signal to a first sector indicated to user equipment within the first sector by a sector identifier. The signals also cause the active antenna array to transmit a plurality of second reference signals into a corresponding plurality of second virtual sectors that overlap the first sector. The apparatus also includes a scheduler for scheduling transmission to user equipment based on feedback generated by the user equipment using the first reference signal or the second reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Jung Ah Lee, Philippe Sehier, Jean-Pierre Balech, Fang-Chen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130235807
    Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for virtual sectorization using an active antenna array. Embodiments of the apparatus include a transmitter for providing signals to an active antenna array. The signals cause the active antenna array to transmit a first reference signal to a first sector indicated to user equipment within the first sector by a sector identifier. The signals also cause the active antenna array to transmit a plurality of second reference signals into a corresponding plurality of second virtual sectors that overlap the first sector. The apparatus also includes a scheduler for scheduling transmission to user equipment based on feedback generated by the user equipment using the first reference signal or the second reference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Jung Ah Lee, Philippe Sehier, Jea-Pierre Balech, Fang-Chen Cheng
  • Patent number: 7376098
    Abstract: A device is dedicated to controlling access to wireless communications local area networks having a local coverage area included in a main coverage area of a main communications network equipped with mobile communications device positioning means. The device having management means connected to the positioning means and adapted i) to compare the positions of at least some of the mobile devices to those of the local areas, in order to select the primary identifiers of the mobile devices substantially positioned in said local areas, and ii) to send a messaging server of the main network instructions including the primary identifier of each mobile device selected, in order for it to send them a message telling their users that they can connect to the local area network in whose local area they are placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Siegfried Loeffler, Philippe Laine, Philippe Sehier
  • Patent number: 7031283
    Abstract: Method and system for enhancing channel capacity in a Point-to Multipoint radio communications system that includes terminal stations (12) of different kinds, such as residential terminals and business terminals, with different link budget requirements i.e. different signal-to-noise ratio. The method is characterized by the selective use of different channel coding codes such as forward error correction (FEC) codes, in the different concurrent channels, depending on a pre-defined category of an addressed subscriber. The multiplexing method used may be CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access). Each terminal station (12) is in turn equipped only with an appropriate decoder, depending on its kind, e.g. residential or business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Philippe Sehier, Emmanuel Lemois, Thierry Quignon
  • Patent number: 6992971
    Abstract: The invention relates to an asynchronous transfer mode method of transmitting digital signals in which terminals (16, 18) send to the same station (20). Calls are transmitted by cells (40, 42, 44, 46), the terminals send successively in separate periods (60, 62, 64, 66; 70, 72, 74), and each cell is assigned at least two orthogonal codes (C1, C2, C3, C4). In accordance with the invention, the duration of the period during which each terminal sends and/or the number of codes assigned to each terminal and/or the number of symbols assigned to a particular code in a terminal can be selected on each sending as a function of a particular power level (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventor: Philippe Sehier
  • Publication number: 20040196806
    Abstract: A device is dedicated to controlling access to wireless communications local area networks (WLAN-i) having a local coverage area included in a main coverage area of a main communications network (RP) equipped with mobile communications device positioning means (8). The device comprises management means (20) connected to the positioning means (8) and adapted i) to compare the positions of at least some of the mobile devices (9) to those of the local areas, in order to select the primary identifiers of the mobile devices substantially positioned in said local areas, and ii) to send a messaging server (10) of the main network (RP) instructions including the primary identifier of each mobile device (9) selected, in order for it to send them a message telling their users that they can connect to the local area network (WLAN-i) in whose local area they are placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Siegried Loeffler, Philippe Laine, Philippe Sehier
  • Patent number: 6690935
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of transmitting non-dated digital data between a transmitter and a receiver in which the data can take at least two different paths between the transmitter and the receiver and handover from one path to another occurs during transmission. In the transmitter, packets intended for the second path are transmitted only after the last packet intended for the first path has been transmitted and in the transmitter and in the receiver packets on the first or second path are delayed in order for packets on the second path to arrive after packets on the first path. It is therefore not necessary to transmit signaling to differentiate the two paths at the receiver, which can include a single demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Guillaume Calot, Xavier Denis, Jean Farineau, Bertrand Duros, Jacques Bousquet, Philippe Sehier, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen, Yves Peligry