Patents by Inventor Ramez ASKAR

Ramez ASKAR 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: 12092674
    Abstract: A method for evaluating an apparatus having at least one antenna array, the apparatus configured for forming a plurality of communication beam patterns using the antenna array, includes positioning of the apparatus in a measurement environment or moving/switching the probe/link antenna(s) of the measurement environment around the apparatus adapted to measure beam patterns and controlling the apparatus so as to form a predefined beam pattern of the plurality of communication beam patterns. The method includes measuring the predefined beam pattern using the measurement environment and/or the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Paul Simon Holt Leather, Ramez Askar, Leszek Raschkowski, Marcus Grossmann, Markus Landmann
  • Publication number: 20240097802
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam pattern of the wireless interface and at least one communication parameter of the wireless interface. The apparatus is configured for receiving a locking signal indicating a request for locking at least a part of the beam pattern and the at least one communication parameter. The controller is configured for locking at least the part of the beam and the at least one communication parameter responsive to the locking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas HAUSTEIN, Paul LEATHER, Ramez ASKAR, Leszek RASCHKOWSKI, Marcus GROßMANN, Markus LANDMANN
  • Publication number: 20240040648
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication network communicates with one or more entities in the wireless communication network using a plurality of different communication channels. The plurality of communication channels includes at least a first communication channel and a second communication channel. The apparatus transmits on one of the first and second communication channels and, at the same time, receives on the other one of the first and second communication channels. For exploiting a reciprocity of the first and second communication channels, the apparatus switch between simultaneously transmitting over the first communication channel and receiving over the second communication channel, and simultaneously transmitting over the second communication channel and receiving over the first communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ramez ASKAR, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Wilhelm KEUSGEN, Michael PETER
  • Patent number: 11870503
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam pattern of the wireless interface and at least one communication parameter of the wireless interface. The apparatus is configured for receiving a locking signal indicating a request for locking at least a part of the beam pattern and the at least one communication parameter. The controller is configured for locking at least the part of the beam and the at least one communication parameter responsive to the locking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Paul Leather, Ramez Askar, Leszek Raschkowski, Marcus Großmann, Markus Landmann
  • Publication number: 20230353257
    Abstract: Among network devices for use within a wireless communication network, a transmitting network device is configured to transmit to a receiving network device via a control channel one or more control signals for configuring the receiving network device for a characterization of at least one of the transmitting network device and the receiving network device and/or for a characterization of one or more communication channels between the transmitting network device and the receiving network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt LEATHER, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Kei SAKAGUCHI, Ramez ASKAR
  • Patent number: 11742961
    Abstract: Among network devices for use within a wireless communication network, a transmitting network device is configured to transmit to a receiving network device via a control channel one or more control signals for configuring the receiving network device for a characterization of at least one of the transmitting network device and the receiving network device and/or for a characterization of one or more communication channels between the transmitting network device and the receiving network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt Leather, Thomas Haustein, Kei Sakaguchi, Ramez Askar
  • Publication number: 20230198729
    Abstract: A user equipment for communication over a wireless network is configured for exchanging portions of signalling data exclusively over the primary component carriers in a first operational mode in a first operational phase; for exchanging the portion of the signalling data of a selected primary component carrier of the primary component carriers of the first component carrier group simultaneously over the selected primary component carrier and over a selected secondary component carrier of the secondary component carriers of the second component carrier group in a second mode in a second phase subsequent to the first one, the second phase being initiated in case a first trigger condition occurs; for using the selected secondary component carrier from the second operational phase in a third mode in a third phase subsequent to the second one as one of the primary component carriers, so that the selected secondary component carrier from the second phase is added to the primary component carriers of the first compo
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas HAUSTEIN, Paul Simon Holt LEATHER, Mathis SCHMIEDER, Ramez ASKAR, Roya EBRAHIM REZAGAH, Jasmina MCMENAMY
  • Publication number: 20230198143
    Abstract: A method includes defining a Center-of-Radiation Reference for a device under test, the CORR indicating a reference origin of an electromagnetic wave pattern formable with the DUT; determining a 3-dimensional orientation information with respect to the CORR, the 3-dimensional orientation information indicating a direction of the electromagnetic wave pattern; and providing the CORR and the 3-dimensional orientation information to a measurement system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt LEATHER, Ramez ASKAR, Kei SAKAGUCHI, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Leszek RASCHKOWSKI
  • Patent number: 11677490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency communication and jamming device configured for physically secured friendly radio frequency communication and for jamming hostile radio frequency communication, the radio frequency communication and jamming device including: an antenna arrangement having a transmission section for transmitting outgoing signals and a receiving section for receiving incoming signals; a receiver device configured for extracting an incoming information signal from the incoming signals received via the receiving section of the antenna arrangement in a receiving frequency band; a jamming generator configured for generating at least one jamming signal for jamming at least one jamming frequency band, wherein the jamming signal is transmitted as one of the outgoing signals via the transmission section, wherein the at least one jamming frequency band includes the receiving frequency band; and a self-interference cancellation device configured for cancelling portions of the at least one jamming signal in t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Ramez Askar, Wilhelm Keusgen
  • Publication number: 20230148438
    Abstract: There are disclosed techniques for puncturing and/or overlaying transmission in case of necessity of on-demand (e.g., urgent) commutations. In particular, transceivers, user equipments, systems, methods and non-transitory storage units are disclosed. For example, there is disclosed a transceiver of a wireless communication network, wherein the transceiver is configured to operate in a puncturing mode by puncturing a downlink, DL, transmission of payload information in a channel originally allocated to the DL transmission of payload information, to obtain, within the originally allocated channel for the DL transmission of payload information, a DL free area for an uplink, UL, transmission of a user equipment, UE, of the wireless communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Khaled Shawky HASSAN HUSSEIN, Rudraksh SHRIVASTAVA, Thomas HEYN, Bernhard NIEMANN, Thomas HAUSTEIN, RAMEZ ASKAR
  • Publication number: 20230106320
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam pattern of the wireless interface and at least one communication parameter of the wireless interface. The apparatus is configured for receiving a locking signal indicating a request for locking at least a part of the beam pattern and the at least one communication parameter. The controller is configured for locking at least the part of the beam and the at least one communication parameter responsive to the locking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas HAUSTEIN, Paul LEATHER, Ramez ASKAR, Leszek RASCHKOWSKI, Marcus GROßMANN, Markus LANDMANN
  • Publication number: 20230043847
    Abstract: A device configured for operating in a wireless communication network and for performing communication with a communication partner within the wireless communication network by exchanging a wireless signal is configured for communicating with the communication partner using a beamforming technique to form a transmit beam pattern being a beam pattern selected from a plurality of transmit beam patterns being formable by the device. The device is configured for providing, responsive to a trigger event, a number of transmit beam patterns being at least a subset of the plurality of formable transmit beam patterns to the communication partner or a different entity of the wireless communication network. The device is configured for receiving feedback information relating to the beam patterns of the number of beam patterns; and for using at least one of the provided number of beam patterns based on the feedback information as a selected beam pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas HAUSTEIN, Ramez ASKAR, Paul Simon Holt LEATHER, Mathis SCHMIEDER, Jasmina MCMENAMY
  • Patent number: 11533074
    Abstract: A full-duplex transceiver apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, the plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna, a first transmit front-end for feeding the first antenna, a first receive front-end for receiving a remotely-generated signal via the second antenna, and a matching network between the plurality of antennas and the transmit and receive front-ends for feeding the first antenna from the first transmit front-end and for delivering the remotely-generated signal from the second antenna to the first receive front-end. The matching network is a lossless reciprocal network causes a cancellation of the self-interference at the second antenna. The lossless reciprocal network has a first antenna port connected to the first antenna, a second antenna port connected to the second antenna, a first front-end port connected to the first transmit front-end, and a second front-end port connected the first receive front-end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Ramez Askar, Wilhelm Keusgen, Thomas Haustein
  • Patent number: 11456531
    Abstract: A method includes defining a Center-of-Radiation Reference for a device under test, the CORR indicating a reference origin of an electromagnetic wave pattern formable with the DUT; determining a 3-dimensional orientation information with respect to the CORR, the 3-dimensional orientation information indicating a direction of the electromagnetic wave pattern; and providing the CORR and the 3-dimensional orientation information to a measurement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt Leather, Ramez Askar, Kei Sakaguchi, Thomas Haustein, Leszek Raschkowski
  • Patent number: 11456806
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communications network includes a wireless interface configured for wireless communication and a controller configured for controlling a beam pattern of the wireless interface and at least one communication parameter of the wireless interface. The apparatus is configured for receiving a locking signal indicating a request for locking at least a part of the beam pattern and the at least one communication parameter. The controller is configured for locking at least the part of the beam and the at least one communication parameter responsive to the locking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandtend Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Paul Leather, Ramez Askar, Leszek Raschkowski, Marcus Großmann, Markus Landmann
  • Publication number: 20220217566
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for wirelessly communicating in a wireless communication network includes a wireless interface arrangement having a signal maintenance capability to separate at least one data stream. The apparatus is configured for wirelessly transmitting, to a receiving apparatus, a capability signal having a capability information indicating the signal maintenance capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt LEATHER, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Ramez ASKAR, Wilhelm KEUSGEN, Leszek RASCHKOWSKI, Mathis SCHMIEDER
  • Publication number: 20220103266
    Abstract: Among network devices for use within a wireless communication network, a transmitting network device is configured to transmit to a receiving network device via a control channel one or more control signals for configuring the receiving network device for a characterization of at least one of the transmitting network device and the receiving network device and/or for a characterization of one or more communication channels between the transmitting network device and the receiving network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt LEATHER, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Kei SAKAGUCHI, Ramez ASKAR
  • Patent number: 11233584
    Abstract: Among network devices for use within a wireless communication network, a transmitting network device is configured to transmit to a receiving network device via a control channel one or more control signals for configuring the receiving network device for a characterization of at least one of the transmitting network device and the receiving network device and/or for a characterization of one or more communication channels between the transmitting network device and the receiving network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt Leather, Thomas Haustein, Kei Sakaguchi, Ramez Askar
  • Publication number: 20220022071
    Abstract: A device is configured for transmitting a stimulating signal towards a transceiving device; for receiving a plurality of transmit beam patterns from the transceiving device; for selecting a corresponding transmit beam pattern from the plurality of transmit beam patterns; and for sending response information to the receiving device, the response information indicating the corresponding transmit beam pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Simon Holt Leather, Ramez Askar, Mathis Schmieder, Thomas Haustein
  • Publication number: 20210306088
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency communication and jamming device configured for physically secured friendly radio frequency communication and for jamming hostile radio frequency communication, the radio frequency communication and jamming device including: an antenna arrangement having a transmission section for transmitting outgoing signals and a receiving section for receiving incoming signals; a receiver device configured for extracting an incoming information signal from the incoming signals received via the receiving section of the antenna arrangement in a receiving frequency band; a jamming generator configured for generating at least one jamming signal for jamming at least one jamming frequency band, wherein the jamming signal is transmitted as one of the outgoing signals via the transmission section, wherein the at least one jamming frequency band includes the receiving frequency band; and a self-interference cancellation device configured for cancelling portions of the at least one jamming signal in t
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ramez ASKAR, Wilhelm KEUSGEN