Patents by Inventor Robert Schober

Robert Schober 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: 20210212165
    Abstract: A SUDAS has at least one URU, wherein the at least one URU is configured for relaying a signal between at least one base station and at least one user equipment by communicating with the at least one user equipment in a first frequency range and with at least one base station in a second frequency range. The SUDAS has a controller configured for determining a first solution for a resource allocation in the first frequency range. The base station is configured for determining a second solution for a resource allocation in the first frequency range using the first solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Robert SCHOBER, Marco BREILING, Aravindh KRISHNAMOORTHY
  • Patent number: 10917266
    Abstract: A transceiver of a user equipment includes a receiving stage, a frontend channel estimator, a frontend channel equalizer, a backend channel estimator, and a backend channel equalizer. The receiving stage is configured to receive an inbound signal from a SUDAC, which enables a relay communication including a frontend communication using extremely-high frequencies and a backend communication using ultra-high frequencies. The inbound signal includes a data portion, a backend control portion and a frontend control portion, the frontend control portion including a frontend evaluation signal and a configuration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marco Breiling, Frank Burkhardt, Christian Rohde, Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober
  • Patent number: 10616010
    Abstract: A transceiver of a user equipment includes a receiving stage, a frontend channel estimator, a frontend channel equalizer, a backend channel estimator, and a backend channel equalizer. The receiving stage is configured to receive an inbound signal from a SUDAC, which enables a relay communication including a frontend communication using extremely-high frequencies and a backend communication using ultra-high frequencies. The inbound signal includes a data portion, a backend control portion and a frontend control portion, the frontend control portion including a frontend evaluation signal and a configuration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marco Breiling, Frank Burkhardt, Christian Rohde, Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober
  • Publication number: 20200067740
    Abstract: A transceiver of a user equipment includes a receiving stage, a frontend channel estimator, a frontend channel equalizer, a backend channel estimator, and a backend channel equalizer. The receiving stage is configured to receive an inbound signal from a SUDAC, which enables a relay communication including a frontend communication using extremely-high frequencies and a backend communication using ultra-high frequencies. The inbound signal includes a data portion, a backend control portion and a frontend control portion, the frontend control portion including a frontend evaluation signal and a configuration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Marco BREILING, Frank BURKHARDT, Christian ROHDE, Wing Kwan NG, Robert SCHOBER
  • Patent number: 10574488
    Abstract: A transceiver of a user equipment includes a receiving stage, a frontend channel estimator, a frontend channel equalizer, a backend channel estimator, and a backend channel equalizer. The receiving stage is configured to receive an inbound signal from a SUDAC, which enables a relay communication including a frontend communication using extremely-high frequencies and a backend communication using ultra-high frequencies. The inbound signal includes a data portion, a backend control portion and a frontend control portion, the frontend control portion including a frontend evaluation signal and a configuration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marco Breiling, Frank Burkhardt, Christian Rohde, Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober
  • Patent number: 10491433
    Abstract: A transceiver of a user equipment includes a receiving stage, a frontend channel estimator, a frontend channel equalizer, a backend channel estimator, and a backend channel equalizer. The receiving stage is configured to receive an inbound signal from a SUDAC, which enables a relay communication including a frontend communication using extremely-high frequencies and a backend communication using ultra-high frequencies. The inbound signal includes a data portion, a backend control portion and a frontend control portion, the frontend control portion including a frontend evaluation signal and a configuration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marco Breiling, Frank Burkhardt, Christian Rohde, Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober
  • Patent number: 10461840
    Abstract: A SUDAC includes a first and a second wireless communication interface and a processor. The first wireless communication interface is configured for using ultra-high frequency in order to establish at least one backend communication link with a base station. The second wireless communication interface is configured for using extremely-high frequency in order to establish at least one frontend communication link with a user equipment. The processor is configured for at least partially forwarding a user information signal received via the frontend communication link to be transmitted via the backend communication link while frequency converting the extremely-high frequency to the ultra-high frequency vice versa. The processor is further configured for extracting control information from the user information signal and for controlling forward parameters of the first or the second wireless communication interface based on the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marco Breiling, Frank Burkhardt, Christian Rohde, Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober
  • Patent number: 10419102
    Abstract: A SUDAC includes a first and a second wireless communication interface and a processor. The first wireless communication interface is configured for using ultra-high frequency in order to establish at least one backend communication link with a base station. The second wireless communication interface is configured for using extremely-high frequency in order to establish at least one frontend communication link with a user equipment. The processor is configured for at least partially forwarding a user information signal received via the frontend communication link to be transmitted via the backend communication link while frequency converting the extremely-high frequency to the ultra-high frequency vice versa. The processor is further configured for extracting control information from the user information signal and for controlling forward parameters of the first or the second wireless communication interface based on the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Marco Breiling, Frank Burkhardt, Christian Rohde, Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober
  • Publication number: 20170163331
    Abstract: A SUDAC includes a first and a second wireless communication interface and a processor. The first wireless communication interface is configured for using ultra-high frequency in order to establish at least one backend communication link with a base station. The second wireless communication interface is configured for using extremely-high frequency in order to establish at least one frontend communication link with a user equipment. The processor is configured for at least partially forwarding a user information signal received via the frontend communication link to be transmitted via the backend communication link while frequency converting the extremely-high frequency to the ultra-high frequency vice versa. The processor is further configured for extracting control information from the user information signal and for controlling forward parameters of the first or the second wireless communication interface based on the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Marco BREILING, Frank BURKHARDT, Christian ROHDE, Wing Kwan NG, Robert SCHOBER
  • Publication number: 20170163452
    Abstract: A transceiver of a user equipment includes a receiving stage, a frontend channel estimator, a frontend channel equalizer, a backend channel estimator, and a backend channel equalizer. The receiving stage is configured to receive an inbound signal from a SUDAC, which enables a relay communication including a frontend communication using extremely-high frequencies and a backend communication using ultra-high frequencies. The inbound signal includes a data portion, a backend control portion and a frontend control portion, the frontend control portion including a frontend evaluation signal and a configuration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Marco BREILING, Frank BURKHARDT, Christian ROHDE, Wing Kwan NG, Robert SCHOBER
  • Publication number: 20140343378
    Abstract: A method of communicating with an ingestible capsule includes detecting the location of the ingestible capsule, focusing a multi-sensor acoustic array on the ingestible capsule, and communicating an acoustic information exchange with the ingestible capsule via the multi-sensor acoustic array. The ingestible capsule includes a sensor that receives a stimulus inside the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, a bidirectional acoustic information communications module that transmits an acoustic information signal containing information from the sensor, and an acoustically transmissive encapsulation that substantially encloses the sensor and communications module, wherein the acoustically transmissive encapsulation is of ingestible size. The multi-sensor array includes a plurality of acoustic transducers that receive an acoustic signal from a movable device, and a plurality of delays, wherein each delay is coupled to a corresponding acoustic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: INNURVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael R. ARNESON, William Robert BANDY, Roger Allen DAVENPORT, Kevin J. POWELL, Son NGO, Yuri OKUNEV, Robert SCHOBER
  • Patent number: 8615284
    Abstract: A method of communicating with an ingestible capsule includes detecting the location of the ingestible capsule, focusing a multi-sensor acoustic array on the ingestible capsule, and communicating an acoustic information exchange with the ingestible capsule via the multi-sensor acoustic array. The ingestible capsule includes a sensor that receives a stimulus inside the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, a bidirectional acoustic information communications module that transmits an acoustic information signal containing information from the sensor, and an acoustically transmissive encapsulation that substantially encloses the sensor and communications module, wherein the acoustically transmissive encapsulation is of ingestible size. The multi-sensor array includes a plurality of acoustic transducers that receive an acoustic signal from a movable device, and a plurality of delays, wherein each delay is coupled to a corresponding acoustic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Innurvation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Arneson, William Robert Bandy, Roger Allen Davenport, Kevin J. Powell, Son Ngo, Yuri Okunev, Robert Schober
  • Publication number: 20080161660
    Abstract: A method of communicating with an ingestible capsule includes detecting the location of the ingestible capsule, focusing a multi-sensor acoustic array on the ingestible capsule, and communicating an acoustic information exchange with the ingestible capsule via the multi-sensor acoustic array. The ingestible capsule includes a sensor that receives a stimulus inside the gastrointestinal tract of an animal, a bidirectional acoustic information communications module that transmits an acoustic information signal containing information from the sensor, and an acoustically transmissive encapsulation that substantially encloses the sensor and communications module, wherein the acoustically transmissive encapsulation is of ingestible size. The multi-sensor array includes a plurality of acoustic transducers that receive an acoustic signal from a movable device, and a plurality of delays, wherein each delay is coupled to a corresponding acoustic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Innurvation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Arneson, William Robert Bandy, Roger Allen Davenport, Kevin J. Powell, Son Ngo, Yuri Okunev, Robert Schober
  • Patent number: 7215726
    Abstract: A method for interference suppression for TDMA and/or FDMA transmission, which at least approximately can be described as pulse amplitude modulation, with an arbitrary number of receive antennas. The method comprises filtering of at least one complex-valued received signal ri[k] of one receive antenna with a filter with complex-valued coefficients fi[k] for generation of at least one output signal yi[k], forming at least one projection of at least one output signal yi[k] onto a vector pi which is assigned to this output signal yl [k], summing of a majority, especially all of the output signals yi[k] for forming a sum signal s[k], and feeding the sum signal s[k] into a device for detection, especially equalization. A system for interference suppression for TDMA and/or FDMA transmission is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Com-Research GmbH
    Inventors: Raimund Meyer, Robert Schober, Wolfgang Gerstacker
  • Publication number: 20070046369
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an ultra-high sensitivity, low cost, passive (no battery) low-power energy harvesting data transmitting circuit energy, such as a RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag integrated circuit “chip.” By using combinations of special purpose design enhancements, the low-power energy harvesting passive data transmitting circuit, such as the RFID tag chip, operates in the sub-microwatt power range. The chip power should be derived from a low-microwatt per square centimeter RF field radiated to the RFID tag antenna from the tag reader (interrogator) or derived from a suitable low signal source, such as a sonic transducer (e.g., a piezoelectric transducer or a low level DC source, such as a bimetallic or chemical source).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Schober, Ion Opris, Francois Krummenacher
  • Publication number: 20050069066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for estimation of the frequency offset in the digital transmission which is applicable for arbitrary linear modulations, dispersive channels, and general additive impairments. In a first step of the method N derivatives of the received signal are formed through discrete frequency shifts. Subsequently, these derivatives are preprocessed and equalized in an appropriate manner. On the basis of reliability information about the corresponding reconstructed symbol sequences, which is given in the form of metrics Mv which are obtained from internal variables of the equalizer (in case of hard-output equalization) or its output values (in case of soft-output equalization), an estimate of the frequency offset can be established by analysing them in connection with the N corresponding frequency shifts fv. Herein it is to be noted that the N equalizations do not necessarily have to equalize the entire received signal, but only part thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Raimud Meyer, Robert Schober, Wolfgang Gerstacker
  • Publication number: 20020141437
    Abstract: A method for interference suppression for TDMA and/or FDMA transmission, which at least approximately can be described as pulse amplitude modulation, with an arbitrary number of receive antennas. The method comprises filtering of at least one complex-valued received signal ri[k] of one receive antenna with a filter with complex-valued coefficients fi[k] for generation of at least one output signal yi[k], 10 forming at least one projection of at least one output signal yi[k] onto a vector pi which is assigned to this output signal yi[k], summing of a majority, especially all of the output signals yi[k] for forming a sum signal s[k], and feeding the sum signal s[k] into a device for detection, especially equalization. A system for interference suppression for TDMA and/or FDMA transmission is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Raimund Meyer, Robert Schober, Wolfgang Gerstacker
  • Patent number: 6345076
    Abstract: The invention relates to a receiver for a digital transmission system with an incoherent transmission method, which receiver includes an equalizer for forming estimates for a sequence of symbols a[k] transmitted by a transmission channel from received symbols r[k] by means of an impulse response h[k] that describes the transmission properties. For improving the receiving quality in an incoherent transmission method and transmission channels having intersymbol interference, it is proposed that the equalizer performs an incoherent maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) method to determine the estimates â[k] for the sequence of transmitted symbols a[k]. In channels having intersymbol interference, the incoherent MLSE method provides clearly better results than all the known incoherent receiving methods. As against frequency and phase offset, the incoherent MLSE method is considerably more robust than all the known coherent receiving methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: U.S. Phillips Corporation
    Inventors: Jürgen Petersen, Robert Schober, Wolfgang Gerstacker, Johannes Huber