Patents by Inventor Rolf Eppinger

Rolf Eppinger 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).

  • Transmitter and receiver device and method for synchronizing a receiver installation
    Patent number: 7065374
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmitter and receiver device (1) for a cellular radio network, comprising a transmitter installation (6a) and a receiver installation (8a) located at a spatial distance to said transmitter installation (6areceiver (7) is connected to said transmitter installation (6a) and time-controls the transmission of transmission blocks by the installation (6a). The receiver installation (8a) is not provided with a time standard receiver. Instead, the receiver instal (8a), by intercepting the transmission signal emitted by the transmitter installation (6a) located in the same cell, generate signal for synchronizing the time of a timer of the receiver installation (8a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Friedrich Lipp, Rolf Eppinger
  • Transmitter and receiver device and method for synchronizing a receiver installation
    Publication number: 20030176168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmitter and receiver device (1) for a cellular radio network, comprising a transmitter installation (6a) and a receiver installation (8a) located at a spatial distance to said transmitter installation (6a). A time standard receiver (7) is connected to said transmitter installation (6a) and time-controls the transmission of transmission blocks by the transmitter installation (6a). The receiver installation (8a) is not provided with a time standard receiver. Instead, the receiver installation (8a), by intercepting the transmission signal emitted by the transmitter installation (6a) located in the same cell, generates a synchronization signal for synchronizing the time of a timer of the receiver installation (8a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Friedrich Lipp, Rolf Eppinger