Patents by Inventor Rudiger Halfmann

Rudiger Halfmann 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: 8605664
    Abstract: A method and a system for transmitting data by a transmitter over a channel having a predetermined channel quality estimate, comprises the steps of splitting (S2P) input data stream (S40, S60, S80) to be transmitted into a plurality of data sub-streams (S40a, S40b, S40c); processing (SYM1, SYM2, SYMj) each of the plurality of data sub-streams (S40a, S40b, S40c) into a plurality of symbol subsets (S41, S42, S43) by selecting a certain scheme of coded-modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM); processing, separately, each of the plurality of symbol subsets (S41, S42, S43), via a plurality of separate Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFT1, DFT2, DFT3), herein after denoted as DFTs, to obtain a plurality of DFT-precoded data sub-streams (S44, S45, S46); allocating each DFT-precoded data sub-stream (S44, S45, S46) in a frequency resource block (RB1, RB2, RB3), via a sub-carrier mapping module (SCM), so that for each data sub-stream (S40a, S40b, S40c) the selected scheme of coded-modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM) is chosen in depe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Josef Martin Eichinger, Yan Gao, Rüdiger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Bernard Raaf, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8483734
    Abstract: Communication carried out over a frequency band divided into a plurality of subcarriers by messages transmitted between a first radio station and a second radio station in a plurality of hops between respectively adjacent radio stations arranged in hierarchical levels. A subset of the subcarriers is used for each hop. The subsets used are allocated by at least one higher level radio station and the composition of at least one of the subsets used varies over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Einhaus, Rüdiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Martin Weckerle
  • Patent number: 8260307
    Abstract: Radio stations in a radio communication system send messages from one radio station to another either directly or via one or several radio stations forwarding the messages by using radio resources. The radio resources are allocated in a decentralized manner to radio stations to send the message. At least one radio station sends information about first radio resources used for sending at least one message to the at least one radio station, the information about the first radio resources being sent by using second radio resources that are allocated to the at least one radio station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Michael Meincke, Egon Schulz
  • Patent number: 8175062
    Abstract: In a communication system, a first transmitting station transmits a transmission signal to a first receiving station for transmitting a sequence of data via a radio interface. The radio interface is monitored with respect to an interference signal from an interference source prior to transmission via at least one of the first transmitting station and the first receiving station. The transmission only begins if the radio interface is sufficiently free from interference for a moment in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Patent number: 8165239
    Abstract: Data symbols, transmitted by OFDM radio using at least two transmission antennae, are coded by a DSTBC coding and a DSTFBC coding. Two adjacent data symbols of a selected sub-carrier are provided for initializing a DSTFBC coding in a sub-carrier direction and are used for DSTFBC coding of similarly positioned data symbols in further sub-carriers in the sub-carrier. The DSTFBC coding is carried out from the data symbols of the first sub-carrier direction. In each sub-carrier the two data symbols formed by DSTFBC coding are used for initializing a DSTBC coding in the OFDM symbol direction. In the reverse direction, two sequential DSTBC coded data symbols on a first sub-carrier for initializing a DSTFBC coding in a sub-carrier direction and are used for DSTFBC coding of similarly positioned data symbols in further sub-carriers for DSTFBC coding from the data symbols of the first sub-carrier over the adjacent sub-carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Cornelius Heckrott, Martin Weckerle
  • Patent number: 8009755
    Abstract: In an OFDM multi carrier modulation method, M sub-carriers are used in a frequency band of a broadband mobile radio channel and several symbols are used in a time band. With application of a MIMO multi-antenna method with T transmitting antennae and R receiving antennae, for all sub-carriers and all symbols, a single, pre-determined, channel-matched transmission strategy is used, which is described by a maximum of T*R complex values on the signal side, independent of the species of the MIMO multi-antenna method and independent of the size of the frequency/time bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Eduard Jorswieck, Egon Schulz, Martin Weckerle
  • Publication number: 20110090793
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for data communication between a first instance and a second instance, the method including the step of: The first instance issues a first status report to the second instance either via a third instance or directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Rudiger Halfmann, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Yikang Xiang
  • Patent number: 7656962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a radio communication system consisting of at least two frequency signal-transmitting channels. At least the first (fcoord) of said frequency channels is used for organizing radio resources, and at least the second (fi) of the frequency channels is used for transmitting signals between the stations of the system where the signal transmission is carried out by the frequency channels from/in a direction of said stations in conformity with a predefined temporal pattern (P1, P2, P3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20100002575
    Abstract: A method and a system for transmitting data by a transmitter over a channel having a predetermined channel quality estimate, comprises the steps of splitting (S2P) input data stream (S40, S60, S80) to be transmitted into a plurality of data sub-streams (S40a, S40b, S40c); processing (SYM1, SYM2, SYMj) each of the plurality of data sub-streams (S40a, S40b, S40c) into a plurality of symbol subsets (S41, S42, S43) by selecting a certain scheme of coded-modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM); processing, separately, each of the plurality of symbol subsets (S41, S42, S43), via a plurality of separate Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFT1, DFT2, DFT3), herein after denoted as DFTs, to obtain a plurality of DFT-precoded data sub-streams (S44, S45, S46); allocating each DFT-precoded data sub-stream (S44, S45, S46) in a frequency resource block (RB1, RB2, RB3), via a sub-carrier mapping module (SCM), so that for each data sub-stream (S40a, S40b, S40c) the selected scheme of coded-modulation (BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM) is chosen in depe
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Martin Eichinger, Yan Gao, Rüdiger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Bernhard Raaf, Egon Schulz, Wolfang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20090323606
    Abstract: A method and apparatuses relate to data transmission between at least one first radio station and at least one second radio station in a radio communication system. At least one portion of an available spectrum is allocated for said at least one data transmission, the at least one portion including a number of adjacent sub-carriers; error protection is used for data transmission, wherein the error protecting is distributed in an unequal manner throughout the at least one portion allocated for the at least one data transmission. Data is transmitted upon completion of said error protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott
  • Publication number: 20090220027
    Abstract: Data symbols, transmitted by OFDM radio using at least two transmission antennae, are coded by a DSTBC coding and a DSTFBC coding. Two adjacent data symbols of a selected sub-carrier are provided for initializing a DSTFBC coding in a sub-carrier direction and are used for DSTFBC coding of similarly positioned data symbols in further sub-carriers in the sub-carrier. The DSTFBC coding is carried out from the data symbols of the first sub-carrier direction. In each sub-carrier the two data symbols formed by DSTFBC coding are used for initializing a DSTBC coding in the OFDM symbol direction. In the reverse direction, two sequential DSTBC coded data symbols on a first sub-carrier for initializing a DSTFBC coding in a sub-carrier direction and are used for DSTFBC coding of similarly positioned data symbols in further sub-carriers for DSTFBC coding from the data symbols of the first sub-carrier over the adjacent sub-carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Cornelius Heckrott, Martin Weckerle
  • Publication number: 20090143088
    Abstract: Communication carried out over a frequency band divided into a plurality of subcarriers by messages transmitted between a first radio station and a second radio station in a plurality of hops between respectively adjacent radio stations arranged in hierarchical levels. A subset of the subcarriers is used for each hop. The subsets used are allocated by at least one higher level radio station and the composition of at least one of the subsets used varies over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Einhaus, Rudiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Martin Weckerle
  • Publication number: 20090135941
    Abstract: In an OFDM multi carrier modulation method, M sub-carriers are used in a frequency band of a broadband mobile radio channel and several symbols are used in a time band. With application of a MIMO multi-antenna method with T transmitting antennae and R receiving antennae, for all sub-carriers and all symbols, a single, pre-determined, channel-matched transmission strategy is used, which is described by a maximum of T*R complex values on the signal side, independent of the species of the MIMO multi-antenna method and independent of the size of the frequency/time bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Eduard Jorswieck, Egon Schulz, Martin Weckerle
  • Publication number: 20090029653
    Abstract: In a communication system, a first transmitting station transmits a transmission signal to a first receiving station for transmitting a sequence of data via a radio interface. The radio interface is monitored with respect to an interference signal from an interference source prior to transmission via at least one of the first transmitting station and the first receiving station. The transmission only begins if the radio interface is sufficiently free from interference for a moment in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rudiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Patent number: 7400894
    Abstract: A method performs synchronization in an at least partly self-organizing radio communication system with a number of mobile stations which lie across an air interface within two-way radio range. At least some mobile stations from the number of mobile stations transmit synchronization sequences, by which a part or all the mobile stations of the number of mobile stations synchronize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andre Ebner, Rüdiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Hermann Rohling, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20070010199
    Abstract: Radio stations in a radio communication system send messages from one radio station to another either directly or via one or several radio stations forwarding the messages by using radio resources. The radio resources are allocated in a decentralized manner to radio stations to send the message. At least one radio station sends information about first radio resources used for sending at least one message to the at least one radio station, the information about the first radio resources being sent by using second radio resources that are allocated to the at least one radio station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Rüdiger Halfmann, Matthias Loft, Michael Meincke, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060165193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a radio communication system consisting of at least two frequency signal-transmitting channels. At least the first (fcoord) of said frequency channels is used for organising radio resources, and at least the second (fi) of the frequency channels is used for transmitting signals between the stations of the system where the signal transmission is carried out by the frequency channels from/in a direction of said stations in conformity with a predefined temporal pattern (P1, P2, P3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Rudiger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060128317
    Abstract: In a communication system, a first transmitting station transmits a transmission signal to a first receiving station for transmitting a sequence of data via a radio interface. The radio interface is monitored with respect to an interference signal from an interference source prior to transmission via at least one of the first transmitting station and the first receiving station. The transmission only begins if the radio interface is sufficiently free from interference for a moment in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Rudiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060040675
    Abstract: In a radio system having stations which are at least partially provided with a directional antenna, a first emitting station is provided with a directional antenna in a first spatial radio area. The first emitting station sends a direction information message indicating the spatial direction in which the data is to be transmitted. Transmission resources can be advantageously occupied based on the direction information message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Rudiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Egon Schulz
  • Publication number: 20060030343
    Abstract: A method performs synchronization in an at least partly self-organizing radio communication system with a number of mobile stations which lie across an air interface within two-way radio range. Al least some mobile stations from the number of mobile stations transmit synchronization sequences, by which a part or all the mobile stations of the number of mobile stations synchronize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Andre Ebner, Rudiger Halfmann, Hui Li, Matthias Lott, Hermann Rohling, Egon Schulz