Patents by Inventor Ruediger Halfmann
Ruediger 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).
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Patent number: 10194325Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request for an optimization of a rule affecting a border of a shared resource is received from a first controller; identifying, if the request is received, a second controller having at least a part of the border in common with the first controller; informing the second controller on the request, the rule, and the part of the border.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Eva Perez, Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Patent number: 10070444Abstract: An apparatus and a method are described, by which a fragmentation probability is determined which indicates a probability of fragmentation of frequency resources in at least one network section for at least one network operating entity. Moreover, an apparatus and a method are described, by which frequency resources in at least one network section are allocated and/or de-allocated, priorities of frequency resources are defined for at least one network operating entity individually, and allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources for the at least one network operating entity is performed based on the priorities. For allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources, also the fragmentation probability may be taken into account.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Patent number: 9906962Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution may include serving one or more cells of a radio access system, the geographical area of the radio access system comprising one or more reservation zones, where the use of the resources of the zones may be activated or deactivated by a network element of the system; storing for each served cell category classification information of each served cell, the category classification describing how the cell interferes with each of the one or more authorized/licenced shared access reservation zones; storing one or more predetermined actions for each category classification and reservation zone; receiving a command from a network element related to the activation or deactivation of one or more authorized/licenced shared access reservation zones and executing one or more predetermined actions on the basis of the command.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Publication number: 20170318469Abstract: A method and apparatus may configure a first network-resource pool and a second network-resource pool. At least one network resource may correspond to the first network-resource pool. At least one network resource may correspond to the second network-resource pool. The method may also include receiving a request to provide a requested network resource. The request may be received from a requesting network. The method may also include determining whether the requested network resource matches any network resource in the first network-resource pool or the second network-resource pool. The method may also include determining whether to perform a relocation procedure to relocate a network resource corresponding to the requested network resource from one network-resource pool to the other network-resource pool. The method may also include performing the relocation procedure, if the relocation procedure is determined to be performed. The method may also include providing the requested network resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Eva Perez, Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Patent number: 9769672Abstract: It is provided a method, including mapping, based on a predefined zone mapping table, a share status of a geographically defined zone to a cell of a communication network; identifying, based on a predefined cell mapping table, a cell device related to the cell; and triggering issuing a command to the cell device to modify an activity status of a predefined radio resource in the cell depending on the share status.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Nokia Solutions And Networks OYInventors: Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Publication number: 20170180998Abstract: It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request for an optimization of a rule affecting a border of a shared resource is received from a first controller; identifying, if the request is received, a second controller having at least a part of the border in common with the first controller; informing the second controller on the request, the rule, and the part of the border.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Eva Perez, Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Publication number: 20160205561Abstract: It is provided a method, including mapping, based on a predefined zone mapping table, a share status of a geographically defined zone to a cell of a communication network; identifying, based on a predefined cell mapping table, a cell device related to the cell; and triggering issuing a command to the cell device to modify an activity status of a predefined radio resource in the cell depending on the share status.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Christian MARKWART, Ruediger HALFMANN
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Publication number: 20160127912Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution may include serving one or more cells of a radio access system, the geographical area of the radio access system comprising one or more reservation zones, where the use of the resources of the zones may be activated or deactivated by a network element of the system; storing for each served cell category classification information of each served cell, the category classification describing how the cell interferes with each of the one or more authorized/licenced shared access reservation zones; storing one or more predetermined actions for each category classification and reservation zone; receiving a command from a network element related to the activation or deactivation of one or more authorized/licenced shared access reservation zones and executing one or more predetermined actions on the basis of the command.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Christian MARKWART, Ruediger HALFMANN
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Patent number: 8990421Abstract: Data received by a first network component from a second network component is processed by a filter function according to which the whole data or a portion of the data is used.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Elena Costa, Josef Martin Eichinger, Ruediger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
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Publication number: 20140307701Abstract: An apparatus and a method are described, by which a fragmentation probability is determined which indicates a probability of fragmentation of frequency resources in at least one network section for at least one network operating entity. Moreover, an apparatus and a method are described, by which frequency resources in at least one network section are allocated and/or de-allocated, priorities of frequency resources are defined for at least one network operating entity individually, and allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources for the at least one network operating entity is performed based on the priorities. For allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources, also the fragmentation probability may be taken into account.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Christian Markwart, Ruediger Halfmann
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Publication number: 20140302873Abstract: A method of verifying the location of a home base station (102) comprises the steps of receiving at the home base station (102) a broadcast Femto location identifier (FID) transmitted by nearby macro base stations (108, 110) and checking at the home base station (102) or at any network entity (SON or OAM server) whether the Femto location identifier (FID) is valid for the location of the home base station (102) in order to verify its location. The method may be applied during discovery and registration of home base station (102) and also subsequently.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Christian Markwart, Wolfgang Zirwas
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Patent number: 8744339Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless telecommunication system including at least one Base Station (BS) for communicating with at least one multihop Relay Node (RN) using a wireless link of a first type and with at least one local user equipment unit (UE) located within a range of the base station (BS) using at least one wireless link of a second type, wherein the wireless link of the first type is used to transmit a combined data flow encapsulating multiple individual data flows relating to different services and/or remote user equipment (UE) units.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignees: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Andreas Ibing, Wolfgang Zirwas
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Patent number: 8654694Abstract: Controlling a probability that user equipment is in a power saving mode to adapt the user equipment to characteristics of a shared channel and packet service includes determining a class of the user equipment by comparing at least one data traffic requirement value and a power condition value of the user equipment with predetermined threshold values, and adjusting mode timers according to the determined class of the user equipment depending on the data traffic requirement values and depending on the power condition value of the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Xin Chang, Ruediger Halfmann, Zhen Ping Hu, Jijun Luo, Wei Qiu, Hong Kui Shi
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Patent number: 8611914Abstract: According to a method for operating a radio communication system, a first radio station decides about the assignment of first radio resources to a user terminal and thereafter assigns the first radio resources to the user terminal. Before deciding about the assignment of the first radio resources to the user terminal, the first radio station transmits information to a second radio station regarding the first radio station's future assignment of the first radio resources. Radio stations carry out the method.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Andreas Lobinger, Jijun Luo
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Patent number: 8605664Abstract: 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 depeType: GrantFiled: November 22, 2007Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Josef Martin Eichinger, Yan Gao, RĂ¼diger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Bernard Raaf, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
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Publication number: 20130315134Abstract: It is described an access module for a relay node for a radio telecommunication network. The access module includes an access communication part for providing a radio connection between the relay node and at least one user equipment, and an access interface for connecting the access module to a backhaul module of the relay node via an Internet Protocol network connection, wherein the access module and the backhaul module are spatially separated from each other. It is further described a backhaul module for a relay node, which includes a backhaul communication part for providing a radio connection between the relay node and a base station of the radio telecommunication network, and a backhaul interface for connecting the backhaul module to an access module of the relay node via an Internet Protocol network connection, wherein the backhaul module and the access module are spatially separated from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: NOKIA SLEMENS NETWORKS OYInventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Bernhard Raaf, Simone Redana
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Patent number: 8532677Abstract: The proposed methods and devices provide a new technique for feeding back CSI information of a channel between a network element and a user equipment to the network element by feeding back a location of the user equipment. The new technique opens completely new options for multi user scheduling and channel prediction. According to embodiments, a proposed user equipment configuration is indicated to the user by the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co.Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
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Patent number: 8483734Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Inventors: Michael Einhaus, RĂ¼diger Halfmann, Matthias Lott, Martin Weckerle
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Patent number: 8391151Abstract: A mobile network telecommunication system is provided. The system includes a base station for sending flow control signal for a UE (user equipment) to a core network, the core network being capable of responding to the flow control signal by buffering packet data for the UE, and an interface for transmitting the flow control signal between the base station and the core network.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks OyInventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Yikang Xiang
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Patent number: 8331291Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks OyInventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Yikang Xiang