Patents by Inventor Stefan ERETH

Stefan ERETH 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: 20260031852
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a terminal point of the wireless communication system, wherein the terminal point is configured to operate in a first mode and in a second mode, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive a signal, wherein the signal comprises information on a first channel access pattern for the first mode, wherein the terminal point is configured to determine the first channel access pattern for the first mode based on the information on the first channel access pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to determine a second channel access pattern for the second mode based on the information on the first channel access pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to transmit and/or receive data in the second mode by using the second channel access pattern, wherein the first channel access pattern for the first mode allows data transmission with a first latency, wherein the second channel access pattern for the second mode allows data transmission with a second latency, wherein the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Jakob KNEISSL, Karol BIEG, Dominik SOLLER, Clemens NEUMUELLER, Stefan ERETH, Maximilian BURGER, Raimund MEYER, Frank OBERNOSTERER, Michael SCHLICHT
  • Publication number: 20250226933
    Abstract: A transceiver of a wireless communication network is configured to transmit and/or receive data [e.g., a telegram] using a hopping pattern, defining a sequence of time instants relative to a periodic time grid, and configured to determine [e.g., generate or calculate] the hopping pattern by determining, using a first and a second determination function, time offsets between time instants of at least a block of time instants of the sequence of time instants and respective grid positions of the periodic time grid, wherein the first determination function specifies that time distances between immediately subsequent/consecutive time instants of the block of time instants are pseudo-randomly distributed between a predefined minimum time distance and a predefined maximum time distance, and the second one specifies that time offsets between the time instants of the block of time instants and the respective grid positions lie within respective time offset ranges around respective grid positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Jakob KNEIßL, Karol BIEG, Josef BERNHARD, Dominik SOLLER, Clemens NEUMÜLLER, Stefan ERETH, Maximilian BURGER
  • Patent number: 12225520
    Abstract: What is describes is a participant of a communication system, the participant being configured to transmit data using a first radio network and a second radio network in a frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the first radio network according to a first time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a first frequency range of the frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the second radio network according to a second time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a second frequency range of the frequency band, wherein the first time and/or frequency hopping pattern and the second time and/or frequency hopping pattern are different, wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range overlap at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Dominik Soller, Günter Rohmer, Frank Nachtrab, Jakob Kneißl, Stefan Ereth, Michael Schlicht
  • Patent number: 12114274
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive a synchronization data packet of a point-to-multipoint data transfer of the base station of the communication system, wherein the synchronization data packet is transferred in a frequency range of the frequency band of the communication system that is specified or known to the participant, wherein the participant is configured to receive, on the basis of the synchronization data packet, a payload data packet of the point-to-multipoint data transfer that is referenced in time and/or frequency to the synchronization data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DIEHL METERING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Klaus Gottschalk, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneißl, Dominik Soller, Stefan Ereth
  • Patent number: 12096167
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic functional unit, the electromagnetic functional unit being an actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal or the electromagnetic functional unit being an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic functional unit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic functional unit, a magnetic signal which carries first data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus. Additionally, the method has a step of detecting another signal output by the other apparatus, the other signal carrying second data to be transmitted from the other apparatus to the user terminal. Thus, the magnetic signal and the other signal differ in the physical signal type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Michael Schlicht, Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian, Dominik Soller, Alexej Jarresch, Stefan Ereth
  • Publication number: 20240214742
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a transmission/reception arrangement for transmission/reception of magnetic signals, wherein the transmission/reception arrangement comprises a microcontroller and an electromagnetic resonant circuit, wherein the microcontroller is configured, in a transmission mode, to operate the electromagnetic resonant circuit in series resonance, and to generate a first signal for driving the electromagnetic resonant circuit, and to drive the electromagnetic resonant circuit with the generated first signal so as to generate, with the electromagnetic resonant circuit, a first magnetic signal carrying first data, wherein the microcontroller is configured, in a reception mode, to operate the electromagnetic resonant circuit in parallel resonance, and to evaluate a second signal provided by the electromagnetic resonant circuit, said second signal depending on a second magnetic signal detected by the electromagnetic resonant circuit, so as to receive second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Johannes WORM, Stefan ERETH, Thomas LAUTERBACH, Tobias DRÄGER
  • Patent number: 11881637
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna arrangement including a magnetic antenna and a tuning element. The magnetic antenna includes a loop interrupted one or several times and a tuning element for tuning the magnetic antenna. The tuning element is configured to provide a tuning signal (e.g., control signal) for tuning the magnetic antenna, and to control the tuning element with the tuning signal to tune the magnetic antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Tobias Dräger, Christopher Laske, Ralph Oppelt, Michael Kamper, Felix Auer, Stefan Ereth, Gerald Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11792853
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a base station of an uncoordinated wireless communication system, wherein the communication system is configured to communicate in a radio band used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the base station is configured to receive an uplink transmission from an end point of the wireless communication system, wherein the base station is configured to transmit, in response to the reception of the uplink transmission, a downlink transmission to the end point in a downlink transmission window, wherein the downlink transmission window is synchronized in time to the uplink transmission, wherein the base station is configured, in case of an expected collision of the downlink transmission with another transmission, to reposition the downlink transmission in time and/or frequency within the downlink transmission window, in order to avoid a collision of the downlink transmission with the other transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Stefan Ereth, Dominik Soller
  • Patent number: 11700032
    Abstract: Proposed is a controller for a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band that is used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a channel access pattern, wherein the channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify the channel access pattern as a function of individual information of the communication system and as a function of a state of a numerical sequence generator for generating a numerical sequence or a number of a numerical sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Frank Obernosterer, Raimund Meyer, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneißl, Stefan Ereth, Jörg Robert
  • Patent number: 11671140
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a transmission method for wireless transmission of data within a communication system. The method includes a step of transmitting the data in a manner that is time-synchronized with a reference signal while using a frequency hopping pattern and/or time hopping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Stefan Ereth, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler
  • Patent number: 11516703
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a transfer method for transferring data of variable length using a fixedly specified number of sub-data packets to which the data of variable length is distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Joerg Robert, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Stefan Ereth
  • Publication number: 20220069866
    Abstract: A participant of a communication system includes a microcontroller and a configuration interface, wherein the configuration interface includes an electromagnetic resonant circuit directly connected to the microcontroller, configured to detect and/or to generate a magnetic signal including data to be transmitted to and/or from the participant, wherein the microcontroller is connected to at least one tuning element for tuning the electromagnetic resonant circuit, wherein the microcontroller is configured to switch at least one pin of the microcontroller, with which the at least one tuning element is connected, to one of several different operating modes in order to tune the electromagnetic resonant circuit, wherein the electromagnetic resonant circuit is connected in series between a first pin of the microcontroller and a reference potential terminal, wherein the at least one tuning element is connected between the first pin and at least one second pin of the microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller is conf
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Alexej JARRESCH, Martin KOHLMANN, Stefan ERETH, Ferdinand KEMETH, Robert KOCH
  • Publication number: 20220022205
    Abstract: What is describes is a participant of a communication system, the participant being configured to transmit data using a first radio network and a second radio network in a frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the first radio network according to a first time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a first frequency range of the frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the second radio network according to a second time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a second frequency range of the frequency band, wherein the first time and/or frequency hopping pattern and the second time and/or frequency hopping pattern are different, wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range overlap at least partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Dominik SOLLER, Günter ROHMER, Frank NACHTRAB, Jakob KNEIßL, Stefan ERETH, Michael SCHLICHT
  • Publication number: 20220013910
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna arrangement including a magnetic antenna and a tuning element. The magnetic antenna includes a loop interrupted one or several times and a tuning element for tuning the magnetic antenna. The tuning element is configured to provide a tuning signal (e.g., control signal) for tuning the magnetic antenna, and to control the tuning element with the tuning signal to tune the magnetic antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Tobias DRÄGER, Christopher LASKE, Ralph OPPELT, Michael KAMPER, Felix AUER, Stefan ERETH, Gerald ULBRICHT
  • Publication number: 20210385768
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive a synchronization data packet of a point-to-multipoint data transfer of the base station of the communication system, wherein the synchronization data packet is transferred in a frequency range of the frequency band of the communication system that is specified or known to the participant, wherein the participant is configured to receive, on the basis of the synchronization data packet, a payload data packet of the point-to-multipoint data transfer that is referenced in time and/or frequency to the synchronization data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Klaus GOTTSCHALK, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEIßL, Dominik SOLLER, Stefan ERETH
  • Patent number: 11190627
    Abstract: A transmitter is configured to operate in a mobile communication system according to a mobile communication standard (e.g., 3GPP), wherein resources of the communication system are divided into resources elements. The transmitter is also configured to transmit an additional telegram by separating the telegram into a plurality of data packets, each of the data packets being shorter than the telegram, and transmitting each of the data packets respectively in one of the resource elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg '
    Inventors: Albert Heuberger, Marco Breiling, Jörg Robert, Jakob Kneissl, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Johannes Wechsler, Stefan Ereth
  • Publication number: 20210360339
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic functional unit, the electromagnetic functional unit being an actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal or the electromagnetic functional unit being an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic functional unit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic functional unit, a magnetic signal which carries first data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus. Additionally, the method has a step of detecting another signal output by the other apparatus, the other signal carrying second data to be transmitted from the other apparatus to the user terminal. Thus, the magnetic signal and the other signal differ in the physical signal type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael SCHLICHT, Josef BERNHARD, Gerd KILIAN, Dominik SOLLER, Alexej JARRESCH, Stefan ERETH
  • Publication number: 20210315013
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a base station of an uncoordinated wireless communication system, wherein the communication system is configured to communicate in a radio band used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the base station is configured to receive an uplink transmission from an end point of the wireless communication system, wherein the base station is configured to transmit, in response to the reception of the uplink transmission, a downlink transmission to the end point in a downlink transmission window, wherein the downlink transmission window is synchronized in time to the uplink transmission, wherein the base station is configured, in case of an expected collision of the downlink transmission with another transmission, to reposition the downlink transmission in time and/or frequency within the downlink transmission window, in order to avoid a collision of the downlink transmission with the other transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Stefan ERETH, Dominik SOLLER
  • Publication number: 20210250146
    Abstract: Data transmitter of a digital communication system, wherein the data transmitter is configured to transmit a pilot signal, wherein, for at least one partial transfer duration of a transfer duration of the pilot signal, the pilot signal is precisely at one frequency of a plurality of frequencies of a frequency channel used for data transfer by the data transmitter according to a modulation method, wherein the partial transfer duration corresponds to at least two symbol durations, preferably at least three symbol durations, or particularly preferably at least four symbol durations, of the data transfer of the data transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEIßL, Dominik SOLLER, Stefan ERETH, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Klaus GOTTSCHALK
  • Publication number: 20210105041
    Abstract: Proposed is a controller for a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band that is used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a channel access pattern, wherein the channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify the channel access pattern as a function of individual information of the communication system and as a function of a state of a numerical sequence generator for generating a numerical sequence or a number of a numerical sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Frank OBERNOSTERER, Raimund MEYER, Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEIßL, Stefan ERETH, Jörg ROBERT