Patents by Inventor Stephan Karger

Stephan Karger 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: 7826577
    Abstract: A method is provided for frequency acquisition, particularly for initial frequency acquisition, pursuant to a known synchronization sequence for synchronizing a mobile communications device having a local oscillator with previously known transmit frequencies of a base station that transmit in a known channel raster with defined frequency points within a band, wherein the method includes the steps of determining the inband power of the known synchronization sequence via a sensor by scanning a frequency band, performing coarse determination of the local power maximum of the inband power and, thus, of the received carrier frequency over the scanned frequency band, producing a presumed channel frequency at which the base station is transmitting on the basis of knowledge of the channel raster of the transmit frequencies of the base station, performing fine determination of the received carrier frequency by comparison with the known synchronization sequence, and correcting the frequency deviation of the local oscil
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Bienek, Andreas Falkenberg, Stephan Karger, Theo Kreul, Albrecht Kunz, Holger Landenberger
  • Patent number: 7289779
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating the frequency of an RF oscillator in a mobile part of a mobile communications device when the mobile part is first switched on, wherein the method includes the steps of: sampling a modulated carrier that is transmitted by a base station and has a prescribed frequency accuracy, such that scanning of the modulated carrier is performed via a frequency search algorithm with the modulated carrier being demodulated, a signal thus demodulated being compared in an evaluation and synchronization program via a correlation with a sequence known in advance, and a correlation peak in an output of the correlator being determined; determining a frequency error between the frequency of the RF oscillator in the mobile part of the mobile communications device and a known channel frequency of the base station by comparing the determined correlation peak of the output of the correlator with a channel raster, known in advance to the mobile communications device, of the base station; synchroniz
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Bienek, Andreas Falkenberg, Stephan Karger, Theo Kreul, Albrecht Kunz, Holger Landenberger
  • Patent number: 7197316
    Abstract: In a method for administering radio resources in a mobile radio cell, which includes a plurality of mobile terminals which are distinguishable by their radio signals, and a base station, the administration of radio resources of a mobile radio cell is improved to such an extent that the available radio resources are utilized more economically. A mobile terminal is requested by the base station to send out a signal, currently present at a receiver of the mobile terminal, which is representative of an interference situation at the location of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stephan Karger
  • Publication number: 20050129190
    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying a first subscriber of a telecommunication network, a receiving terminal for identifying a first subscriber of a telecommunication network, and a transmitting terminal. According to the inventive method, the identification of the first subscriber is carried out in such a manner that information of at least one type of information for identifying the first subscriber is output to at least one receiving terminal, whereby the output of information of the information type text is excluded on the at least one receiving terminal. This method enables identification capabilities to be integrated in a more diverse manner; in particular, multimedia representations are integrated during the identification of the first subscriber of the telecommunications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Christoph Euscher, Stephan Karger, Dirk Langefeld, Mario Rohle, Benedikt Rosen, Malte Schmidt, Rolf Theisen
  • Publication number: 20040043737
    Abstract: A method is provided for calibrating the frequency of an RF oscillator in a mobile part of a mobile communications device when the mobile part is first switched on, wherein the method includes the steps of: sampling a modulated carrier that is transmitted by a base station and has a prescribed frequency accuracy, such that scanning of the modulated carrier is performed via a frequency search algorithm with the modulated carrier being demodulated, a signal thus demodulated being compared in an evaluation and synchronization program via a correlation with a sequence known in advance, and a correlation peak in an output of the correlator being determined; determining a frequency error between the frequency of the RF oscillator in the mobile part of the mobile communications device and a known channel frequency of the base station by comparing the determined correlation peak of the output of the correlator with a channel raster, known in advance to the mobile communications device, of the base station; synchroniz
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Bienek, Andreas Falkenberg, Stephan Karger, Theo Kreul, Albrecht Kunz, Holger Landenberger
  • Publication number: 20040028160
    Abstract: A method is provided for frequency acquisition, particularly for initial frequency acquisition, pursuant to a known synchronization sequence for synchronizing a mobile communications device having a local oscillator with previously known transmit frequencies of a base station that transmit in a known channel raster with defined frequency points within a band, wherein the method includes the steps of determining the inband power of the known synchronization sequence via a sensor by scanning a frequency band, performing coarse determination of the local power maximum of the inband power and, thus, of the received carrier frequency over the scanned frequency band, producing a presumed channel frequency at which the base station is transmitting on the basis of knowledge of the channel raster of the transmit frequencies of the base station, performing fine determination of the received carrier frequency by comparison with the known synchronization sequence, and correcting the frequency deviation of the local oscil
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Bienek, Andreas Falkenberg, Stephan Karger, Theo Kreul, Albrecht Kunz, Holger Landenberger
  • Publication number: 20030134639
    Abstract: In a method for administering radio resources in a mobile radio cell, which includes a plurality of mobile terminals which are distinguishable by their radio signals, and a base station, the administration of radio resources of a mobile radio cell is improved to such an extent that the available radio resources are utilized more economically. A mobile terminal is requested by the base station to send out a signal, currently present at a receiver of the mobile terminal, which is representative of an interference situation at the location of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventor: Stephan Karger