Patents by Inventor Tero Ihalainen

Tero Ihalainen 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: 11671187
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed, in which the apparatus comprising circuitry configured for: estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle and also determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technolgies Oy
    Inventors: Karthik Upadhya, Martti Moisio, Dani Korpi, Tero Ihalainen, Mikko Uusitalo
  • Patent number: 11477058
    Abstract: An inter-carrier interference method comprises: receiving one or more OFDM signal comprising plural blocks of OFDM subcarriers of a first type and plural blocks of OFDM subcarriers of a second type, wherein the frequencies of the subcarriers of each block of OFDM subcarriers of the first type are contiguous and wherein the plural blocks of subcarriers of the first type are distributed amongst the plural blocks of subcarriers of the second type; for each of the plural blocks of subcarriers of the first type, estimating inter-carrier interference components; estimating inter-carrier interference components for the subcarriers of the second type using the inter-carrier interference components estimated for the plural blocks of subcarriers of the first type; and compensating for inter-carrier interference in the plural blocks of subcarriers of the second type using the inter-carrier interference components estimated for the sub-carriers of the second type, thereby to generate plural compensated blocks of subcarri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Tero Ihalainen, Kari Pajukoski, Toni Levanen, Ville Syrjälä
  • Patent number: 11277239
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products relating to phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) design, for example, for discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM), are provided. One method may include forming, by a network node, a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) sample sequence using outer-most constellation points corresponding to scheduled modulation order of data channel, and scrambling the phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) sample sequence with a user equipment-specific sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Tero Ihalainen, Kari Pajukoski, Youngsoo Yuk
  • Publication number: 20210367815
    Abstract: An inter-carrier interference method comprises: receiving one or more OFDM signal comprising plural blocks of OFDM subcarriers of a first type and plural blocks of OFDM subcarriers of a second type, wherein the frequencies of the subcarriers of each block of OFDM subcarriers of the first type are contiguous and wherein the plural blocks of subcarriers of the first type are distributed amongst the plural blocks of subcarriers of the second type; for each of the plural blocks of subcarriers of the first type, estimating inter-carrier interference components; estimating inter-carrier interference components for the subcarriers of the second type using the inter-carrier interference components estimated for the plural blocks of subcarriers of the first type; and compensating for inter-carrier interference in the plural blocks of subcarriers of the second type using the inter-carrier interference components estimated for the sub-carriers of the second type, thereby to generate plural compensated blocks of subcarri
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tero IHALAINEN, Kari PAJUKOSKI, Toni LEVANEN, Ville SYRJÄLÄ
  • Publication number: 20210281336
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed, in which the apparatus comprising circuitry configured for: estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle and also determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Karthik UPADHYA, Martti Moisio, Dani Korpi, Tero Ihalainen, Mikko Uusitalo
  • Publication number: 20200304259
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products relating to phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) design, for example, for discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM), are provided. One method may include forming, by a network node, a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) sample sequence using outer-most constellation points corresponding to scheduled modulation order of data channel, and scrambling the phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) sample sequence with a user equipment-specific sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tero IHALAINEN, Kari PAJUKOSKI, Youngsoo YUK
  • Patent number: 10698525
    Abstract: A smart valve positioner is provided with a local user interface with non-mechanical touch buttons and a display inside a positioner housing under a housing cover for locally operating the valve positioner. The touch buttons are user-operable by touching the touch buttons when the housing cover is open. The housing cover is arranged to make the touch buttons user-operable from outside the housing by touching the housing cover, when the housing cover is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: METSO FLOW CONTROL OY
    Inventors: Tero Ihalainen, Juha Yli-Petäys
  • Patent number: 10317718
    Abstract: A smart valve positioner is provided with a local user interface with but-tons and a display inside a positioner housing under a housing cover for locally operating the valve positioner. The valve positioner is further provided with a detector detecting whether the housing or the housing cover is open or closed. The operation mode of the local user interface is configured to be different depending on whether the housing or housing cover is open or closed. For example, a larger variety of operations may be available when the housing or housing cover is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: METSO FLOW CONTROL OY
    Inventors: Tero Ihalainen, Juha Yli-Petäys
  • Publication number: 20180149286
    Abstract: A smart valve positioner is provided with a local user interface with but-tons and a display inside a positioner housing under a housing cover for locally operating the valve positioner. The valve positioner is further provided with a detector detecting whether the housing or the housing cover is open or closed. The operation mode of the local user interface is configured to be different depending on whether the housing or housing cover is open or closed. For example, a larger variety of operations may be available when the housing or housing cover is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: METSO FLOW CONTROL OY
    Inventors: Tero IHALAINEN, Juha YLI-PETÄYS
  • Publication number: 20180129338
    Abstract: A smart valve positioner is provided with a local user interface with non-mechanical touch buttons and a display inside a positioner housing under a housing cover for locally operating the valve positioner. The touch buttons are user-operable by touching the touch buttons when the housing cover is open. The housing cover is arranged to make the touch buttons user-operable from outside the housing by touching the housing cover, when the housing cover is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: METSO FLOW CONTROL OY
    Inventors: Tero IHALAINEN, Juha YLI-PETÄYS
  • Patent number: 7936851
    Abstract: A method for use in an equalization of a channel by means of an equalizer 22, 23 is shown, wherein the channel uses a certain frequency band for a transfer of signals. In order to enable a channel equalization which requires a low complexity and which provides at the same time a good performance, the method determines a channel response for at least one frequency point within the frequency band used by the channel. The method further sets at least one adjustable coefficient (?0k, bck, brk, a0k, a1k, a2k of the equalizer such that an equalizer response compensates optimally the determined channel response at the at least one selected frequency point. Also shown is a corresponding signal processing device 2, a corresponding signal processing system and a corresponding software program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Markku Renfors, Tero Ihalainen, Tobias Hidalgo Stitz
  • Publication number: 20080043827
    Abstract: A method for use in an equalization of a channel by means of an equalizer 22, 23 is shown, wherein the channel uses a certain frequency band for a transfer of signals. In order to enable a channel equalization which requires a low complexity and which provides at the same time a good performance, the method determines a channel response for at least one frequency point within the frequency band used by the channel. The method further sets at least one adjustable coefficient (?0k, bck, brk, a0k, a1k, a2k of the equalizer such that an equalizer response compensates optimally the determined channel response at the at least one selected frequency point. Also shown is a corresponding signal processing device 2, a corresponding signal processing system and a corresponding software program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Markku Renfors, Tero Ihalainen, Tobias Hidalgo Stitz
  • Publication number: 20040252772
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a filter bank based signal processing system. In order to enable a signal processing with a low complexity and at the same time a good performance, a method is proposed which comprises in a first step performing a filter-bank based analysis for converting a complex higher-rate channel signal into oversampled lower-rate sub-channel signals, each sub-channel corresponding to a different frequency range. In a second step, the proposed method comprises processing the oversampled lower-rate sub-channel signals with a polynomial model of a system frequency response within the frequency range of the respective sub-channel. The invention relates equally to a unit and a system comprising means for realizing the proposed method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Markku Renfors, Tero Ihalainen, Tobias Hidalgo-Stitz