Patents by Inventor Thomas Fliess
Thomas Fliess 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: 11388696Abstract: A method for improving reliability of a narrowband physical broadcast channel (NPBCH) reception in narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) user equipment (UE) during a cell acquisition phase. An object is to improve the existing NPBCH reception procedure in order to achieve a lower code-rate and hence a more reliable transmission between eNodeB and UEs will be solved thereby that the UE receives, descrambles and de-rate-matches at least a first and a second group of 64 NPBCH subframes, whereas using the four most significant bits of the system frame number as a counter and a modifier sequence {m}, which is applied to the first group of 64 NPBCH subframes, before combining the both groups, decoding and extracting the master information block from the combined NPBCH subframes and whereas the UE attaches to the cell if a match is found.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Fliess, Chethan Venkatesan
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Patent number: 11178611Abstract: The invention discloses a transmission scheme for mobile communication devices scheduled in a cell of a network by a base station, whereas a user equipment (UE) powered by a power supply transmits a block of payload information defined by a limited transmission power over a contiguous total transmission time, whereas transmissions of consecutive blocks of payload information of one UE are separated by scheduling gaps resulting from scheduling of UE transmissions by base station.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: COMMSOLID GMBHInventor: Thomas Fließ
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Patent number: 11109210Abstract: The application relates to a method for reducing false positive detection in NB-IoT downlink control channel. The method comprises the following steps: synchronizing a UE to an eNB and exchanging a data transmission via a NPDSCH or a NPUSCH, whereas DCI pertaining to downlink or uplink data transmission is signaled to UE by eNB via NPDCCH, wherein calculating an effective code rate of NPDCCH that is used in receiving downlink grant, resulting in a value CRNPDCCH, calculating a scheduled code rate of NPDSCH or NPUSCH, resulting in a value CRNPDSCH or CRNPUSCH, calculating a ratio between the effective code rate CRNPDCCH and the scheduled code rate CRNPDSCH or CRNPUSCH, resulting in a result x, comparing the result x with pre-defined upper and lower bounds, dropping and not processing further the result x as false positive detection if the result x violates the pre-defined bounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Thomas Fliess, Chethan Venkatesan
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Publication number: 20200404622Abstract: A method for improving reliability of a narrowband physical broadcast channel (NPBCH) reception in narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) user equipment (UE) during a cell acquisition phase. An object is to improve the existing NPBCH reception procedure in order to achieve a lower code-rate and hence a more reliable transmission between eNodeB and UEs will be solved thereby that the UE receives, descrambles and de-rate-matches at least a first and a second group of 64 NPBCH subframes, whereas using the four most significant bits of the system frame number as a counter and a modifier sequence {m}, which is applied to the first group of 64 NPBCH subframes, before combining the both groups, decoding and extracting the master information block from the combined NPBCH subframes and whereas the UE attaches to the cell if a match is found.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Thomas FLIESS, Chethan VENKATESAN
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Publication number: 20200267524Abstract: The application relates to a method for reducing false positive detection in NB-IoT downlink control channel. The method comprises the following steps: synchronizing a UE to an eNB and exchanging a data transmission via a NPDSCH or a NPUSCH, whereas DCI pertaining to downlink or uplink data transmission is signaled to UE by eNB via NPDCCH, wherein calculating an effective code rate of NPDCCH that is used in receiving downlink grant, resulting in a value CRNPDCCH, calculating a scheduled code rate of NPDSCH or NPUSCH, resulting in a value CRNPDSCH or CRNPUSCH, calculating a ratio between the effective code rate CRNPDCCH and the scheduled code rate CRNPDSCH or CRNPUSCH, resulting in a result x, comparing the result x with pre-defined upper and lower bounds, dropping and not processing further the result x as false positive detection if the result x violates the pre-defined bounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: THOMAS FLIESS, CHETHAN VENKATESAN
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Publication number: 20200037244Abstract: The invention discloses a transmission scheme for mobile communication devices scheduled in a cell of a network by a base station, whereas a user equipment (UE) powered by a power supply transmits a block of payload information defined by a limited transmission power over a contiguous total transmission time, whereas transmissions of consecutive blocks of payload information of one UE are separated by scheduling gaps resulting from scheduling of UE transmissions by base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: COMMSOLID GMBHInventor: Thomas FLIEß
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Publication number: 20200022086Abstract: This disclosure relates to a User Equipment (UE), comprising: a transceiver, configured to receive a Downlink (DL) transmission from a base station (BS) and to transmit an Uplink (UL) transmission to the BS; and a controller, configured to determine a decoding confidence of the BS based on a decoding confidence metric with respect to the received DL transmission and to generate a power scaling for the UL transmission based on the determined decoding confidence, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the UL transmission based on the power scaling generated by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Narayan Vishwanathan, Wei Jiang, Thomas Fliess, Ziyang Ju
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Patent number: 10342037Abstract: A radio receiver (300) includes: a decoding stage (301) configured to decode a downlink control channel (310) comprising an uplink grant and to derive a time budget (311) from a decoded uplink grant; a processing stage (302) configured to determine an amount of payload potentially generated for an uplink transport block (313) based on the time budget (311) and to generate a payload section (312) of the uplink transport block (313) based on the determined amount of payload; and an encoding stage (303) configured to generate a padding section of the uplink transport block (313) and to encode the uplink transport block (313) comprising the payload section (312) and the padding section.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventor: Thomas Fliess
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Patent number: 10187132Abstract: According to an example, a communication terminal is described including a plurality of antennas, a transceiver configured to receive a message indicating a first antenna of the plurality of antennas that the communication terminal is to use as transmission antenna and a controller configured to determine whether a second antenna of the plurality of antennas has, according to a predetermined performance measure, a higher transmission performance than the first antenna and to control the transceiver to use the second antenna for transmission based on whether it has a higher transmission performance than the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Intel IP CorporationInventors: Mathias Kurth, Jose A. Cesares Cano, Thomas Fliess
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Patent number: 9883470Abstract: A communication device is provided that includes a first transmission circuit configured to transmit radio signals with a first transmission power range up to a first predefined transmission power. The communication device further includes a second transmission circuit configured to transmit the radio signals with a second transmission power range up to a second predefined transmission power. The communication device further includes a baseband circuit configured to select a transmission circuit from the first transmission circuit and the second transmission circuit and to generate a signal based on the predefined transmission power of the selected transmission circuit. The baseband circuit is configured to apply the signal to the selected transmission circuit to be transmitted by the selected transmission circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: INTEL IP CORPORATIONInventors: Alejandro Roji, Jose Cesares Cano, Mathias Kurth, Thomas Fliess
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Publication number: 20170180024Abstract: According to an example, a communication terminal is described including a plurality of antennas, a transceiver configured to receive a message indicating a first antenna of the plurality of antennas that the communication terminal is to use as transmission antenna and a controller configured to determine whether a second antenna of the plurality of antennas has, according to a predetermined performance measure, a higher transmission performance than the first antenna and to control the transceiver to use the second antenna for transmission based on whether it has a higher transmission performance than the first antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Mathias Kurth, Jose A. Cesares Cano, Thomas Fliess
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Publication number: 20170181107Abstract: A communication device is provided that includes a first transmission circuit configured to transmit radio signals with a first transmission power range up to a first predefined transmission power. The communication device further includes a second transmission circuit configured to transmit the radio signals with a second transmission power range up to a second predefined transmission power. The communication device further includes a baseband circuit configured to select a transmission circuit from the first transmission circuit and the second transmission circuit and to generate a signal based on the predefined transmission power of the selected transmission circuit. The baseband circuit is configured to apply the signal to the selected transmission circuit to be transmitted by the selected transmission circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Alejandro Roji, Jose Cesares Cano, Mathias Kurth, Thomas Fliess
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Publication number: 20170086171Abstract: A radio receiver (300) includes: a decoding stage (301) configured to decode a downlink control channel (310) comprising an uplink grant and to derive a time budget (311) from a decoded uplink grant; a processing stage (302) configured to determine an amount of payload potentially generated for an uplink transport block (313) based on the time budget (311) and to generate a payload section (312) of the uplink transport block (313) based on the determined amount of payload; and an encoding stage (303) configured to generate a padding section of the uplink transport block (313) and to encode the uplink transport block (313) comprising the payload section (312) and the padding section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventor: Thomas Fliess
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Patent number: 9526042Abstract: A method for handover in a mobile communication system, wherein cell search is performed by determining cell identities based on cell identity information transmitted within downlink data is provided. The cell power of cells detected by cell search is measured. Moreover, the cell power of an additional cell is measured, the additional cell having a cell identity that is related to a cell identity of a cell detected by cell search in that the additional cell and the cell detected by cell search are adjacent cells. The method is applicable in cross-sector scenarios avoiding call drops due to lengthy cell detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbHInventors: Tianyan Pu, Thomas Fliess, Matthias Hofmann
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Publication number: 20160302111Abstract: A method for handover in a mobile communication system, wherein cell search is performed by determining cell identities based on cell identity information transmitted within downlink data is provided. The cell power of cells detected by cell search is measured. Moreover, the cell power of an additional cell is measured, the additional cell having a cell identity that is related to a cell identity of a cell detected by cell search in that the additional cell and the cell detected by cell search are adjacent cells. The method is applicable in cross-sector scenarios avoiding call drops due to lengthy cell detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Tianyan Pu, Thomas Fliess, Matthias Hofmann
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Patent number: 9313700Abstract: A method for handover in a mobile communication system, wherein cell search is performed by determining cell identities based on cell identity information transmitted within downlink data is provided. The cell power of cells detected by cell search is measured. Moreover, the cell power of an additional cell is measured, the additional cell having a cell identity that is related to a cell identity of a cell detected by cell search in that the additional cell and the cell detected by cell search are adjacent cells. The method is applicable in cross-sector scenarios avoiding call drops due to lengthy cell detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbHInventors: Tianyan Pu, Thomas Fliess, Matthias Hofmann
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Publication number: 20140274052Abstract: A method for handover in a mobile communication system, wherein cell search is performed by determining cell identities based on cell identity information transmitted within downlink data is provided. The cell power of cells detected by cell search is measured. Moreover, the cell power of an additional cell is measured, the additional cell having a cell identity that is related to a cell identity of a cell detected by cell search in that the additional cell and the cell detected by cell search are adjacent cells. The method is applicable in cross-sector scenarios avoiding call drops due to lengthy cell detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Tianyan PU, Thomas FLIESS, Matthias HOFMANN
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Patent number: 8744374Abstract: Methods and apparatus for uplink data transmission in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) compliant communication system use beam-forming in the uplink to increase the range of LTE compliant wireless communication terminals. Methods are provided for steering the beam in an optimal direction towards the base station, both for time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) communication schemes.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications Technology Dresden GmbHInventors: Volker Aue, Thomas Fliess
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Patent number: 8572299Abstract: A hardware accelerator module is driven by a system processor via a system bus to sequentially process data blocks of a data stream as a function of a parameter set defined by the processor. The module includes a register block adapted to receive parameter sets from the system processor, an accelerator core adapted to receive streaming data, to process data blocks of said streaming data in a manner defined by a parameter set, and to output processed streaming data, and a parameter buffering block adapted to consecutively store a plurality of parameter sets and to sequentially provide the parameter sets to the hardware accelerator core as a function of a busy state of the hardware accelerator core. The parameter buffering block enables to reduce downtimes of hardware accelerators, to increase data throughput, and to reduce the risk of a processor overload in a processor which drives several hardware accelerators.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications Technology Dresden GmbHInventors: Uwe Pross, Tobias Weber, Gunnar Nitsche, Thomas Fliess
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Publication number: 20120084543Abstract: A hardware accelerator module is driven by a system processor via a system bus to sequentially process data blocks of a data stream as a function of a parameter set defined by the processor. The module includes a register block adapted to receive parameter sets from the system processor, an accelerator core adapted to receive streaming data, to process data blocks of said streaming data in a manner defined by a parameter set, and to output processed streaming data, and a parameter buffering block adapted to consecutively store a plurality of parameter sets and to sequentially provide the parameter sets to the hardware accelerator core as a function of a busy state of the hardware accelerator core. The parameter buffering block enables to reduce downtimes of hardware accelerators, to increase data throughput, and to reduce the risk of a processor overload in a processor which drives several hardware accelerators.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY DRESDEN GMBHInventors: Uwe PROSS, Tobias WEBER, Gunnar NITSCHE, Thomas FLIESS