Patents by Inventor Thomas Wirth

Thomas Wirth 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: 12677304
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a transceiver being configured to participate in at least one communication service provided by a wireless communication network, the transceiver having a communication interface for receiving and/or transmitting communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service. The transceiver is configured to transmit and/or receive the communication data pertaining to the at least one communication service only if at least one of the following predetermined criteria is met: a) the current location of the transceiver is determined to be inside a designated geographical area being related to the at least one communication service, b) the transceiver receives an intimation signal from a second being different to the at least one communication service, c) the transceiver received communication data pertaining to the at least one communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Sarun Selvanesan, Baris Goektepe
  • Publication number: 20260189357
    Abstract: A receiver is configured to receive and process a radio signal. The radio signal includes a first frequency band including a first signal, the first signal including a plurality of TDD-frames. The receiver is configured to evaluate reception of downlink data to obtain evaluation data. The receiver is further configured to transmit the evaluation data in a second frequency band outside of the first frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Cornelius HELLGE, Baris GOEKTEPE, Lars THIELE
  • Publication number: 20260181458
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transceiver device such as a user equipment, UE, configured for operating in a wireless communication network providing a plurality of time resources in a time-frequency grid, the plurality of time resources having a first subset of time resources being sub-band full duplex, SBFD, time resources and a second subset of time resources being non-SBFD time resources; wherein according to a first configuration, the transceiver device restricts communication to one of the first type and the second type; and wherein according to a second configuration, the transceiver device uses both the first type and the second type for communication; wherein based on a received message, e.g., from a base station; and/or based on a determination result obtained by the transceiver device the transceiver device is to operate according to the first configuration or the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas WIRTH, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Priyanka DEY
  • Publication number: 20260172911
    Abstract: An embodiment of a user equipment supports conditional handovers to one or more cells of a cellular network. The user equipment is configured to receive configuration data from the cellular network. The configuration data indicates for a plurality of target cells of the cellular network, conditions to trigger a conditional handover to any of the target cells. The user equipment is further configured to check the conditions with respect to appliance, and, in case of appliance, trigger the conditional handover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Eiko SEIDEL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Sarun SELVANESAN, Baris GÖKTEPE
  • Publication number: 20260172183
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the invention comprise a device for operating in a wireless communication network. The device is to operate a model to estimate (and/or optionally to model) and/or to predict one or more parameters and/or a characteristics of the wireless communication network. Furthermore, corresponding entities, signals and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Tatiana RYKOV, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20260173064
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is to transmit or receive at a plurality of configured or preconfigured opportunities, like a plurality or semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, or configured grant, CG, opportunities; and wherein, responsive to one or more criteria, the UE is to skip one or more of the SPS or CG opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Baris GÖKTEPE, Jasmina MCMENAMY, Sarun SELVANESAN, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 12659822
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wireless communication system is described, where the wireless communication system includes one or more UEs and a plurality of cells. A UE entering into a predefined handover event measures a channel condition of one or more neighboring cells for a predefined time, e.g., the time to trigger, TTT. The apparatus adapts the TTT based on one or more channel conditions of the one or more neighboring cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Göktepe, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Nithin Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20260164414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless communication device, e.g., a user device, configured for processing a signal transmitted occupying at least one slot/subframe/radioframe that is according to a second wireless communication scheme. The signal is an adaptation of a first communication scheme to fit the second communication scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas WIRTH, Lars THIELE, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Chaitali PAWASE, Priyanka DEY
  • Publication number: 20260164502
    Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a plurality of user devices, UEs. The UE communicates with one or more further UEs using a sidelink, SL. The UE operates in a Discontinuous Reception, DRX, mode. When out-of-coverage, the UE obtains one or more resources available for a transmission from an assistance information message, AIM, received from one or more of the further UEs during an ON duration of one or more DRX cycles, and/or from an assistance information message, AIM, received from one or more of the further UEs during a listening duration, and/or by carrying out sensing in a set of sidelink resources or in a sidelink resource pool of the wireless communication system during an ON duration of one or more DRX cycles, and/or by carrying out sensing in a set of sidelink resources or in a sidelink resource pool of the wireless communication system during a listening duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Sarun SELVANESAN, Baris GOEKTEPE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Patent number: 12652570
    Abstract: A user device, UE, is described which monitors a plurality of beams for a predefined time period for one or more predefined event criteria and determines a meeting of the one or more predefined event criteria using a Layer1 measurement. The one or more of the predefined event criteria include one or more of the following: LTM2, LTM3, LTM4, LTM5. Responsive to meeting one or more of the predefined event criteria, the UE provides a measurement report. The UE sends the measurement report to a network entity in case a leaving condition is met, the measurement report having a CRI and/or a SSBRI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Wiegand, Alvaro López Raventós, Buket Torun
  • Publication number: 20260156658
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network, is described. The UE is to communicate with one or more further UEs in the wireless communication network over a sidelink, SL. The UE is configured or preconfigured to support sidelink carrier aggregation, SL-CA, the SL-CA comprising a plurality of component carriers, CCs. The UE is to select the CCs for the SL communication in accordance with a configuration or pre-configuration of the SL-CA, and/or based on inter-UE coordination, IuC, information indicating available/preferred or unavailable/not-preferred resources or a collision, e.g., collision indicator, CI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas WIRTH, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas SCHIERL, Thomas WIEGAND, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Publication number: 20260150121
    Abstract: In the field of wireless communication systems or networks, the design of resource pools as they may be used in sidelink communications among users of the wireless communication system, for example in V2X applications, is described. In particular, an improved resource pool design, for example for resource pools to be used in sidelink communications in V2X services in view of the advantages defined by the NR 5G standard, is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Sarun SELVANESAN, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Cornelius HELLGE, Roya EBRAHIM REZAGAH, Robin THOMAS, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Eiko SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20260149949
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a novel form of communication within a cellular wireless communication network. One aspect of the invention concerns a User Equipment for a cellular network, wherein the UE inter alia includes a first interface for UE-to-Basestation communication configured to communicate with a base station of the cellular network and a second interface for UE-to-UE communication configured to communicate with one or more other UEs of a UE-Group to which the UE belongs. According to the invention the UE is configured to receive via its first interface configuration data for configuring its second interface, and to coordinate, via the second interface, a communication within the UE Group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Robin Thomas, Thomas Schierl, Lars Thiele, Eiko Seidel
  • Publication number: 20260142769
    Abstract: A receiver receives and processes a data signal having at least one data signal block. The data signal block has a number of symbols in the time domain and a number of sub-carriers in the frequency domain. The data signal block includes a control region to provide control data to the receiver and a payload region to provide payload data to the receiver. Payload data is allocated to the control region of the data signal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GOEKTEPE, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Dennis WIERUCH, Bernd HOLFELD, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas HAUSTEIN, Lars THIELE, Martin KURRAS
  • Patent number: 12634890
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system is described. The wireless communication system including a plurality of user devices, UEs. Responsive to a trigger for a transmission, the UE obtains a candidate resource set for the transmission by selecting resources for the transmission within a selection window following the trigger. The UE selects the resources by taking into consideration sensing results obtained by the UE during a sensing window preceding the trigger, and the sensing results indicate whether certain resources are available or unavailable for the transmission. The UE receives from one or more further UEs one or more reports or assistance information messages, AIMs, including resource allocation related assistance information, and considers a received report or AIM for selecting resources for the transmission when one or more predefined conditions are met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan, Baris Göktepe, Thomas Fehrenbach, Thomas Wirth, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl
  • Publication number: 20260136411
    Abstract: A radio transmitter apparatus for transmitting a data transmission for at least one radio tag of a plurality of radio tags is described. The data transmission includes a first part and a second part including data to be transmitted to the at least one radio tag. The radio transmitter apparatus processes the second part of the data transmission such that the data is free of a pattern representing a start indicator for any of the plurality of radio tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIEGAND, Alvaro LÓPEZ RAVENTÓS, Buket TORUN
  • Publication number: 20260136414
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system is described. The UE is to communicate with the wireless communication system via at least one relay UE, the UE and the relay UE communicating over a sidelink interface. When communicating with the wireless communication system via the relay UE, e.g., when starting and/or during a communication, the UE is to establish a network control layer in its protocol stack, and the network control layer is to provide some control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Jasmina MCMENAMY, Roya EBRAHIM REZAGAH, Nithin SRINIVASAN, Baris GÖKTEPE, Sarun SELVANESAN, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE
  • Publication number: 20260134236
    Abstract: A reader device for communicating with at least one radio tag of a plurality of radio tags is described. The reader device is connectable to a radio access network, RAN, entity of a wireless communication system and to one or more or all of the plurality of radio tags. Responsive to one or more conditions, the reader device operates in accordance with a radio tag mode, e.g. an A-IoT mode, in which a data transfer between the radio device and the at least one radio tag is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GOEKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIEGAND, Alvaro LÓPEZ RAVENTÓS, Buket TORUN
  • Publication number: 20260136261
    Abstract: A user equipment for communication over a cellular network is configured for simultaneously communicating with one or more cells of first and second nodes of the cellular network, and to methods for operating such user equipments for communication over a cellular network. Furthermore, a user equipment for communication over a cellular network includes a plurality of base stations which are connected over a xhaul network of the cellular network to a core network of the cellular network, wherein the user equipment is configured for communicating with one of the base stations of the cellular network, which is used as a serving base station, or for communicating with more of the base stations of the cellular network simultaneously, which respectively are used as serving base stations, and to methods for operating such user equipments for communication over a cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Roya Ebrahim Rezagah, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Haustein, Jasmina McMenamy
  • Publication number: 20260136226
    Abstract: A user device, UE, is described which monitors a plurality of beams for a predefined time period for one or more predefined event criteria and determines a meeting of the one or more predefined event criteria using a Layer1 measurement. The one or more of the predefined event criteria include one or more of the following: LTM2, LTM3, LTM4, LTM5. Responsive to meeting one or more of the predefined event criteria, the UE provides a measurement report. The UE sends the measurement report to a network entity in case a leaving condition is met, the measurement report having a CRI and/or a SSBRI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FEHRENBACH, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas WIRTH, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas WIEGAND, Alvaro LÓPEZ RAVENTÓS, Buket TORUN