Patents by Inventor Thorsten Lohmar

Thorsten Lohmar 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).

  • Method and arrangement for supporting playout of content
    Patent number: 11553154
    Abstract: Methods and arrangements in a client node and a server node support a decision on decoding and playout of a certain content in the client node. The methods and arrangements relate to the determining, conveying and obtaining of information related to the characteristics (level) required for decoding and playing out the certain media content at a non-regular playout rate. The method and arrangement in the client node further relate to determining, based on the obtained information, which playout rate(s) is/are supported by the client node in regard of level. The methods and arrangements enable the client node to refrain from attempting to decode and play out of the content at a non-regular rate requiring a level which is not supported by the client node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Clinton Priddle, Per Fröjdh, Thorsten Lohmar, Zhuangfei Wu
  • Apparatuses, methods, computer programs, and computer program products for FLUS remote control channels
    Patent number: 11539759
    Abstract: A method, performed by a source control entity, for controlling delivery of a media source to a media sink, is provided. The method includes: the source control entity sending an indication of availability for streaming; the source control entity establishing connections with one or more controller nodes; the source control entity receiving a first command from one of the one or more controller nodes; and the source control entity relaying the first command to the media source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Ali El Essaili, Mohamed Ibrahim
  • Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for discovery of application server and/or services for V2X communications
    Patent number: 11523257
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method performed by a V2X user equipment (UE) for service discovery from a V2X application server (AS). The method includes sending, to a first address associated with the V2X AS, a first request for further address information associated with the V2X AS. The method also includes receiving, from the V2X AS via unicast signaling, a first response that includes the further address information associated with the V2X AS. The first request includes an identifier of the V2X UE but the first response does not include the identifier of the V2X UE. Other embodiments include complementary methods performed by a V2X AS, as well as V2X UE and V2X AS apparatus configured to perform such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali el Essaili, Thorsten Lohmar, Maciej Muehleisen, John Camilo Solano Arenas, Yunpeng Zang
  • SIMULTANEOUS DATA PATHS FOR QOS CONTROL OF SERVICE DATA TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20220369156
    Abstract: A service is utilized by a wireless communication device (10). For this service, the wireless communication device (10) simultaneously maintains a first data path (21) and a second data path (22) to a wireless communication network. The first data path (21) has a first QoS level, and the second data path (22) has a second QoS level that is different from the first QoS level. The wireless communication device (10) selects one of the first data path (21) and the second data path (22) for transmitting content of the service while the other of the first data path (21) and the second data path (22) is maintained in an inactive state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Ali EI Essaili, Ann-Christine Eriksson, Mohamed Ibrahim
  • APPLICATION CONTROL OF PROVIDING APPLICATION DATA TO RADIO LINK
    Publication number: 20220361034
    Abstract: The application data is transmitted via a radio link between a radio device Q and the wireless communication network. The application data are provided by one or more applications. A node of the wireless communication network provide control information, which is provided to at least one of the applications. The control information controls providing of the application data by the at least one application to the radio link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Robert Skog, Zaheduzzaman Sarker
  • Dynamic prioritization for live streaming
    Patent number: 11483847
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a method by a first network node operating as a Radio Access Network (RAN) node for dynamic scheduling prioritization for live uplink streaming includes receiving at least one priority level. Based on the at least one priority level, an expected quality level is determined. The expected quality level is defined as a Quality of Service (QoS) of a QoS flow being scheduled with a service quality above a minimum quality level and below a maximum quality level. A current service quality for a plurality of QoS flows is determined. Based on the combined current service quality and the expected quality level, a scheduling priority for assigning resources to a plurality of QoS flows is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Aldo Bolle, Bo Burman, Ann-Christine Eriksson
  • Network Information Delivery towards Application at Device Side
    Publication number: 20220329994
    Abstract: A V2X UE (e.g., wireless device) that includes a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) application enabler (VAE) client and a V2X application-specific client associated with a V2X application, where the V2X UE is connected with a V2X application server is enabled to receive notifications of conditions occurring in a wireless network that connects them. The V2X application-specific client in the UE performing a registration with the V2X application server for receiving notifications. The registration comprises one or more conditions monitored by a network function (NF) in the wireless network. For example, the condition can be related to QoS provided by the network in a particular geographic area and/or in a particular time window, where the NF can be a network data and analytics function (NWDAF). The VAE client receives from the VAE server the notifications. The VAE client can receive a notification of a particular occurrence of the condition after the NF monitoring detects the occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ali El Essaili, Massimo Condoluci, Thorsten Lohmar, Maciej Muehleisen, Yunpeng Zang
  • Method of allocating sidelink radio resources to a group of vehicles, in a telecommunication network, wherein vehicles within said group of vehicles intent to use said sidelink for vehicle-to-vehicle, V2V, communication
    Patent number: 11463853
    Abstract: A method of allocating sidelink radio resources to a group of vehicles, in a telecommunication network, wherein vehicles within said group of vehicles intent to use said sidelink radio resources for vehicle-to-vehicle, V2V, communication, said method comprising the steps of receiving, by a V2V control entity residing in, or accessible via, a core network of said telecommunication network, a resource request, from said group of vehicles, for requesting radio resources to be used for said V2V communication, determining, by said V2V control entity, radio resources to be used for said V2V communication, transmitting, by said V2V control entity, to said group of vehicles, a resource grant comprising said determined radio resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ERICSSON GMBH
    Inventors: Maciej Muehleisen, Bastian Cellarius, Thorsten Lohmar, Congchi Zhang
  • A METHOD OF PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT TO A PRODUCTION STUDIO BY SELECTING AN INPUT VIDEO STREAM FROM A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS VIDEO CAMERAS, AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING STREAM CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20220264157
    Abstract: A method of providing video content to a production studio by selecting an input video stream from a plurality of wireless video cameras over a wireless telecommunication network, wherein each of said wireless video cameras is arranged for providing at least a High Quality, HQ, and a Low Quality, LQ, video output, said method comprising the steps of selecting, by a stream controller, one among said plurality of wireless cameras as a live camera thereby instructing said selected live camera to provide HQ video output such that video content provided to said production studio is said HQ video output from said selected live camera, estimating, by said stream controller, a likelihood of a further one of said plurality of wireless cameras to be a next live camera, following said selected live camera, requesting, by said stream controller, said further one of said plurality of wireless cameras to provide HQ video output based on said estimation such that HQ video output is made available in case said stream control
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali EL ESSAILI, Thorsten LOHMAR, Mohamed IBRAHIM
  • REPLAY REALIZATION IN MEDIA PRODUCTION USING FIFTH GENERATION, 5G TELECOMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20220231773
    Abstract: A method of providing video content to a production studio by selecting a video stream from multiple wireless video cameras each arranged for providing at least a High Quality, HQ, and a Low Quality, LQ, video output and comprising an internal storage, said method comprising selecting one of the cameras as a live camera thereby instructing said live camera to provide HQ video output and selecting the remaining cameras as replay cameras thereby instructing said replay cameras to provide LQ video output and internally store HQ video, such that content provided to said production studio is said HQ video from said live camera, receiving an instruction to provide stored HQ video from one of said replay cameras, and instructing said one of said replay cameras to provide said stored HQ video, such that content provided to said production studio is said stored HQ video from said replay camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mohamed Ibrahim, Ali El Essaili, Thorsten Lohmar
  • Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network
    Patent number: 11381445
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali El Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Martin Johansson, Niklas Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Bo Lincoln, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Johan Nilsson, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter Von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Anders Wallén, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
  • METHODS OF IDENTIFYING VAE SERVERS AND RELATED V2X WIRELESS DEVICES AND SERVERS
    Publication number: 20220191649
    Abstract: Methods of operating a first VAE server are disclosed. V2X message information per geographical area is received from a V2X application specific server. Position information is received from a VAE client of a wireless device, wherein the position information indicates a position of the wireless device. Responsive to receiving the position information and responsive to the V2X message information per geographical area, a second VAE server is identified based on the position information. An address for the second VAE server is transmitted to the VAE client of the wireless device. Related VAE servers and V2X wireless devices are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Ali EL ESSAILI, Yunpeng ZANG, Thorsten LOHMAR, Maciej MUEHLEISEN
  • Application Adaptation with Exposure of Network Capacity
    Publication number: 20220141711
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a communication network for negotiating a data transfer between an application service and a user equipment, UE, via the communication network. The method comprises: receiving (620), from the application service or a backend controller associated with the application service, a request for network capacity available for data transfer, wherein the request includes an indication of an amount of data to be transferred and one or more trajectories of the UE; determining (630) network capacity along the one or more trajectories based on load information associated with a radio access network, RAN, of the communication network; and sending (640), to the application service or the backend controller associated with the application service, a response including information related the determined network capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Bastian Cellarius, Wanlu Sun, Stefano Sorrentino, Thorsten Lohmar, Massimo Condoluci
  • Predictive, Cached, and Cost-Efficient Data Transfer
    Publication number: 20220132374
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a method performed by a communication network for negotiating a data transfer between an application service and a user equipment, UE, via the communication network. The method comprises receiving, from the application service or a negotiation function associated with the application service, a request for data transfer, wherein the request includes an indication of an amount of data to be transferred and one or more of the following: one or more service constraints associated with the data transfer, and a trajectory of the UE; obtaining predicted capacity for network resources needed to execute the data transfer according to the information included with the request; based on the predicted capacity, determining whether the request can be fulfilled according to the information included with the request; and sending a response to the request based on the result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Bastian Cellarius, Wanlu Sun, Stefano Sorrentino, Thorsten Lohmar, Massimo Condoluci
  • SCHEDULING AND PRIORITY HANDLING FOR DATA TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20220124462
    Abstract: A method for using Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (“MBMS”) bearers in a network is provided, comprising: receiving properties and a sharing policy for an MBMS bearer and an instruction on which servers are authorized to share the MBMS bearer from a master server; and associating a session from an authorized server to the shared MBMS bearer according to the sharing policy when requested by the authorized server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Thorsten LOHMAR, Jie LING, Joakim ÅKESSON
  • Handling of content delivery in a client node
    Patent number: 11283847
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for handling content delivery in a client node. A method being performed by the client node. The method comprises registering, by an application entity of the client node and with an MBMS entity of the client node, for enabling the client node to receive content delivered by encrypted unicast transmission and to receive the content delivered by broadcast transmission. The method comprises selectively controlling, by a trusted entity of the client node, reception of the content in a media player of the client node between reception of the encrypted unicast transmission and broadcast transmission depending on whether the content is available or not for reception on the broadcast transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Bastian Cellarius, Michael John Slssingar, Eric Turcotte
  • Monitoring and Surveillance System Arranged for Processing Video Data Associated with a Vehicle, as well as Corresponding Devices and Method
    Publication number: 20220038520
    Abstract: A monitoring and surveillance system arranged for processing video data associated with a vehicle, wherein said system is arranged to operate in at least two operating modi, a first modus of said two modi being associated with a first latency requirement for said video data and a second modus of said two modi being associated with a second latency requirement, said system comprising a camera unit, arranged to be installed in said vehicle, wherein said camera unit is arranged for capturing video data; a streaming unit, arranged to be installed in said vehicle, and arranged for receiving said video data and for transmitting said video data over a telecommunication network to a video processing server; said video processing server arranged for selecting a modus of said at least two operating modi, and for communicating said selected modus, over said telecommunication network, to said camera unit such that said streaming unit can be tuned to said selected modus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Ali El Essaili, Mohamed Ibrahim
  • CONNECTIVITY CONTROL FOR PLATOONING OF USER EQUIPMENTS
    Publication number: 20220030038
    Abstract: A method by a network node controls connectivity of UEs by identifying a group of UEs for communication with an application controlling parameters used by the UEs for operation in a vehicle platoon. The method controls connectivity for a UE in the group with a RAN node responsive to characteristics of the other UEs in the group. For each of the UEs the characteristic relates to functional operation of the UE with the application. Another method by an application server identifies the group of UEs, and identifies a characteristic of each of the UEs with the application. A message identifying the group of UEs and their characteristics is communicated to a network node for controlling connectivity for individual UEs in the group with a RAN node responsive to the characteristics of the other UEs in the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Massimo CONDOLUCI, Thorsten LOHMAR, Stefano SORRENTINO, Marco BELLESCHI
  • System and Method for Interactive 360 Video Playback Based on User Location
    Publication number: 20220019280
    Abstract: A system (30), method, and Head-Mounted Display, HMD, apparatus (31) for recording a video and playing back the video to a viewer in a Virtual Reality, VR, environment. A geographical area is recorded (51) with an omnidirectional video recording camera (34) by dividing the geographical area into a plurality of area portions and recording in separate video sections, each of the area portions while moving the camera in different directions. Time points in each video section are associated (52) with virtual locations of the viewer. At a time point providing the viewer with a choice of directions to proceed, the system receives (53) the viewer's choice and presents (54) to the viewer, a video section corresponding to the virtual location of the viewer and the desired direction of movement. The viewer's choice may be indicated by detecting a direction of the viewer's field of view or by receiving from the viewer, a response to a banner notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Ali El Essaili, Mohamed Ibrahim, Raphael Wagner
  • Technique for delivering schedule information for an MBMS user service
    Patent number: 11228456
    Abstract: Delivering schedule information for MBMS User Services. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of providing schedule information that describes a schedule for an MBMS User Service in the form re-occurring events. Additionally, or in the alternative, the schedule may be described in the form of start/stop lists. A User Service Description (USD) and the schedule information, which is linked to the USD (e.g., via an identifier such as a URI), are then delivered to a mobile client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Michael John Slssingar