Patents by Inventor Volker Engels

Volker Engels 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 for data communication and controlling device therefor
    Patent number: 7443830
    Abstract: For communicating data on a transmission channel (1, 2) between a central station (BS) and a plurality of subscriber stations (M), for each transmission connection between the central station (BS) and a specific subscriber station (M), a method for coding and/or modulating the payload to be transmitted is selected among a plurality of methods supported by the central station (BS) and the specific subscriber station (M). To this end, the load of the transmission channel (1, 2) is detected, and the selection is carried out taking account of the detected load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Ericsson AB
    Inventors: Volker Engels, Khaled Fazel, Dietmar Petras
  • Method of operating a message receiver
    Patent number: 7346138
    Abstract: A method of operating a message receiver for a message, that is present as a burst, which includes at least a training sequence and useful data is performed by stepwise synchronizing the receiver with the burst as the burst is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Marconi Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Khaled Fazel, Volker Hespelt, Volker Engels, Bernd Freidrichs
  • Method for data communication and controlling device therefor
    Publication number: 20040213174
    Abstract: For communicating data on a transmission channel between a central station (BS) and a plurality of subscriber stations (M), for each transmission connection between the central station (BS) and a specific subscriber station (M), a method for coding and/or modulating the payload to be transmitted is selected among a plurality of methods supported by the central station (BS) and the specific subscriber station (M). To this end, the load of the transmission channel is detected, and the selection is carried out taking account of the detected load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Volker Engels, Khaled Fazel, Dietmar Petras
  • Method of operating a message receiver
    Publication number: 20040170239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the operation of a message receiver for a message, that is present as burst, which includes at least a training sequence and useful data, characterized in that the receiver is stepwise synchronized with the burst as the burst is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Khaled Fazel, Volker Hespelt, Volker Engels, Bernd Freidrichs