Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Zirwas

Wolfgang Zirwas 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: 9130834
    Abstract: A method, device, and computer program product for data processing in a coordinated multipoint transmission area formed by a base station in a network are provided, wherein the base station determines a performance of a connection to at least one other base station, and wherein the base station and the at least one other base station are connected via an X2 interface. Based on the determined performance, a selection is made between a decentralized self-organizing cooperation and a centralized coordinated multipoint transmission. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Bernhard Wegmann, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 9094180
    Abstract: A user equipment obtains channel state information for base stations serving the user equipment according to a coordinated multi-point transmission, arranges the channel state information in a predetermined order, and transmits the channel state information in the predetermined order. At least one base station of the base stations receives the channel state information, arranges the channel state information in the predetermined order into a datagram, and transmits the datagram to at least one other base station of the base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zirwas, Lars Thiele, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Haustein, Malte Schellmann, Volker Jungnickel
  • Patent number: 9065715
    Abstract: A method for operating a radio communication system involves the use of OFDM and involves a first sending station modulating a first OFDM symbol onto a first carrier frequency and sending the first OFDM symbol to a first receiving station via a first transmission channel using an air interface. The first sending station changes the first carrier frequency during a time used for sending the first OFDM symbol, the change in the first carrier frequency being made independently of a change in transmission characteristics of the first transmission channel over time. A fast frequency hopping system is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignees: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E. V.
    Inventors: Volker Jungnickel, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20150172018
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided, by which transmission of reference signals is controlled such that reference signals are transmitted in different time intervals depending on the strength of reception of the reference signals at the user equipment (UE) side. Moreover, an apparatus and a method are provided by which configuration information for measuring reference signals is received, wherein the configuration information comprises an indication about time intervals, during which reference signal with different strength of transmission are sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 9048925
    Abstract: A method and a device for processing data has data transmitted from a first network component to at least one second network component via at least two lines. According to the novel method the data to be conveyed via the at least two lines is distributed within at least one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Adtran GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20150139094
    Abstract: A method of reporting channel state information from a network element to a further network element of a communication network is provided, wherein the method includes decomposing the channel state information into different portions wherein the different portions correspond to channel state information varying on different time scales, and reporting at least one portion of the decomposed channel state information to a further network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zirwas, Michael Faerber, Simone Redana, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 8995917
    Abstract: A method detects a first baseband signal sent by a first sending station via an air interface to a first radio station of a radio communications system. A first receive signal, which contains the first baseband signal superposed with at least a second baseband signal sent by a second sending station to a second radio station, is received by the first radio station. The first radio station uses at least a second receive signal received by the second radio station for detection of the first baseband signal. The second receive signal contains at least the second baseband signal, and is used to at least partially cancel the interference in the first receive signal caused by the second baseband signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.v.
    Inventors: Josef Martin Eichinger, Thomas Haustein, Volker Jungnickel, Wolfgang Zirwas, Clemens von Helmolt
  • Patent number: 8990421
    Abstract: Data received by a first network component from a second network component is processed by a filter function according to which the whole data or a portion of the data is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Elena Costa, Josef Martin Eichinger, Ruediger Halfmann, Thomas Haustein, Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8989291
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data within a mobile telecommunication system from a user equipment having at least two transmit antennas to a base station having at least two receive antennas. The method comprises (a) providing a number of data streams at the user equipment, wherein the number of data streams is smaller than the number of transmit antennas, (b) applying a spatial pre-coding to the data streams, and (c) transmitting the spatially pre-coded data streams to the base station via the transmit antennas, wherein the number of transmit antennas used for transmitting the spatially pre-coded data streams is larger than the number of data streams. A corresponding method for receiving data, a user equipment for carrying out the data transmitting method, a base station for carrying out the data receiving method and a computer program for controlling the described data transmitting and/or receiving method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Hanguang Wu, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20150024776
    Abstract: In a cellular communications network system comprising a plurality of cells including a first cell and second cells different from and present in the neighborhood of the first cell, measurement reports are repeatedly received from user equipments, each including a first signal strength value corresponding to a signal strength measured from the first cell over a short time period and n second signal strength values corresponding to signal strengths measured over the short time period from n second cells, which correspond to the n strongest signal strengths measured from the second cells, n being an integer greater than one. A value of a counter is incremented which corresponds to a potential cooperation area formed by the first cell corresponding to the first signal strength value and the n second cells corresponding to the n second signal strength values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Bernhard Wegmann, Michael Faerber, Bernhard Raaf, Simone Redana, Sabine Roessel, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20150009933
    Abstract: A method is provided wherein a base station and at least one further base station are assigned to a cooperation area, wherein a user equipment is served by the base station. The method comprises determining, by the base station), whether all user data of the user equipment being required for a precoding coordinated multipoint transmission is received by each of the base station and the at least one further base station, selecting a transmission mode, wherein the transmission mode is based, if all user data of the user equipment being required for a precoding coordinated multipoint transmission is received by each of the base station and the at least one further base station, on precoding coordinated multipoint transmission, or else, on an interference reducing transmission, and configuring, by the base station, the communication channel between the base station and the user equipment based on the selected transmission mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zirwas, Simone Redana, Bernhard Raaf, Michael Faerber
  • Publication number: 20140348011
    Abstract: It is provided a user equipment, including mode switching means adapted to switch, autonomously or based on a command from a base station of a communication system to which the user equipment belongs, the user equipment into a low data rate mode; measuring means adapted to measure a downlink reference signal received on a downlink from the base station; feedback preparing means adapted to prepare a feedback based on the measurement by the measuring means; encoding means adapted to encode the feedback, thus obtaining encoded data; modulating means adapted to modulate the encoded data; and providing means adapted to provide the modulated encoded data for being sent on the uplink at a predetermined time after the downlink reference signal was received, if the user equipment is in the low data rate mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Wolfgang Zirwas, Simone Redana, Michael Faerber, Xiaoben He, Jacek Gora, Krystian Safjan
  • Patent number: 8897275
    Abstract: It is described a method for compensating interference effects within a telecommunication network including at least a first base station and a second base station, which serve in a cooperative manner a first user equipment and a second user equipment by using time division duplex. The method is applied in an operational state, in which the first base station is in a downlink mode and the second base station is in an uplink mode. The method includes (a) determining at least one of a first channel state information between the first base station and the second base station and a second channel state information between the first user equipment and the second user equipment, (b) encoding data signals based on the first and/or the second channel state information, and (c) transmitting the encoded data signals by the first base station and/or by the second base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Thomas Haustein, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8897696
    Abstract: A method uses a relay station to assist processing of requests from user ends. The relay station acquires and monitors channel resource information received from a base station. Upon receiving a request from the UEs via the channel resource, the relay station sends the request received to the base station if it detects no response from the base station to the request. An apparatus uses a relay station to assist processing of requests from UEs. A channel resource acquisition unit acquires channel resource information from the base station. A user monitoring unit monitors the channel resource acquired by the channel resource acquisition unit and for receiving requests sent from the UEs. A base station monitoring unit monitors response from the base station to the requests upon receiving the requests sent from the UEs. A transmitting unit sends the request to the base station when no response from the base station to the request is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hui Li, Ping Li, Tao Liu, Yi Sheng Xue, Dan Yu, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20140313995
    Abstract: It is disclosed a method comprising accommodating, in frequency domain, a first bandwidth of a first carrier signal with respect to a second bandwidth of a second carrier signal such that the first bandwidth adjoins to or overlaps the second bandwidth, the first bandwidth being greater than the second bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Oliver Cyranka, Martin Goldberg, Helmut Heinz, Rupert Herzog, Thomas Hindelang, Sabine Roessel, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Publication number: 20140302873
    Abstract: A method of verifying the location of a home base station (102) comprises the steps of receiving at the home base station (102) a broadcast Femto location identifier (FID) transmitted by nearby macro base stations (108, 110) and checking at the home base station (102) or at any network entity (SON or OAM server) whether the Femto location identifier (FID) is valid for the location of the home base station (102) in order to verify its location. The method may be applied during discovery and registration of home base station (102) and also subsequently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Ruediger Halfmann, Christian Markwart, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8856605
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting data to user equipments, a communication system, a base station and a mobile station. Data is transmitted to user equipments from a first base station (BBS) and from second base stations (CBS) in a time division multiplexed manner in frames (F). Each frame (F) has a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame. The user equipments are located in cells, each cell a second base station (CBS). Data is transmitted wirelessly, during a first sub-frame of a frame, data from the first base station (BBS) to user equipments in a plurality of cells. Data is transmitted wirelessly, during the second sub-frame of the frame (F), from second base station (CBS) to at least one the plurality of user equipments. The data being transmitted from the first base station (BBS) is also transmitted by the second base station (CBS) to at least one of the plurality of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Jijun Luo, Egon Schulz, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8848651
    Abstract: A method processes information to be sent via radio, according to which first bits represent a first number of N-tuples and second bits represent a second number of N-tuples. The first bits are to be sent using a first group of sub-bands of a frequency band, and the second bits are to be sent using a second group of sub-bands of the frequency band. A first modulation method is used for the first bits and a second modulation method is used for the second bits. The first bits are rearranged, forming M-tuples, and a symbol is formed from each M-tuple according to the first modulation method. The second bits are rearranged, forming P-tuples, and a symbol is formed from each P-tuple according to the second modulation method, and M?P. A corresponding method is used for processing information received by radio. Base stations and mobile radio stations carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Holger Gaebler, Thomas Haustein, Volker Jungnickel, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8830926
    Abstract: Method and Apparatus thereof for coordinating a joint transmission between a plurality of cooperative access nodes serving a plurality of user terminals in a mobile communications system, including the steps of: receiving channel information by said access nodes from user terminals that are being served by said access nodes; exchanging between said access nodes of said received channel information thus ensuring that all channel information is distributed to all cooperative access nodes; processing all received channel information by each one of said access nodes, and determining by said access nodes using said processed channel information, of a channel estimation for said joint transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zúr Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Forck, Thomas Haustein, Volker Jungnickel, Malte Schellmann, Egon Schulz, Lars Thiele, Thomas Wirth, Wolfgang Zirwas
  • Patent number: 8805276
    Abstract: A mobile communication data transmission method for a cell having one base station and more than one relay station involves switching the relay stations between at least two operating modes of signaling transmission under the control of the base station. A system transmits mobile communication data in a cell having one base station and more than one relay station. When transmitting an uplink signaling or a downlink signaling, the relay stations switch between at least two operating modes under the control of the base station. By using the method, network, relay station, and base station, data transmission in multiple modes can be achieved, so as to achieve a flexible relay scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hui Li, Ping Li, Tao Liu, Xinglin Wang, Yi Sheng Xue, Dan Yu, Wolfgang Zirwas