Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system; the device comprising symbol generating means for generating said data symbols and said pilot symbols, means for transmitting said data symbols and pilot symbols respectively by using a plurality of subcarriers of said OFDM transmission system, wherein said symbol generating means is designed to selectively generate a first type pilot symbol and a second type pilot symbol being orthogonal to said first type pilot symbol so that a pilot symbol pattern in the frequency dimension comprises at least said first type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using a predefined subcarrier and second type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using other predefined subcarrier, and wherein said pilot symbol pattern has a different pattern from a succeeding pilot symbol pattern in time dimension.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of wireless communication, video transmission, unequal error protection, time diversity, space diversity. The present invention especially relates to a transmitter, a receiver, a method of transmitting video data and a method for receiving video data. The transmitter for transmitting video data comprises: A transmission section, said transmission section comprising a parser for dividing said video data into at least two classes and dividing each class into one or more blocks. Hereby, with each class there is associated a different number. Said transmission section is adapted to transmit at least one block of each class once on each communication channel of a set communication channels, the number of communication channels comprised in the respective set being given by the number associated with the respective class. Further, different communication channels correspond to different transmission times and/or different transmit paths.

Abstract: A rod antenna and a method for operating the rod antenna. The rod antenna includes a two-dimensional patch for radiating and/or receiving an electromagnetic wave, the patch extending along a plane defined by two coordinate axes orthogonal to each other. A feeding line is coupled to the patch for transferring signal energy to and/or from the patch, and a dielectric rod radiates and/or receives the electromagnetic wave, the rod extending longitudinally from the patch in direction of a third coordinate axis outside of the plane defined by the first two coordinate axes. A metal holder is coupled to the patch and to the rod for transferring the electromagnetic wave between the patch and the rod.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for establishing a wireless communication link between a first communication device (1) having a narrow beam antenna (2) adapted to be steered to different positions and a second communication device (10), comprising the steps of transmitting a link request signal from said first communication device (1) to said second communication device (10) via said narrow beam antenna, wherein said link request signal comprises information relating to a current position of the narrow beam antenna, and obtaining, in case said link request signal is received in said second communication device (10), channel quality information representative of a current transmission path. The invention further comprises a transmitting device and a receiving device for executing said method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal generator and signal processor for single carrier wireless communication systems with frequency domain equalizer, which are operable to use pseudorandom-noise sequences as part of a preamble and possibly as cyclic prefix. The different arrangements and examples of said pseudorandom-noise sequences could be used for coarse timing synchronization, channel estimation, carrier synchronization, signal-noise-ratio estimation and channel equalization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of communication devices, e.g. wireless communication devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to the field of signal equalisation, especially minimum mean square error equalisation. The present invention especially relates to an equaliser for a communication device, a method of equalising one or more received signals and a software program product for carrying out the method. The present invention reduces the size of a look-up table needed for a division operation and, generally, provides for a reduced complexity of the equaliser and receiver.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for establishing a wireless communication link between a first communication device (1) having a narrow beam antenna (2) adapted to be steered to different positions and a second communication device (10), comprising the steps of transmitting a link request signal from said first communication device (1) to said second communication device (10) via said narrow beam antenna, wherein said link request signal comprises information relating to a current position of the narrow beam antenna, and obtaining, in case said link request signal is received in said second communication device (10), channel quality information representative of a current transmission path. The invention further comprises a transmitting device and a receiving device for executing, said method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of link adaption, multi-path communication, non-line of sight wireless communication. The present invention especially relates to a communication system, a communication device and a communication method. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to reduce the time which is necessary for the adaption to a specific communication path in a communication system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, in which signals are transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, said signals being transmitted in consecutive frames, each frame having a preamble section including preamble information, at least one of said first and said second communication devices having a narrow beam antenna which is adapted to be steered to different positions, each of said different positions corresponding to one of a number of different transmissions paths from said to said second communication device, including the steps of transmitting and receiving a first preamble section including preamble information enabling the estimation of a channel quality of a current transmission path, while said narrow beam antenna is in a current position corresponding to said current transmission path, steering said narrow beam antenna from said current position to a different position corresponding to a candidate

Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless optical data transmission system and a method for wireless optical transmission of data. The system comprises a data stream generator for generating at least two parallel data streams (18.1, 18.2, 18.3). The parallel data streams are transmitted by a number of separate optical transmitting devices (8, 9, 10) separately by emitting first optical signals. The system further comprises a corresponding number of detectors (19, 20, 21) for detecting the first optical signals and converting them into respective second signals (26.1, 26.2, 26.3) and an error correction unit (31) for correcting the amended second signals. Within a predistortion (29) unit each second signal (26.1, 26.2, 26.3) is amended individually with respect to a transmission channel used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, in which signals are transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, said signals being transmitted in consecutive frames, each frame having a preamble section comprising preamble information, at least one of said first and said second communication devices having a narrow beam antenna which is adapted to be steered to different positions, each of said different positions corresponding to one of a number of different transmission paths from said first to said second communication device, comprising the steps of transmitting and receiving a first preamble section comprising preamble information enabling the estimation of a channel quality of a current transmission path, while said narrow beam antenna is in a current position corresponding to said current transmission path, steering said narrow beam antenna from said current position to a different position corresponding to a ca

Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting data and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system having transmission antennas. The device includes symbol generating means for generating data and pilot symbols, means for transmitting the data and pilot symbols using subcarriers of the OFDM system. The symbol generating means generates a first and second type pilot symbol, the second having an inverted value of the first so that a first pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using one of said plurality of transmission antennas has a different pattern in the frequency and time dimension from a second pilot symbol pattern to be transmitted by using another transmission antenna. First and second pilot symbols are comprised in respective first and second pilot symbol patterns, where at least some of the first and second pilot symbols have the same time allocation and being alternately identical and inverted to each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmitting device and a receiving device in a wireless orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) communication system with space time transmit diversity (STTD). Further, the present invention relates to a channel estimation method for performing a channel estimation in such a wireless communication system, in which the transmitting device comprises a first and a second antenna for transmitting signals with space time transmit diversity. The first and the second antenna means are arranged spaced apart from each other in a space diversity arrangement, whereby first and second pilot symbols are transmitted via said first and said second antenna means, respectively.

Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM transmission system; the device comprising symbol generating means for generating said data symbols and said pilot symbols, means for transmitting said data symbols and pilot symbols respectively by using a plurality of subcarriers of said OFDM transmission system, wherein said symbol generating means is designed to selectively generate a first type pilot symbol and a second type pilot symbol being orthogonal to said first type pilot symbol so that a pilot symbol pattern in the frequency dimension comprises at least said first type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using a predefined subcarrier and second type pilot symbol to be transmitted by using other predefined subcarrier, and wherein said pilot symbol pattern has a different pattern from a succeeding pilot symbol pattern in time dimension.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of contention in a network of communicating nodes. The present invention especially relates to a master node for a communication network, to a slave node device for a communication network, to a network comprising the master node device and at least one slave node device and to a method of contention in a network of nodes. The method of contention according to the present invention is method in a network comprising slave nodes, said slave nodes comprising a group of first slave nodes, the method comprising the step of sending, by every first slave node participating in a contention, a number of two or more contention participation messages during a contention window associated with the first slave node.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal generator and signal processor for single carrier wireless communication systems with frequency domain equalizer, which are operable to use pseudorandom-noise sequences for cyclic prefix. The different arrangements and examples of said pseudorandom-noise sequences could be used for coarse timing synchronization, channel estimation, carrier synchronization, signal-noise-ration estimation and channel equalization.

Abstract: A transmitting device for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, includes at least two beam antennas, each beam antenna having a main beaming direction at a different angle and generating means for generating a number of signal streams to be transmitted within the wireless communication system, whereby the signal to be transmitted is split into these different streams and said number of signal streams corresponds to the number of beam antennas, whereby each signal stream is transmitted via a different beam antenna.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, in which signals are transmitted from a transmitting device (1) to a receiving device (10), at least one of said devices (1, 10) having a narrow beam antenna (2, 11) which is adapted to be steered to different positions, each of said different positions corresponding to a number of different transmission paths from said transmitting device (1) to said receiving device (10), said signals comprising a beam steering frame enabling the estimation of a channel quality of the current transmission path, comprising the steps of a) transmitting and receiving said signals subsequently via each of the plurality of transmission paths thereby allowing an estimation of channel quality of each of the plurality of transmission paths, b) selecting on basis of the estimated channel quality several transmission paths out of the plurality of transmission paths as candidates for a communication channel, c) repeating step a) at

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system, in which signals are transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, said signals being transmitted in consecutive frames, each frame having a preamble section comprising preamble information, at least one of said first and said second communication devices having a narrow beam antenna which is adapted to be steered to different positions, each of said different positions corresponding to one of a number of different transmission paths from said first to said second communication device, comprising the steps of transmitting and receiving a first preamble section comprising preamble information enabling the estimation of a channel quality of a current transmission path, while said narrow beam antenna is in a current position corresponding to said current transmission path, steering said narrow beam antenna from said current position to a different position corresponding to a ca

Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for establishing a wireless communication link between a first communication device (1) having a narrow beam antenna (2) adapted to be steered to different positions and a second communication device (10), comprising the steps of transmitting a link request signal from said first communication device (1) to said second communication device (10) via said narrow beam antenna, wherein said link request signal comprises information relating to a Current position of the narrow beam antenna, and obtaining, in case said link request signal is received in said second communication device (10), channel quality information representative of a current transmission path. The invention further comprises a transmitting device and a receiving device for executing, said method.