Abstract:
An apparatus for controlling a photogrammetrical camera includes a frosted glass adjacent to which or in an optically conjugate plane thereto a transparent planoparallel sheet of voltage sensitive material is arranged. Spaced electrodes are allocated to the one face of said sheet and a sheet electrode to the other face. Each of the spaced electrodes is connected to respective outputs of an electronic counter, which in dependence of a tunable pulse generator applies voltage pulses to the spaced electrodes and the sheet electrode, both sandwiching said sheet of voltage sensitive material and rendering visible the inbetween portions of said material when submitted to a potential so that lines or a cyclic pattern of lines appear. The voltage sensitive material can be liquid or gaseous or solid and can be sandwiched between two substantially plano-parallel plates which have the respective electrodes or electrode on their inner faces.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for recovering a bit stream from a radio signal (2, 3, 4) received in a first receiving station (S1) and at least one further receiving station (S2, S3), the method comprising the steps of: in each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), demodulating the received radio signal (2, 3, 4) to form a demodulated data stream (B, B′, B″), transferring the at least one demodulated data stream (B′, B″) from the at least one further receiving station (S2, S3) to the first receiving station (S1), in the first receiving station (S1), generating a combined data stream from the demodulated data streams (B, B′, B″) of each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), and performing a hard decision on the combined data stream for recovering the bit stream.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for recovering a bit stream from a radio signal (2, 3, 4) received in a first receiving station (S1) and at least one further receiving station (S2, S3), the method comprising the steps of: in each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), demodulating the received radio signal (2, 3, 4) to form a demodulated data stream (B, B′, B″), transferring the at least one demodulated data stream (B′, B″) from the at least one further receiving station (S2, S3) to the first receiving station (S1), in the first receiving station (S1), generating a combined data stream from the demodulated data streams (B, B′, B″) of each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), and performing a hard decision on the combined data stream for recovering the bit stream.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for measuring a reception quality on a wireless communication link to a receiver by removing a bias in a plurality of received pilot symbols and obtaining a channel estimate for a channel, such as a wireless propagation channel, after substantially removing the bias. For a receiver, such as a rake receiver disposed in a base transceiver station, a bias removal module may extract a plurality of coefficients from a wireless propagation channel to remove a bias before a detector may receive the plurality of pilot symbols in the data stream to determine an error rate of the received pilot symbols where channel estimation is based on the received pilot symbols. In this manner, a systematic flaw in a link quality measurement based on an error rate of the received pilot symbols may be resolved for wireless communication systems.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for processing signals of a digital transmission system in general, and for estimating the frequency offset of the transmission system in particular. In one embodiment, the method according to the invention estimates the pulse response of the transmission system and shortens the pulse response by means of a variable prefilter. The duration of the shortened pulse response is, in particular, shorter than the duration of a known symbol sequence which is transmitted twice identically within one method cycle. By comparing samples of the received signal which correspond to the known identical symbols, the frequency offset is estimated reliably, and suitable measures can be taken to compensate it. Consequently, the efficiency of the receiver is substantially improved with respect to the recovery of the transmitted data. The invention can be used, in particular, for transmitting data in blocks, even when there is no freedom from inter-symbol interference, and even when the unshortened pulse response is longer than the known symbol sequence. Transmission using GSM/EDGE systems is one field of application.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus is provided for allocating channels in a multi-user environment for transmitting real-time data traffic in a wireless packet data network. The method includes determining an a priori data rate per channel for each of a plurality of mobile stations based on channel state information associated with a plurality of frequency channels associated with the plurality of mobile stations and a preliminary assumption of a uniform power distribution among the plurality of frequency channels at a transmitter. The method also includes allocating a unique frequency channel from said plurality of frequency channels to at least one of the plurality of mobile stations based on said a priori data rate per channel for each of the plurality of mobile stations.
Abstract:
Improved frequency utilization in a radio network is achieved by using a radio system with a plurality of base stations, which respectively have at least one transmitter and one receiver, each base station being assigned at least one dual-polarized antenna. More efficient utilization of the available frequency band, and consequently a reduction in the cluster size, is made possible by the dual-polarized antenna being assigned a polarization modulator for changing at predetermined points in time the polarization state of a transmit signal to be transmitted.
Abstract:
System and method for ascertaining the emergency running condition of a pneumatic tire on a motor vehicle. The system includes at least one sensor device arranged at least on each axle. The at least one sensor device is adapted to supply a permanently present first periodic oscillation proportional to a wheel rotation speed as a speed output signal. The at least one sensor device includes one of an active and a passive magnetic field sensor being mounted to one of rotate with the tire and be stationary. The transmitter device is arranged complementary to the at least one passive and active magnetic field sensor and is adapted to produce a periodic magnetic field change in proportion to the wheel rotation speed in a detection range. At least one signal processing device is used for processing and evaluating the speed output signal. A transmission and a display device are used for at least one of the transmission and the display of the speed output signal, and for one of the transmission and the display of at least one of the output control and the warning signal. An emergency running device is arranged on the vehicle wheel.