Sony Corporation

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Saturn Licensing LLC

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Saturn Licenscing LLC

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Sony Europe Limited

Daniel Schneider

Lothar Stadelmeier

Andreas Schwager

Nabil Sven Loghin

Dietmar Schill

Ben Eitel

Thomas Handte

Samuel Asangbeng Atungsiri

Lachlan Bruce Michael

Rainer Falk

Dana Ciochina

Hans Aschauer

Felix Fellhauer

Luke Fay

Jan Zoellner

Yuji Shinohara

Steffen Fries

Mark Veltman

Matthew Paul Athol Taylor

Gholam Hosein Asjadi

Christian Peter Feist

Makiko Kan

Dominik Merli

Markus Kamm

Kai Fischer

Markus Heintel

Markus Dichtl

Axel Pfau

Wolfgang Klasen

Fabrizio De Santis

Stefan Pyka

Andreas Furch

Thomas Zeschg

Tolga Sel

Franz Sperl

Malek Safieh

Florian Wilde

Dr-Ing Ben Eitel

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for onboarding an IoT device () of a manufacturer, in a manner secure against quantum computer attacks, in an infrastructure of a customer by means of a first server () of a manufacturer domain of the manufacturer and a second server () of a customer domain of the customer. In some embodiments, three authenticated and encrypted communication channels and a key encapsulation method are used to provide a device certificate of the customer domain for the IoT device on the IoT device.

Method and system for onboarding an IoT device

To enable fast beam tracking and/or low latency a first communication device comprising a motion information circuitry configured to obtain motion information representing motion of the first communication device, a communication circuitry configured to communicate with a second communication device, and a parametrization circuitry configured to set one or more communication parameters of the communication performed by the communication circuitry based on the motion information.

Communication devices and methods

To enable fast beam tracking and/or low latency a first communication device comprising a sensing circuitry configured to sense motion of the first communication device and to generate motion information representing the sensed motion, the motion information comprising rotation information indicating rotation and/or orientation of the first communication device, and a communication circuitry configured to transmit the motion information to a second communication device within a layer of a hierarchical layer model lower than a transport layer. A second communication device comprises a communication circuitry configured to receive motion information from a first communication device within a layer of a hierarchical layer model lower than a transport layer.

The following relates to a hardware security module for usage with manufacturing devices and a method for operating the same is provided. The security module includes: a secure element, which is adapted to detect an operating mode of the hardware security module; a first interface which is adapted to receive commands for controlling the hardware security module; a central processing unit for processing application program code in a secure environment; a second interface which is adapted for receiving configuration data, wherein the second interface is activated and deactivated in dependence of the detected operating mode.

Interface for a hardware security module

A transmitter for transmitting payload data and emergency information using data symbols in a single-carrier or multi-carrier broadcast system comprises a modulator configured to modulate one or more transmission symbols with signaling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data at a receiver and to modulate one or more transmission symbols with the payload data. An emergency information receiver receives emergency information carrying information of an actual emergency. An emergency information embedder embeds emergency information into one or more transmission symbols, wherein the emergency information is embedded within a predetermined time period after its reception by using a resource used for carrying signaling data and/or payload data if no emergency information shall be transmitted. A transmission unit transmits the transmission symbols.

Receiver and reception method for receiving payload data and emergency information

Provided is a method for checking the integrity of user data by a processor, which includes a method step for a first check value for the user data to be computed during a security-protected mode of operation. The method includes a further method step for the first check value to be stored in a security-protected memory module of the processor during the security protected mode of operation. The method includes a further method step for a second check value for the user data to be computed during a runtime mode. The method includes a further method step for the first check value to be compared with the second check value by the processor during the runtime mode. The method includes a further method step for a piece of control information to be provided by the processor during the runtime mode, wherein the control information includes a result of the comparing.

Method, processor and device for checking the integrity of user data

A heading determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor in sensor coordinates, position input circuitry configured to obtain a position estimate of the magnetic field sensor, and estimation circuitry configured to derive, from a magnetic map, a local azimuth distortion value in a reference coordinate system at the current position of the magnetic field sensor indicated by the obtained position estimate and to estimate the heading of the magnetic field sensor in the reference coordinate system based on the obtained magnetic field sensor data and the derived local azimuth distortion value.

Heading determination device and method, rendering device and method

Communication devices and corresponding methods for RF-based communication and position determination are disclosed. An initiator communication device () comprises an antenna unit () configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a beamforming unit () configured to perform beamforming and to control the antenna unit to transmit and/or receive RF signals using one or more selected beams, a control unit () configured to control the beamforming unit () in a training phase to perform beamforming for determining an initiator line of sight, LOS, beam to a responder communication device (), and a processing unit () configured to determine the initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information of the initiator LOS beam and to determine the position of said communication device using the determined initiator LOS beam and/or initiator angular information in a measurement phase.

Communication devices and methods for RF-based communication and position determination

A position determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor, detection circuitry configured to detect temporal variations of the magnetic field and to generate temporal variation information indicating the detected temporal variation of the magnetic field, and magnetic fingerprinting circuitry configured to determine a first position estimate of the sensor position by comparing the obtained magnetic field sensor data with a magnetic map comprising magnetic fingerprints of a region around the magnetic field sensor and using the generated temporal variation information.

Position determination device and method

A programmable hardware security module, a method for securing a private key of a cryptographic key pair, and a method for securely providing a private key of a cryptographic key pair on a programmable hardware security module, wherein with the described devices and methods, a decentralised PKI is built, via which device keys and device certificates can be generated and target devices can be provided securely, where in this regard, the key-pair-specific transport key plays a central role in protecting the generated private key that is to be transferred, and where this is linked to the particular key pair intended for a target device via a key derivation from a master key utilizing a key-pair-specific derivation parameter.

Method and programmable hardware security module

A position determination device comprises data input circuitry configured to obtain magnetic field sensor data sensed by a magnetic field sensor, separation circuitry configured to separate the obtained magnetic sensor data into low frequency sensor data including frequencies below a frequency threshold and high frequency sensor data including frequencies above the frequency threshold, fingerprint combining circuitry configured to determine a combined magnetic fingerprint based on the low frequency sensor data and the high frequency sensor data, and position determination circuitry configured to determine the sensor position of the magnetic field sensor by comparing the combined magnetic fingerprint with a magnetic map.

A transmitter for transmitting payload data and emergency information using data symbols in a single-carrier or multi-carrier broadcast system includes a modulator configured to modulate one or more transmission symbols with signaling data for use in detecting and recovering the payload data at a receiver and to modulate one or more transmission symbols with the payload data. An emergency information receiver receives emergency information carrying information of an actual emergency. An emergency information embedder embeds emergency information into one or more transmission symbols, wherein the emergency information is embedded within a predetermined time period after its reception by using a resource used for carrying signaling data and/or payload data if no emergency information shall be transmitted. A transmission unit transmits the transmission symbols.

Transmitter and transmission method for transmitting payload data and emergency information

A reception apparatus including a tuner and circuitry is provided. The tuner is configured to receive a transmission frame including a bootstrap portion, a preamble portion, and a payload portion. The circuitry is configured to extract first signaling information from the bootstrap portion to decode the preamble portion, and extract second signaling information from the preamble portion to decode the payload portion. The bootstrap portion includes at least one of a first symbol used for synchronization, a second symbol that signals emergency alert information, or a third symbol that signals the first signaling information.

Signaling methods and apparatus

A transmitter and a receiver for communicating data using at least two separate RF channels using channel bundling. The transmitter includes a data stream partitioner configured to partition a data stream of data to be communicated into two or more stream partitions, two or more modulators configured to each receive a stream partition and to generate modulated data from the received stream partition, and an interleaver configured to assign the modulated data generated by a modulator from a received stream partition to different RF channels for transmission.

Transmitter and receiver for communication using at least two different RF channels

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