Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Ab

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab

Qoitech Ab

Convida Wireless, LLC

Sony Network Communications Europe B.v.

Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Sony Europe B.v.

Kåre Agardh

Rickard Ljung

Vanja Plicanic Samuelsson

Erik L Bengtsson

Peter C Karlsson

Olof Zander

Yuichi Morioka

Henrik Bengtsson

Fredrik Rusek

Nafiseh Mazloum

Magnus Persson

Aleksandar Rodzevski

Ola Karl Thörn

Gunnar Klinghult

Thomas Bolin

Bo Hakan Larsson

Per Åstrand

Charles Liu

Anders Berggren

Basuki Endah Priyanto

Zhinong Ying

Lars Nord

Alexander Hunt

Kun Zhao

Andreas Kristensson

Jose Flordelis

Johan Wadman

Anders Mellqvist

Johan Pontus Andersson

Daniel Lönnblad

Kristian Tärnhed

Björn Rosqvist

Andreas Hallonsten

Ola Thörn

Kristian TÄRNHED

Methods of operating an electronic device are provided. A method of operating a first electronic device includes listening for a wireless transmission by a second electronic device on a wireless communications channel. The method includes determining whether a packet is a particular type of packet. The method includes assigning a randomized time delay value that defines a randomized delay period, in response to determining that the packet is the particular type of packet. The method includes beginning the randomized delay period in response to determining that the wireless communications channel is clear. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the packet via the wireless communications channel based on expiration of the randomized delay period. Related electronic devices and computer program products are also provided.

Transmitting a packet via a wireless local area network after a delay

A method includes communicating, from an access node () of a network () and to a terminal (), a wake-up signal () on a first carrier (-) occupying a first frequency band (); and in response to communicating the wake-up signal (): communicating at least one further signal () on a second carrier (-) occupying a second frequency band (). The first frequency band () is offset in frequency domain from the second frequency band ().

Wake-up transmission on a separate carrier

The present disclosure provides a method, performed by a wireless device, for capability signalling. The wireless device comprises one or more antenna panels configured to communicate with a network node. The method comprises obtaining a capability of at least one of the antenna panels, wherein the capability comprises at least one of: a receive-only panel, ROP, capability, a transmit-only panel, TOP, capability, a receive-and-transmit panel, RTP, capability and a dynamic RTP capability. The method comprises transmitting, to the network node, control signalling indicative of the obtained capability of the at least one antenna panel.

Methods for capability signaling, wireless devices and network nodes

A method for controlling radio transmission, carried out in a wireless terminal (), comprising obtaining (), from a wireless network (), a transmission grant () which gives the wireless terminal permission to transmit a radio signal, wherein said transmission grant is indicative of a spatial limitation associated with the permission to transmit; and transmitting () the radio signal in accordance with said spatial limitation.

Wireless communication with spatial limitation

A method includes receiving () at least one report signal () from at least one relay node (), the at least one report signal () being associated with a plurality of communication links (-) formed by a first node (), a second node (), and the at least one relay node (). The method also includes determining () a multi-hop transmission path () for communication between the first node () and the second node () using communication links () selected from the plurality of communication links (-), based on the at least one report signal () and a spectrum access restriction of a spectrum access of the first node ().

Spectrum access restriction and re-routing of data

The present invention relates to a method for determining a position of a first device with respect to a second device. According to the method, control data indicative of a receive property of at least one signal received from the first device () by a second device (-) using a plurality of receiver chains (-) is established. At least one receive characteristic of the plurality of receiver chains (-) differs for at least two receiver chains of the plurality of receiver chains (-). Based on the control data, positioning information for the first device () is determined.

Determining a position of a device with respect to another device

A resource allocation server including memory circuitry, processor circuitry, and an interface. The resource allocation server is configured to communicate with a plurality of resource allocation servers including a first resource allocation server of a first network. The resource allocation server is configured to receive, from a requester, a first resource allocation request indicative of a resource type. The resource allocation server is configured to negotiate, with the first resource allocation server, an allocation of a resource based on the resource type indicated in the first resource allocation request. The resource allocation server is part of a network different from the first network.

Network node, a wireless device, a resource allocation server and methods for resource allocation

An electronic device includes a memory circuitry, a processor circuitry, a wireless interface, and one or more sensors. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain sensor data from the one or more sensors. The processor circuitry is configured to determine mobility data based on the sensor data. The processor circuitry is configured to control, based on the sensor data, transmission of a positioning message including the mobility data, via the wireless interface, to a location server device.

Methods for uplink-based localization of an electronic device; related electronic devices and related location server devices

A method of operating a device () includes implementing () a persistent allocation () of a plurality of first resources () to a first channel () of a wireless link () supported by an access node (); and temporarily overriding () the persistent allocation () for a subset (A) of the plurality of first resources (); and while overriding (): implementing () a dedicated allocation () of a plurality of second resources () to a second channel () of the wireless link ().

Coexistence of persistent and dedicated allocations on a wireless link

Embodiments provide efficient channel access utilizing a channel assessment mode and include determining that a predetermined condition exists on a radio bandwidth (e.g., unlicensed band); and, in response to determining that the predetermined condition exists on the radio bandwidth, initiating the channel assessment mode on the mobile device, where the channel assessment mode is configured to implement a channel assessment scheme configured for efficiently accessing a channel on the radio bandwidth. Some embodiments monitor the radio bandwidth for one or more triggering events indicative of interference; and detect at least one of the one or more triggering events indicative of interference on the radio bandwidth in order to determine the predetermined condition exists. These triggering events may include determining a current/historic packet collision probability is above a threshold, detecting signals that identify another radio access system, detecting a channel utilization ratio above a threshold, and determining a current/historic data throughput.

Efficient channel access

A method and electronic device for conducting wireless radio communications are disclosed. Conducting the wireless radio communications includes determining that the electronic device has a reason to communicate over a wireless radio interface and conducting listen before talk with a listen before talk receiver in response to the determining that the electronic device has the reason to communicate over the wireless radio interface. Upon detecting, through the listen before talk, that wireless spectrum for the wireless radio interface is available for conducting the wireless radio communications, activating a radio access transceiver and carrying out the wireless radio communications over the wireless radio interface using the available wireless spectrum.

Electronic device that conducts listen before talk operation as part of wireless radio communications and method therefor

Controlling synchronization signal operation in a base station operating in shared spectrum includes detecting a condition related to a current anchor channel configuration used for transmission of synchronization signal transmissions and selecting, based on the detecting, a new anchor channel configuration and communicating the new anchor channel configuration to electronic devices serviced by the base station. The base station commences sending a predetermined number of synchronization signal transmissions using the current anchor channel configuration; and one of: i) sends synchronization signal transmissions using the new anchor channel configuration if the predetermined number of synchronization signal transmissions are sent on the current anchor channel configuration; or ii) aborts a change to the new anchor channel configuration if feedback is received from one of the electronic devices that the electronic device detected interference on the new anchor channel configuration before the predetermined number of synchronization signal transmissions are sent.

Method and apparatus for anchor channel control

A method and system for controlling network communications between a plurality of devices and a network node. The plurality of devices includes one or more devices of a group. If the network node receives messages from devices of a group, the network node sends a group ACK to the group of devices.

Low duty cycle proximity based acknowledgement

A control message is indicative of a timing parameter of a slotted transmission () comprising active slots () and inactive slots (). At least one repetition () of data () is transmitted in an active slot on a wireless link.

Slotted transmission for battery recovery

The present invention relates to a communication device and to a method arranged to execute at least one positioning function in a communication network. According to the present invention, a positioning function execution time is determined, at which a transmission medium will be used for executing position transmissions, according to a positioning function execution time information. Further, the at least one positioning function is executed at the determined positioning function execution time by executing the at least one positioning function transmission via the transmission medium. The present invention relates also to a correspondingly arranged computer program product and to a correspondingly arranged computer-readable recording medium.

Communication device and method for execution of at least one positioning function in a communication network

Growing community of inventors

Rydebäck, Sweden

Kåre Agardh