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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Basuki Priyanto, Lund, SE;
Linh Trang, Lund, SE;
Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg, SE;
Anders Berggren, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 16/24 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 16/24 (2013.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods, computer program products and the like provide for updating the CE (Coverage Enhancement)-level of a User Terminal/Equipment (UE). The UE may be a NB-IoT (Narrow Band Internet of Things) device, a MTC (Machine Type Communication) device or any other device supporting CE. Embodiments of the invention implement UE selection/re-selection of random access resources and/or base station definition of CE configuration, allocation and/or re-allocation of resources between CE levels.