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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Robert Novak, Stittsville, CA;
Biswaroop Mukherjee, Stittsville, CA;
Masoud Ebrahimi Tazeh Mahalleh, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/0069 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04L 27/2613 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a first User Equipment (UE), a reference signal transmitted by a second UE and transmitting, by the first UE to a network node, a report indicating that the reference signal was received. The reference signal is received in a detection opportunity that occurs as one of a single detection opportunity or a portion of a pattern of detection opportunities.