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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Pål Frenger, Linköping, SE;
Emil Björnson, Linköping, SE;
Martin Hessler, Linköping, SE;
Erik G. Larsson, Linköping, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method is disclosed of a first wireless communication apparatus of a communication system operating in a hardened channel environment. The method comprises determining a transmission power to be used by a second wireless communication apparatus of the communication system for transmission of a signal carrying control information, participating in communication involving the signal transmitted using the determined transmission power, and using the determined transmission power to discriminate between the second wireless communication apparatus and one or more third wireless communication apparatus. The second and one or more third wireless communication apparatuses may be comprised in respective user equipments of a plurality of user equipments associated with a network node of the communication system. The first wireless communication apparatus may be comprised in the network node. Then, determining the transmission power may comprise determining respective transmission powers to be used by each of the user equipments in the plurality.