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Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Jussi Tapani Kahtava, Basingstoke, GB;

Hideji Wakabayashi, Basingstoke, GB;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 36/0072 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of allocating resources in a mobile telecommunications system, the system including a base station configured to communicate via a wireless interface with one or more terminals and one or more infrastructure nodes configured to communicate with the one or more terminals. The method includes: obtaining measurements wherein a measurement relates to a link between a first terminal of the one or more terminals and one of the one or more infrastructure node; obtaining direction information for the first terminal; determining, based on the measurements and direction information, a candidate infrastructure node for the first terminal; and allocating resources for the first terminal to communicate with the candidate infrastructure node.


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