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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Emil Björnson, Hägersten, SE;

Pål Frenger, Linköping, SE;

Erik G. Larsson, Linköping, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, in a base station, for transmitting first control channel information to a first wireless device and second control channel information to a second wireless device in a wireless communications network. The method comprises obtaining an indication of whether a spatial relationship between the first wireless device and the second wireless device meets a predetermined condition and operating in one of a first mode and a second mode based on the indication. Operating in the first mode comprises transmitting the first control channel information and the second control channel information using common radio resources; and operating in the second mode comprises transmitting the first control channel information to the first wireless device and the second control channel information to the second wireless device using orthogonal radio resources. Methods and apparatus for obtaining control channel information in a first wireless device are also disclosed.


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