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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:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2019
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Peter Ökvist, Luleå, SE;

Tommy Arngren, Södra Sunderbyn, SE;

Stefan Wänstedt, Luleå, SE;

Anders Landström, Boden, SE;

Hans Hannu, Luleå, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0632 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method performed by a first wireless device () is provided. The method comprises transmitting () a radio signal towards the at least one second wireless device indicating that the first wireless device is, or that the at least one second wireless device has an option to be, responsible for beamforming of transmissions over the direct D2D communication link. The method also comprises receiving () information from the at least one second wireless device indicating which of the first wireless device or the at least one second wireless device is to be responsible for beamforming of transmissions over the direct D2D communication link. Further, the method comprises configuring (), based on the received information, which of the first wireless device or the at least one second wireless device is to be responsible for beamforming of transmissions over the direct D2D communication link.


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