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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2022
David E. Newman, Poway, CA (US);
R. Kemp Massengill, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
David E. Newman, Poway, CA (US);
R. Kemp Massengill, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLC, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Abstract
Billions of low-cost autonomous sensors and actuators are expected to join 5G and 6G networks. Most of them will use DRX (discontinuous reception) to save power. However, if an incoming message arrives while the device is in sleep-mode, a complex process is required for the device to obtain its message. Instead, a fast, lean polling method is provided, in which the base station can inform the user devices periodically of their messages on hold, using an encoded matrix of bits, one bit per user device in the network. When a user device wakes up and receives the matrix, it can determine, according to its bit position, whether it has messages waiting. If so, the user device can then transmit a very brief signal in an allocated reply region, at a specific location corresponding to its bit position in the matrix, thereby requesting the message or messages on hold.