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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Muhammad Majid Butt, Naperville, IL (US);
Ahlem Khlass, Massy, FR;
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Naperville, IL (US);
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
In a system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium related to attachment procedures for passive Internet of Things (IoT) device communication with ambient energy sources, wherein a radio access network (RAN) node is caused to, receive an association request message transmitted by an energy-harvesting (EH) user equipment (UE) device based on an energy level of the EH UE device, assign a reader node from a plurality of reader nodes to the EH UE device based on the association request message, transmit an association response message to the EH UE device and the assigned reader node, the association response message including attachment information associated with the EH UE device and the assigned reader node, and receive an attachment acknowledgement message from the assigned reader node in response to the association response message.