Telecommunications apparatus and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11671841B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-06

    申请号:US17098495

    申请日:2020-11-16

    CPC classification number: H04W16/14 H04W72/0453 H04W72/1215 H04W76/16

    Abstract: A terminal device and network infrastructure equipment communicate in accordance with a first radio access technology on a primary cell supporting a primary component carrier on radio resources within a first frequency band and a secondary cell supporting a secondary component carrier on radio resources within a second frequency band. The terminal device is also operable to use radio resources within the second frequency band for communicating in accordance with a second radio access technology, e.g. Wi-Fi. The network infrastructure equipment establishes a configuration of radio resources within the second frequency band for use by the terminal device for communications with the network infrastructure equipment in accordance with the first radio access technology and communicates an indication of this to the terminal device. The terminal device establishes a configuration of radio resources for use by the terminal device for communications in accordance with the second radio access technology and determines if there is any overlap in the radio resources configured for use by the two different radio access technologies, and if so communicates an indication of this to the network infrastructure equipment. In response the network infrastructure equipment establishes a replacement configuration of radio resources for communications with the terminal device in accordance with the first radio access technology, wherein the replacement configuration avoids the radio resources indicated as being subject to overlap, and transmits an indication of the replacement configuration to the terminal device.

    Terminal device, infrastructure equipment, wireless telecommunications network, methods and integrated circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US11540220B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17176141

    申请日:2021-02-15

    Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device including a transceiver; and a controller configured to control the transceiver to exchange data with the wireless telecommunications network using one of a first communications service and a second communications service, the first communications service being associated with a first quality of service for exchanging data and the second communications service being associated with a second quality of service for exchanging data. The controller is configured to control the transceiver to establish one of a first set of radio connection states with the wireless telecommunications network and one of a second set of radio connection states with the wireless telecommunications network, and control the transceiver to establish the radio connection state of the first communications service independently of the radio connection state of the second communications service.

    Terminal device, method and system for coordinating relay node access in a wireless telecommunications system

    公开(公告)号:US11375433B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16442910

    申请日:2019-06-17

    Abstract: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications system comprising a base station and a plurality of relay nodes, the terminal device comprising: a transmitter; a receiver; and a controller operable to: select a first relay node from the plurality of relay nodes and control the transmitter and receiver to exchange signals with the base station via the first relay node; measure a signal characteristic associated with the first relay node and compare the measured signal characteristic with a predetermined threshold value; if the measured signal characteristic is greater than the predetermined threshold value, control the transmitter and receiver to continue to exchange signals with the base station via the first relay node; and if the measured signal characteristic is less than the predetermined threshold value, perform a procedure for allowing selection of a second relay node from the plurality of relay nodes via which the transmitter and receiver may exchange signals with the base station.

    Mobile communications system, communications terminals and methods for coordinating relay communications

    公开(公告)号:US11374647B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16820723

    申请日:2020-03-17

    Abstract: A mobile communications system, methods, and communication terminals. A first of plural communications terminals is configured to determine, based on current communications conditions, one of plural predetermined priority levels representing a relative ability of the first communications terminal to act as a relay node for a second of the plural communications terminals, and to transmit an indication of the determined priority level to the second communications terminals for one of the first or other communications terminals to be selected to act as a relay node for the second communications terminal. The second communications terminal is configured to receive from the first communications terminal the indication of the determined priority level, to receive from the other communications terminals indications of determined priority levels, to select one of the first communications terminals or one or more of the other communications terminals to act as a relay node for the second communications terminal.

    Wireless telecommunications apparatuses and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11272512B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16476111

    申请日:2017-12-20

    Abstract: A method of communicating data in a telecommunications system comprising a base station and a plurality of terminals operable to communicate data to and from the base station. The system is configured to transmit downlink signals using downlink resources in a frequency band and in a first time period and the method comprises, upon identification of uplink data to be transmitted by a first terminal of the plurality of terminals, dynamically selecting a set of resources for transmitting the uplink data, wherein selecting the set of resources comprises selecting a subset of the frequency band and a subset of the time period of the downlink resources, the selected set of resources being based on the subset of the frequency band and the subset of the time period.

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