公开(公告)号：US11632825B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17169544

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: Sony Corporation ,  Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Inventor： Shin Horng Wong ,  Martin Warwick Beale ,  Brian Alexander Martin ,  Basuki Priyanto ,  Nafiseh Mazloum

IPC: H04W88/02 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04J11/00 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: A base station for transmitting system related information in a mobile telecommunications network. The base station is configured to transmit system information for the cell provided by the base station and to broadcast a version synchronisation signal, wherein the version synchronisation signal provides version information regarding the current version of the system information for the cell.

公开(公告)号：US11582816B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-14

申请号：US17087193

申请日：2020-11-02

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Brian Alexander Martin

IPC: H04W76/14 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/18 ,  H04W76/45

Abstract: A communications device and method of communicating using a communications device is disclosed for performing device-to-device communications. The communications device is configured to determine in accordance with predetermined conditions whether the communications device is within a coverage area of a mobile communications network, and if the communications device is determined to be within the coverage area of the mobile communications network, to transmit or to receive signals via the wireless access interface to one or more other communications devices in accordance with device to device communications using communications resources of the wireless access interface allocated according to a first mode in which the mobile communications network performs resource allocation.

公开(公告)号：US11483769B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17093034

申请日：2020-11-09

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Brian Alexander Martin ,  Martin Warwick Beale ,  Shin Horng Wong ,  Shinichiro Tsuda

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system is disclosed. The terminal device is configured to selectively switch between an active operating mode and a reduced-power operating mode. The method comprises communicating with a network entity to exchange a block of data between the terminal device and the network entity while the terminal device is in the active operating mode. The method further comprises determining when communications associated with the exchange of the block of data are complete, and in response to determining communications associated with the exchange of the block of data are complete, switching from the active operating mode to the reduced-power operating mode.

公开(公告)号：US11350426B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16986261

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Brian Alexander Martin ,  Dimitris Koulakiotis ,  Jussi Tapani Kahtava ,  Rickard Ljung ,  Anders Berggren ,  Peter C. Karlsson ,  Lars Nord

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/38 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device and a base station in a wireless telecommunications system to communicate with one another using a primary component carrier operating on radio resources within a first frequency band and a secondary component carrier operating on radio resources within a second frequency band. The terminal device makes measurements of radio usage in the second frequency band, e.g. by other devices which are not part of the wireless telecommunications system but which can also use radio resources within the second frequency band. The terminal device transmits an indication of the measurements to the base station, and on the basis if this the base station establishes a configuration setting for the secondary component carrier, for example in terms of frequency resources to use for the secondary component carrier. The configuration setting is associated with a validity period during which the base station communicates data to the terminal device using the primary component carrier and the secondary component carrier operating in accordance with its configuration setting. When the validity period expires, the terminal device again measures and reports on radio usage so the base station can determine an updated configuration setting for the secondary component carrier that takes account of any changes in radio usage during the validity period.

公开(公告)号：US11297547B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16888932

申请日：2020-06-01

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Brian Alexander Martin ,  Yuxin Wei ,  Hideji Wakabayashi ,  Shinichiro Tsuda ,  Chrysovalantis Kosta

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/04 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: A method of evaluating whether to handover a terminal device from communicating with a first network infrastructure element associated with a first communication cell to communicating with a second network infrastructure element associated with a second communication cell in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes establishing an indication of radio conditions associated with a path between the terminal device and the first network infrastructure element; and establishing an indication of a second measurement of radio conditions associated with a communication path between the terminal device and the second network infrastructure element; and determining whether to handover the terminal device from communicating with the first network infrastructure element to the second network infrastructure element based on a comparison of the indication of the first measurement of radio conditions and the indication of the second measurement of radio conditions.

公开(公告)号：US11240703B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16334760

申请日：2017-09-18

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Brian Alexander Martin

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04L12/835 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: A communications device acting as a relay device is configured to communicate with a transmitting node and a receiving node. The communications device acting as the relay is configured to receive signals representing protocol data units formed from one or more service data units via a first wireless access interface from the transmitting node according to a first automatic repeat request process for transmission to the receiving node, transmit signals representing the received protocol data units via a second wireless access interface to the receiving node according to a second automatic repeat request process, and store the protocol data units received by the receiver circuitry for transmission to the receiving node according to the second automatic repeat request process.

公开(公告)号：US11212780B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16324577

申请日：2017-08-11

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Yuxin Wei ,  Hideji Wakabayashi ,  Shinichiro Tsuda ,  Brian Alexander Martin

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04B7/024

Abstract: A base station for a mobile telecommunications system has circuitry, which is configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least another base station. The circuitry is further configured to configure a radio resource control message for radio resource control diversity, and transmit the configured radio resource control message to the user equipment or to receive a configured radio resource control message from the user equipment and the at least another base station.

公开(公告)号：US11178713B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16608199

申请日：2018-03-08

Applicant: Sony Corporation

Inventor： Vivek Sharma ,  Brian Alexander Martin ,  Shinichiro Tsuda ,  Hideji Wakabayashi

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W12/037 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A method for use in a mobile communications network that includes a plurality of infrastructure equipment each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, and a communications device configured to communicate wirelessly with at least a first infrastructure equipment including use of a radio bearer. The first infrastructure equipment performs the method including determining that there is a requirement to alter data handling resources allocated for handling the radio bearer in one or both of the first infrastructure equipment and the communications device, re-establishing, in response to the determination, its radio link control protocol layer, transmitting a reconfiguration message to the communications device to effect re-establishment of its radio link control protocol layer, and adding a new bit in the header of data packets transmitted to the communications device for a predetermined time after re-establishment of the radio link control protocol layer of the first infrastructure equipment.

公开(公告)号：US11146345B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US15315928

申请日：2015-07-02

Applicant: SONY CORPORATION

Inventor： Brian Alexander Martin

IPC: H04B17/318 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device to perform measurement event evaluation for measurement reporting in respect of a downlink carrier in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes determining that measurement event evaluation for the downlink carrier should be undertaken. Measurements of a parameter associated with radio channel conditions for frequency resources used by the downlink carrier are obtained during an evaluation period beginning at a start time. The extent to which the downlink carrier is being transmitted during the evaluation period is also established. Whether or not to send a measurement report to network infrastructure equipment is then evaluated by taking account of both the measurements of the parameter during the evaluation period and the extent to which the downlink carrier is being transmitted during the evaluation period.

公开(公告)号：US11140662B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16324574

申请日：2017-07-27

Applicant: Sony Corporation ,  Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Inventor： Shin Horng Wong ,  Brian Alexander Martin ,  Martin Warwick Beale ,  Yuxin Wei ,  Anders Berggren ,  Lars Nord

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: An infrastructure equipment that transmits a radio network identifier to a communications device for identifying the communications device when allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for transmitting downlink data to the communications device. After the communications device has entered an inactive connected state, the infrastructure equipment transmits control signals including the radio network identifier for allocating communications resources of the wireless access interface for the communications device to receive downlink data, determine whether the communications device is still within a radio coverage area of the infrastructure equipment, and if the communications device has left the coverage area, transmit an indication to the one or more other infrastructure equipment via the inter-connecting interface to trigger a process for transmitting downlink data to the communications device from the one or more other infrastructure equipment.