TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
    72.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200252894A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16852715

    申请日:2020-04-20

    Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system including first and second terminal devices operable to communicate with one another in a synchronized device-to-device manner. The second terminal device is operable to selectively achieve synchronization for receiving data transmissions from the first terminal device using direct synchronization signalling transmitted by the first terminal device or indirect synchronization signalling transmitted by another network entity, such as a base station. The second terminal device is configured to preferentially seek indirect synchronization over direct synchronization, unless the second terminal device detects synchronization signalling transmitted by the first terminal device is associated with a predefined characteristic that indicates the synchronization signalling transmitted by the first terminal device is high priority synchronization signalling, in which case the second terminal device is configured to preferentially seek synchronization using the high priority direct synchronization signalling from the first terminal device over indirect synchronization signalling transmitted by the other network entity.

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
    73.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200221512A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16818373

    申请日:2020-03-13

    Abstract: A method for controlling a connection procedure for a terminal device requesting a radio connection to a cell supported by network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunication system, the method comprising: determining, at the terminal device, that a request to connect to the cell supported by the network infrastructure equipment is to be made, establishing, at the terminal device, application information relating to an operating context for the terminal device; transmitting a connection request message from the terminal device to the network infrastructure equipment, wherein the connection request message comprises a request for the terminal device to connect to the cell and an indication of the application information; and determining, at the network infrastructure equipment, whether to allow the request for the terminal device to connect to the cell based, at least in part, on the application information received by the network infrastructure equipment from the terminal device.

    TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING WARNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20200178040A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-04

    申请号:US16623399

    申请日:2018-06-14

    Abstract: A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device comprising receiver circuitry and control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to: control the receiver circuitry to receive a first signal indicating that a warning notification message is to be transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the network using a multicast or broadcast transmission; in response to the reception of the first signal, control the receiver circuitry to receive a second signal transmitted by infrastructure equipment of the network using predetermined communication resources, the second signal comprising information for the terminal device to use to determine communication resources for the multicast or broadcast transmission of the warning notification message; determine the communication resources for the multicast or broadcast transmission of the warning notification message using the information comprised in the second signal; control the receiver circuitry to receive the warning notification message using the determined communication resources.

    MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200092774A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16610527

    申请日:2018-04-26

    Abstract: Methods are provided for communicating in a mobile network, the mobile network comprising a plurality of infrastructure equipment, each providing wireless connectivity within at least one cell, and a device configured to communicate wirelessly with at least a first of the infrastructure equipment in control of a first cell. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining, at the device, whether a second cell under control of a second of the infrastructure equipment is connected to a first core network operating in accordance with a first protocol or both of the first core network and a second core network operating in accordance with a second protocol, and transmitting, by the device, an automatic neighbor relation report to the first infrastructure equipment, a report comprising an indication of whether the second cell is connected to the first core network or both of the first core network and the second core network.

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200077317A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16610528

    申请日:2018-04-26

    Abstract: A method is performed in a first infrastructure equipment for a handover of a wireless device from the first infrastructure equipment as a source to a second infrastructure equipment as a target. The method comprises maintaining a mapping between a plurality of packet bearers and a data radio bearer for the wireless device, each of the plurality of packet bearers being configured to provide a specified quality of service, determining that the wireless device should handover from the first infrastructure equipment to the second infrastructure equipment, determining that the second infrastructure equipment does not support the mapping of the plurality of packet bearers to the data radio bearer, and providing an indication of a mapping of the plurality of packet bearers for the second infrastructure equipment after handover to one of a core network equipment and the second infrastructure equipment.

    COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200008253A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16568248

    申请日:2019-09-12

    Abstract: A method of allocating resources for communications in a mobile telecommunication system wherein the mobile telecommunication system provides a wireless interface for a base station to communicate with communications devices and wherein a communications device is operable to transmit signals to another communications device using resources of the wireless interface and in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol. A first pool of the resources is allocated to device-to-device communications of the broadcast type and a second pool of the resources is allocated to a device-to-device communications of the unicast type, the second pool of resources being separate from the first pool. The method comprises a first communications device transmitting broadcast messages using resources of the first resources pool and a second communications device transmitting unicast messages using resources of the second resources pool.

    ANCHOR BASE STATION, SLAVE CELL AND USER EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190215759A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US16312580

    申请日:2017-05-09

    Abstract: A communications device acting as a relay device including a controller configured in combination with a transmitter and a receiver to receive from a remote communications device a first random access preamble message, the first random access preamble message comprising an identifier of the remote communications device, to transmit, in response to the first random access preamble message, a random access response message to the remote communications device, the random access response message comprising an indication of communications resources allocated to the remote communications device, to receive, from the remote communications device and using the communications resources indicated in the random access response message, a scheduled transmission comprising a connection request message and a first contention resolution identifier, and to transmit to the remote communications device a second contention resolution identifier.

    COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190104558A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16207212

    申请日:2018-12-03

    Abstract: A method of allocating resources for communications in a mobile telecommunication system wherein the mobile telecommunication system includes a wireless interface for a base station to communicate with communications devices and wherein a communications device is operable to transmit signals to another communications device using resources of the wireless interface and in accordance with a device-to-device communication protocol. A first pool of the resources is allocated to device-to-device communications of broadcast type and a second pool of the resources is allocated to a device-to-device communications of unicast type, the second pool of resources being separate from the first pool. The method includes a first communications device transmitting broadcast messages using resources of the first resources pool and a second communications device transmitting unicast messages using resources of the second resources pool.

    COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190098647A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16199393

    申请日:2018-11-26

    Abstract: A communications system communicating data to/from a communications terminal includes infrastructure equipment forming a mobile communications network to transmit/receive data to/from the communications terminal via a wireless access interface, the communications terminal configured to transmit/receive data to/from the infrastructure equipment. The communications terminal can receive transmission data to the infrastructure equipment at a buffer, transmit a resource request message requesting resources of the wireless access interface to the infrastructure equipment in response to receiving the data for transmission to the infrastructure equipment, and receive a resource allocation message from the infrastructure equipment. The resource allocation message allocates resources of the wireless access interface to the communications terminal. A characteristic of the resource request message transmitted by the communications terminal to the infrastructure equipment provides an indication of one of a predetermined set of transmission priority levels for transmitting the buffered data to the infrastructure equipment

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