METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220094425A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:US17274186

    申请日:2019-09-19

    Abstract: A method of controlling communications within a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises in advance of transmitting the data by a child node to a donor node, configuring, by one of the donor node and a parent node, a Buffer Status Report, general BSR timer for the child node, the general BSR timer being common and synchronised among at least a subset of a plurality of infrastructure equipment, receiving, at the parent node, subsequent to expiry of the general BSR timer, a signal comprising a BSR from the child node indicating an amount of uplink data that the child node has ready to transmit to the parent node, and scheduling, by the parent node, in accordance with the BSR received from the child node, communications resources of the backhaul communications link to the child node in which the child node is to transmit the uplink data.

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20220060959A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17275199

    申请日:2019-08-19

    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system comprising the terminal device and a non-terrestrial network access node, wherein the method comprises the terminal device performing the steps of: determining a first location for the terminal device transmitting signalling indicating the first location; determining a second location for the terminal device; determining whether or not a distance between the first location and the second location is more than a predefined threshold distance, and if so transmitting signalling indicating the second location.

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210328748A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17270043

    申请日:2019-08-19

    Abstract: A method for transmitting data by a communications device in a wireless communications network, the method comprising assigning one of a plurality of logical channel priorities to the data in accordance with a plurality of service types, the logical channel priorities providing at least an indication of high priority data and lower priority data, forming a transport block of the data for transmission at a medium access control protocol layer in accordance with the logical channel priorities, and passing the transport block from the medium access control protocol layer to a physical layer for transmission and providing an indication to the physical layer based on the logical channel priority of the data in the transport block.

    INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210306927A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17264881

    申请日:2019-08-07

    Abstract: A method for operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network is provided. The wireless communications network comprises a base station and a non-terrestrial network part, the non-terrestrial network part transmitting one or more spot beams to provide a wireless access interface for transmitting signals to and receiving signals representing data from a communications device within a coverage region of a cell or one of the spot beams, the spot beam forming a cell. The method comprises transmitting, to the communications device, an indication of a first condition to be met before the communications device should transmit assistance information to the infrastructure equipment, receiving the assistance information from the communications device upon the first condition being met, determining, based on the assistance information, that a cell change of the communications device should be initiated, and initiating the cell change of the communications device.

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210259024A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17265219

    申请日:2019-08-07

    Abstract: A method for transmitting data by an infrastructure equipment in a wireless communications network to a communications device, the method comprising transmitting by the infrastructure equipment a paging message; receiving by the infrastructure equipment a random access request, the random access request transmitted by the communications device in response to the paging message; in response to receiving the random access request, transmitting by the infrastructure equipment an indication of communications resources allocated for a transmission by the infrastructure equipment and transmitting by the infrastructure equipment an indication that the transmission by the infrastructure equipment comprises data to be transmitted while no radio connection is established between the communications device and the infrastructure equipment; and transmitting by the infrastructure equipment the data using the allocated communications resources.

    METHODS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210259013A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17265216

    申请日:2019-08-07

    Abstract: A method of operating a communications device for receiving user plane data from a wireless communications network when the communications device is not in an active radio resource connected mode is provided. The method comprises receiving a message from the wireless communications network, the message including an indication that the wireless communications network has user plane data for transmission to the communications device while the communications device is not in an active mode, determining from the message a set of radio resources on which the user plane data is to be transmitted, wherein the user plane data is to be received by the communications device from the wireless communications network as part of a random access procedure, and transmitting to the wireless communications network an indication of whether or not the communications device successfully received the user plane data using the determined set of radio resources.

    MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210112612A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16608199

    申请日:2018-03-08

    Abstract: A method for use in a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising 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 of the infrastructure equipment including by the use of a radio bearer, the method comprising the first infrastructure equipment 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 subsequently effecting a change in the header of data packets transmitted to the communications device.

    DEVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR RELAY DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210112481A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16498459

    申请日:2018-02-28

    Abstract: A communications device acting as a relay device is configured to communicate with communications devices operating with a mobile communications network and infrastructure equipment. The relay device comprises transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry and controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured to determine whether predetermined conditions relating to the setting of an indication bit have been met, wherein the indication bit indicates whether the relay device is able to form new connections with one or more of the communications devices, to set the indication bit dependent on the determination of whether the predetermined conditions have been met. The relay device is not able to form new connections with one or more of the communications devices when the predetermined conditions are met, and to broadcast the indication bit.

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200344572A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16954531

    申请日:2018-12-14

    Abstract: A method of operating a terminal device supporting a plurality of positioning techniques which use positioning measurements made by the terminal device and positioning assistance information received from a location server to determine the location of the terminal device. The method includes: establishing a target location; selecting a first positioning technique for navigating towards the target location; receiving first positioning assistance information from the location server for the first positioning technique; determining a first location of the terminal device in accordance with the first positioning technique and the first positioning assistance information; establishing a first trigger for using a second positioning technique which is associated with higher positioning accuracy than the first positioning technique; and, in response to determining the first trigger is satisfied, determining a second location of the terminal device in accordance with the second positioning technique and second positioning assistance information received from the location server.

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