Telecommunications apparatus and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11722842B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-08

    申请号:US16954531

    申请日:2018-12-14

    CPC classification number: H04W4/024 G01S5/0236 G01S19/48 H04W64/006

    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.

    Communications devices and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11665691B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-30

    申请号:US16475691

    申请日:2017-12-05

    CPC classification number: H04W72/20 H04L5/0094 H04W88/06 H04W88/10

    Abstract: Communicating in a wireless telecommunications system comprising a communications device and one or more infrastructure equipment, wherein the communications device is configured to communicate with the infrastructure equipment via a first wireless access interface in accordance with a first radio access technology (RAT) and to communicate with the infrastructure equipment via a second wireless access interface in accordance with a second RAT. An exemplary process includes receiving, at the communications device via the first wireless access interface, control signalling from one of the infrastructure equipment, the control signalling comprising an indication of first communications resources to be used by the communications device to communicate via the second wireless access interface, and transmitting, from the communications device, the signals representing data to and/or receiving, at the communications device, the signals representing data from, using the first communications resources, the one of the infrastructure equipment via the second wireless access interface.

    Telecommunications apparatus and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11483769B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17093034

    申请日:2020-11-09

    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.

    Terminal device infrastructure equipment and methods for determining a spatial position of the terminal based on received signals

    公开(公告)号:US11419150B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16760043

    申请日:2018-10-24

    Abstract: A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device comprising: first receiver circuitry configured to receive a first signal from each of one or more signal emitting devices located at respective spatial positions; transmitter circuitry configured to transmit a second signal to infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network; second receiver circuitry configured to receive a third signal from the infrastructure equipment, the third signal being transmitted by the infrastructure equipment in response to the infrastructure equipment receiving the second signal, the third signal being for determining, in combination with the first signal received from each of the one or more signal emitting devices, the spatial position of the terminal device, and the third signal being comprised within a predetermined system information block (SIB); and control circuitry configured to determine a spatial position of the terminal device based on the received first and third signals.

    Wireless communication apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US11405822B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-02

    申请号:US16747684

    申请日:2020-01-21

    Inventor: Shinichiro Tsuda

    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquiring unit that acquires communication quality of wireless communication at a location where a wireless communication apparatus exists, and a control unit that controls ON/OFF of another data communication function other than a data communication function to which a high priority is set, among data communication functions included by the wireless communication apparatus, based on the acquired communication quality.

    Telecommunications apparatus and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11297547B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16888932

    申请日:2020-06-01

    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.

    Telecommunications apparatuses and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11212875B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16822037

    申请日:2020-03-18

    Abstract: A method of allocating resources in a mobile telecommunications system, the resources being for a relay node to operate as a terminal-to-terminal relay for a device-to-device communication between a first terminal and a second terminal. The method includes: allocating first resources for the first terminal to communicate via the relay node for the device-to-device communication; allocating second resources for the second terminal to communicate via the relay node for the device-to-device communication; notifying the first terminal of the allocated first resources; notifying the second terminal of the allocated second resources; and the first and second terminals exchanging messages for the device-to-device communication via the relay node and using the first and second resources, respectively.

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