TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20210212124A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US16760043

    申请日:2018-10-24

    摘要: 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.

    TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENTS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200314795A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16768077

    申请日:2018-11-28

    IPC分类号: H04W64/00 H04W4/20 H04W68/00

    摘要: A terminal device configured to receive a radio signal from which measurements can be used to assist in determining a position of the terminal device. The terminal device detects one or more system information blocks carrying position assistance information transmitted from the infrastructure equipment and estimates the position of the terminal device by combining the identified position assistance information with the radio signal received by the position detection receiver circuitry. Furthermore the terminal device receives from the infrastructure equipment an indication of relative risk that the position assistance information will change, and in response to the indication of the relative risk that the position assistance information will change to adapt the receiving of the one or more system information blocks to receive an updated version of the position assistance information in accordance with the relative risk.

    COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210195544A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17272664

    申请日:2019-09-20

    摘要: A method of operating a communications device comprises detecting a plurality of beams of radio signals each being transmitted periodically according to a time divided structure of a wireless access interface provided by a wireless communications network, selecting a first of the plurality of beams of radio signals for detecting a first version of a synchronisation signal transmitted with the first beam of radio signals, selecting a second of the plurality of beams of radio signals for detecting a second version of the synchronisation signal transmitted with the second beam of radio signals, and synchronising with the time divided structure of the wireless access interface from at least one of the first version of the synchronisation signal and the second version of the synchronisation signal.

    TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20190182732A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16323784

    申请日:2017-07-19

    摘要: A wireless telecommunications system including a terminal device; first infrastructure equipment operable to communicate with the terminal device using a first radio access technology (RAT) and second infrastructure equipment operable to communicate with the terminal device using a second RAT. During a handover procedure for handover from the first infrastructure equipment as a source master infrastructure equipment to a third infrastructure equipment as a target master infrastructure equipment, the second infrastructure equipment is operable to communicate with the third infrastructure equipment using an interface associated with the second RAT so as to allow information necessary for completing the handover to be exchanged between the first infrastructure equipment and the third infrastructure equipment via the second infrastructure equipment.

    EARLY HANDOVER PREPARATION AND EARLY HANDOVER COMMAND

    公开(公告)号:US20210235336A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US16495209

    申请日:2018-03-22

    IPC分类号: H04W36/00 H04W36/08

    摘要: A handover procedure for a terminal device in a system comprising the terminal device, a source network access node to which the terminal device is initially connected, and one or more candidate target network access nodes. The method includes determining that a first measurement for radio channel conditions for a first candidate target access node satisfies a first predefined criterion; receiving at the terminal device connection information for use by the terminal device for connecting to the first candidate target network access node; establishing a second measurement for radio channel conditions between the terminal device and one of the one or more candidate target network access nodes; determining that the second measurement of radio channel conditions satisfies a second predefined criterion; and transmitting from the terminal device an indication that the second measurement of radio channel conditions for the first candidate target network access node satisfies the second predefined criterion.

    TERMINAL DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200280951A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16763985

    申请日:2018-11-08

    摘要: A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device comprising: sensor circuitry configured to detect a value of a parameter which is variable in response to a variation in vertical position of the terminal device; receiver circuitry configured to receive, from infrastructure equipment of the wireless telecommunications network, a reference value of the parameter and a reference value of the vertical position at which the reference value of the parameter is associated; processing circuitry configured to determine a value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to a second reference vertical position, wherein the determining comprises: determining the second reference vertical position based on a geographical position of the terminal device; determining a value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the first reference vertical position based on the detected value of the parameter; determining the value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the second reference vertical position based on a difference between the determined value of the vertical position of the terminal device defined relative to the first reference vertical position and the second reference vertical position.