# US 10,455,588 B2 · Devices and methods for resource selection in wireless communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,588 B2 - Document ID: US10455588B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/719,598 - Filed: 2017-09-29 - Published: 2019-04-04 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Pravallika Vura; Soumen Chakraborty - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455588B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Devices and methods configured to receive a first information from a cell, the first information comprising boundaries of a plurality of zones of the cell, wherein each of the plurality of zones is allocated a respective set of resources; select a first zone of the plurality of zones based on a position calculated from a second information; select a second zone of the plurality of zones based on a deviation value of at least one of the position or the first information; compare a contention in resources of the first zone to a contention in resources of the second zone; and transmit a message based on the comparison. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication device comprising at least one processor configured to: receive a first information from a cell, the first information comprising boundaries of a plurality of zones of the cell, wherein each of the plurality of zones is allocated a respective set of resources; select a first zone of the plurality of zones based on a position calculated from a second information; select a second zone of the plurality of zones based on a deviation value of the first information, wherein the deviation value is indicative of a range to a boundary between at least the first zone and the second zone; compare a contention in resources of the first zone to a contention in resources of the second zone; and transmit a message based on the comparison. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication device of claim 1, the comparison comprising determining which of the first zone and the second zone has a lower contention, wherein the message is transmitted using resources of the zone with the lower contention. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communication device of claim 1, wherein the contention in resources of the first zone and the contention in resources of the second zone comprises monitoring each respective zone's usage of resources. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication device of claim 1, wherein the boundaries of the plurality of zones are based on reference signal received power (RSRP) measurements. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The communication device of claim 4, the second information determined from a received reference signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The communication device of claim 5, the at least one processor configured to determine the position based on the RSRP measurement of the received reference signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The communication device of claim 4, wherein the deviation value is about 6 decibels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The communication device of claim 1, wherein the boundaries of the plurality of zones are based on geographical coordinates. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The communication device of claim 8, the second information determined a geographical position measurement. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communication device of claim 9, the geographical position measurement comprising receiving one or more Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals, and determining the position based on the received GNSS signals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The communication device of claim 9, wherein the deviation value is about 50 meters to about 200 meters. ### Claim 12 A method for transmitting a message in wireless communications, the method comprising: receiving a first information from a cell, the first information comprising boundaries of a plurality of zones of the cell, wherein each of the plurality of zones is allocated a respective set of resources; selecting a first zone of the plurality of zones based on a position calculated from a second information; selecting a second zone of the plurality of zones based on a deviation value of the first information, wherein the deviation value is indicative of a range to a boundary between at least the first zone and the second zone; comparing a contention in resources of the first zone to a contention in resources of the second zone; and transmitting the message based on the comparison. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising determining which of the first zone or the second zone has a lower contention and transmitting the message using the resources of the zone with the lower contention. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising monitoring the resources in the first zone and the resources in the second zone to determine each respective zone's contention of resources. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the boundaries of the plurality of zones are based on reference signal received power (RSRP) measurements. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the second information determined from a received reference signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the boundaries of the plurality of zones are based on geographical coordinates. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising determining the second information based on a geographical position measurement. ### Claim 19 One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a communication device, direct the communication device to perform a method comprising: receiving a first information from a cell, the first information comprising boundaries of a plurality of zones of the cell, wherein each of the plurality of zones is allocated a respective set of resources; selecting a first zone of the plurality of zones based on a position calculated from a second information; selecting a second zone of the plurality of zones based on a deviation value of the first information, wherein the deviation value is indicative of a range to a boundary between at least the first zone and the second zone; comparing a contention in resources of the first zone to a contention in resources of the second zone; and transmitting the message based on the comparison. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19, further comprising determining which of the first zone or the second zone has a lower contention and transmitting the message using the resources of the zone with the lower contention.