System and method for beacon interval adaptation
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsNathan Edward Tenny, Yalin Liu, Jian Wang
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Abstract
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) adapted to transmit beacons includes adjusting an initial beacon interval between successively transmitted beacons in accordance with a value of at least one parameter and a beacon configuration received from a network entity, thereby producing an adjusted beacon interval, and transmitting a beacon selected in accordance with the adjusted beacon interval in a beacon transmission opportunity determined in accordance with the initial beacon interval.
Claims28
A method for operating a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- adjusting, by the UE, an initial beacon interval between successively wirelessly-transmitted beacons in accordance with a value of at least one parameter affecting beacon coverage and a beacon configuration wirelessly received from a network entity, the beacon configuration comprising allowable beacon intervals, thereby producing an adjusted beacon interval;
- and
- wirelessly transmitting, by the UE, a beacon selected in accordance with the adjusted beacon interval, in a beacon transmission opportunity determined in accordance with the initial beacon interval, the beacon conveying an identity of the UE and using radio resources assigned by the network entity.
A method for operating a network entity (NE), the method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving, by the NE, a beacon interval indicator from a user equipment (UE);
- and
- altering, by the NE, beacon reception opportunities for subsequent wirelessly-transmitted beacons in accordance with a beacon interval, the beacon interval determined in accordance with the beacon interval indicator, and each wirelessly-transmitted beacon conveying an identity of the UE and using radio resources assigned by the NE.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
- and
- a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
- adjust an initial beacon interval between successively wirelessly-transmitted beacons in accordance with a value of at least one parameter affecting beacon coverage and a beacon configuration wirelessly received from a network entity, the beacon configuration comprising allowable beacon intervals, thereby producing an adjusted beacon interval;
- and
- wirelessly transmit a beacon selected in accordance with the adjusted beacon interval, in a beacon transmission opportunity determined in accordance with the initial beacon interval, the beacon conveying an identity of the UE and using radio resources assigned by the network entity.
A network entity (NE) comprising:
- a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
- and
- a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
- wirelessly receive a beacon interval indicator from a user equipment (UE);
- and
- alter beacon reception opportunities for subsequent wirelessly-transmitted beacons in accordance with a beacon interval, the beacon interval determined in accordance with the beacon interval indicator, and each wirelessly-transmitted beacon conveying an identity of the UE and using radio resources assigned by the NE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.