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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsStefano Sorrentino, Gino Luca Masini, Stefan Wänstedt
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A first wireless communication device belongs to a first of multiple groups of wireless communication devices. Devices in any given group are synchronized to the same timing reference and devices in different groups are not synchronized to the same timing reference. The first device receives a message that indicates, for each of one or more of the groups, a range of possible values for misalignment between the timing reference of that group and a common timing reference. The range accounts for uncertainty in that misalignment. The first device determines, based on the one or more ranges, intervals of times during which direct control signaling is expected to be received at the first device from one or more devices in one or more other groups. The first device then adjusts intervals of times during which it is configured to operate in an awake state to narrowly encompass the intervals of times during which the direct control signaling is expected to be received.
A method implemented by a first wireless communication device in a first one of multiple groups of wireless communication devices in a wireless communication system, where devices in any given group are considered as synchronized to the same timing reference and devices in different groups are not considered as be synchronized to the same timing reference, the method comprising:
A first wireless communication device configured to belong in a first one of multiple groups of wireless communication devices in a wireless communication system, where devices in any given group are considered as synchronized to the same timing reference and devices in different groups are not considered as be synchronized to the same timing reference, the first wireless communication device comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored software instructions for controlling a first wireless communication device in a first one of multiple groups of wireless communication devices in a wireless communication system, where devices in any given group are considered as synchronized to the same timing reference and devices in different groups are not considered as be synchronized to the same timing reference, the software instructions which, when run on one or more processors of the first wireless communication device, cause the first wireless communication device to:
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