US 11,638,272 B2 · User-equipment-coordination-set selective participation

Abstract

This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for user-equipment-coordination-set (404) selective participation in which a coordinating user equipment (111) determines which user equipments in the user-equipment-coordination-set (404) participate in a joint communication with a base station (121). The coordinating user equipment (111) receives an indication from the base station (121) specifying multiple user equipments to include in the user-equipment-coordination set (702) and determines a first subset of the multiple user equipments to participate in the joint communication with the base station (121) (704). The coordinating user equipment (111) transmits one or more joint-communication-selection messages to the first subset of the multiple user equipments that directs the first subset of the multiple user equipments to participate in the joint communication with the base station (121) (706).

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Dependent claims

A method for determining participation in a joint communication by a user equipment configured as a coordinating user equipment for a user-equipment-coordination set in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the coordinating user equipment:

receiving an indication from a base station specifying multiple user equipments to include in the user-equipment-coordination set;
determining a first subset of the multiple user equipments to participate in the joint communication with the base station;
transmitting one or more joint-communication-selection messages to the first subset of the multiple user equipments, the transmitting being effective to direct the first subset of the multiple user equipments to participate in the joint communication with the base station;
receiving from a first user equipment in the first subset of the multiple user equipments an indication of a change of a status of the first user equipment;
and
based on the receiving of the indication of the change of status, transmitting a joint-communication-selection message to the first user equipment, the transmitting being effective to direct the first user equipment to discontinue participation in the joint communication with the base station.

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A user equipment comprising:

a wireless transceiver;
a local wireless network transceiver;
a processor;
and
instructions for a communication manager application that are executable by the processor to configure the user equipment to:
receive an indication from a base station specifying multiple user equipments to include in a user-equipment-coordination set;
determine a first subset of the multiple user equipments to participate in a joint communication with the base station;
transmit one or more joint-communication-selection messages to the first subset of the multiple user equipments, the transmission being effective to direct the first subset of the multiple user equipments to participate in the joint communication with the base station;
receive from a first user equipment in the first subset of the multiple user equipments an indication of a change of a status of the first user equipment;
and
based on the reception of the indication of the change of status, transmit a joint-communication-selection message to the first user equipment, the transmitting being effective to direct the first user equipment to discontinue participation in the joint communication with the base station.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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