# US 11,909,687 B2 · Methods, systems, and electronic devices for initiating a communication channel for a first communication device with a second communication device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,687 B2 - Document ID: US11909687B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/503,280 - Filed: 2021-10-16 - Published: 2023-04-20 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-16 - Assignees: Motorola Mobility LLC - Applicants: Motorola Mobility LLC - Inventors: Daniel C Chisu; Si Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909687B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04B 7/043: {using best eigenmode, e.g. beam forming or beam steering} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04W 64/003: {locating network equipment} - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04B 7/06952: {Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping} - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A method in an electronic device includes transmitting, with a first communication device using a first communication network, a parameter of the electronic device to a base station of a second communication network. The method includes receiving, with the first communication device using the first communication network, overhead information facilitating electronic communication with the base station using the second communication network. The electronic device can then establish, with a second communication device using the second communication network, a communication channel with the base station. The electronic device can then communicate, with the second communication device using the second communication network, with the base station via the communication channel. The first communication network and the second communication network are different. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method in an electronic device, the method comprising: transmitting, with a first communication device using a first communication network, a parameter of the electronic device to a base station of a second communication network; receiving, with the first communication device using the first communication network, overhead information facilitating electronic communication with the base station using the second communication network; establishing, with a second communication device using the second communication network, a communication channel with the base station; and communicating, with the second communication device using the second communication network, with the base station via the communication channel; wherein the first communication network and the second communication network are different; the first communication network comprising a local area network; the second communication network comprising a wide area network; the local area network comprising an ultra-wideband network; and the method further comprising: selecting, with one or more processors, the communication channel from a plurality of communication channels operating in the second communication network; and transmitting, with the first communication device using the first communication network, an identification of the communication channel to the base station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, the wide area network comprising a fifth generation (5G) cellular network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, the 5G cellular network supporting millimeter wave communication, the communication channel comprising a millimeter wave, beam-formed communication channel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises a location of the electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, the wide area network comprising a cellular network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, the communication channel comprising a millimeter-wave, beam-formed communication channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the overhead information comprises a location of the base station. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises a location of the electronic device, further wherein transmission of the location and receipt of the overhead information occurs while the second communication device is one of OFF, in a low-power mode, or in a sleep mode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising transitioning the second communication device to an active mode of operation after receiving the overhead information with the first communication device using the first communication network. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting, with one or more sensors of the electronic device, movement of the electronic device relative to the base station; and in response to detecting the movement of the electronic device, transmitting, with the first communication device using the first communication network, another location of the electronic device to the base station. ### Claim 11 A method in a base station of a wide area communication network, the method comprising: detecting, with a first communication device using a first communication network, signals from an electronic device using the first communication network; transmitting, with the first communication device using the first communication network, one or both of: a location of the base station to the electronic device; and/or a plurality of communication channels operating in a second communication network that is different from the first communication network; receiving, with the first communication device using the first communication network, a response communication from the electronic device; transmitting, with the first communication device using the first communication network, overhead information facilitating electronic communication with the base station on a communication channel using the second communication network to the electronic device; providing, with a second communication device using the second communication network, the communication channel to the electronic device; and communicating, with the second communication device using the second communication network, with the electronic device via the communication channel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: receiving the response communication from the electronic device with at least a third communication device using the first communication network; aggregating response communications from the electronic device received by the first communication device and the at least a third communication device to obtain an aggregate response communication; and selecting the communication channel from a plurality of available communication channels operating in the second communication network using a location of the electronic device obtained from the aggregate response communication. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first communication network comprises an ultra-wideband network and the communication channel comprises a millimeter wave, beam-formed communication channel of a fifth generation (5G) cellular network. ### Claim 14 A method in an electronic device, the method comprising: transmitting, with a first communication device using a first communication network, a parameter of the electronic device to a base station of a second communication network; receiving, with the first communication device using the first communication network, overhead information facilitating electronic communication with the base station using the second communication network; establishing, with a second communication device using the second communication network, a communication channel with the base station; and communicating, with the second communication device using the second communication network, with the base station via the communication channel; wherein the first communication network and the second communication network are different; the first communication network comprising a local area network; the second communication network comprising a wide area network; the local area network comprising an ultra-wideband network; and the method further comprising: detecting, with one or more sensors of the electronic device, movement of the electronic device relative to the base station; and in response to detecting the movement of the electronic device, transmitting, with the first communication device using the first communication network, another location of the electronic device to the base station. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, the wide area network comprising a cellular network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, the cellular network comprising a fifth generation (5G) cellular network. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, the communication channel comprising a millimeter-wave, beam-formed communication channel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the parameter comprises a location of the electronic device, further wherein transmission of the location and receipt of the overhead information occurs while the second communication device is one of OFF, in a low-power mode, or in a sleep mode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising transitioning the second communication device to an active mode of operation after receiving the overhead information with the first communication device using the first communication network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the first communication device consumes less power when communicating using the first communication network than does the second communication device when communicating using the second communication network.