# US 2014/0153482 A1 · Communication device, mobile terminal, method for requesting information and method for providing information

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- Number: US 2014/0153482 A1
- Document ID: US20140153482A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/803,042
- Filed: 2013-03-14
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03
- Assignees: Intel Corporation
- Inventors: Andreas Schmidt; Yujian Zhang; Ana Lucia Pinheiro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153482A1

## CPC

- H04B 1/12: Neutralising, balancing, or compensation arrangements
- H04B 1/3827: Portable transceivers
- H04B 7/0452: Multi-user MIMO systems
- H04B 7/0617: {for beam forming}
- H04B 7/15557: {Selecting relay station operation mode, e.g. between amplify and forward mode, decode and forward mode or FDD - and TDD mode}
- H04B 17/24: with feedback of measurements to the transmitter
- H04B 17/26: using historical data, averaging values or statistics
- H04B 17/345: Interference values ({signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]} H04B17/336)
- H04J 11/005: {of intercell interference}
- H04J 11/0053: {using co-ordinated multipoint transmission/reception (co-ordinated antenna or beam-forming aspects H04B7/022)}
- H04L 1/0003: {by switching between different modulation schemes}
- H04L 1/0054: {Maximum-likelihood or sequential decoding, e.g. Viterbi, Fano, ZJ algorithms}
- H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 1/1867: Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
- H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT}
- 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)}
- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)}
- H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI}
- H04L 5/0058: {Allocation criteria}
- H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided}
- H04L 25/0202: {Channel estimation}
- H04L 25/0204: {of multiple channels}
- H04L 25/03305: {Joint sequence estimation and interference removal (joint detection of several desired signals H04L25/03331)}
- H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition
- H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports}
- H04W 36/10: Reselecting an access point controller
- H04W 52/0261: {managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level}
- H04W 52/40: during macro-diversity or soft handoff
- H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling
- H04W 72/121: for groups of terminals or users
- H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties
- H04W 72/52: based on load
- H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria
- H04W 72/541: using the level of interference
- H04W 72/566: of the information or information source or recipient
- H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information}
- H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
- H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
- H04W 92/18: between terminal devices
- H04L 27/0008: {arrangements for allowing a transmitter or receiver to use more than one type of modulation (negotiating modulation type for two-way transmission paths H04L5/1453)}
- H04W 40/16: based on interference
- H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems}
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- 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 communication device is described comprising a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time and a transmitter configured to transmit the message.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communication device comprising:
a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the message.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to provide information which is processed depending on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the information is the result of a measurement carried out by means of a receiver of the mobile terminal and the predetermined time is the time of the measurement.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to determine whether the transmitter of the mobile terminal has potentially caused interference to the measurement and is to report the result of the measurement depending on the activity of the transmitter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The communication device according to claim 3, herein the receiver and the transmitter of the mobile terminal use different radio technologies.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the measurement is the measurement of a signal strength or a signal quality of a signal received by the receiver.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the information includes the information whether the transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at the predetermined time.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, the transmitter configured to transmit the message to one of a group of receiving entities consisting of
a mobile terminal;
a core network component;
a radio access network component.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter of the mobile terminal is a short range communication transmitter.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter of the mobile terminal is a transmitter of the mobile terminal operating in an unlicensed band.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter of the mobile terminal is a transmitter operating in the ISM band.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter of the mobile terminal is WLAN transmitter or a Bluetooth transmitter.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the message indicates that the mobile terminal is to determine whether the transmitter of the mobile terminal or a further transmitter of the mobile terminal have been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal and the further transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the communication device is part of a mobile communication network.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a base station.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, the message generator configured to generate the message in accordance with Minimization of Drive Tests and the transmitter configured to transmit the message in accordance with Minimization of Drive Tests.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The communication device according to claim 1, the communication device being part of the mobile communication network and the transmitter configured to transmit the message to another communication device of the mobile communication network.

### Claim 18

Method for requesting information comprising:
generating a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time; and
transmitting the message.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method according to claim 18, comprising transmitting the message to the mobile terminal.

### Claim 20

Mobile terminal comprising:
a determiner configured to determine whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time;
a message generator configured to generate a message comprising information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the message.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The mobile terminal according to claim 20, further comprising a receiver configured to receive a further message from a communication device indicating that the mobile terminal is to determine whether the transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The mobile terminal according to claim 21, the transmitter configured to transmit the message to the communication device.

### Claim 23

Method for providing information comprising:
determining whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time;
generating a message comprising information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time; and
transmitting the message.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The method of claim 23, further comprising receiving a message from a communication device indicating that the mobile terminal is to determine whether the transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time.