US 2022/0045722 A1Published application

Apparatus, Method and Computer Program

AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy

InventorChung Shue CHEN

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Abstract

An apparatus including circuitry configured for: controlling transmission from the apparatus to at least two user equipment within a communications system, wherein the circuitry is further configured for: controlling transmission of data signals for one of the at least two user equipment for a first slot of a direct transmission phase from the apparatus to the at least two user equipment within the communications system, such that: the one of the at least two user equipment is configured to receive and decode the data signals; and at least one other of the at least two user equipment is configured to receive and harvest energy from the data signals for relaying data signals to the one of the at least two user equipment for a cooperative transmission phase; controlling transmission of data signals for both the one of the at least two user equipment and at least one other of the at least two user equipment for a second slot of a direct transmission phase from the apparatus to the at least two user equipment within the communications system.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising circuitry configured for:

controlling transmission from the apparatus to at least two user equipment within a communications system, wherein the circuitry is further configured for:
controlling transmission of data signals for one of the at least two user equipment for a first slot of a direct transmission phase from the apparatus to the at least two user equipment within the communications system, such that:
the one of the at least two user equipment is configured to receive and decode the data signals;
and
at least one other of the at least two user equipment is configured to receive and harvest energy from the data signals for relaying data signals to the one of the at least two user equipment for a cooperative transmission phase;
controlling transmission of data signals for both the one of the at least two user equipment and at least one other of the at least two user equipment for a second slot of a direct transmission phase from the apparatus to the at least two user equipment within the communications system, such that:
the at least one other of the at least two user equipment is configured to receive and split the data signals into two parts comprising:
a first part from which the at least one other of the at least two user equipment is configured to harvest energy for relaying data signals to the one of the at least two user equipment;
and
a second part from which the at least one other of the at least two user equipment is configured to decode data for the at least one other of the at least two user equipment and decode data for relaying in the cooperative transmission phase data signals to the one of the at least two user equipment using the harvested energy.

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An apparatus comprising circuitry configured for:

receiving, from an access point for a first slot of a direct transmission phase, data signals for a further apparatus:
harvesting energy from the data signals for relaying data signals to the further apparatus in a cooperative transmission phase;
receiving, from the access point for a second slot of a direct transmission phase, data signals for both the further apparatus and the apparatus;
splitting the data signals for both the further apparatus and the apparatus into two parts;
harvesting energy from a first part of the two parts of the received data signals for both the further apparatus and the apparatus for relaying data signals to the further apparatus in a cooperative transmission phase;
decoding from a second part of the two parts of the received data signals for both the further apparatus and the apparatus data for the apparatus and for the further apparatus;
and
relaying, in the cooperative transmission phase following the direct transmission phase, to the further apparatus the decoded data for the further apparatus using the harvested energy from the first and second slots.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/280,260Filed 5 Oct 2018
Published: 10 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04B 7/026
Site diversity; Macro-diversity: co-operative diversity, e.g. using fixed or mobile stations as relays
H04L 5/0037
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
H04L 5/0053
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
H04W 52/346
TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading: distributing total power among…

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