IP Library Granted Patent US 11,469,812
Granted Patent B2
US 11,469,812 · App. 16/962,206 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Operating devices in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Olof Zander (Södra Sandby, SE); Erik Bengtsson (Eslöv, SE)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04B7/10H04B7/0413H04L5/0048H04W56/001
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Patent No.
US 11,469,812
App. No.
16/962,206
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to methods for operating a communication de-vice. According to an embodiment, the method comprises transmitting ( 201 ) configuration data ( 300 ) indicating a first polarization of a first radio frequency signal ( 301 ) and a second polarization of a second radio frequency signal ( 302 ), transmitting ( 202 ) the first radio frequency signal ( 301 ) using the first polarization, and transmitting ( 203 ) the second radio frequency signal ( 302 ) using the second polarization.

Claims (45)

1. A method for operating a communication device, comprising:

transmitting configuration data indicating a first polarization of a first radio frequency signal and a second polarization of a second radio frequency signal,

transmitting the first radio frequency signal using the first polarization, and

transmitting the second radio frequency signal using the second polarization,

wherein the configuration data includes a first identifier uniquely identifying the first radio frequency signal, and a second identifier uniquely identifying the second radio frequency signal, and

wherein the first radio frequency signal comprises one of a first synchronization signal or a first pilot signal and the second radio frequency signal comprises one of a second synchronization signal or a second pilot signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal differ in their corresponding first and second polarization only.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration data is transmitted using a broadcast channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal is transmitted using a broadcast channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first polarization and the second polarization are orthogonal to each other.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration data indicates a first directionality of the first radio frequency signal and a second directionality of the second radio frequency signal, the method further comprising:

transmitting the first radio frequency signal using the first polarization and the first directionality,

transmitting the second radio frequency signal using the second polarization and the second directionality.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first directionality and the second directionality are the same.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuration data indicates the first directionality and the second directionality with respect to a beam sweep including multiple beams of multiple directionalities.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request for the configuration data, and

transmitting the configuration data upon receiving the request.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration data comprises selector information indicating the first polarization and the second polarization based on a predefined mapping between a plurality of radio frequency signals and a plurality of polarizations.

11. A method for operating a communication device, the method comprising:

receiving configuration data indicating a first polarization of a first radio frequency signal and a second polarization of a second radio frequency signal,

receiving at least one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal, and

determining a combined power of the at least one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal based on the configuration data,

wherein the configuration data includes a first identifier uniquely identifying the first radio frequency signal, and a second identifier uniquely identifying the second radio frequency signal, and

wherein the first radio frequency signal comprises one of a first synchronization signal or a first pilot signal and the second radio frequency signal comprises one of a second synchronization signal or a second pilot signal.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the configuration data includes a first identifier uniquely identifying the first radio frequency signal, and a second identifier uniquely identifying the second radio frequency signal.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

transmitting a request for the configuration data.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the configuration data comprises selector information indicating the first polarization and the second polarization based on a predefined mapping between a plurality of radio frequency signals and a plurality of polarizations.

15. A communication device comprising:

an antenna arrangement, and

a logic coupled to the antenna arrangement and configured to

transmit, via the antenna arrangement, configuration data indicating a first polarization of a first radio frequency signal and a second polarization of a second radio frequency signal,

transmit, via the antenna arrangement, the first radio frequency signal using the first polarization, and

transmit, via the antenna arrangement, the second radio frequency signal using the second polarization,

wherein the configuration data includes a first identifier uniquely identifying the first radio frequency signal, and a second identifier uniquely identifying the second radio frequency signal, and

wherein the first radio frequency signal comprises one of a first synchronization signal or a first pilot signal and the second radio frequency signal comprises one of a second synchronization signal or a second pilot signal.

16. A communication device comprising:

an antenna arrangement, and

a logic coupled to the antenna arrangement and configured to

receive configuration data indicating a first polarization of a first radio frequency signal and a second polarization of a second radio frequency signal,

receive at least one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal, and

determine a combined power of the at least one of the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal based on the configuration data,

wherein the configuration data includes a first identifier uniquely identifying the first radio frequency signal, and a second identifier uniquely identifying the second radio frequency signal, and

wherein the first radio frequency signal comprises one of a first synchronization signal or a first pilot signal and the second radio frequency signal comprises one of a second synchronization signal or a second pilot signal.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061355/0356 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2020
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053983/0776 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2020
From: ZANDER, OLOF; BENGTSSON, ERIK
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 053495/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1830015-2 · Jan 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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