IP Library Granted Patent US 12,294,898
Granted Patent B2
US 12,294,898 · App. 17/290,282 · Granted May 6, 2025

Wireless device, first and second radio network nodes, and methods performed therein for determining global ID of the second radio network node

Inventors: Maximilian Popescu (Skärblacka, SE); Pär Gustavsson (Linköping, SE); Thomas Walldeen (Linköping, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W36/0061H04W36/0077H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 12,294,898
App. No.
17/290,282
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is herein disclosed a wireless device, first and second radio network nodes and methods performed therein for communication. A method performed by a first radio network node for determining a global identity of a second radio network node which is a neighbour of the first radio network node is provided. The method comprises one or more of: receiving length information which specifies a length of the global ID of the second radio network node, from a wireless device which is served by the first radio network node; and determining the global ID of the second radio network node based on the length information.

Claims (9)

1. A method performed by a first radio network node for determining a global identity (ID) of a second radio network node which is a neighbor of the first radio network node, the method comprising:

receiving length information which specifies a length of the global ID of the second radio network node, from a wireless device served by the first radio network node; and

determining the global ID of the second radio network node based on the length information;

wherein the length of the global ID is defined by a number of bits, the length information specifying a number of bits exceeding a smallest number of bits that the global ID can have, and wherein the determining of the global ID comprises summing the number of bits exceeding the smallest number of bits and the smallest number of bits to obtain a total number of bits of the global ID.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the length information comprises receiving an automatic neighbor relations (ANR) report carrying the length information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the global ID comprises extracting the left most total number of bits of the global ID from a cell global identity (CGI).

4. A method performed by a second radio network node for facilitating a first radio network node serving a wireless device to determine a global identity (ID) of the second radio network node which is a neighbor of the first radio network node, the method comprising:

sending length information that specifies a length of the global ID of the second radio network node to the wireless device, wherein the length of the global ID is defined by a number of bits, the length information specifying a number of bits exceeding a smallest number of bits that the global ID can have.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the sending of the length information comprises sending a system information (SI) message carrying the length information.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE SECOND INVENTOR'S FIRST NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 056091 FRAME 0346. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 20, 2021
From: POPESCU, MAXIMILIAN; GUSTAVSSON, PÄR; WALLDEEN, THOMAS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 057959/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2021
From: POPESCU, MAXIMILIAN; GUSTAVSSON, PAR; WALLDEEN, THOMAS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 056091/0346 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2021
From: POPESCU, MAXIMILIAN; GUSTAVSSON, PÄR; WALLDEEN, THOMAS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 056091/0456 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62753955 · Nov 1, 2018
Related Publication 20210385701A1 · Dec 9, 2021
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