Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, communication devices and network nodes for enhancing communication in a wireless communication network
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Application No.: US16335313Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US10820320B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Min Wang , Jan Christoffersson , Jose Luis Pradas , Andres Reial
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/SE2016/050994 WO 20161014
- International Announcement: WO2018/070908 WO 20180419
- Main IPC: H04W72/04
- IPC: H04W72/04 ; H04W56/00 ; H04W52/02

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method performed by a communication device (120) for enhancing wireless communication with a network node (110) of a wireless communication network (100). The communication device (120) has received, from the network node, a first timing advance, TA, value at a first time point when in active state, and the communication device has thereafter switched to inactive state. The method comprises switching from inactive to active state, after obtaining an indication of data transfer, determining whether the first TA value is still valid, employing the first TA value for sending data to the network node when the first TA value is determined to be valid, and employing an updated TA value for sending data to the network node when the first TA value is determined not to be valid. By determining that the first TA value is still valid and in these cases reusing the first TA value, communication resources that would otherwise have been used for updating the TA value can be spared.
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