Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for wireless device communication
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Application No.: US16954559Application Date: 2017-12-18
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Publication No.: US11405885B2Publication Date: 2022-08-02
- Inventor: Jinhua Feng , Beatriz Grafulla-González , Ao Song
- 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: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- International Application: PCT/SE2017/051289 WO 20171218
- International Announcement: WO2019/125235 WO 20190627
- Main IPC: H04W64/00
- IPC: H04W64/00 ; H04W76/50 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W4/40 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W8/00

Abstract:
According to embodiments described herein there is provided methods and apparatus for providing communications to a wireless device using device-to-device communication with an unmanned vehicle. A method in a wireless device comprises establishing a device-to-device, D2D, wireless connection to the unmanned vehicle; and responsive to receiving an operation command over the D2D wireless connection, performing an operation. A method in an unmanned vehicle comprises determining a current location of a wireless device; travelling to within a wireless range of the current location of the wireless device; establishing a device-to-device, D2D, wireless connection with the wireless device; and transmitting an operation command to the wireless device over the D2D wireless connection to instruct the wireless device to perform an operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200337018A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS DEVICE COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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