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Sony patents wireless method to merge control signals with repeated data

Sony describes a method for wireless devices to send control information alongside repeated data signals. When these two types of signals overlap in time, the device combines the control data into the repeated transmissions to save space.

Why it mattersThis improves how efficiently wireless networks handle overlapping data and control messages, which is a standard part of managing modern mobile connections.

In the filing’s own words

A method of operating a device in a wireless network comprising transmitting a first uplink signal comprising control information in a set of uplink resources, transmitting a second uplink signal, wherein the second uplink signal is to be transmitted a plurality of times, each of the plurality of transmissions of the second uplink signal being a repetition of the second uplink signal, wherein each repetition of the second uplink signal is to be transmitted in a different set of uplink resources to the other repetitions of the second uplink signal, determining that the resources of the first uplink signal at least partially overlap in time with the resources of at least one of the repetitions of the second uplink signal, multiplexing the control information into the resources of a selected one or more of the repetitions of the second uplink signal, and transmitting the multiplexed signal to the wireless network.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. Circuitry for a communications device suitable for use in a wireless communications network, the circuitry comprising: transceiver circuitry configured to transmit signals and receive signals via a wireless access interface, and controller circuitry configured in combination with the transceiver circuitry; to determine that the transceiver circuitry should transmit a first uplink signal comprising control information to the wireless communications network in a set of uplink resources of the wireless access interface, to determine that the transceiver circuitry should transmit a second uplink signal to the wireless communications network, wherein the second uplink signal is to be transmitted a plurality of times, each of the plurality of transmissions of the second uplink signal being a repetition of the second uplink signal, wherein each repetition of the second uplink signal is to be transmitted in a different set of uplink resources of the wireless access interface to the other repetitions of the second uplink signal, to determine that the resources of the first uplink signal at least partially overlap in time with the resources of at least one of the repetitions of the second uplink signal, to multiplex the control information into the resources of a selected one or more of the repetitions of the second uplink signal, and to transmit the multiplexed signal to the wireless communications network, wherein a characteristic of the resources of the selected one or more repetitions of the second uplink signal satisfies a predetermined condition.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
Methods and communications devices
Patent number
US12732311B2
Application number
18655780
Filed
May 6, 2024
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04L 1/1854 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/1664 Electricity & electronicsH04L 1/1671 Electricity & electronics
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