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Sony patents wireless method that mixes signal types for better data flow

Sony describes a method for sending wireless data by splitting the available signal space into two parts. One part uses a standard modulation technique, while the other uses a specific pattern of active and inactive signal slots to carry different types of data based on their importance.

Why it mattersThis could help future wireless connections handle urgent data and regular data more efficiently by using different signal patterns for each.

In the filing’s own words

A communication method includes performing wireless communication using a predetermined resource. The communication method includes allocating a signal modulated by a first modulation scheme to a first resource included in a predetermined resource, and allocating a signal modulated by a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme to a second resource included in the predetermined resource. The first modulation scheme is a modulation scheme of modulating a signal by a combination of active resources and inactive resources.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A communication method, comprising: performing wireless communication using a predetermined resource; determining a first transmission data and a second transmission data according to a Quality of Service (QoS); applying a first modulation scheme to the first transmission data and applying a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme to the second transmission data; allocating a signal modulated by the first modulation scheme to a first resource included in the predetermined resource; and allocating a signal modulated by the second modulation scheme to a second resource included in the predetermined resource; wherein the first modulation scheme is a modulation scheme for modulating a signal by a combination of active resources and inactive resources.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Publication number
US20260261357A1
Application number
19654534
Filed
Apr 22, 2026
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

H04L 1/0003 Electricity & electronicsH04L 5/0098 Electricity & electronics
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