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Sony patents group messaging method to reduce network load

Sony describes a communication method where a device in a group receives a signal from a base station and sends back a response containing the original data. This allows other devices in the same group to receive the information indirectly, reducing the need for the base station to send individual messages to every device.

Why it mattersThis technique could help manage traffic in large-scale sensor networks, such as those used for environmental monitoring, by preventing the network from becoming overloaded with redundant data.

In the filing’s own words

The present technology relates to an information terminal, a communication method, and a communication apparatus that make it possible to improve a communication quality while preventing an increase in processing amount. An information terminal of the present technology includes a receiver that receives a transmission signal transmitted by a single base station and addressed to a group that terminals including the information terminal belong to; and a transmitter that transmits, to the base station, a response signal that stores therein payload data included in the transmission signal, the response signal being receivable by the terminal belonging to the group and being other than the information terminal. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an IoT system used to collect information from a large number of sensor terminals to grasp an environmental change.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An information terminal, comprising: a receiver that receives a transmission signal transmitted by a single base station and addressed to a group that terminals including the information terminal belong to; and a transmitter that transmits, to the base station, a response signal that stores therein payload data included in the transmission signal, the response signal being receivable by the terminal belonging to the group and being other than the information terminal.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation)
Official title
INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
Publication number
US20260261385A1
Application number
18881790
Filed
Jul 21, 2023
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
14

Classified under

H04L 5/0053 Electricity & electronicsH04L 43/062 Electricity & electronics
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