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Sony patents network device that reports signal interference to base stations

Sony has filed a patent for a method where a small network device detects when signals are being blocked or distorted. It then sends this information to a main network node so the system can adjust and reduce the interference.

Why it mattersThis is a technical improvement for cellular networks that helps maintain stable connections by allowing the system to identify and fix signal problems automatically.

In the filing’s own words

Disclosed is a method, performed in a coverage enhancing device, CED, for enabling interference mitigation in a communication network. The method comprises detecting an interference in a signal received at the CED. The method comprises transmitting, to a node, information indicative of the interference detected by the CED.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed in a coverage enhancing device, for enabling interference mitigation in a communication network, the method comprising: detecting an interference in a signal received at the CED; and transmitting to a node, information indicative of the interference detected by the CED.

Facts

Company: Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title: A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE, A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NODE, A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE, AND A NODE
Publication number: US20260270716A1
Application number: 19165921
Filed: Mar 19, 2024
Published: Sep 10, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 26

Classified under

H04W 16/26 Electricity & electronicsH04B 17/346 Electricity & electronicsH04W 8/22 Electricity & electronicsH04W 12/06 Electricity & electronicsH04W 16/28 Electricity & electronics

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