US Patent Application 18028249. COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS simplified abstract

COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

Organization Name

Sony Group Corporation

Inventor(s)

Vivek Sharma of Basingstoke (GB)

Yuxin Wei of Basingstoke (GB)

Hideji Wakabayashi of Basingstoke (GB)

Yassin Aden Awad of Basingstoke (GB)

COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18028249 titled 'COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a method for receiving data associated with a multicast or broadcast service on a communications device.

• The method involves establishing a connection in a cell and receiving the data in a first radio resource control (RRC) mode.
• The data is transmitted using communication resources of a wireless access interface.
• The method also includes measuring the radio link quality associated with the wireless access interface in the first RRC mode.
• Based on the measured radio link quality, the method determines if predetermined criteria are satisfied.
• These predetermined criteria determine whether to continue receiving the data associated with the service in the first RRC mode in the cell.
• If the predetermined criteria are satisfied, the method allows for the reception of further data associated with the service.

Original Abstract Submitted

A method of receiving data associated with a service at a communications device, the service being a multicast or broadcast service, the method comprising establishing an RRC connection in a cell, receiving in the cell, in a first radio resource control (RRC) mode, the data associated with the service, the data transmitted using communication resources of a wireless access interface, measuring, in the first RRC mode, a radio link quality associated with the wireless access interface, determining, based on the radio link quality, that predetermined criteria are satisfied, the predetermined criteria for continuing to receive the data associated with the service in the first RRC mode in the cell, and after determining that the predetermined criteria are satisfied, receiving further data associated with the service.