US 11,729,599 B2
Communication system
Yang Shen, Beijing (CN); and Xuan He, Massy (FR)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/280,010
Filed by NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/109322
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/073161, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038884 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/06 (2013.01) [H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the system to:
receive a request for locations of a plurality of devices for communicating in a network, said request comprising an identifier for identifying said plurality of devices;
check whether each of two or more devices of said identified plurality of devices has been registered on the network;
in response to determining that at least one device of the two or more devices has been registered on the network, determine and report at least one location for the at least one device determined to be registered on the network; and
in response to determining that at least one device of the two or more devices has not been registered on the network, store in memory at least one indication of at least one pending request for at least one location of the at least one device not registered on the network.