US 12,232,054 B2
User equipment for satellite communication
Yuan Zhang, Nanjing (CN); Penshun Lu, Beijing (CN); Wenbo Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Hiromasa Uchiyama, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/513,696.
Application 18/513,696 is a continuation of application No. 18/161,891, filed on Jan. 31, 2023, granted, now 11,871,365.
Application 18/161,891 is a continuation of application No. 17/251,821, granted, now 11,595,916, issued on Feb. 28, 2023, previously published as PCT/CN2019/090804, filed on Jun. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201810631481.4 (CN), filed on Jun. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089873 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 84/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 52/367 (2013.01) [H04W 36/304 (2023.05); H04W 52/288 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment capable of performing communication, comprising:
one or more processing circuitries configured to:
evaluate a transmission power demand of the user equipment to perform communication with a communication node;
determine to switch to a candidate communication mode when it is determined that a transmission power constraint fails to satisfy the transmission power demand;
send to the communication node a notification indicating a necessity of switching to the candidate communication mode; and
receive a command indicating whether an assistant device is required to assist the user equipment in performing the communication;
wherein when the assistant device is required to assist the user equipment in performing the communication, the user equipment transmits at least a portion of transmission information of the user equipment to the communication node, and rest of the transmission information of the user equipment is transmitted from the user equipment to the communication node via the assistant device.