US 12,232,068 B2
Information provision about peer communication devices
Tommy Arngren, Södra Sunderbyn (SE); Min Wang, Luleå (SE); David Lindero, Luleå (SE); and Jonas Pettersson, Luleå (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/286,505
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/078695
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/078561, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360557 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/006 (2013.01) [G01S 5/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 64/00 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing information about peer communication devices to a network node, the method being performed by a first peer communication device, the method comprising:
determining to transmit, to a second peer communication device, timestamped first identity information and first location information associated with a third peer communication device based on data items stored on the second peer communication device;
transmitting, to the second peer communication device over a device-to-device connection, the timestamped first identity information and first location information associated with the third peer communication device, wherein the first identity information identifies the third peer communication device;
receiving, from the second peer communication device over the device-to-device connection, timestamped second identity information and second location information associated with the second peer communication device, wherein the second identity information identifies the second peer communication device; and
forwarding the timestamped first identity information, first location information, second identity information, and second location information to a network node upon network access to the network node.