US 12,284,642 B2
Mobile device and method
Elke Roth-Mandutz, Erlangen (DE); Khaled Shawky Hassan Hussein, Erlangen (DE); Shubhangi Bhadauria, Erlangen (DE); and Martin Leyh, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/531,773.
Application 18/531,773 is a continuation of application No. 17/212,725, filed on Mar. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,882,555.
Application 18/531,773 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/075872, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18197357 (EP), filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114503 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/121 (2023.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/121 (2013.01) [H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a communication circuit,
wherein the communication circuit is arranged to communicate with members of a communication group,
wherein the communication circuit is arranged to exchange control information with the members of the communication group;
a processor circuit and a memory circuit,
wherein the memory is arranged to store instructions for the processor circuit,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to generate a first identification information when a configuration of the communication group changes,
wherein the processor circuit is arranged to transmit the first identification information on a physical layer of the control information,
wherein the first identification information assigns the configuration of the communication group,
wherein the control information uses a Sidelink Control Information format,
wherein the Sidelink Control Information format comprises the first identification information.