US 12,308,881 B2
Light-communication based control of radio transmissions
Athanasios Stavridis, Malmö (SE); and Leif Wilhelmsson, Lund (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/034,525
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080586
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/089762, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0348335 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/1149 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0617 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling radio communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
a wireless device determining a position of the wireless device based on an optical communication signal transmitted between the wireless device and one or more first access points of the wireless communication network; and
based on the determined position, the wireless device controlling beamforming processing of radio communication signals transmitted between the wireless device and one or more second access points of the wireless communication network.