US 12,335,750 B2
Methods of managing communication based on information defining an operational environment and related nodes
Deep Shrestha, Linköping (SE); Sara Modarres Razavi, Stockholm (SE); and Ritesh Shreevastav, Upplands Väsby (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/792,725
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/050272
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/144607, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057057 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/085 (2023.05); H04W 36/322 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a Radio Access Network, RAN, node of a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
obtaining information defining an operational environment in which a wireless device is operating, wherein the obtaining information comprises:
receiving a light sensor measurement from the wireless device through a wireless transceiver,
determining, based on the light sensor measurement, whether the wireless device is indoors, semi-indoors, or outdoors; and
managing communication with the wireless device based on the information defining the operational environment in which the wireless device is operating.