US 12,356,345 B2
Communication device and communication method
Ryuichi Hirata, Tokyo (JP); and Yusuke Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/916,814
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/006098
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/215097, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-075756 (JP), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156633 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/0005 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device configured to control operations of a communication device, the device comprising:
control circuitry configured to control a transceiver of the communication device to transmit a signal to each of a plurality of other communication devices via a respective link of a plurality of links, each signal including information regarding a link-specific period where a respective one of the plurality of other communication devices is to suppress communications on the respective link so that another communication device is able to perform multi-link operations via the plurality of links in a specific period of time,
wherein the information regarding the link-specific period comprises:
a link-specific suppression start time, and
a link-specific suppression duration, and
wherein the control circuitry sets the link-specific suppression start time and the link-specific suppression duration for each of the plurality of links so that the link-specific durations of the plurality of links overlap in time for the specific period of time.