US 12,408,064 B2
Apparatus and method in wireless communication system, and computer readable storage medium
Wenbo Zhang, Beijing (CN); Penshun Lu, Beijing (CN); and Chen Sun, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/732,678.
Application 18/732,678 is a continuation of application No. 17/830,422, filed on Jun. 2, 2022, granted, now 12,041,477.
Application 17/830,422 is a continuation of application No. 16/638,144, granted, now 11,381,988, issued on Jul. 5, 2022, previously published as PCT/CN2018/099408, filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201710686365.8 (CN), filed on Aug. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0388946 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 24/10 (2013.01) [H04L 12/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A device configured as a base station in a wireless communication system, the device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
determine, based on one or more of base station related information, cell related information or user equipment related information, one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds for measurement or communication of each of a plurality of user equipment that have unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability and that are in communication with the base station via plural cells of the base station;
generate, for each of the plurality of user equipment, user equipment-specific configuration information comprising the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds,
wherein the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds are defined in a bitmap included in the user equipment-specific configuration information;
send the user equipment-specific configuration information to corresponding ones of the plurality of user equipment so that each of the plurality of user equipment conducts a communication or a measurement in accordance with the user equipment-specific configuration information; and
communicate with each of the plurality user equipment while each of the plurality user equipment maintains an altitude in accordance with the one or more user equipment-specific height thresholds included in the user equipment-specific configuration information,
wherein the user equipment-specific configuration information is comprised in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer signaling, the RRC layer signaling comprising a system broadcast message, an RRC connection establishment message or an RRC reconfiguration message, and
wherein the user equipment-specific height thresholds are also cell-specific.