US 12,081,263 B2
Methods, apparatus and machine-readable mediums related to wireless communication in communication networks
Athanasios Stavridis, Malmö (SE); Leif Wilhelmsson, Lund (SE); and Miguel Lopez, Solna (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/620,929
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/066720
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/259797, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329320 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 10/11 (2013.01) [H04B 10/0795 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed in a node of a communication network, the method enabling data communication to be established between a first wireless device and the communication network upon a wireless Light Communication (LC) link between the first wireless device and an LC-enabled Access Point (AP) of the communication network becoming unavailable, the method comprising:
responsive to a determination that the wireless LC link between the first wireless device and the LC-enabled AP becomes unavailable, identifying a second wireless device for relaying data between the first wireless device and the communication network via a first communication link between the first wireless device and the second wireless device and a second communication link between the second wireless device and an AP of the communication network associated with the second wireless device, wherein data communication via at least one of the first communication link and the second communication link is enabled by wireless Radio-Frequency (RF) communication.