US Patent 11552697 Infrastructure equipment, communications devices and methods
Patent 11552697 was granted and assigned to Sony on January, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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US Patent 11552697 Infrastructure equipment, communications devices and methods
A method for operating an infrastructure equipment forming part of a wireless communications network, which includes a base station and a non-terrestrial network part, the non-terrestrial network part transmitting a plurality of spot beams to provide a wireless access interface for transmitting signals to and receiving signals representing data from a communications device within a coverage region formed by a first of the spot beams. The method comprises receiving assistance information from the communications device, identifying, based on the received assistance information, that a backup configuration should be updated to indicate one or more others of the spot beams, the one or more others of the spot beams being backups to the first spot beam in case of beam failure of the first spot beam, and transmitting a backup beam reconfiguration message to the communications device, the backup beam configuration message comprising an indication of the updated backup configuration.
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