Cellular communication network using a user equipment identifier

US11356150B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Martin Kasparick · Berlin, DE
• Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante · Berlin, DE
• Dennis Wieruch · Berlin, DE
• Josef Bernhard · Nabburg, DE
• Gerd Kilian · Erlangen, DE
• Benjamin Sackenreuter · Buckenhof, DE
• Bernd Holfeld · Berlin, DE
• Thomas FEHRENBACH · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W76/28
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a cellular communication network having a base station serving a radio cell and at least one user equipment located within the radio cell, wherein the base station is configured to receive a radio signal from the user equipment and to determine at least one signal property of the received radio signal, wherein the base station is further configured to assign a user equipment identifier to the user equipment based on the a least one determined signal property. The present invention further concerns a base station to be used in the above mentioned cellular network as well as corresponding methods.