Short Range Wireless Communications
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a transmission control circuitry configured to control a short-range transmitter; and
a radio transmitter operationally connectable to the transmission control circuitry, the radio transmitter having a longer wireless transmission range than a wireless transmission range of the short-range transmitter, wherein the transmission control circuitry is configured to cause the short-range transmitter to transmit a short-range signal indicating to a receiver apparatus receiving the short-range signal a radio resource used for transmission of a radio signal, and to cause the radio transmitter to transmit the radio signal in the radio resource indicated with the short-range signal.
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Abstract
This document presents a wireless communication scheme utilizing a combination of two wireless communication schemes: a short range communication scheme and a radio communication scheme having a longer wireless transmission range than the wireless transmission range of the short range communication scheme. A short range signal is used to indicate a radio resource to be used for transmitting a radio signal, and the radio signal is then communicated in the radio resource indicated by the short range signal.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a transmission control circuitry configured to control a short-range transmitter; and a radio transmitter operationally connectable to the transmission control circuitry, the radio transmitter having a longer wireless transmission range than a wireless transmission range of the short-range transmitter, wherein the transmission control circuitry is configured to cause the short-range transmitter to transmit a short-range signal indicating to a receiver apparatus receiving the short-range signal a radio resource used for transmission of a radio signal, and to cause the radio transmitter to transmit the radio signal in the radio resource indicated with the short-range signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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causing, in a wireless communication apparatus, communication of a short-range signal indicating a radio resource used for transmission of a radio signal, wherein the radio signal has a longer wireless communication range than a wireless communication range of the short-range signal, and causing, in the wireless communication apparatus, communication of the radio signal in the radio resource indicated with the short-range signal.
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10. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory distribution medium readable by a computer and comprising program instructions which, when executed by the computer, perform a computer process comprising:
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causing, in a wireless communication apparatus, communication of a short-range signal indicating a radio resource used for transmission of a radio signal, wherein the radio signal has a longer wireless communication range than a wireless communication range of the short-range signal, and causing, in the wireless communication apparatus, communication of the radio signal in the radio resource indicated with the short-range signal.
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11. An apparatus comprising:
a reception control circuitry configured to control a short-range receiver and a radio receiver both operationally connectable to the reception control circuitry, wherein the reception control circuitry is configured to detect reception of a short-range signal in the short-range receiver, to determine from the received short-range signal a radio resource of a radio signal, and to cause the radio receiver to receive the radio signal in the radio resource determined from the short-range signal and to decode data carried by received radio signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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