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H04W 72/00

Local resource management

Introduced: January 2009

Additional Content IPC

relaying terminal means terminal equipment (as such covered by ) considered as local access point for the requester RRC Radio resource control MAC-CE MAC control element D2D Device to device URLLC “Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication [URLLC]” means a set of features that provide low latency and ultra-high reliability for mission-critical applications such as industrial internet, smart grids, remote surgery and intelligent transportation systems.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2009.

Child Classifications

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  • H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal since 2009 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services since 2023 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • H04W 72/40 Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink since 2023 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
  2. QUALCOMM US 101,139
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
  5. LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
  7. SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
  8. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
  9. INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498