H04W 72/00 Local resource management
Introduced: January 2009
Last revised: January 2023
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- Subclass:
- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Filing statistics
IPC H04W 72/00 belongs to the parent subclass H04W, which recorded 1,086,704 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 75,401 in 2013 to 101,506 in 2023 (+35%), peaking at 118,355 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class H04 are QUALCOMM (97,396 applications), HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY (96,502 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (86,981 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Additional Content
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.
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Child Classifications
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- H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
- H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
- H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
- H04W 72/2 Control channels or signalling for resource management
- H04W 72/3 Resource management for broadcast services
- H04W 72/4 Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink
- H04W 72/5 Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327