MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647080694 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated on June 30, 2026, for Device-To-Device (d2d) Link Maintenance Control.
Inventors include Zou, Yuwen; Rizzo, Davide; Merla, Shekar Babu Number; Chakali, Sudhakar; Dubost, Gilles; and Guzevich, Pavel.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: A device-to-device data communication link may be controlled to provide link downtime for maintenance operations. In one of the devices, a link downtime request and a data traffic level indication may be provided. Then, in the device, a link downtime acknowledgement may be provided in response to the link downti...