MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617056633 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on May 04, 2026, for Channel Occupancy Time Sharing And Energy Saving For Reduced Capability Devices.

Inventors include Sahoo, Biswapratapsingh; Manna, Tanumay; Jaiswal, Akshay; Banda, Rajesh; and Balasubramaniam, Sankaran.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for channel occupancy time (COT) sharing and energy saving for reduced capability (RedCap) devices. A method may include receiving a user equipment capability or a user equipment traffic requirement from a responding user equipment. The method may also include receiving a channel occupancy time sharing scope indication from a network element. The method may further include determining a channel occupancy time sharing scope based on the user equipment capability or the user equipment traffic requirement or the channel occupancy time sharing scope indication. In addition, the method may include determining a channel occupancy time resource allocation for the responding user equipment. Further, the method may include transmitting a channel occupancy time resource sharing indication to the responding user equipment based on the determined channel occupancy time sharing scope and/or the determined resource allocation.

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