MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617056634 A) filed by Nokia Technologies Oy on May 04, 2026, for Setup And Configuration Of A Tethering Group For Transmission Of Data.

Inventors include Rosa, Claudio; Yanakiev, Boyan; and Barbu, Oana-Elena.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: A method provided that includes receiving a setup request message at a radio access node from a user equipment to form a tethering group including the user equipment and at least one other user equipment, including an indication of one or more supported communication modes of the tethering group. The method also includes selecting at least one communication mode from the one or more supported communication modes, and transmitting a configuration message to the tethering group including an indication of at least one configuration for communication with the tethering group. The method additionally includes scheduling one or more resources for transmission of data to the tethering group over links between the radio access node and respective ones of the user equipment and the at least one other user equipment that are configured to detect and decode the data based on one of the at least one communication mode.

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