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(43) Date of publication: 21.05.2025 Bulletin 2025/21 (21) Application number: 23738553.9 (22) Date of filing: 06.07.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04W 76/15(2018.01) H04W 40/22(2009.01) H04W 40/12(2009.01) H04W 92/18(2009.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): H04W 76/15; H04W 92/18; H04W 40/12; H04W 40/22 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/068702 (87) International publication number: WO 2024/012976 (18.01.2024 Gazette 2024/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 13.07.2022 EP 22184827 (71) Applicants: Sony Group Corporation Tokyo 108-0075 (JP) Sony Europe B.V. Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW (GB) AL	(72) Inventors: SHARMA, Vivek Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB) WEI, Yuxin Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB) AWAD, Yassin Aden Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB) WAKABAYASHI, Hideji Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB) (74) Representative: D Young & Co LLP  3 Noble Street London EC2V 7BQ London EC2V 7BQ (GB)