摘要 |
Apparatus, computer program products and methods operate an electronic device to determine an operating mode of a controlled electronic device operating in the wireless communications network; to generate a control signal in dependence on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device; to configure the control signal in a pre-determined manner in dependence on the operating mode of the controlled electronic device, wherein the pre-determined manner is known to both the electronic device and to the controlled electronic device; and to operate the radio apparatus to transmit the control signal to the controlled electronic device. In a variant, apparatus, computer program products and methods operate an electronic device to receive a control signal from a controlling electronic device operative in the wireless communications network, the control signal configured by the controlling electronic device in a predetermined manner known to both the controlling electronic device and the electronic device in dependence on an operating mode of the electronic device; and to decode the control signal using knowledge of the predetermined manner in which the control signal was configured by the controlling electronic device. |