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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:

Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Osman Yilmaz, Espoo, FI;

Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;

Mikko Uusitalo, Helsinki, FI;

Martti Moisio, Klaukkala, FI;

Esa Malkamäki, Espoo, FI;

Haitao Li, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1268 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02);
Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detect that a mode change is required; and in response to the detection that a mode change is required, select a mode for resource allocation, wherein the mode is selected based on a command received by the apparatus or the mode is selected from a plurality of modes which comprises a first mode and a second mode, and wherein in the first mode the cellular communication and device to device communication are separated in time, and in the second mode the cellular communication and device to device communication take place simultaneously.


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