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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Vinh Van Phan, Oulu, FI;
Ling Yu, Kauniainen, FI;
Kari Veikko Horneman, Oulu, FI;
Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method, including receiving at a first communication device from a first network information for assisting device-to-device transmissions between a group of communication devices including said first communication device; thereafter detecting at said first communication device loss of possibility to continue receiving assistance for said device-to-device transmissions from said first network; and deciding at said first communication device whether to continue with said device-to-device transmissions with assistance from a second network or without assistance from a second network.