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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Bo Larsson, Malmö, SE;

Zhinong Ying, Lund, SE;

Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg, SE;

Peter Karlsson, Lund, SE;

Erik Bengtsson, Eslöv, SE;

Vanja Plicanic Samuelsson, Lund, SE;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/15 (2006.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04B 7/15 (2013.01); H04W 36/0088 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method () for operating a user equipment () in a wireless radio network (). The wireless radio network () comprises a base station () and at least one node () configured to relay communication data between the user equipment () and the base station (). According to the method, a relayed communication state is determined () and a measurement of characteristics of further direct radio transmission links between the user equipment () and the wireless radio network () is initiated () depending on the relayed communication state.


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