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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A base station according to a present embodiment is a base station configured to manage a cell, and comprises: a controller configured to transmit, if a relay terminal configured to relay data by direct communication between a remote terminal and a network is not present in a vicinity of a radio terminal located within the cell, control information to the radio terminal. The control information is information for starting transmission of a discovery signal for discovering another radio terminal that can be the relay UE.