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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ehsan Aryafar, San Jose, CA (US);
Ping Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Nageen Himayat, Fremont, CA (US);
Shilpa Talwar, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus of a base station in a network may include a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device may process a message received at the base station from a macro-cell base station. The message may include a request to act as a relay for a user equipment (UE). The processing device may then determine that the base station is to act as a relay for the UE. The processing device may then generate a message comprising an indication that the base station accepted the request to act as a relay for the UE.