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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:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Ki-Dong Lee, Seoul, KR;

Sang Gook Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02);
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a method comprising: receiving a plurality of first battery status information from a plurality of Relay UEs, wherein each first battery status information includes an estimated time length of residual battery life of a respective Relay UE; if a congestion is recognized, transmitting a first request signal for requesting additional information about battery status to the plurality of Relay UEs; as a response to the first request signal, receiving a plurality of second battery status information from the plurality of Relay UEs, wherein each second battery status information includes a charging status of a respective Relay UE; and selecting one of the plurality of Relay UEs based on the first and second battery status information, and an apparatus therefore. A UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.


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