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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Adachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Fujishiro, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 80/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 80/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication method according to one embodiment is a communication method in which a first radio terminal executes a layerrelay in which a packet of a second radio terminal is transmitted between the second radio terminal and a base station in a layer higher than a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer in Layer. The first radio terminal transmits information indicating that the first radio terminal is capable of executing the layerrelay. The second radio terminal transmits a request for the layerrelay to the first radio terminal in response to receiving the information.