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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:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Miyuki Ogura, Tokyo, JP;

Toshihisa Nabetani, Kanagawa, JP;

Tomoya Tandai, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuma Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Kogawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Haruka Obata, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/0025 (2013.01); H04L 1/0001 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/03 (2018.08); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0097 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a wireless apparatus determines a state of a first wireless link with a first mobile station and a state of a second wireless link with a second mobile station in a first communication mode, and transmits a first signal to the first and the second mobile stations in accordance with the states of the first and the second wireless links. In response to the first signal, the first communication mode is changed to a second communication mode in which the wireless apparatus communicates with the second mobile station via a direct communication between the first and the second mobile stations.


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