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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
When a node in a cellular communications network is serving a first User Equipment, it obtains information about a second UE that may be used as a relay by the first UE. It obtains information in the event that there is data to be sent to the first UE, and sends a request to a node serving the second UE.