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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:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

May. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Stefan Wänstedt, Luleå, SE;

Peter Ökvist, Luleå, SE;

Iwe Lingström, Kalmar, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided mechanisms for requesting radio resources from a second terminal device. A method is performed by a first terminal device. The method comprises identifying an increasing need for use of radio resources. The method comprises transmitting, via a sidelink to the second terminal device, a request for using radio resources allocated to the second terminal device. The method comprises receiving, via the sidelink, a response from the second terminal device. The response pertains to whether the second terminal device has granted the first terminal device to use at least some of the requested radio resources or not. The method comprises providing, towards a network node serving the first terminal device, a notification of that the first terminal device has requested the radio resources from the second terminal device and/or of that the second terminal device has granted the first terminal device to use at least some of the requested radio resources.


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