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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Elke Roth-Mandutz, Erlangen, DE;
Khaled Shawky Hassan Hussein, Erlangen, DE;
Shubhangi Bhadauria, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Leyh, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for a wireless communication system is configured to be connected to at least one UE via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with the one or more UEs. The apparatus is configured to obtain distance information representing a certain communication range or a certain distance around the apparatus, perform a communication with one or more UEs at or within the certain communication range or the certain distance at a first priority to meet a predefined QoS, and perform a communication with one or more UEs outside the certain communication range or the certain distance at a second priority, the first priority being higher than the second priority to meet a predefined QoS.