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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to user devices, base station devices, communication methods, and computer-readable storage media. Specifically, a first user device is provided, the first user device being associated with a device cluster, the first user device including a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: perform a first transmission between the first user device and a second user device through a master user device of the device cluster via a first link; and perform a direct second transmission between the first user device and the second user device via a second link, wherein the first transmission is performed with non-competitive resources, and the second transmission is performed with competitive resources.