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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Brian Alexander Martin, Basingstoke, GB;
Vivek Sharma, Basingstoke, GB;
Yuxin Wei, Basingstoke, GB;
Anders Berggren, Lund, SE;
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A communications device acting as a relay device is configured to communicate with communications devices operating with a mobile communications network and infrastructure equipment. The relay device comprises transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry and controller circuitry. The controller circuitry is configured to determine whether predetermined conditions relating to the setting of an indication bit have been met, wherein the indication bit indicates whether the relay device is able to form new connections with one or more of the communications devices, to set the indication bit dependent on the determination of whether the predetermined conditions have been met. The relay device is not able to form new connections with one or more of the communications devices when the predetermined conditions are met, and to broadcast the indication bit.