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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hang Zhang, Nepean, CA;
Peiying Zhu, Kanata, CA;
Wen Tong, Ottawa, CA;
Nimal Gamini Senarath, Ottawa, CA;
Derek Yu, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 76/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing efficient communications between two mobile stations served by the same base station or relay station are provided. A base station maintains information identifying which mobile stations it is serving. When a connection is set up between two mobile stations, if they are both being served by the same base station, the base station forwards traffic directly between the two mobile stations without forwarding it on to higher level network entities.