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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dutt Kalapatapu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ahmad Rahmati, Mountain View, CA (US);
Florin Baboescu, San Diego, CA (US);
Kamesh Medapalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 76/022 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 88/182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device configured to route communications between one or more out-of-coverage communication devices using one or more proximity services (ProSe). For example, the communication device can be configured as a mobile device-to network relay. The communication device can be configured to route communications associated with one more out-of-coverage communication devices that are serviced by the communication device. The communication device can be configured to utilize Layer 3 routing.