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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan, Taoyuan County, TW;
Inventors:
Ching-Yu Liao, Taoyuan, TW;
Feng-Seng Chu, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
HTC CORPORATION, Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04B 7/2606 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, including: receiving a first relay discovery request, from a remote UE which announces relay discovery requests; transmitting a relay discovery response including an identification of the UE, to the remote UE; receiving a second relay discovery request including the identification of the UE, from the remote UE; and activating a relay function to start relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (ProSe) communication for the remote UE.