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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventor:
Ram Lakshmi Narayanan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/007 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for automatically switching to D2D communication in a disaster situation is provided. One method includes receiving, by a user equipment, a list of base station sites comprising locations and geographical signal coverage of the base station sites and a list of Wi-Fi access points comprising locations and geographical signal coverage of the Wi-Fi access points. The method may also include creating at least one local database storing information received in the list of base station sites and the list of Wi-Fi access points.