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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Ab, Lund, SE;
Inventor:
Rickard Ljung, Helsingborg, SE;
Assignee:
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0061 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for operating a mobile device () comprising an interface unit () for interfacing to a cellular communication network comprising a plurality of cells () and for interfacing directly to another mobile device () within a transmission range () of the mobile device (). According to the method, at least one reachable cell () of the communication network within the transmission range () of the mobile device () is detected by the mobile device (), and a cell information concerning the at least one cell () is transmitted to the other mobile device () via a direct communication ().