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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2012
Method and network element for controlling ue's state transition in proximity wireless communication
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Yixue Lei, Beijing, CN;
Haitao Li, Beijing, CN;
Vinh Van Phan, Oulu, FI;
Ling Yu, Espoo, FI;
Kari Veikko Horneman, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling state transition of a user equipment UE in proximity wireless communication. A method can comprise: learning about an associated agent's context of a connected UE and said UE's capability; deciding to put the connected UE into virtual associated state; sending to said UE a message with indication of putting said UE into said virtual associated state as well as the UE's context; and maintaining said associated agent's context of the UE.