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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chie-Ming Chou, Taiwan, CN;

Ching-Yao Huang, Taiwan, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/006 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for energy efficiency utilizing the relay transmission mode of multiple device coordination (MDC) in a wireless communication system are described. For example, a method includes identifying, by a coordinating device including a processor, one or more devices associated with a same entity as the coordinating device, wherein the coordinating device and the one or more devices are part of a set of devices. The method also includes coordinating, by the coordinating device, with the one or more devices to enable a single radio resource connection (RRC) between the set of devices and a base station. The coordinating can include selecting a relay node device, from among the set of devices, to relay data transmitted from the set of devices during a relay transmission mode. The data is relayed to the base station using the single RRC, which is established through the relay node device.


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