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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Dorin Panaitopol, Berkshire, GB;
Christophe Le Thierry D'Ennequin, Berkshire, GB;
Benoit Lecroart, Berkshire, GB;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication system () is disclosed in which a relaying user device (UE-R) (-) obtains bit rate information (e.g. aggregate maximum bit rate, AMBR) for relaying data for another (relayed) user device (UE) (--). The obtention of said bit rate information may by receiving a message from the another (relayed) device, UE, for registering the UEto an application server, AS (PSCC). The registration message may comprise UEidentity, UE-R identity and information identifying a bit rate required by the UEwhile communicating via the UE-R (e.g. an AMBR parameter such as Relay-APN-AMBR). The UE-R sends the registration message received from the UEto a core network () node (e.g. a gateway device like a P-GW or S-GW, an MME, or a PCRF) comprising the information identifying a bit rate for relaying communication data for the UE (--) to which the bit rate information relates. The UE-R (-) relays data received from the UE (--) to a base station (), and relays data for the UE (--), received from the base station (), to the UE (--).