System and method for coordinating device-to-device communications
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsMohammadhadi Baligh, Keyvan Zarifi, Jianglei Ma
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Abstract
A master user equipment (UE) device may coordinate device-to-device (D2D) communications amongst a plurality of UE devices. For example, a UE device, which has been designated as a master UE device, may coordinate a D2D communication between a first UE device and a second UE device. The master UE device may be a UE device that obtains an indication that it is a master UE device that is to coordinate D2D communications amongst the plurality of UE devices. In some embodiments, the coordinating the D2D communication may be on behalf of a network and/or to facilitate wireless communication between the network and at least one of the plurality of UE devices.
Claims20
A method performed by a first user equipment (UE) device comprising:
- receiving an instruction from a second UE device, the instruction coordinating a D2D communication between the first UE device and a third UE device, wherein the second UE device is within network coverage;
- and
- based on the instruction, communicating with the third UE device using the D2D communication, wherein the communicating comprises relaying data between the first UE device and a base station of a network.
A first user equipment (UE) device comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to implement a device-to-device (D2D) participator, the D2D participator to:
- receive an instruction from a second UE device, the instruction coordinating a D2D communication between the first UE device and a third UE device, wherein the second UE device is within network coverage;
- and
- based on the instruction, communicate with the third UE device using the D2D communication, wherein the communicating comprises relaying data between the first UE device and a base station of a network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.