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US 11,641,613 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for relay discovery
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsLianhai Wu, Jing Han, Haiming Wang, Jie Shi, Hongchao Li
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method comprises: receiving a broadcasting message from a base station, wherein the broadcasting message indicates that the base station supports relaying function.
Claims14
A method at a communication device, the method comprising:
- receiving a broadcasting message from a base station, wherein the broadcasting message indicates that the base station supports a relaying function;
- and
- in response to receiving the broadcasting message indicating that the base station supports the relaying function:
- accessing the base station;
- and
- transmitting capability information of the communication device to the base station.
3 more elements
A method at a base station, the method comprising:
- broadcasting, from the base station, a message that indicates that the base station supports a relaying function;
- and
- in response to broadcasting the message that indicates that the base station supports the relaying function:
- receiving an accessing request from a first communication device;
- and
- receiving capability information of the first communication device.
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An apparatus comprising a communication device, the apparatus further comprising:
- a receiver to receive a broadcasting message from a base station, wherein the broadcasting message indicates that the base station supports a relaying function;
- a processor;
- and
- a transmitter, wherein, in response to receiving the broadcasting message indicating that the base station supports the relaying function:
- the processor accesses the base station by way of the communication device;
- and
- the transmitter transmits capability information of the communication device to the base station.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.