Coordinated virtual devices using disparate wireless communication technologies
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsAdrien Joseph COMEAU, Seyed Hossein SEYEDMEHDI
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Abstract
Methods and systems for coordinated operation of a plurality of user equipments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving at a first user equipment via a first radio access technology, first data from a base station. The method also includes transmitting, by the first user equipment to a second user equipment station via a second radio access technology, the first data received from the base station.
Claims25
A first user equipment, comprising:
- a first radio configured to receive first data from a second user equipment via a first radio access technology;
- a second radio configured to transmit the first data to a base station via a second radio access technology, the first radio access technology being different from the second radio access technology, the transmission of the first data to the base station by the first user equipment being coordinated with transmission of the first data to the base station by the second user equipment via the second radio access technology;
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- a data queue configured to store the first data.
A base station, comprising:
- a radio configured to communicate with a plurality of user equipments according to a first radio access technology;
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- a processor configured to determine a group of user equipments operating in a joint mode, the joint mode including coordinated transmission of same data by each of the user equipments in the group.
A method of coordinated operation of a plurality of user equipments, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a first user equipment via a first radio access technology, first data from a second user equipment;
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- transmitting, by the first user equipment to a base station via a second radio access technology, the first data received from the second user equipment, the transmitting being in coordination with transmission of the first data to the base station by the second user equipment.
A method of coordinated operation of a plurality of user equipments, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a first user equipment via a first radio access technology, first data from a base station;
- and
- transmitting, by the first user equipment to a second user equipment station via a second radio access technology, the first data received from the base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.