Method of relay discovery and communication in a wireless communications system
AssigneeHTC Corporation
InventorsChing-Yu LIAO, Feng-Seng CHU
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Abstract
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, including: receiving a first relay discovery request, from a remote UE which announces relay discovery requests; transmitting a relay discovery response including an identification of the UE, to the remote UE; receiving a second relay discovery request including the identification of the UE, from the remote UE; and activating a relay function to start relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (Prose) communication for the remote UE.
Claims46
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving a first relay discovery request, from a remote UE which announces relay discovery requests;
- transmitting a relay discovery response including an identification of the UE, to the remote UE;
- receiving a second relay discovery request including the identification of the UE, from the remote UE;
- and
- activating a relay function to start relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (ProSe) communication for the remote UE.
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- transmitting, a first relay discovery request, for requesting any UE being capable of being a relay UE for relaying traffic of ProSe communication;
- receiving at least one relay discovery response from at least one relay UE which receives the first relay discovery request, wherein each relay discovery response includes an identification of a relay UE;
- and
- transmitting a second relay discovery request including an identification of a first relay UE among the at least one relay UE, for acknowledging the first relay UE to activate a relay function for relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (ProSe) communication for the UE.
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- transmitting a relay discovery request, for announcing that the UE is capable of being a relay, wherein the first relay discovery request includes an identification of the UE;
- receiving a relay discovery response from a remote UE which receives the relay discovery request, wherein the relay discovery response includes the identification of the UE;
- and
- activating a relay function to start relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (ProSe) communication for the remote UE.
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving at least one relay discovery request, each relay discovery request including an identification of a relay UE, from at least one relay UE;
- and
- transmitting a relay discovery response including an identification of a first relay UE among the at least one relay UE, for acknowledging the first relay UE to activate a relay function for relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (ProSe) communication for the UE.
A method of relay discovery and communication for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving a configuration message from a network in the wireless communications system, wherein the configuration message indicates that UE is authorized to be a UE-to-Network relay or UE-to-UE relay for relaying traffic for another UE.
A method of relay discovery for a UE in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving at least one relay discovery request, from a remote UE which announces relay discovery requests;
- transmitting at least one relay service request to a network;
- and
- receiving a relay service response indicating the acceptance of a relay service from the network, for activating a relay function of the UE to start relaying traffic of ProSe communication for the remote UE which announces relay discovery requests.
A method for relay discovery for a network in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- receiving at least one relay service request respectively from at least one UE capable of being a relay UE;
- selecting at least one relay UE among the at least one UE capable of being a relay UE based on the at least one relay service request;
- and
- transmitting at least one relay service response respectively to the least one relay UE, wherein the relay service response indicates the acceptance or rejection of activating the relay function in the relay UE.
A method of relay discovery for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- transmitting at least one relay discovery request, for announcing that the UE is capable of being a relay UE;
- receiving a relay discovery response from a remote UE which requires a relay and receives the relay discovery request;
- transmitting at least one relay service request to a network;
- and
- receiving a relay service response indicating the acceptance of a relay service from the network, for activating a relay function of the UE, wherein the relay function is for relaying traffic of Proximity-based Service (ProSe) communication for the remote UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.