Data forwarding support
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsXiang Xu, Dawid Koziol, Ling Yu, Vinh Van Phan
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods in a communication system, are provided. The method comprises controlling (500) communication between a first user terminal and the apparatus and the communication between a second user terminal and the apparatus, wherein the first user terminal acts as a relay by relaying data packets between the apparatus and the second user terminal; determining (502) whether the first user terminal or the transmitting end of data packets in the connection between the apparatus and the second user terminal will buffer data packets addressed to but not successfully received by the receiving end and transmitting (504) an indication regarding the determination to the first user terminal.
Claims31
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- control communication between a first user terminal and the apparatus and the communication between a second user terminal and the apparatus, wherein the first user terminal acts as a relay by relaying data packets between the apparatus and the second user terminal;
- determine whether the first user terminal or the transmitting end of data packets in the connection between the apparatus and the second user terminal will buffer data packets addressed to but not successfully received by the receiving end;
- transmit an indication regarding the determination to the first user terminal.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- control communication with a base station;
- control communication with a second user terminal and relay data packets between a base station and the second user terminal;
- receive from the base station information whether the apparatus or the base station will buffer data packets addressed to but not successfully received by the second user terminal.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- control communication with a base station via a first user terminal which relays data packets between a base station and the apparatus;
- receive from the base station information whether the apparatus or the first user terminal will buffer data packets addressed by the apparatus to but not successfully received by the base station.
18-20. (canceled)
A method in an apparatus of a communication system, comprising:
- controlling communication between a first user terminal and the apparatus and the communication between a second user terminal and the apparatus, wherein the first user terminal acts as a relay by relaying data packets between the apparatus and the second user terminal;
- determining whether the first user terminal or the transmitting end of data packets in the connection between the apparatus and the second user terminal will buffer data packets addressed to but not successfully received by the receiving end;
- transmitting an indication regarding the determination to the first user terminal.
33-38. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.