Wireless transmit/receive unit (wtru) to wtru relay media access control (mac) access conflict support
AssigneeInterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
InventorsMagurawalage Chathura Madhusanka Sarathchandra, Michelle Perras, Jung Je Son, Samir Ferdi, Taimoor Abbas
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Abstract
A relay node may detect conflicts regarding media access control (MAC) addresses. The relay node may receive a request to establish a links with a source node and a target node. The relay node may receive the MAC addresses of the source node and the target node. The relay node may detect a conflict associated with the MAC addresses of the source node and the target node. The relay node may release the link with the target node.
Claims10
A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- send, via the transceiver, a direct communication request (DCR) message to a second WTRU;
- receive, via the transceiver, a direct communication accept (DCA) message from the second WTRU, wherein the DCA message comprises an indication of a medium access control (MAC) address of the second WTRU;
- detect that the MAC address of the second WTRU is not unique;
- and
- send, via the transceiver, a link modification (LM) request message to the second WTRU, wherein the LM request message assigns a new MAC address to the second WTRU;
- and
- receive, via the transceiver, an LM response message from the second WTRU, wherein the LM response message acknowledges receipt of the newly assigned MAC address for the second WTRU.
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A method performed by a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
- sending a direct communication request (DCR) message to a second WTRU;
- receiving a direct communication accept (DCA) message from the second WTRU, wherein the DCA message comprises an indication of a medium access control (MAC) address of the second WTRU;
- detecting that a MAC address conflict associated with the MAC address of the second WTRU is not unique;
- and
- sending a link modification (LM) request message to the second WTRU, wherein the LM request message assigns a new MAC address to the second WTRU;
- and
- receiving an LM response message from the second WTRU, wherein the LM response message acknowledges receipt of the newly assigned MAC address for the second WTRU.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.