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. A target node may receive a request from the relay node. The request may comprise a request to establish communications with the target node. The target node may send, to the relay node, an indication of the MAC address of the target node. The target may receive a link release message from the relay node. The link release message may comprise an indication of conflict associated with the MAC address of the target node.
Claims12
A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
- a transceiver;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive, via the transceiver, a direct communication request (DCR) message from a second WTRU;
- send, via the transceiver, a direct communication accept (DCA) message to the second WTRU, wherein the DCA message comprises an indication of a medium access control (MAC) address of the first WTRU;
- and
- receive, via the transceiver, a link modification (LM) request message from the second WTRU, wherein the LM request message assigns a new MAC address to the first WTRU;
- and
- send, via the transceiver, an LM response message to the second WTRU, wherein the LM response message acknowledges receipt of the newly assigned MAC address for the first WTRU.
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A method performed by a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:
- receiving a direct communication request (DCR) message from a second WTRU;
- sending a direct communication accept (DCA) message to the second WTRU, wherein the DCA message comprises an indication of a medium access control (MAC) address of the first WTRU;
- and
- receiving a link release modification (LM) request message from the second WTRU, wherein the LM message assigns a new MAC address to of the first WTRU;
- and
- sending 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.