UE groups, UE group manager UEs and UE group member UEs

T Fehrenbach, T Wirth, C Hellge, R Thomas… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
The present invention concerns a novel form of communication within a cellular wireless
communication network. One aspect of the invention concerns a User Equipment for a …

Method for realizing device-to-device communication relay selection, network control node and user equipment

L Chen, S Wu, B Dai, G Yu, F Xie, Y Huang - US Patent 10,334,563, 2019 - Google Patents
Provided are a method for realizing device-to-device communication relay selection, a
network control node and user equipment. The method includes: a network control node …

Method and apparatus for transmitting buffer status report in wireless communication system supporting device to device communication

KB Kwon - US Patent 9,814,045, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of supporting a buffer status report associated with a device-to-
device (D2D) communication includes: estab lishing an RRC connection with an eNB; …

Systems, methods, and apparatus for managing a relay connection in a wireless communications network

K Gulati, SR Tavildar, SK Baghel, S Patil… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A UE may move out of range of a network. Accordingly, the UE may use a relay node to
communicate. To manage the relay node, a wireless device such as the UE may receive a …

Rate control of device-to-device based relay communication

SK Baghel, K Gulati, S Patil, Z Wu, H Chen - US Patent 11,071,155, 2021 - Google Patents
In one aspect of the disclosure, to improve the performance of device-to-device based relay
communication, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for performing …

Communications method of wearable device, communications system, and related device

Q Zhang, Y Zhu - US Patent 10,285,214, 2019 - Google Patents
A communications method of a wearable device, a communications system, and a related
device are disclosed, which are applied to a communications technology field. In the …

Layer 2 relay to support coverage and resource-constrained devices in wireless networks

SP Nair - US Patent 10,433,286, 2019 - Google Patents
Embodiments provide a mobile communications device that includes a processor configured
to communicate with a transceiver and a memory. The transceiver is configured to exchange …

Voice and data continuity between wireless devices

L Su, T Shamim, J Shi, W Zhang - US Patent 10,015,740, 2018 - Google Patents
An accessory wireless device partakes in a data session with a remote device. The data
session may be a voice call or other service. To preserve the battery power of the accessory …

Methods and apparatus for use in selecting a connection path for low-latency, deterministic multi-hop D2D communications

P Thubert, P Wetterwald, E Levy-Abegnoli - US Patent 10,349,335, 2019 - Google Patents
In one illustrative example, one or more controllers may be configured to perform a path
selection procedure for selecting a connection path for multi-hop device-to-device (D2D) …

Method and apparatus for estimating position in a wireless communication system

WJ Hwang, HS Ryu, JH Park, XUE Peng… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to a 5 th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for
supporting higher data rates than a 4 th generation (4G) communication system such as …