Communication devices and methods for network signaling
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1. Circuitry to be implemented in a first user equipment (UE), the circuitry comprising:
- memory circuitry having instructions; and
processor circuitry coupled with the memory circuitry, the processor circuitry to execute the instructions to;
identify, based on information included in an obtained message, a second UE that is to act as a relay node, wherein the second UE that is to act as the relay node is to provide cellular network connectivity to the first UE through the second UE and a cellular radio link between the second UE and a base station; and
control establishment of a short range radio link with the second UE to obtain the cellular network connectivity through the second UE.
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Abstract
A communication device is described comprising a detector configured to detect, based on the reception of radio signals from another communication device, whether the other communication device is operating as a relay communication device in a radio cell associated with the communication device and a signaling circuit configured to signal to a communication terminal that the other communication device is operating as a relay communication device if it has been detected that the other communication device is operating as a relay communication device.
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25 Claims
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1. Circuitry to be implemented in a first user equipment (UE), the circuitry comprising:
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memory circuitry having instructions; and processor circuitry coupled with the memory circuitry, the processor circuitry to execute the instructions to; identify, based on information included in an obtained message, a second UE that is to act as a relay node, wherein the second UE that is to act as the relay node is to provide cellular network connectivity to the first UE through the second UE and a cellular radio link between the second UE and a base station; and control establishment of a short range radio link with the second UE to obtain the cellular network connectivity through the second UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus to be implemented in a first user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
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processor circuitry coupled with memory circuitry, the processor circuitry to execute instructions to identify, based on information included in an obtained message, a second UE that is to act as a relay node, wherein the second UE acting as the relay node is to provide cellular network connectivity to the first UE through the second UE and a cellular radio link between the second UE and a base station; and short range radio access technology (RAT) circuitry, coupled with the processor circuitry, the short range RAT to; establish a short range radio link with the second UE to obtain the cellular network connectivity through the second UE, and transmit, to the second UE over the short range radio link, data to be relayed into the cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (CRM) having instructions wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors is to cause a first user equipment (UE) to:
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identify, based on information contained in an obtained message, a second UE that is to act as a relay node, wherein the second UE acting as the relay node is to provide cellular network connectivity to the first UE through the second UE and a cellular radio link between the second UE and a base station; establish a short range radio link with the second UE to obtain the cellular network connectivity through the second UE; and control transmission, over the short range radio link, of data to be relayed to the cellular network via the cellular radio link between the second UE and the base station. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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