OPPORTUNISTIC DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- monitoring, by a radio network access node, a proximity between first and second mobile devices that are in wireless communication with each other;
facilitating, by the radio network access node, a selective transition of a service flow between the first and second mobile devices from being indirect through the radio network access node using a first radio access technology (“
RAT”
) to being direct using a second RAT, responsive to a determination that a first criterion has been met; and
facilitating, by the radio network access node, a selective transition of the service flow from being direct using the second RAT to being indirect using the first RAT, responsive to a determination that a second criterion has been met.
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Abstract
Embodiments of computer-implemented methods, systems, computing devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for opportunistically transitioning service flows of mobile devices between being direct and indirect. In various embodiments, a proximity between first and second mobile devices that are in wireless communication with each other may be monitored. In various embodiments, a selective transition of a service flow between the first and second mobile devices from being indirect through the radio network access node using a first radio access technology (“RAT”) to being direct using a second RAT may be facilitated, e.g., responsive to a determination that a first criterion has been met. In various embodiments, a selective transition of the service flow from being direct using the second RAT to being indirect using the first RAT may be facilitated, e.g., responsive to a determination that a second criterion has been met.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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monitoring, by a radio network access node, a proximity between first and second mobile devices that are in wireless communication with each other; facilitating, by the radio network access node, a selective transition of a service flow between the first and second mobile devices from being indirect through the radio network access node using a first radio access technology (“
RAT”
) to being direct using a second RAT, responsive to a determination that a first criterion has been met; andfacilitating, by the radio network access node, a selective transition of the service flow from being direct using the second RAT to being indirect using the first RAT, responsive to a determination that a second criterion has been met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory operably coupled to the processor; and a control module configured to be operated by the processor to; selectively transition a service flow with a remote mobile device from being indirect through a radio network access node using a first RAT, to being direct with the remote mobile device using a second RAT, responsive to a first communication from the radio network access node; and selectively transition the service flow from being direct using the second RAT to being indirect through the radio network access node using the first RAT, responsive to a second communication from the radio network access node. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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- 24. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution by a first mobile device in a communication session with a second mobile device directly over an unlicensed wireless spectrum, enable the first mobile device to transition the communication session to be indirect, through a wireless wide area network, over a licensed wireless spectrum, responsive to a communication from a node of the wireless wide area network.
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28. A wireless wide area network node, comprising:
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a processor; a memory operably coupled to the processor; and a control module configured to be operated by the processor to; monitor first and second mobile devices that are in wireless communication with each other; facilitate a selective transition of one or more of a plurality of service flows between the first and second mobile devices from being indirect through the wireless wide area network over a licensed wireless spectrum to being direct over an unlicensed wireless spectrum, responsive to a determination that a first criterion is met; and facilitate a selective transition of the one or more of the plurality of service flows from being direct over the unlicensed wireless spectrum to being indirect through the wireless wide area network over the licensed wireless spectrum, responsive to a determination that a second criterion has been met. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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