COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING RELAY ARCHITECTURE
First Claim
1. A communication device, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station and a mobile device; and
processor circuitry communicatively coupled to the transceiver, the processor circuitry configured to;
receive a proximity service (ProSe) request message from the mobile device using the transceiver;
determine identification information associated with the mobile device;
generate a ProSe request acknowledgment message based on the ProSe request message, the ProSe request acknowledgment message including the identification information;
transmit the ProSe request acknowledgment message to the mobile device using the transceiver; and
receive a communication from the mobile device using the transceiver and route the communication to the base station based on the identification information.
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Abstract
A communication device configured to route communications between one or more out-of-coverage communication devices and a base station using one or more proximity services (ProSe). For example, the communication device can be configured as a mobile device-to network relay. The communication device can be configured to route communications between two or more out-of-coverage communication devices that are serviced by the communication device. The communication device can be configured to utilize Layer 3 and/or internet protocol (IP) routing. A base station can be configured to route communications between two or communication devices serviced by the base station. The base station can also be communication coupled to another base station via a backhaul communication connection, and be configured to route communications from one or more communication devices serviced by the base station to one or more other communication devices serviced by the other base station via the backhaul communication connection.
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20 Claims
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1. A communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station and a mobile device; and processor circuitry communicatively coupled to the transceiver, the processor circuitry configured to; receive a proximity service (ProSe) request message from the mobile device using the transceiver; determine identification information associated with the mobile device; generate a ProSe request acknowledgment message based on the ProSe request message, the ProSe request acknowledgment message including the identification information; transmit the ProSe request acknowledgment message to the mobile device using the transceiver; and receive a communication from the mobile device using the transceiver and route the communication to the base station based on the identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station and first and second mobile devices; and processor circuitry communicatively coupled to the transceiver, the processor circuitry configured to; generate a bearer to route communications between the communication device and the base station; generate a proximity service (ProSe) relay bearer supporting one or more communications between the communication device and the first and the second mobile devices; assign first identification information to the first mobile device; and route one or more communications between the base station and the first mobile device via the ProSe relay bearer based on the first identification information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A communication system, comprising:
a first base station (BS), including; a first transceiver configured to communicate with a first mobile device; and first processor circuitry communicatively coupled to the first transceiver, the first processor circuitry configured to; receive a first proximity service (ProSe) request message from the first mobile device using the transceiver; generate a first ProSe request acknowledgment message based on the ProSe request message, the first ProSe request acknowledgment message including first identification information corresponding to the first mobile device; transmit the first ProSe request acknowledgment message to the first mobile device; establish a BS-to-BS relay configured to communicatively couple the first BS to a second BS; receive a communication from the first mobile device using the first transceiver, the communication including a second identification information corresponding to a second mobile device, and route the communication to the second BS station via the BS-to-BS relay based on the second identification information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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