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Methods and arrangements in a cellular communication network

  • US 9,198,211 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2011
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a User Equipment, UE, comprising at least one radio access communication interface supporting cellular and local ad-hoc communication, the method comprising:

  • establishing a local communication to an ad-hoc network; and

    sending via a cellular connection, to a node of a cellular network, information about radio resource utilization resulting in resource restrictions for cellular communication due to the local ad-hoc communication,wherein the UE comprises at least a first communication interface for a first cellular network configured according to a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second communication interface for a second cellular network configured according to a second RAT, the method further comprising operating only one of the first and second communication interfaces at any time, andwherein the information about radio resource utilization resulting in resource restrictions for cellular communication due to the local ad-hoc communication comprises recommendations that the UE should not be handed over to certain radio access technologies.

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