Communication devices and methods for network signaling
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a detector to detect whether a first user equipment (“
UE”
) is to operate as a relay UE based on at least one radio signal from the first UE and to detect a request associated with network connectivity through a base station based on at least one radio signal from a second UE; and
a signaling circuit, coupled with the detector, to signal to the second UE information to facilitate selection, by the second UE, of the first UE for the network connectivity of the second UE via the first UE through the base station, wherein the information is based on a location of the first 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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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a detector to detect whether a first user equipment (“
UE”
) is to operate as a relay UE based on at least one radio signal from the first UE and to detect a request associated with network connectivity through a base station based on at least one radio signal from a second UE; anda signaling circuit, coupled with the detector, to signal to the second UE information to facilitate selection, by the second UE, of the first UE for the network connectivity of the second UE via the first UE through the base station, wherein the information is based on a location of the first UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus to be included in a user equipment (“
- UE”
), the apparatus comprising;first circuitry to transmit, to a communication device, a request associated with network connectivity through a base station and to receive, from the communication device based on the request, information to facilitate selection of a relay UE for the network UE, wherein the information associated with the relay UE is based on a location of the relay UE; and second circuitry to select the relay UE based on the received information and to connect with the relay UE for the network connectivity through the base station based on the selection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computing device-executable instructions, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by a communication device, cause the communication device to:
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detect whether a first user equipment (“
UE”
) is to operate as a relay UE based on at least one radio signal from the first UE;detect a request associated with network connectivity through a base station based on at least one radio signal from a second UE; and signal, to the second UE, information to facilitate selection of a relay UE for the network connectivity of the second UE via the first UE through the base station, wherein the information is based on a location of the first UE. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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