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Systems and methods for facilitating intra-cell-peer-to-peer communication

  • US 9,485,792 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2015
  • Issued: 11/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for facilitating communications between a plurality of mobile stations, comprising;

  • at least one antenna configured to receive uplink communications and to transmit downlink communications; and

    at least one processor coupled to the at least one antenna, wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

    maintain a table, wherein the table comprises mobile station identities for the plurality of mobile stations, wherein the plurality of mobile stations includes a first and a second mobile station, and wherein the plurality of mobile stations are served by a common network transceiver;

    identify first security information associated with an uplink (UL) of the first mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations and second security information associated with a downlink (DL) of the second mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations;

    receive an UL communication, via the at least one antenna, from the first mobile station, wherein the UL communication contains a UL service data unit (SDU); and

    send a DL communication, via the at least one antenna, from to the second mobile station, wherein the DL communication contains a DL SDU corresponding to the UL SDU, wherein the DL SDU is routed according to the table.

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