Device to-device communication

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9674847
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14440429

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An apparatus is provided for a device-to-device, D2D, communication enabled user equipment, UE, comprising a processing section to determine, based on a signal received from another UE, a channel condition between the UE and the another UE; the UE to report the determined channel condition to an evolved Node B, eNB. The processing section is to initiate D2D communication based on a communication from the eNB, received in response to the report. Also, an apparatus is provided for a network element, comprising An input to receive a describing a channel condition between a first UE and a second UE; a processor to determine, based on the channel condition, whether or not D2D communication between the first UE and the second UE is to be enabled; and an output to output a result of the determination when the processor determines D2D communication is to be enabled. Related methods are also provided.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choi, Hyung-Nam Hamburg, DE 231 4127
He, Hong Beijing, CN 1175 7723
Heo, Youn Hyoung San Jose, US 384 9455
Phuyal, Umesh Beaverton, US 355 1307

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