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User equipment, communication system, and method of controlling a user equipment

US10117252B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2014
Grant dateOct 30, 2018
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W8/005
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user equipment (2) has a wireless interface configured for communication with a cellular communication network. The user equipment (2) is configured to use device-to-device resources for device-to-device discovery and/or device-to-device communication. The device-to-device resources are dependent on whether the user equipment is out of coverage of the cellular communication network.

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