Mechanisms for signaling out-of-coverage sidelink devices in wireless communication
US10383137B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 20, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses that can provide sidelink grant information to out-of-coverage (OoC) sidelink devices. When one or more sidelink devices are out of a coverage area of a base station, an in-coverage device receiving sidelink grant information from the base station can retransmit, relay, or rebroadcast sidelink grant information to the OoC sidelink devices to enable sidelink communication with the OoC device or facilitate sidelink communication between OoC devices.
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