System and method for mobile network inter-device communications
US8818433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W76/23
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network node, UE device and method for providing inter-device communications between wireless user equipment (UE) devices in a wireless communications network. Responsive to a request for call set-up and to a determination that the devices are local to each other, a band is allocated to the devices for inter-device communications. The call set-up function can be managed by a node in the wireless communications network, a network node outside of the wireless communications network or by a distributed function shared between a network node and an ad-hoc group of UE devices in a local area that are capable of inter-device communications.
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