Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooperative communication for user equipment groups
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Application No.: US17880613Application Date: 2022-08-03
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Publication No.: US12317294B2Publication Date: 2025-05-27
- Inventor: Sharad Sambhwani , Dirk Nickisch , Madhukar K Shanbhag , Rohit U Nabar , Sanjeevi Balasubramanian , Shiva Krishna Narra , Sriram Subramanian , Tarik Tabet , Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju , Yakun Sun , Parvathanathan Subrahmanya
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: FLETCHER YODER PC
- Main IPC: H04W4/08
- IPC: H04W4/08 ; H04B7/00 ; H04L5/00 ; H04W48/12 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W56/00 ; H04W68/00 ; H04W72/30 ; H04W76/10 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W76/15 ; H04W76/19 ; H04W76/28 ; H04W76/30 ; H04W76/40 ; H04W80/04

Abstract:
User equipment in close proximity may transfer data and control information. For example, the user equipment may exchange data or data sets between each other. Each user equipment can receive and transmit data using radio access technologies. A group of user equipments may include active user equipment and passive user equipment. Active user equipment connects with one or more base stations and transfers data on a wireless communication network via the base station. The active user equipment may communicate with other active user equipment and passive user equipment. Passive user equipment may not connect to any base station and/or the wireless communication network and may communicate with other passive user equipment and active user equipment (e.g., via a sidelink, peer-to-peer, or device-to-device channel).
Public/Granted literature
- US20230148128A1 COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT GROUPS Public/Granted day:2023-05-11
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