Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data forwarding support
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Application No.: US16496218Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US11147122B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: Xiang Xu , Dawid Koziol , Ling Yu , Vinh Van Phan
- Applicant: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Current Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/056827 WO 20170322
- International Announcement: WO2018/171881 WO 20180927
- Main IPC: H04W88/04
- IPC: H04W88/04 ; H04W4/70 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W80/08 ; H04W92/18

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods in a communication system, are provided. The method comprises controlling (500) communication between a first user terminal and the apparatus and the communication between a second user terminal and the apparatus, wherein the first user terminal acts as a relay by relaying data packets between the apparatus and the second user terminal; determining (502) whether the first user terminal or the transmitting end of data packets in the connection between the apparatus and the second user terminal will buffer data packets addressed to but not successfully received by the receiving end and transmitting (504) an indication regarding the determination to the first user terminal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200029391A1 DATA FORWARDING SUPPORT Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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