US 11,863,969 B2
Communication apparatus and control apparatus
Yifu Tang, Tokyo (JP); Hiromasa Uchiyama, Tokyo (JP); and Naoki Kusashima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/281,584
Filed by Sony Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/039762
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/090387, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-205063 (JP), filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392547 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 28/16 (2013.01) [H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
circuitry that
acquires, from a base station apparatus, information for operating as a master for controlling a sidelink communication between other apparatuses; and
performs a process for operating as the master on a basis of the information acquired,
wherein the circuitry acquires information for operating at any operation level among two or more operation levels as operation levels of the master, and
the operation levels of the master include at least a first level corresponding to collecting and sharing with the other apparatuses information for the sidelink communication, a second level corresponding to limiting operations of the sidelink communication of the other apparatuses, and a third level corresponding to controlling the operations of the sidelink communication of the other apparatuses.