CPC H04W 76/23 (2018.02) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 36/03 (2018.08); H04W 92/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for managing an operation mode of a first user equipment (UE) in device-to-device communication, comprising:
transmitting, by the first UE, a request message to an access network node to indicate the first UE is switching from a first scheduling mode to a peer UE scheduling mode;
receiving, by the first UE, a message from the access network node indicating a state change to allow the peer UE scheduling mode; and
transmitting, by the first UE, a resume message to the access network node to indicate that the first UE is switching from the peer UE scheduling mode to the first scheduling mode based at least in part on the first UE being within an area identified by an area identifier.
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