CPC H04W 8/24 (2013.01) [H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] | 28 Claims |
1. A base station for a wireless network, the base station comprising a memory and at least one hardware processor, wherein the base station is configured to:
retrieve, from a first user equipment (UE), UE context information for at least one second UE different from the first UE; and
use the retrieved UE context information to communicate directly with the second UE, wherein:
the wireless network has a plurality of UEs associated with the base station;
the base station is configured to support the plurality of UEs being divided into one or more UE groups, each UE group comprising a primary UE and zero, one, or more secondary Ues, wherein the primary UE is configured to store UE context information for each secondary UE in the UE group; and
the first and second UEs are part of a first UE group;
the first UE is the primary UE for the first UE group; and
the second UE is a secondary UE in the first UE group.
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