US 12,267,917 B2
Determining when to relay a data unit in a cellular communication network
Jose Almodovar Chico, The Hague (NL); Erwin Willem Middelesch, The Hague (NL); Sander De Kievit, Tokyo (JP); Toni Dimitrovski, The Hague (NL); and Miodrag Djurica, Rotterdam (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL); and NEDERLANDSE ORGANNEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, 's-Gravenhage (NL)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,371.
Application 18/108,371 is a continuation of application No. 16/954,834, granted, now 11,617,225, previously published as PCT/EP2018/086472, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17209213 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199913 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 88/04 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 40/005 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for relaying a data unit, the device comprising:
at least one receiver;
at least one transmitter; and
at least one processor configured to:
use the at least one receiver to receive relay configuration information from a cellular communication network, the relay configuration information instructing the device to listen for data units immediately and further instructing the device whether or not to relay received data units to the cellular communication network, and
use the at least one receiver to receive a data unit from a further device and use the at least one transmitter to relay a received data unit to the cellular communication network or not in dependence on the relay configuration information.