US 12,445,810 B2
Formation of user equipment groups
Parvathanathan Subrahmanya, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sharad Sambhwani, San Diego, CA (US); Dirk Nickisch, Oberpframmern (DE); Madhukar K Shanbhag, Santa Clara, CA (US); Rohit U Nabar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, San Jose, CA (US); Shiva Krishna Narra, San Jose, CA (US); Sriram Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US); Tarik Tabet, San Diego, CA (US); Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Mountain View, CA (US); and Yakun Sun, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,742.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/278,438, filed on Nov. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146267 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 76/40 (2018.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/30 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 76/40 (2018.02); H04W 80/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Processing circuitry configured to:
cause a receiver to receive a synchronization signal via a wireless communication network;
select a reference signal from a set of reference signals based on a set of communication factors;
cause a transmitter to transmit the reference signal based on the synchronization signal;
cause the receiver to receive a message from a first user equipment based on the reference signal; and
establish a device-to-device communication link with the first user equipment.