US 12,452,776 B2
Relay node selection
Peyman Talebi Fard, Vienna, VA (US); Kyungmin Park, Vienna, VA (US); Esmael Hejazi Dinan, McLean, VA (US); Jinsook Ryu, Oakton, VA (US); and Taehun Kim, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to Ofinno, LLC, Reston, VA (US)
Filed by Ofinno, LLC, Reston, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,948.
Application 17/866,948 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/013827, filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,130, filed on Jan. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353799 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first wireless device from a second wireless device, a discovery solicitation message comprising access status information of the second wireless device, wherein the access status information comprises an indication that the second wireless device is a closed access group (CAG) only wireless device;
transmitting, by the first wireless device to the second wireless device, a discovery message comprising a non-public network (NPN) identifier of an NPN to which the first wireless device can provide access,
wherein the first wireless device is a non-CAG wireless device, and
wherein the indication is based on access requirements derived from the access status information of the second wireless device, the access requirements comprising that the second wireless device is the CAG only wireless device.