18-06-2015 дата публикации
Номер: US20150172387A1
Methods, systems, and devices are described for improving uplink communications of a machine type communication (MTC) device by relaying communications through a first device, such as a mobile device or user equipment (UE), to a second device, such as a base station or Evolved-NodeB (eNB). In an embodiment, a relay device may participate in a discovery process to discover an MTC device. The relay device may then receive data from the discovered MTC device, such as through a peer-to-peer link, and relay the data to a base station through a second communication link. In another embodiment, an MTC device may participate in a discovery process with a first device, such as a relay UE. The MTC device may then transmit data to the relay UE for relaying to a second device, such as a base station. In either case, the MTC device may receive data directly from the base station. 1. A method of wireless communication performed at a first device comprising:participating in a discovery process to discover a machine type communication (MTC) device;receiving, at the first device, data from the discovered MTC device; andrelaying, by the first device, the data from the MTC device to a second device.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:establishing a first peer-to-peer connection with the MTC device; andestablishing a second connection with the second device.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the participating in the discovery process with the MTC device comprises:broadcasting, by the first device, a peer discovery signal to indicate availability to serve as a relay.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:receiving a request from the MTC device to serve as the relay; andtransmitting a message to the MTC device to confirm that the first device will serve as the relay.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transmitting a message to the MTC device to confirm that the first device will serve as the relay comprises:routing the message to the MTC device via the second device.6 ...
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