- Patent Title: Location registration for a device-to-device (D2D) user equipment
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Application No.: US14432116Application Date: 2012-09-28
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Publication No.: US09723476B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Ling Yu , Vinh Van Phan , Kari Veikko Horneman
- Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2012/069218 WO 20120928
- International Announcement: WO2014/048493 WO 20140403
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W8/02 ; H04W60/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W76/02

Abstract:
The invention relates to device-to-device (D2D) communications an in particular to location registration of a D2D User Equipment (UE) being in idle mode. A D2D capable UE (D2D cluster head) is [1] configured to communicate with a communication network, is [2] able to establish D2D communication with another D2D capable UE, receives [3] from the communication system a configuration so as to send location update related messaging on behalf of UEs with which D2D communications has been established, obtains [4] information of a change of status of a UE regarding a D2D communication or a change of cell of a UE and in response to the information, causes [5] the sending of a message to the communication network, the message comprising a location update request regarding the UE.
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