Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network assisted automatic disaster trigger to enable device-to-device (D2D) ad hoc communication
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Application No.: US14905587Application Date: 2013-07-19
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Publication No.: US09756665B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Ram Lakshmi Narayanan
- 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: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/051332 WO 20130719
- International Announcement: WO2015/009321 WO 20150122
- Main IPC: H04W48/16
- IPC: H04W48/16 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W76/00 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for automatically switching to D2D communication in a disaster situation is provided. One method includes receiving, by a user equipment, a list of base station sites comprising locations and geographical signal coverage of the base station sites and a list of Wi-Fi access points comprising locations and geographical signal coverage of the Wi-Fi access points. The method may also include creating at least one local database storing information received in the list of base station sites and the list of Wi-Fi access points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160165641A1 NETWORK ASSISTED AUTOMATIC DISASTER TRIGGER TO ENABLE DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) AD HOC COMMUNICATION Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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