Patent ID: 11910341
Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless network, which is a member of a wireless communication group, the UE comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:
receive, from a base station, information indicating a special synchronization signal identifier that is used to indicate a particular UE as a synchronization reference source in a wireless communication group having a highest priority;
detect presence of the special synchronization signal identifier and presence of group information comprising a group identifier (ID), wherein the wireless communication group comprises a plurality of UEs, each UE of the plurality of UEs has a corresponding unique identifier; and
select a synchronization reference source by using the special synchronization signal identifier and the group information,
wherein the special synchronization signal identifier indicates a leader of the wireless communication group and the group information identifies the wireless communication group.