Patent ID: 11956850
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A user equipment comprising:
a wireless transceiver;
a local wireless network transceiver;
a processor; and
instructions for a communication manager application that are executable by the processor to configure the user equipment to:
receive an indication to transition to a disengaged mode;
receive a request message from a base station directing the user equipment to join a disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set comprising multiple user equipment in the disengaged mode;
transition to the disengaged mode;
receive baseband samples from at least one of the multiple user equipment in the disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set, the baseband samples corresponding to data intended for one or more of the multiple user equipment included in the disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set and received by the at least one user equipment in the disengaged-mode-user-equipment coordination set;
aggregate the baseband samples to provide a combined baseband signal;
jointly process the combined baseband signal to decode the data intended for the one or more of the multiple user equipment; and
forward the decoded data to the one or more of the multiple user equipment.