Patent ID: 11902808
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. A user equipment (UE) in a coverage of a network node, the UE comprising:
a controller and a transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to:
communicate with another UE out of the coverage of the network node, directly over a first path of a device to device interface,
receive, from the network node, configuration information that specifies criteria for performing measurements with respect to the another UE for reselecting, by the another UE, a further UE for communicating via a second path of the device to device interface, wherein the criteria include at least one threshold value, wherein the another UE is configured with the criteria; and

wherein a path of the device to device interface is switched, by the another UE using the criteria, from the UE to the further UE, in a case where signal strength at the another UE is below the at least one threshold.