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

Claim 2:
3. A method for a network node in a communication system in which a first user equipment (UE) in a coverage of the network node and a second UE out of the coverage of the network node are configured to communicate with each other directly over a first path of a device to device interface, the method comprising:
transmitting, to the first UE, configuration information that specifies criteria for performing measurements with respect to the second UE for reselecting, by the second 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 second UE is configured with the criteria; and
wherein a path of the device to device interface is switched, by the second UE using the criteria, from the first UE to the further UE, in a case where signal strength at the second UE is below the at least one threshold.