Patent ID: 11968659
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the group, which comprises:
when a report is received from a reporting UE, determining whether the distance metric between the reporting UE and the center of the group to which the reporting UE belongs exceeds the first predetermined threshold;
if the distance metric between the reporting UE and the center of the group to which the reporting UE belongs exceeds the first predetermined threshold, sequentially determining whether the distance metric between the reporting UE and the center of each of the remaining groups exceeds the first predetermined threshold;
if there is a group for which the distance metric between its center and the reporting UE is smaller than the first predetermined threshold, assigning the reporting UE to the group; and
if the distance metric between the reporting UE and the center of each group exceeds the first predetermined threshold, assigning the reporting UE to a new group.