Patent ID: 9681478
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for short range communications in a wireless communications system between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, the method being performed in the first wireless device, comprising: exchanging a first set of messages with the second wireless device via a network node in the wireless communications system for establishing a first communications link with the second wireless device via the network node; acquiring a first channel quality indication (CQI) of the first communications link; exchanging a second set of messages with the second wireless device via the network node for evaluating conditions for setting up a short range connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device on a second communications link, wherein exchanging said second set of messages is triggered by said at least one first CQI being below a first predetermined quality threshold; and exchanging a third set of messages with the second wireless device on the second communications link for establishing the short range connection with the second wireless device based on at least one of the conditions.