Patent ID: 9565608
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for performing mobile communications from a first mobile terminal comprising: identifying one or more further mobile terminals engaged in direct device-to-device communications with the first mobile terminal, wherein the direct device-to-device communications utilize wireless resources allocated by a wireless communication network for transmission of cellular data from at least one mobile terminal to at least one base station; selecting an intermediary mobile terminal from the one or more further mobile terminals; transmitting mobile communication data from the first mobile terminal to the intermediary mobile terminal using direct device-to-device communications, wherein the mobile communication data is intended for transmission to a base station that is connected to the wireless communication network, wherein the mobile communication data comprises a first transmission configuration parameter; and receiving a second transmission configuration parameter at the first mobile terminal, wherein the second transmission configuration parameter is determined by the wireless communication network based on the first transmission configuration parameter.