Patent ID: 9179382
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of wireless communications, comprising: transmitting, by a first UE, a wide area network (WAN) handover request to an eNB associated with the first UE, wherein the WAN handover request includes a peer identifier associated with a second UE and includes a cell identifier of a second eNB associated with the second UE, and wherein the first UE and the second UE are in a connected state engaged in direct device to device (D2D) communications; receiving, by the first UE via the eNB and the second eNB, a radio link control (RLC) parameter indicating a last successful reception by the second UE; determining, by the first UE, a subsequent content item to be communicated to the second UE based on the received RLC parameter; and transmitting, by the first UE, the subsequent content item to the second UE via the eNB and the second eNB.