Patent ID: 8902855
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: monitoring, by a network node, a proximity between first and second mobile devices that are in wireless communication with each other; facilitating, by the network node, a selective transition of a service flow between the first and second mobile devices from being indirect through a radio network access node using a first radio access technology (“RAT”) to being direct using a second RAT, responsive to a determination that a first criterion has been met; facilitating, by the network node, a selective transition of the service flow from being direct using the second RAT to being indirect using the first RAT, responsive to a determination that a second criterion has been met; and receiving, by the network node, from the first mobile device, information indicative of a capability of the first mobile device to communicate directly with the second mobile device using the second RAT.