Patent ID: 8913546
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a base station device comprising a processor, message data from a first user equipment served by the base station device, wherein the message data is indicative of a determination that a radio path between the first user equipment and the base station device does not satisfy a defined criterion; in response to the receiving, facilitating, by the base station device, a transmission of instruction data to a set of user equipment served by the base station device, wherein the instruction data requests the set of user equipment to direct ping signals to the first user equipment; and subsequent to a selection of a second user equipment from the set of user equipment based on determining, in accordance with an analysis of the ping signals received by the first user equipment, that the second user equipment is closer to the base station device than a third user equipment of the set of user equipment, facilitating, by the base station device, a communication with the first user equipment via the second user equipment, wherein the facilitating the communication is in response to determining that a first signal quality of a first signal transmitted between the base station device and the first user equipment is lower than a second signal quality of a second signal transmitted between the base station device and the second user equipment.