PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15752770
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["370", "329000"]

Abstract:
Methods, devices, systems, techniques, and computer program products are provided in which an eNB, within a wireless communications network, determining network coverage status relating to a cell served by it, where the eNB supports UE-to-Network relay for a remote UE using direct device-to-device communication between the remote UE and a relay UE connected to the serving cell. Based on a determination of network coverage status, at least one UE is initiated and selected to act as a relay UE. The radio interface link quality of the relay UE can be evaluated and the relay UE can be configured to send an indication of the radio interface link quality to the remote UE. Based on the determined network coverage status and selection of a relay UE, the remote UE is controlled by the eNB for the relay UE discovery and selection either directly or via the relay UE.

Claim (Index 16):
An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least perform the following:\n determining, by an eNB, network coverage status relating to a cell served by eNB within a wireless communications network,\n wherein the cell contains one or more UEs, and \n wherein the eNB supports UE-to-Network relay for a remote UE using direct device-to-device communication between the remote UE and a relay UE connected to the serving cell; \n based on the determined network coverage status, initiating and selecting at least one UE of the one or more UEs to act as a relay UE, wherein initiating and selecting the relay UE comprises at least one of:\n evaluating radio interface link quality of the relay UE; and \n configuring the relay UE to send an indication of the radio interface link quality of the relay UE to the remote UE; \n based on the determined network coverage status and selection of relay UE, controlling by the eNB the remote UE for the relay UE discovery and selection either directly or via the relay UE, wherein controlling the remote UE comprises at least one of:\n identifying the remote UE; and \n configuring the remote UE to determine initiating and to perform radio measurement for relay UE discovery and selection.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10526
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15650696', '15564687', '15576422', '15891853', '15745868']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5201025579804732
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5023662224102927
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5183289244234552
- Mean Citation Score: 259.675386
- Max Citation Score: 271.2512
- Similarity Product: 218.3478082622528

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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