Electronic Devices with Adaptive Device-to-Device Communication Switching: abstract simplified (18328621)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18328621 Titled 'Electronic Devices with Adaptive Device-to-Device Communication Switching'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a communications network that includes a relay device. This relay device can receive signals from other devices in two different modes: ad hoc mode and organized mode. In ad hoc mode, the relay device consumes low power and receives only a few messages from a few transmitting devices. In organized mode, the relay device consumes high power and receives many messages from many transmitting devices. The receiver on the device can switch between these modes based on certain criteria. This allows the device to balance the load of communications and power consumption while relaying messages, especially emergency messages that may arrive rarely or in clusters due to unexpected events.

Original Abstract Submitted

A communications network may include a relay device that receives device-to-device (D2D) signals. In an ad hoc mode, the relay may consume relatively little power while receiving relatively few messages from relatively few transmitting devices in the D2D signals. In an organized mode, the device may consume relatively high power while receiving many messages from many transmitting devices in the D2D signals. A receiver on the device may transition from the ad hoc mode to the organized mode in response to a first criterion and may transition from the organized mode to the ad hoc mode in response to a second switching criterion. This may allow the device to balance communications load and power consumption while relaying messages such as emergency messages received over D2D signals given that the signals may arrive rarely or in clusters due to an unforeseen event.