US Patent Application 18328621. Electronic Devices with Adaptive Device-to-Device Communication Switching simplified abstract
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Electronic Devices with Adaptive Device-to-Device Communication Switching
Inventors
Jan K. Ellenbeck of Gruenwald (DE)
Christian Drewes of Germering (DE)
Electronic Devices with Adaptive Device-to-Device Communication Switching - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18328621 Titled 'Electronic Devices with Adaptive Device-to-Device Communication Switching'
Simplified Explanation
This abstract describes a communications network that includes a relay device. The relay device receives signals from other devices in a device-to-device (D2D) communication. The relay device can operate in two modes: ad hoc mode and organized mode. In the ad hoc mode, the relay device consumes low power and receives a small number of messages from a few transmitting devices. In the organized mode, the relay device consumes high power and receives many messages from multiple transmitting devices.
The receiver on the relay device can switch between the ad hoc mode and the organized mode based on specific criteria. When a first criterion is met, the receiver transitions from the ad hoc mode to the organized mode. When a second switching criterion is met, the receiver transitions from the organized mode back to the ad hoc mode.
This switching between modes allows the relay device to balance the load of communications and power consumption. It is particularly useful for relaying emergency messages received over D2D signals, as these messages may arrive infrequently 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.
