Devices and methods arranged to support user communication device grouping in a communication network

Chen, Junting; Gesbert, David
Patent US 2019/0253846 A1, 15 August 2019

The present disclosure relates to user communication devices and communication network devices , both arranged to support grouping of user communication devices in a communication network . One example user communication device determines a neighbor user communication device set comprising the user communication device and neighbor user communication devices , and determines , by communi cating with the neighbor user communication devices of the neighbor user communication device set via D2D commu nication , a user communication device group that the user communication device joins . The communication network device receives information on a plurality of user commu nication device groups , determined by user communication devices in the communication network , and executes clus tering on the plurality of user communication device groups . 


Type:
Patent
Date:
2019-08-15
Department:
Communication systems
Eurecom Ref:
6022
Copyright:
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