Sony Group Corporation
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ONE OR MORE RELAY COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON HISTORICAL AND CURRENT ENERGY INFORMATION

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for wireless communication. The apparatus includes processing circuitry: configured to receive a relay establishment request from a source communication device; configured to acquire historical energy information and current energy information about a candidate communication device as a relay candidate, and to determine one or more relay communication devices to be used as a relay based on the acquired information; and configured to send information about the relay establishment to the one or more relay communication devices, the source communication device, and a destination communication device.