Granted Patent B2

US 12,335,229 · App. 18/773,071 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Magurawalage Chathura Madhusanka Sarathchandra (London, GB); Michelle Perras (Montreal, CA); Jung Je Son (Warrington, PA); Samir Ferdi (Kirkland, CA); Taimoor Abbas (Sainte-Julie, CA)

Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

H04L61/5046H04L61/5007H04L61/103H04L2101/622

Abstract

Claims (18)

1. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, a direct communication request (DCR) message from a second WTRU;

send, via the transceiver, a direct communication accept (DCA) message to the second WTRU, wherein the DCA message comprises an indication of a medium access control (MAC) address of the first WTRU; and

receive, via the transceiver, a link modification (LM) request message from the second WTRU, wherein the LM request message assigns a new MAC address to the first WTRU; and

send, via the transceiver, an LM response message to the second WTRU, wherein the LM response message acknowledges receipt of the newly assigned MAC address for the first WTRU.

2. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the DCR message comprises an indication of a request for the first WTRU to establish communications with a third WTRU.

3. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the MAC address of the first WTRU conflicts with a MAC address of another WTRU associated with the second WTRU.

4. The first WTRU of claim 1 , the processor further configured to establish a PC5 secure link with the second WTRU.

5. A method performed by a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

receiving a direct communication request (DCR) message from a second WTRU;

sending a direct communication accept (DCA) message to the second WTRU, wherein the DCA message comprises an indication of a medium access control (MAC) address of the first WTRU; and

receiving a link release modification (LM) request message from the second WTRU, wherein the LM request message assigns a new MAC address to of the first WTRU; and

sending an LM response message to from the second WTRU, wherein the LM response message acknowledges receipt of the newly assigned MAC address for the first WTRU.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the DCR message comprises an indication of a request for the first WTRU to establish communications with a third WTRU.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the MAC address of the first WTRU conflicts with a MAC address of another WTRU associated with the second WTRU.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising establishing a PC5 secure link with the second WTRU.

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