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Device to-device communications apparatus and methods

US10051678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateAug 14, 2018
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/27
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A node of a radio access network (22) communicates with a wireless terminal (261) over a radio interface and sends to the wireless terminal (261) an indication (62) which specifies, for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal (262), whether the wireless terminal (261) is to use network-allocated radio resources or radio resources which are selected by the wireless terminal.

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