Device to-device communications apparatus and methods
US10051678B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 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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