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Device to device communication method and apparatus

US10638529B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2017
Grant dateApr 28, 2020
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W28/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device to device (D2D) communication method and apparatus, to resolve at least a problem of a low success rate of discovery between user equipments in the prior art. The method includes: determining, by a first user equipment (UE), first signaling to be sent, where the first signaling includes one or a combination of the following information: a transmission probability, a quantity of retransmission times, a transmission period, a type of a cyclic prefix (CP), a transmit power, a current quantity of hops, a quantity of antenna ports, a transmission mode, a bandwidth of a D2D link, a D2D link frame number, time division duplexing (TDD) uplink and downlink configuration information, or information indicating whether the first UE is within a network; and sending, by the first UE, the first signaling to second UE using the D2D link.

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