Joint scheduling of device-to-device (D2D) links and wide area network (WAN) uplink (UL) user equipments (UEs)
US9788328B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/23
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus of a device-to-device (D2D) link receives from a base station an indication of an acceptable level of interference that the base station can tolerate on an uplink resource. The uplink resource is allocated to a user equipment (UE) for a wide area network (WAN) transmission. The acceptable level of interference is a level of interference that the base station can tolerate on the uplink resource while the base station receives the WAN transmission from the UE. The apparatus determines a level of interference to the UE's transmission at the base station and performs a D2D communication on the uplink resource allocated to the second UE for the WAN transmission if the determined level of interference is less than the acceptable level.
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