# US 10,772,139 B2 · Terminal device, base station device, communication system, measurement method, and integrated circuit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,772,139 B2 - Document ID: US10772139B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/750,265 - Filed: 2016-08-05 - Published: 2018-08-09 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-07 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi; Katsunari Uemura; Shohei Yamada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10772139B2 ## CPC - H04W 48/10: using broadcasted information - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 8/00: Network data management - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 74/004: {in the uplink, i.e. towards network} - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A terminal device, a base station device, a communication system, a measurement method, and an integrated circuit, which are capable of efficiently performing Sidelink Direct Discovery, are provided. The terminal device, in a case where there exists at least one applicable neighboring cell to be reported to a measurement identifier with a measurement reporting procedure being triggered, a best neighboring cell up to a maximum cell number is included in a neighboring cell measurement result; and in a case where a measurement purpose of an associated reporting configuration is configured to report on monitoring of a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement, CGI information about a cell indicated by a first parameter is obtained in an associated measurement object, and the cell broadcasts configuration information about the monitoring of the Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement, the configuration information about the monitoring of the Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement that has been acquired is included in measurement reporting. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal device comprising: receiving circuitry configured to receive a message including first configuration related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery; controlling circuitry configured to determine whether or not the first configuration includes a second configuration used for causing the terminal device to report system information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, and to start, on the basis of a determination that the first configuration includes the second configuration, a timer with a predetermined value being configured, wherein the first configuration including the second configuration includes frequency information indicating a frequency in which the system information is broadcasted; and transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to a base station device, configuration information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, based on (a) whether the configuration information related to Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring is acquired from the system information and (b) whether the timer is running; wherein the receiving circuitry is configured to receive the system information with use of the frequency indicated by the frequency information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the message is received in a state where a radio connection is established between the terminal device and a base station device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the first configuration including the second configuration is a configuration which associates the second configuration with multiple frequencies, and the frequency indicated by the frequency information is one of the multiple frequencies. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the second configuration becomes unavailable in a case that the timer expires. ### Claim 5 A base station device comprising: transmitting circuitry configured to transmit a message including first configuration related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery, wherein (a) the first configuration causes a terminal device to (i) determine whether or not the first configuration includes a second configuration used for causing the terminal device to report system information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, and (ii) start, on the basis of a determination that the first configuration includes the second configuration, a timer with a predetermined value being configured, (b) the first configuration including the second configuration includes frequency information indicating a frequency in which the system information is broadcasted; and receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal device, configuration information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, based on (a) whether the configuration information related to Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring is acquired from the system information and (b) whether the timer is running. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The base station device of claim 5, wherein the message is transmitted in a state where a radio connection is established between the terminal device and the base station device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The base station device of claim 5, wherein the first configuration including the second configuration is a configuration which associates the second configuration with multiple frequencies, and the frequency indicated by the frequency information is one of the multiple frequencies. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The base station device of claim 5, wherein the second configuration becomes unavailable in a case that the timer expires. ### Claim 9 A method performed by a terminal device comprising: receiving a message including first configuration related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery; determining whether or not the first configuration includes a second configuration used for causing the terminal device to report system information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring; starting, on the basis of a determination that the first configuration includes the second configuration, a timer with a predetermined value being configured, wherein the first configuration including the second configuration includes frequency information indicating a frequency in which the system information is broadcasted; receiving the system information with use of the frequency indicated by the frequency information; and transmitting, to a base station device, configuration information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, based on (a) whether the configuration information related to Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring is acquired from the system information and (b) whether the timer is running. ### Claim 10 A method performed by a base station device comprising: transmitting a message including first configuration related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery, wherein (a) the first configuration causes a terminal device to (i) determine whether or not the first configuration includes a second configuration used for causing the terminal device to report system information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, and (ii) start, on the basis of a determination that the first configuration includes the second configuration, a timer with a predetermined value being configured, and (b) the first configuration including the second configuration includes frequency information indicating a frequency in which the system information is broadcasted; and receiving, from a terminal device, configuration information related to a Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring, based on (a) whether the configuration information related to Sidelink Direct Discovery announcement monitoring is acquired from the system information and (b) whether the timer is running.