Proximity signaling and procedure for LTE
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsRobert Novak, Biswaroop Mukherjee, Masoud Ebrahimi Tazeh Mahalleh
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Abstract
A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a first User Equipment (UE), a reference signal transmitted by a second UE and transmitting, by the first UE to a network node, a report indicating that the reference signal was received. The reference signal is received in a detection opportunity that occurs as one of a single detection opportunity or a portion of a pattern of detection opportunities.
Claims20
A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a first user equipment (UE), a first proximity beacon to a second UE according to at least one parameter of a pre-provisioned configuration;
- detecting, by the first UE, a second proximity beacon transmitted by the second UE according to the at least one parameter,
- wherein the at least one parameter indicates a pattern and a window defining a period including a transmission and detection opportunity, the pattern indicating a set of subframes in which a proximity beacon is to be transmitted or detected during the window.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that upon execution cause a first user equipment (UE) to:
- transmit a first proximity beacon to a second UE according to at least one parameter of a pre-provisioned configuration;
- detect a second proximity beacon transmitted by the second UE according to the at least one parameter,
- wherein the at least one parameter indicates a pattern and a window defining a period including a transmission and detection opportunity, the pattern indicating a set of subframes in which a proximity beacon is to be transmitted or detected during the window.
A first user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a processor;
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- a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the processor to:
- transmit a first proximity beacon to a second UE according to at least one parameter of a pre-provisioned configuration;
- detect a second proximity beacon transmitted by the second UE according to the at least one parameter,
- wherein the at least one parameter indicates a pattern and a window defining a period including a transmission and detection opportunity, the pattern indicating a set of subframes in which a proximity beacon is to be transmitted or detected during the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.