# US 11,122,548 B2 · Device-to-device communication method and terminal device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,122,548 B2 - Document ID: US11122548B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/706,275 - Filed: 2019-12-06 - Published: 2020-04-09 - Granted: 2021-09-14 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-10 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanan Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11122548B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a D2D communication method, including: a first terminal device receives a control channel transmitted by a second terminal device on a first transmission time interval TTI, where the control channel includes a specific bit, and the specific bit is used to indicate a length of time domain used by the second terminal device for transmitting a data channel; the first terminal device senses the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on the first TTI if a value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to a length of the first TTI; and the first terminal device senses the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on a second TTI if the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to a length of the second TTI. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device to device (D2D) communication method, comprising: receiving, by a first terminal device, a control channel transmitted by a second terminal device on a first transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the control channel comprises a specific bit, and the specific bit is used to indicate a length of time domain used by the second terminal device for transmitting a data channel; sensing, by the first terminal device, the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on the first TTI if a value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to a length of the first TTI; and sensing, by the first terminal device, the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on a second TTI if the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to a length of the second TTI, wherein the length of the second TTI is smaller than the length of the first TTI; wherein the first TTI comprises a plurality of second TTIs, if the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to the length of the second TTI, the value on the specific bit further indicates a relative position of the second TTI used by the second terminal device for transmitting the data channel in the plurality of second TTIs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of second TTIs have a same length or different lengths. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the length of the second TTI is equal to one time slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the control channel carries sidelink control information (SCI), and the specific bit comprises a reserved bit comprised in the SCI. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-15, the second terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-14 and does not support the communication protocol of Release-15, and the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is the length of the first TTI; or the first terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-15, the second terminal device supports the communication protocol of Release-15, and the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is the length of the first TTI or the length of the second TTI. ### Claim 6 A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a first terminal device, and the first terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, the memory is configured to store instructions, the processor is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver to receive a signal or transmit a signal, wherein: the transceiver is configured to receive a control channel transmitted by a second terminal device on a first transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the control channel comprises a specific bit, and the specific bit is used to indicate a length of time domain used by the second terminal device for transmitting a data channel; the processor is configured to sense the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on the first TTI if a value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to a length of the first TTI; and the processor is further configured to sense the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on a second TTI if the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to a length of the second TTI, wherein the length of the second TTI is smaller than the length of the first TTI; wherein the first TTI comprises a plurality of second TTIs, if the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to the length of the second TTI, the value on the specific bit further indicates a relative position of the second TTI used by the second terminal device for transmitting the data channel in the plurality of second TTIs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of second TTIs have a same length or different lengths. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the length of the second TTI is equal to one time slot. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the control channel carries sidelink control information (SCI), and the specific bit comprises a reserved bit comprised in the SCI. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the first terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-15, the second terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-14 and does not support the communication protocol of Release-15, and the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is the length of the first TTI; or the first terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-15, the second terminal device supports the communication protocol of Release-15, and the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is the length of the first TTI or the length of the second TTI. ### Claim 11 A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a second terminal device, and the second terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver and a memory, the memory is configured to store instructions, the processor is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to control the transceiver to receive a signal or transmit a signal, wherein: the transceiver is configured to transmit a control channel to a first terminal device based on a first transmission time interval (TTI), wherein the control channel comprises a specific bit, and the specific bit is used to indicate that a length of time domain used by the second terminal device for transmitting a data channel is a length of a second TTI, and the length of the second TTI is smaller than a length of the first TTI; and the transceiver is further configured to transmit the data channel to the first terminal device based on the second TTI, so that the first terminal device determines, according to a value on the specific bit, that the length of time domain used by the second terminal device for transmitting the data channel is the length of the second TTI, and senses the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device based on the second TTI; wherein the first TTI comprises a plurality of second TTIs, if the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is equal to the length of the second TTI, the value on the specific bit further indicates a relative position of the second TTI used by the second terminal device for transmitting the data channel in the plurality of second TTIs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine that the length of time domain for transmitting the data channel is the length of the second TTI; and set the value on the specific bit to a value corresponding to the length of the second TTI according to the length of the second TTI. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of second TTIs have a same length or different lengths. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the length of the second TTI is equal to one time slot. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the control channel carries sidelink control information (SCI), and the specific bit comprises a reserved bit comprised in the SCI. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the first terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-15, the second terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-14 and does not support the communication protocol of Release-15, and the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is the length of the first TTI; or the first terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-15, the second terminal device supports the communication protocol of Release-15, and the value on the specific bit indicates that the length of time domain is the length of the first TTI or the length of the second TTI.