US 2013/0155962 A1 · Mechanism for Resource Allocation and Transmission of Control Information to Communication Device

Abstract

There is provided a mechanism usable for allocating resources and provide control information about a signal to be transmitted by a communication network element such as a D2D device on resources which may be pre-allocated or allocated directly for the signaling. A resource allocation information element is generated which indicates to resources being allocated to a specific communication function, such as D2D. A content or value of a resource allocation field indicates a control information usable for forming a signal to be transmitted via the indicated resources. By means of the value of the resource allocation field, the D2D device derives a signal characteristic or the like of the signal to be transmitted on the indicated resources. The resource indication may be implicit in the form of an indication of a pre-allocated resource, or direct by indicating a dedicated resource.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising

a resource allocation information generating portion configured to generate a resource allocation information element comprising at least one resource allocation field indicating resources being allocated to a specific communication function, wherein a content of the at least one resource allocation field indicates a control information usable for forming a signal to be transmitted via the indicated resources, and
a resource allocation information transmission portion configured to send the generated resource allocation information element for controlling a transmission using the indicated resources.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mechanism for Resource Allocation and Transmission of Control Information to Communication Device

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