Device-to-device communications apparatus and methods
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsShohei YAMADA, Jia Sheng
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Abstract
A node of a radio access network (22) communicates with a wireless terminal (261) over a radio interface and sends to the wireless terminal (261) an indication (62) which specifies, for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal (262), whether the wireless terminal (261) is to use network-allocated radio resources or radio resources which are selected by the wireless terminal.
Claims26
A method in node of a radio access network which communicates with a wireless terminal over a radio interface, the method comprising:
- the node sending to the wireless terminal an indication which specifies, for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal, whether the wireless terminal is to use network-allocated radio resources or radio resources which are selected by the wireless terminal.
A node of a radio access network which communicates with a wireless terminal over a radio interface, the node comprising:
- a processor configured to generate generates an indication which specifies, for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal, whether the wireless terminal is to use network-allocated radio resources or radio resources which are selected by the wireless terminal;
- a transmitter which is configured to transmit the indication over the radio interface to the wireless terminal
A method in a wireless terminal which communicates with a node of a radio access network over a radio interface, the method comprising:
- receiving from the node an indication which specifies, for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal, whether the wireless terminal is to use network-allocated radio resources or radio resources which are selected by the wireless terminal;
- the wireless terminal using radio resources for the device-to-device (D2D) communications with the another wireless terminal in accordance with the indication.
A wireless terminal which communicates with a node of a radio access network over a radio interface, the wireless terminal comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive from the node an indication which specifies, for device-to-device (D2D) communications with another wireless terminal, whether the wireless terminal is to use network-allocated radio resources or radio resources which are selected by the wireless terminal;
- a processor configured to use radio resources for the device-to-device (D2D) communications with the another wireless terminal in accordance with the indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.