Device-to-Device Discovery Resource Allocation in Communications
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsLing YU, Vinh VAN PHAN, Kari Veikko HORNEMAN
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Abstract
A method for device-to-device communication includes receiving, in a D2D-capable user terminal from a network apparatus, measurement configuration information regarding a D2D discovery resource usage status. The user terminal performs, based on the received measurement configuration information, a corresponding measurement to determine the usage status of D2D discovery resources. The user terminal transmits, to the network apparatus, a report on the measurement performed in the user terminal, the report indicating the usage status of D2D discovery resources, in order the network apparatus to be able to adjust D2D discovery resource allocation based on the report.
Claims20
A method for D2D communication in a communications system, the method comprising
- transmitting, from a network apparatus to a D2D capable user terminal, measurement configuration information regarding a D2D discovery resource usage status;
- receiving, in the network apparatus from the D2D capable user terminal, a report on a corresponding measurement performed in the user terminal, the report indicating a usage status of D2D discovery resources;
- adjusting D2D discovery resource allocation based on the received report.
A method for D2D communication in a communications system, the method comprising
- receiving, in a D2D capable user terminal from a network apparatus, measurement configuration information regarding a D2D discovery resource usage status;
- performing, based on the received measurement configuration information, a corresponding measurement in the user terminal to determine a usage status of D2D discovery resources;
- transmitting, to the network apparatus from the user terminal, a report on said measurement performed in the user terminal, the report indicating the usage status of D2D discovery resources, in order the network apparatus to be able to adjust D2D discovery resource allocation based on the report.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor;
- and at least one memory including a computer program code, characterized in that the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
- transmitting, from a network apparatus to a D2D capable user terminal, measurement configuration information regarding a D2D discovery resource usage status;
- receiving, in the network apparatus from the D2D capable user terminal, a report on a corresponding measurement performed in the user terminal, the report indicating a usage status of D2D discovery resources;
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- adjusting D2D discovery resource allocation based on the received report.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.