# US 2016/0262152 A1 · Terminal and operating method of the same, and resource allocating method of base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0262152 A1 - Document ID: US20160262152A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/056,714 - Filed: 2016-02-29 - Published: 2016-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-06 - Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Nstitute - Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Nstitute - Inventors: Sung Jin YOO; Kyu Min KANG; Seung Keun PARK; Jae Cheol PARK; Jung Sun UM; Dong Hun LEE; Hoi Yoon JUNG; Su Na CHOI; Sung Hyun HWANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160262152A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 56/0015: {one node acting as a reference for the others} - H04W 56/002: {Mutual synchronization} - H04W 92/20: between access points - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed is a resource allocating method of a base station, which includes receiving information on an existence signal of another base station or a coexistence frame in a transmission frame of another base station from a terminal, making time synchronization with another base station and frame synchronization with the coexistence frame of another base station coincide with each other, and allocating a signal transmission frame so as not to overlap the signal transmission frame in the transmission frame of another base station. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A resource allocating method of a base station, the method comprising: receiving information on an existence signal of another base station or a coexistence frame in a transmission frame of the another base station from a terminal; making time synchronization with the another base station and frame synchronization with the coexistence frame of the another base station coincide with each other; and allocating a signal transmission frame so as not to overlap with a signal transmission frame in the transmission frame of the another base station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the existence signal is generated by using a Zadoff-Chu sequence. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein in the receiving of the information on the existence signal of the another base station or the coexistence frame in the transmission frame of the another base station from the terminal, the existence signal is received from the terminal through a common frequency band. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission frame includes the coexistence frame and a plurality of signal transmission frames. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein in the allocating of the signal transmission frame so as not to overlap with the signal transmission frame in the transmission frame of the another base station, the signal transmission frame is allocated to the transmission frame after the signal transmission frame of the another base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the transmission frame further includes a protection frame defined in the transmission frame after the signal transmission frame of the another base station. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein in the allocating of the signal transmission frame so as not to overlap with the signal transmission frame in the transmission frame of the another base station, the signal transmission frame is allocated to the signal transmission frame of the another base station and the transmission frame after the protection frame. ### Claim 8 A terminal comprising: a receiving unit receiving a first existence signal from a first base station through a common frequency band; and a transmitting unit transferring the first existence signal to a second base station through the common frequency band. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The terminal of claim 8, wherein the first existence signal is generated by using a Zadoff-Chu sequence. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The terminal of claim 8, wherein the receiving unit receives a second existence signal from the second base station through the common frequency band. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The terminal of claim 10, further comprising: a determination unit determining whether the first base station exists by using the first existence signal and determining whether the second base station exists by using the second existence signal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The terminal of claim 10, further comprising: an analysis unit determining a first coexistence frame by analyzing the first existence signal and determining a second coexistence frame by analyzing the second existence signal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal of claim 12, wherein the transmitting unit transfers information on the first coexistence frame to the second base station. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The terminal of claim 8, wherein the first base station and the second base station are operated by different mobile communication operators. ### Claim 15 An operating method of a terminal, comprising: receiving a first existence signal from a first base station through a common frequency band; and transferring the first existence signal to a second base station through the common frequency band. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The operating method of claim 15, wherein the first existence signal is generated by using a Zadoff-Chu sequence. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The operating method of claim 15, further comprising: receiving a second existence signal from the second base station; and determining a first coexistence frame by analyzing the first existence signal and determining a second coexistence frame by analyzing the second existence signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The operating method of claim 17, further comprising: transferring information on the first coexistence frame to the second base station.