Back to results
US 2017/0013640 A1Published application
Scheduling request procedure for d2d communication
AssigneeSun Patent Trust
InventorsJoachim Loehr, Prateek Basu Mallick
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeSun Patent Trust
InventorsJoachim Loehr, Prateek Basu Mallick
Estimating the term…
The present invention relates to a D2D capable a communication method and to a transmitting user equipment, which transmits data to a receiving user equipment over a direct link data channel, uses the services of the eNode B in order to have resources allocated for transmitting said data. To this end the UE sends to the eNB scheduling information using resources of a subframe dedicated for standard uplink communication through the eNode B, rather than using resources on the subframe dedicated to D2D data transmission. In order to allow the eNB to distinguish whether the received scheduling request is for allocating resources for transmitting data over the direct link channel or over the eNB, UE may send along with the scheduling information also identification information associated to the scheduling information.
1-16. (canceled)
A transmitting user equipment for transmitting data to a receiving user equipment over a direct link connection in a communication system, the transmitting user equipment being adapted to request resources in the communication system and comprising:
A communication method for requesting resources by a transmitting user equipment in a communication system, wherein data is to be transmitted from the transmitting user equipment to a receiving user equipment over a direct link, the method comprising the step of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.