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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Vinh Van Phan, Oulu, FI;
Ling Yu, Kauniainen, FI;
Kari Veikko Horneman, Oulu, FI;
Manivannan Thyagarajan, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided. A request is received from a first user equipment to schedule communication resources for a device to device communication between the first user equipment and at least one second user equipment. Control information relating to the device to device communication is sent to the at least one second user equipment in response to the request.