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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/005 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least: to receive and process a data transmission related to a communication channel allocated to a device-to-device broadcast communication, to determine an occupation state related to the received data transmission, to prepare an occupation indication related to the determined occupation state, and to conduct a processing for transmitting the occupation indication.