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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Gary Boudreau, Kanata, CA;

Hossein Seyedmehdi, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/14 (2009.01); H04W 52/38 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04W 52/383 (2013.01); H04W 72/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method for a network node for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is provided. The method comprises identifying a D2D control condition for broadcasting a control signal to a group of D2D user devices. The method also comprises broadcasting the control signal to the group of D2D user devices, based on the identified control condition, wherein the control signal includes a resources history field indicative of a set of physical resources previously allocated to the group of D2D user devices. A method for a user device is also provided. The method comprises performing a D2D initialization procedure. The method further comprises receiving a D2D broadcast control signal from a network node.


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