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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2019
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Philippe Sartori, Plainfield, IL (US);
Hossein Bagheri, Urbana, IL (US);
Vipul Desai, Palatine, IL (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Mazin Ali Al-Shalash, Frisco, TX (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A device is configured to perform a method of device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication network in accordance with a Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. The method includes entering an RRC-Idle state or an RRC-Connected state. The method also includes transmitting, in the RRC-Idle state or RRC-Connected state, a D2D discovery signal for receipt by at least one second device in the network. The method further includes receiving, in the RRC-Idle state or RRC-Connected state, at least one D2D discovery signal from the at least one second device in the network.