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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2017
Applicants:
Alcatel Lucent, Nozay, FR;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Alcatel Lucent, Nozay, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and apparatus. For example, at a first device, a resource for data transmission is randomly selected, and the resource is used to transmit data. In addition, the first device sends, to a second device, an indication that the first device will continue to use the resource for transmitting further data. A corresponding apparatus is further disclosed in the present disclosure.