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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:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Lanto Rakotoharison, Berkshire, GB;

Abdoulaye Bagayoko, Berkshire, GB;

Caroline Jactat, Berkshire, GB;

Philippe Delahaye, Berkshire, GB;

Assignee:

NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04W 72/1289 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 72/0413 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides for a method of configuring a physical channel, such as a physical control channel, for device-to-device communication between mobile terminal devices within a cellular communications network environment and comprising a step of locating a device-to-device control channel within a cellular uplink signaling spectrum, and applying a frequency offset parameter to determine separation of the device-to-device control channel from a cellular uplink control channel, and to related terminal devices and computer program products.


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