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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 72/0466 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02);
Abstract
A user equipment includes a reception unit that receives control information and data through inter-terminal direct communication; and a control unit that determines, based on the control information or the data, whether the inter-terminal direct communication is unicast, groupcast, or broadcast.