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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Yan-Xiu Zheng, Hsinchu County, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method for broadcast assistance in a direct communication system and an apparatus using the same are disclosed. The proposed method includes the following steps. A coordinator receives a broadcast assistance request message from a plurality of broadcast devices. The coordinator transmits a broadcast assistance confirmation signal to the broadcast devices and broadcasts a resource indication signal including a resource allocation. The broadcast devices respectively broadcasts an information message to at least one listening device according to the resource allocation acquired from listening to the resource indication signal, and the at least one listening device listens to one of the information messages having a category of interest according to the resource allocation acquired from listening to the resource indication signal.