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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2013
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Sami-Jukka Hakola, Kempele, FI;
Matti Pikkarainen, Oulu, FI;
Ville Vartiainen, Oulu, FI;
Anna Pantelidou, Oulu, FI;
Juha Pekka Karjalainen, Oulu, FI;
Timo Kalevi Koskela, Oulu, FI;
Samuli Turtinen, Ii, FI;
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless device transmits a device-to-device discovery signal using the same transmission resource that is used for transmitting uplink retransmissions to a base station by a second wireless device. The device-to-device discovery signal is transmitted at a power that is determined in accordance with a control signal received by the wireless device from the base station. In an example, the wireless device transmits the device-to-device discovery signal on an uplink control channel established for use for sending uplink control signals to the base station.