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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Joon Beom Kim, Carrolton, TX (US);
Noun Choi, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Changhoi Koo, Plano, TX (US);
Zhijun Cai, Ashburn, VA (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0413 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 52/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for use in a first user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, control information and a resource assignment for uplink transmission; and transmitting, based on the control information, a discovery signal on the assigned resource for uplink transmission, the discovery signal including a first temporary UE identifier (ID) assigned to the first UE, wherein the first temporary UE ID is used to identify the first UE for device-to-device communication.