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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Subramanian Vasudevan, Morristown, NJ (US);
Jialin Zou, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Satish Kanugovi, Bangalore, IN;
Ganapathy Sundaram, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
According to an implementation of the present subject matter, systems and methods for scheduling and controlling device-to-device (D2D) communication are described. The method includes receiving device parameters and uplink parameters from a first communication device and at least one second communication device, respectively. Further, based on the device parameters and the uplink parameters, transmission format of a D2D communication link for allowing D2D communication between the first communication device and the at least one second communication device is determined. Further, an uplink transmit grant and an uplink listen grant are transmitted to the first communication device and the at least one second communication device, respectively, based on the determination, wherein the uplink transmit grant and the uplink listen grant indicate at least the transmission format and time of transmission on the D2D communication link to the first communication device and the at least one second communication device.