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Telecommunications apparatus and methods

  • US 10,575,291 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2015
  • Issued: 02/25/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a network entity in a wireless telecommunication system supporting device-to-device (D2D), communications between terminal devices, the method comprising:

  • establishing a set of radio resources to be made available for D2D communications within the wireless telecommunication system;

    communicating an indication of the set of radio resources to terminal devices operating in the wireless telecommunications system;

    determining a fractional utilization indicating an extent to which the set of radio resources is being used for D2D communications;

    establishing an updated set of radio resources to be made available for D2D communications within the wireless telecommunication system based on the fractional utilization indicating the extent to which the set of radio resources is being used for D2D communications; and

    communicating an indication of the updated set of radio resources to terminal devices operating within the wireless telecommunications system, whereinthe fractional utilization indicating the extent to which the set of radio resources is being used for D2D communications is determined from feedback received from one or more terminal devices and comprises an indication of measurements made by the terminal device of the extent to which the set of radio resources is being used for D2D communications, andthe feedback is received in accordance with a predefined measurement schedule.

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