USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION OVER AN LTE AIR INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A User Equipment (UE) to operate in accordance with a device-to-device (D2D) communication mode, the UE comprising hardware processing circuitry to:
- determine a synchronization reference time based on reception of one or more signals from an Evolved Node-B (eNB);
during a D2D communication session;
transmit Multi-Time Transmission Interval Bundle Groups (MTBG) of data symbols during a first group of Data Transmission Intervals (DTI); and
refrain from transmission of data symbols during a second group of DTIs that is exclusive to the first group of DTIs;
wherein starting times of the DTIs are based at least partly on the synchronization reference time.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a UE to operate in accordance with a device-to-device (D2D) communication mode are disclosed herein. The UE may include hardware processing circuitry to determine a synchronization reference time based on reception of signals from an eNB. The hardware processing circuitry may be further to, during a D2D communication session, transmit Multi-Time Transmission Interval Bundle Groups (MTBG) of data symbols during a first group of Data Transmission Intervals (DTI) and refrain from transmission of data symbols during a second group of DTIs. Starting times of the DTIs may be based at least partly on the synchronization reference time. The hardware processing circuitry may be further to transmit, during an in-network communication session, data symbols according to a Time Transmission Interval (TTI) reference time synchronized to the synchronization reference time.
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22 Claims
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1. A User Equipment (UE) to operate in accordance with a device-to-device (D2D) communication mode, the UE comprising hardware processing circuitry to:
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determine a synchronization reference time based on reception of one or more signals from an Evolved Node-B (eNB); during a D2D communication session; transmit Multi-Time Transmission Interval Bundle Groups (MTBG) of data symbols during a first group of Data Transmission Intervals (DTI); and refrain from transmission of data symbols during a second group of DTIs that is exclusive to the first group of DTIs; wherein starting times of the DTIs are based at least partly on the synchronization reference time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors to perform operations for communication in a device-to-device (D2D) mode, the operations to configure the one or more processors to:
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determine a synchronization reference time based on reception of one or more signals from an Evolved Node-B (eNB); during a D2D communication session; transmit Multi-Time Transmission Interval Bundle Groups (MTBG) of data symbols during a first group of Data Transmission Intervals (DTI); and refrain from transmission of data symbols during a second group of DTIs that is exclusive to the first group of DTIs; wherein starting times of the DTIs are based at least partly on the synchronization reference time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of communicating in a device-to-device (D2D) mode, the method comprising:
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determining a synchronization reference time based on reception of one or more signals from an Evolved Node-B (eNB); during a D2D communication session; transmitting Multi-Time Transmission Interval Bundle Groups (MTBG) of data symbols during a first group of Data Transmission Intervals (DTI); and refraining from transmission of data symbols during a second group of DTIs that is exclusive to the first group of DTIs; wherein starting times of the DTIs are based at least partly on the synchronization reference time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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