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SWITCHING MODE OF OPERATION IN D2D COMMUNICATIONS

  • US 20150215981A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2015
  • Published: 07/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of device to device (D2D) wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

  • establishing communications with one or more other UEs according to a first D2D mode, the first D2D mode based at least in part on a centralized transmission resource schedule received from a base station;

    determining that one or more mode switching parameters have been satisfied; and

    switching to a second D2D mode, the second D2D mode based at least in part on a distributed transmission scheduling using a pool of resources allocated by the base station.

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