Transmitter and/or Receiver Determination for D2D Operation

• US 20170251509A1
• Filed: 10/02/2015
• Published: 08/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Siomina, Iana, Kazmi, Muhammad
• Granted Patent: US 10,708,963 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A D2D device for a wireless communication network is described. The D2D device comprises a set of transmitters and/or a set of receivers. Furthermore, the D2D device is adapted for determining one or more transmitters from the set of 5 transmitters and/or one or more receivers from the set of receivers, which are to be used for at least one D2D operation. There are also described related methods and devices.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A method for operating a device-to-device (D2D) device for a wireless communication network, the D2D device comprising a set of transmitters and/or a set of receivers, the method comprising determining one or more transmitters from a set of transmitters and/or one or more receivers from a set of receivers, which are to be used for at least one D2D operation.

10. A device-to-device (D2D) device for a wireless communication network, the D2D device comprising a set of transmitters and/or a set of receivers, the D2D device further comprising a processor circuit configured to determine one or more transmitters from the set of transmitters and/or one or more receivers from the set of receivers, which are to be used for at least one D2D operation.

11. A method for operating a second device-to-device (D2D) device for a wireless communication network, the method comprising assisting a first D2D device in determining one or more transmitters from a set of transmitters and/or one or more receivers from a set of receivers, which are to be used by the first D2D device for at least one D2D operation.

12. A second device-to-device (D2D) device, for a wireless communication network, the second D2D device being configured to assist a first D2D device in determining one or more transmitters from a set of transmitters and/or one or more receivers from a set of receivers, which are to be used by the first D2D device for at least one D2D operation.

13. A method for operating a network node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising assisting a first device-to-device (D2D) device in determining one or more transmitters from a set of transmitters and/or one or more receivers from a set of receivers, which are to be used by the first D2D device for at least one D2D operation.

14. A network node for a wireless communication network, the network node being configured to assist a first device-to-device (D2D) device in determining one or more transmitters from a set of transmitters and/or one or more receivers from a set of receivers, which are to be used by the first D2D device for at least one D2D operation.