CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/1268 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] | 8 Claims |
1. An integrated circuit configured to control operation of a base station, the integrated circuit comprising:
reception circuitry, which, in operation, receives from a communication apparatus a request message including a resource request, the resource request indicating a number of discovery messages used for a discovery announcement; and
transmission circuitry, which is coupled to the reception circuitry and which, in response to the request message, transmits to the communication apparatus a resource scheduling message indicating which one of dedicated resources assigned to the communication apparatus and non-dedicated resources assigned to non-specific communication apparatuses are used for the discovery announcement;
wherein, in response to the resource scheduling message, the communication apparatus transmits the discovery announcement using the dedicated resources or the non-dedicated resources.
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