US 11,743,920 B2
Channel configuration in device-to-device communications
Lanto Rakotoharison, Berkshire (GB); Abdoulaye Bagayoko, Berkshire (GB); Caroline Jactat, Berkshire (GB); and Philippe Delahaye, Berkshire (GB)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,549.
Application 17/887,549 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,866, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,457,438.
Application 17/190,866 is a continuation of application No. 16/936,997, filed on Jul. 23, 2020, granted, now 10,959,220, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/936,997 is a continuation of application No. 16/380,216, filed on Apr. 10, 2019, granted, now 10,785,766, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/380,216 is a continuation of application No. 16/111,980, filed on Aug. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,306,623, issued on May 28, 2019.
Application 16/111,980 is a continuation of application No. 15/449,338, filed on Mar. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,111,218, issued on Oct. 23, 2018.
Application 15/449,338 is a continuation of application No. 14/774,492, abandoned, previously published as PCT/JP2015/053317, filed on Jan. 30, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 1401772 (GB), filed on Jan. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394689 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal device configured to support device-to-device communication with a further mobile terminal device, the mobile terminal device comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive information which includes a first parameter indicating a start resource block for a device-to-device control channel from upper edge or lower edge in frequency and a second parameter indicating a number of resource blocks forming a bandwidth for the device-to-device control channel; and
a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to determine a resource for the device-to-device control channel based on the first parameter and the second parameter.