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Granted Patent B2
US 9,820,287 · App. 14/766,945 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Mobile communications directed to assignment of radio resources and reporting pathloss of D2D communications

Inventors: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP); Hiroyuki Adachi (Kawasaki, JP); Fangwei Tong (Machida, JP); Kugo Morita (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W72/082H04L1/0003H04L1/0025H04W8/005H04W24/08H04W28/06H04W52/383H04W72/04H04L1/0009H04W72/0486H04W72/087H04W88/02H04W88/08H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 9,820,287
App. No.
14/766,945
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication system supports cellular communication in which a data path passes through a core network and D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication in which the data path does not pass through the core network. The system comprises a communication apparatus that assigns a radio resource to a D2D terminal that performs the D2D communication, wherein the communication apparatus performs assignment determination as to whether a dedicated radio resource not shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal or a shared radio resource shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal.

Claims (17)

1. A mobile communication system that supports cellular communication in which a data path passes through a core network and D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication in which the data path does not pass through the core network, the system comprising

a communication apparatus configured to assign a radio resource to a D2D terminal that performs the D2D communication, wherein

the communication apparatus performs assignment determination as to whether a dedicated radio resource not shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal or a shared radio resource shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication apparatus performs the assignment determination on the basis of an amount of radio resource to be used in a cell in which the D2D terminal exists.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication apparatus performs the assignment determination on the basis of a communication quality of the D2D communication.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 3 , wherein

the communication quality includes a status of an interference suffered by the D2D terminal,

the communication apparatus instructs the D2D terminal to perform an interference detection, and

the D2D terminal reports an interference detection result to the communication apparatus on the basis of an instruction of the interference detection.

5. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the communication apparatus performs the assignment determination on the basis of information on a pathloss between the D2D terminal and other device, and

the other device is any of: a cellular terminal that performs the cellular communication, a base station that assigns the radio resource to the D2D terminal, another D2D terminal that is not a communication partner of the D2D terminal, and other D2D terminal that is a communication partner of the D2D terminal.

6. The mobile communication system according to claim 5 , wherein

one of the D2D terminal, the cellular terminal, and the other D2D terminal reports the information on the pathloss to the communication apparatus, and

the communication apparatus receives the information on the pathloss, and performs the assignment determination on the basis of the received information.

7. A communication apparatus that assigns a radio resource to a D2D terminal that performs D2D communication in a mobile communication system that supports cellular communication in which a data path passes through a core network and the D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication in which the data path does not pass through the core network, comprising

a controller configured to perform assignment determination as to whether a dedicated radio resource not shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal or a shared radio resource shared with the cellular communication is assigned to the D2D terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2015
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO; ADACHI, HIROYUKI; TONG, FANGWEI; MORITA, KUGO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036292/0524 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61763587 · Feb 12, 2013
Related Publication 20150373730A1 · Dec 24, 2015