IP Library Granted Patent US 9,900,763
Granted Patent B2
US 9,900,763 · App. 15/050,989 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

User terminal for determining whether to transmit synchronization signal in response to a received power

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Patent No.
US 9,900,763
App. No.
15/050,989
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

User terminal comprises a transmitter configured to transmit, in response to a received power of a signal from another user terminal satisfying a predetermined condition, direct communication in a proximity service without transmitting a synchronization signal in the proximity service, in a case where the user terminal is out of a network coverage.

Claims (15)

1. A first user terminal, comprising:

a receiver configured to directly receive a signal from a second user terminal in a case where the first user terminal is out of a network coverage,

a controller configured to determine whether a received power of the signal from the second user terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, and

a transmitter configured to:

directly transmit a synchronization signal and D2D communication data, in the case where the first user terminal is out of the network coverage, in response to the received power not satisfying the predetermined condition, and

directly transmit the D2D communication data without transmitting the synchronization signal, in the case where the first user terminal is out of the network coverage, in response to the received power satisfying the predetermined condition.

2. The first user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the signal is a first synchronization signal, and

the synchronization signal transmitted by the transmitter is a second synchronization signal.

3. An apparatus for controlling a first user terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to perform processes of:

directly receiving a signal from a second user terminal in a case where the first user terminal is out of a network coverage,

determining whether a received power of the signal from the second user terminal satisfies a predetermined condition, and

directly transmitting a synchronization signal and D2D communication data, in the case where the first user terminal is out of the network coverage, in response to the received power not satisfying the predetermined condition, and

directly transmitting the D2D communication data without transmitting the synchronization signal, in the case where the first user terminal is out of the network coverage, in response to the received power satisfying the predetermined condition.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2025
From: MIICS&PARTNERS JAPAN CO., LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 073342/0341 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: CORANCI, LLC
To: MIICS & PARTNERS JAPAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060143/0654 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2020
From: KYOCERA CORPORATION
To: CORANCI, LLC
Reel/Frame 052507/0960 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2016
From: ADACHI, HIROYUKI; SAIWAI, TAKAHIRO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037801/0185 →