IP Library Granted Patent US 9,801,221
Granted Patent B2
US 9,801,221 · App. 15/198,142 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Mobile communication system, base station, user terminal, and processor

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Patent No.
US 9,801,221
App. No.
15/198,142
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication system which supports D2D communication that is direct inter-terminal radio communication, comprises: a user terminal that transmits and receives discovery signals for a discovery process of a communication target terminal of the D2D communication; and a base station that transmits discovery resource information indicating radio resources to be used for transmitting and receiving the discovery signals. The user terminal transmits and receives the discovery signals when the discovery resource information is received from the base station, by using the radio resource indicated by the received discovery resource information.

Claims (9)

1. A radio base station, comprising:

a controller configured to transmit information, which indicates radio resources to be used for a device-to-device (D2D) discovery, to a user terminal by unicast, wherein

the controller is further configured to notify another radio base station of the radio resources by transmitting the information to the another radio base station via an X2 interface that serves as an inter-base station interface, wherein the information transmitted via the X2 interface includes a cycle of time resources reserved as the radio resources for the D2D discovery, and

the radio resources are radio resources for transmitting, by the user terminal, a D2D discovery signal for discovering another user terminal in proximity of the user terminal.

2. A processor for controlling a radio base station, configured to:

transmit information, which indicates radio resources to be used for a device-to-device (D2D) discovery, to a user terminal by unicast, and

notify another radio base station of the radio resources by transmitting the information to the another radio base station via an X2 interface that serves as an inter-base station interface, wherein

the information transmitted via the X2 interface includes a cycle of time resources reserved as the radio resources for the D2D discovery, and

the radio resources are radio resources for transmitting, by the user terminal, a D2D discovery signal for discovering another user terminal in proximity of the user terminal.

Assignments (2)
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 Jun 30, 2016
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO; SAIWAI, TAKAHIRO; MORITA, KUGO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039054/0405 →