Electronic device for wireless communications and wireless communications method

1. An electronic device for wireless communication, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

determine a current carrier aggregation state of a first user equipment in response to a request for proximity-based service direct communication of the first user equipment, the current carrier aggregation state including a number of aggregated component carriers used by the first user equipment;

determine a radio resource configuration of the first user equipment based on the carrier aggregation state of the first user equipment, wherein the radio resource configuration is used for the proximity-based service direct communication of the first user equipment; and

determine, from a predetermined set of carriers, a carrier for the first user equipment to perform the proximity-based service direct communication based on the number of aggregated component carriers in a case that the number of aggregated component carriers used by the first user equipment does not reach a predetermined number.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether to reconfigure current carrier aggregation to enable the proximity-based service direct communication based on the determined current carrier aggregation state and equipment capability of the first user equipment.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein reconfiguring the current carrier aggregation comprises at least one of:

releasing at least one of the aggregated component carriers; and

configuring one of the aggregated component carriers to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to preferentially select, from the aggregated component carriers, a component carrier which has lower channel quality than a component carrier which has higher channel quality or is not activated, to be released or to be used as a carrier for the proximity-based service direct communication, or

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, in a case that a carrier currently used by a second user equipment which is to perform proximity-based service direct communication with the first user equipment is the same as one of the aggregated component carriers, select the carrier as a carrier for the proximity-based service direct communication between the second user equipment and the first user equipment.

5. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined set of carriers comprises a plurality of carriers which are schedulable by a serving base station of the first user equipment and are not used by the first user equipment and a second user equipment which is to perform proximity-based service direct communication with the first user equipment.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication based on usage of carriers in the predetermined set of carriers by a user equipment other than the first user equipment served by the serving base station.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

access measurement results for reference signal received power of at least part of carriers in the predetermined set of carriers; and

select, based on the measurement results, the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication, wherein a carrier with lower reference signal received power is selected preferentially than a carrier with higher reference signal received power.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate indication information on carriers, in the predetermined set of carriers, which are candidate carriers for the proximity-based service direct communication.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the indication information on the candidate carriers comprises information on priority rankings of the candidate carriers.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit the indication information on the candidate carriers to at least the first user equipment.

11. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: in a case that not measurement results for all of the at least part of carriers are acquired within a predetermined time period, select the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication from the carriers for which the measurement results have been acquired,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, in a case that the measurement result lower than a predetermined threshold is acquired, select the corresponding carrier as the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication, or

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to, in a case that the measurement result which is constantly lower than a predetermined threshold within a predetermined time period is acquired, select the corresponding carrier as the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication.

12. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined set of carriers comprises a set of fixed carriers dedicated for proximity-based service direct communication, or

wherein the predetermined set of carriers comprises a plurality of sets of fixed carriers dedicated for proximity-based service direct communication, wherein each of the sets of carriers is used for proximity-based service direct communication in a specific range.

13. The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising a transceiver configured to broadcast the indication information on the set of carriers through a system information block.

14. An electronic device for wireless communication, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

determine a current carrier aggregation state of a first user equipment in response to a request for proximity-based service direct communication of the first user equipment, and

determine a radio resource configuration of the first user equipment based on the carrier aggregation state of the first user equipment, wherein the radio resource configuration is used for the proximity-based service direct communication of the first user equipment; and

a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station, indication information on candidate carriers for proximity-based service direct communication, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to

control a measurement for reference signal received power of the candidate carriers,

select the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication based on measurement results for the reference signal received power, and

in a case that not measurement results for all carriers of the candidate carriers are acquired within a predetermined time period, select the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication from the carriers for which the measurement results have been acquired, and

the electronic device operates as the first user equipment.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

select the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication based on measurement results for the reference signal received power, wherein a carrier having lower reference signal received power is selected preferentially than a carrier having higher reference signal received power.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 ,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: in a case that the measurement result lower than a predetermined threshold is acquired, select the corresponding carrier as the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication.

17. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

generate indication information on measurement results for the reference signal received power of the candidate carriers.

18. An electronic device for wireless communication, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

determine a current carrier aggregation state of a first user equipment in response to a request for proximity-based service direct communication of the first user equipment, and

determine a radio resource configuration of the first user equipment based on the carrier aggregation state of the first user equipment, wherein the radio resource configuration is used for the proximity-based service direct communication of the first user equipment; and

a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station, indication information on candidate carriers for proximity-based service direct communication, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to

control a measurement for reference signal received power of the candidate carriers,

select the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication based on measurement results for the reference signal received power, and

in a case that the measurement result which is constantly lower than a predetermined threshold within a predetermined time period is acquired, select the corresponding carrier as the carrier to be used for the proximity-based service direct communication, and

the electronic device operates as the first user equipment.