IP Library Granted Patent US 9,716,993
Granted Patent B2
US 9,716,993 · App. 15/077,084 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

Communication control method, user terminal, and communication apparatus

Inventors: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP); Chiharu Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Kugo Morita (Yokohama, JP); Yushi Nagasaka (Yokohama, JP); Fangwei Tong (Machida, JP); Henry Chang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W8/005H04L5/0062H04W4/008H04W72/048H04W72/0413H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 9,716,993
App. No.
15/077,084
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication control method comprises: receiving, by a user terminal, from a base station, first information indicating a Device to Device (D2D) frequency available in a D2D discovery procedure for discovering a proximal terminal; and using, by the user terminal, not only the frequency indicated by the first information, but also a frequency not indicated by the first information. The frequency not indicated by the first information is different from the frequency indicated by the first information and is indicated by second information received from another cell different from a cell in which the user terminal exists.

Claims (19)

1. A communication control method, comprising:

receiving, by a user terminal, from a base station in a serving cell, first information including information of available radio resources for directly receiving, by the user terminal, a discovery signal in a frequency of the serving cell;

receiving, by the user terminal, second information from another base station in another cell having another frequency different from the frequency of the serving cell, wherein the second information indicates available radio resources for directly receiving, by the user terminal, a discovery signal from another user terminal in the other frequency of the other cell;

transmitting, by the user terminal, the second information received from the other base station, to the base station in the serving cell; and

directly receiving, by the user terminal, the discovery signal from the other user terminal existing in the other cell, by using the available radio resources in the second information.

2. A user terminal, comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive, from a base station in a serving cell, first information including information of available radio resources for directly receiving, by the user terminal, a discovery signal in a frequency of the serving cell,

receive, from another base station in another cell having another frequency different from the frequency of the serving cell, second information, wherein the second information indicates available radio resources for directly receiving, by the user terminal, a discovery signal from another user terminal in the other frequency of the other cell, and

directly receive the discovery signal from the other user terminal existing in the other cell, by using the available radio resources in the second information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the second information received from the other base station, to the base station in the serving cell.

3. A user terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein

the memory includes a program and the processor is configured to execute the program stored in the memory to perform processes of:

receiving, from a base station in a serving cell, first information including information of available radio resources for directly receiving, by the user terminal, a discovery signal in a frequency of the serving cell;

receiving, from another base station in another cell having another frequency different from the frequency of the serving cell, second information, wherein the second information indicates available radio resources for directly receiving, by the user terminal, a discovery signal from another user terminal in the other frequency of the other cell;

transmitting the second information received from the other base station, to the base station in the serving cell; and

directly receiving the discovery signal from the other user terminal existing in the other cell, on a basis of the second information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO; YAMAZAKI, CHIHARU; MORITA, KUGO; NAGASAKA, YUSHI; TONG, FANGWEI; CHANG, HENRY
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038065/0976 →
Priority Claims (4)
JP 2013-213560 · Oct 11, 2013 · national
JP 2014-034211 · Feb 25, 2014 · national
JP 2014-034215 · Feb 25, 2014 · national
JP 2014-059277 · Mar 20, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2014077146 · Oct 10, 2014
Provisional Application 62056105 · Sep 26, 2014
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