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Granted Patent B2
US 12,058,082 · App. 17/429,441 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Communication device and communication method

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Ohara (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Huan Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L5/14H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12,058,082
App. No.
17/429,441
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device includes a receiving unit that receives information indicating a time division duplex (TDD) configuration; a control unit that obtains information related to an uplink, in the received information indicating the TDD configuration; and a transmitting unit that transmits the information related to the uplink on a sidelink.

Claims (16)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiving unit that receives, from a base station, configuration information indicating a time division duplex (TDD) configuration;

a control unit that obtains first information indicating a value related to a period in an inter-terminal communication based on a pattern of the TDD configuration included in the configuration information, and obtains second information indicating a value related to a number of slots usable for the inter-terminal communication based on the pattern and a subcarrier spacing; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the first information and the second information to another terminal.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting unit transmits the first information and the second information by using a broadcast channel for the inter-terminal communication.

3. A communication system comprising:

a base station including:

a transmitting unit that transmits, to a terminal, configuration information indicating a time division duplex (TDD) configuration; and

the terminal including:

a receiving unit that receives the configuration information from the base station;

a control unit that obtains first information indicating a value related to a period in an inter-terminal communication based on a pattern of the TDD configuration included in the configuration information, and obtains second information indicating a value related to a number of slots usable for the inter-terminal communication based on the pattern and a subcarrier spacing; and

a transmitting unit that transmits the first information and the second information to another terminal.

4. A communication method executed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, configuration information indicating a time division duplex (TDD) configuration;

obtaining first information indicating a value related to a period in an inter-terminal communication based on a pattern of the TDD configuration included in the configuration information, and obtaining second information indicating a value related to a number of slots usable for the inter-terminal communication based on the pattern and a subcarrier spacing; and

transmitting the first information and the second information to another terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; OHARA, TOMOYA; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, HUAN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057582/0992 →
Continuity (1)
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Cited By (1)
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