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US 12,368,533 · App. 18/365,279 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Method and system for configuring device-to-device communication

Inventors: Pushpika Wijesinghe (Victoria, AU); Phong Nguyen (Victoria, AU)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04L1/1614H04L5/0044H04W40/16H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W76/14H04W76/27H04L5/0055H04L5/14
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Patent No.
US 12,368,533
App. No.
18/365,279
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system for use in an advanced wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises: providing, to a group of UEs, a resource multiplexing configuration defining resource multiplexing for cellular and non-cellular communication; and allocating resources to the group of UEs for cellular communication, according to the resource multiplexing configuration. Advantageously, the method enables collisions and interference between D2D and cellular transmissions to be reduced or avoided.

Claims (6)

1. A wireless communications method implemented in a user equipment used in a wireless communications system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information indicating communication interval and resource allocation, and

communicating with other user equipment on resources determined based on the information.

2. A wireless communications method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment, information indicating communication interval and resource allocation, and

communicating with the user equipment on resources determined based on the information.

Priority Claims (1)
AU 2014901540 · Apr 29, 2014 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17858247 · Jul 6, 2022
Continuation 16902508 · Jun 16, 2020
Continuation 16199696 · Nov 26, 2018
Continuation 15303635
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