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Granted Patent B2
US 9,456,463 · App. 14/424,003 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

Mobile communication system, user terminal, and communication control method

Inventor: Kugo Morita (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W76/023H04W4/005H04W8/005H04W24/10H04W40/246H04W52/0245H04W76/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,456,463
App. No.
14/424,003
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication system that supports D2D communication comprises: a user terminal that measures a received power value of a discovery-use signal for a discovery process of a communication partner in the D2D communication when the discovery-use signal is received from another user terminal; a base station that measures a received power value of a predetermined signal when the predetermined signal is received from the user terminal or the other user terminal; and a determination unit that determines whether to permit the D2D communication performed by the user terminal and the other user terminal on the basis of the received power value of the discovery-use signal and the received power value of the predetermined signal.

Claims (11)

1. A mobile communication system that supports D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication, comprising:

a user terminal that measures a received power value of a discovery-use signal for a discovery process of a communication partner in the D2D communication when the discovery-use signal is received from another user terminal;

a base station that measures a received power value of a predetermined signal when the predetermined signal is received from the user terminal or the other user terminal; and

a determination unit that determines whether to permit the D2D communication performed by the user terminal and the other user terminal on the basis of a comparison of the received power value of the discovery-use signal with the received power value of the predetermined signal.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the user terminal transmits the predetermined signal including the received power value of the discovery-use signal to the base station.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the base station receives the discovery-use signal as the predetermined signal.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission power value of the discovery-use signal and/or the transmission power value of the predetermined signal are designated by the base station.

5. A communication control method in a mobile communication system, which supports D2D communication that is a direct device-to-device communication, comprising:

a step A of measuring, by a user terminal, a received power value of a discovery-use signal for a discovery process of a communication partner in the D2D communication when the discovery-use signal is received from another user terminal;

a step B of measuring, by a base station, a received power value of a predetermined signal when the predetermined signal is received from the user terminal or the other user terminal; and

a step C of determining whether to permit the D2D communication performed by the user terminal and the other user terminal on the basis of a comparison of the received power value of the discovery-use signal with the received power value of the predetermined signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2015
From: MORITA, KUGO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035031/0489 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61694606 · Aug 29, 2012
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