US 12,245,336 B2
Communication device and communication method
Hiromasa Uchiyama, Tokyo (JP); Naoki Kusashima, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuyuki Shimezawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,405.
Application 18/305,405 is a continuation of application No. 16/649,139, granted, now 11,659,624, previously published as PCT/JP2018/030559, filed on Aug. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-189762 (JP), filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262842 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 28/26 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 88/04 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 28/26 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device that operates as a terminal under control of a base station, the communication device comprising circuitry configured to:
transmit and receive wireless signals;
control transmission of data using a predetermined resource pool;
control an implementation of a relay communication for a packet within the predetermined resource pool,
wherein the packet is received by the terminal from another terminal operating as a transmission source terminal of the packet;
acquire position information by using GPS or GNSS;
based on the acquired position information, determine the implementation of the relay communication on a basis of information that is configured to indicate an area in which the relay communication should be performed or an area in which the relay communication may be performed,
wherein the information configured to indicate the area in which the relay communication should be performed or the area in which the relay communication may be performed is at least one of information received from the base station, information received from the another terminal, or information obtained from the terminal itself during a reception of the packet; and
control implementation of the relay communication for the packet using a resource, of the predetermined resource pool, that is reserved by the transmission source terminal of the packet for the relay communication of the packet,
wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the implementation of the relay communication for the packet on a basis of a relationship between freshness information of the packet and an implementation probability,
wherein the freshness information of the packet corresponds to:
priority information of the packet, or
a level of congestion of a channel used for the relay communication.