US 12,439,422 B2
Allocating resources for a device-to-device transmission
Rene Faurie, Versailles (FR); Eswar Vutukuri, Havant (GB); and Takashi Suzuki, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,205.
Application 18/165,205 is a continuation of application No. 16/859,718, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,589,380.
Application 16/859,718 is a continuation of application No. 15/948,439, filed on Apr. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,638,506, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 15/948,439 is a continuation of application No. 14/712,779, filed on May 14, 2015, granted, now 9,942,917, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199791 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/121 (2023.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/121 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for configuring radio resources for device-to-device (D2D) communications between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, the method comprising:
receiving, at the first UE from a base station, a first message comprising a first resource pool, wherein the first resource pool includes a plurality of radio resources to be used for D2D communications;
transmitting, from the first UE to the second UE, a second message comprising a second resource pool, wherein the second resource pool includes a subset of the plurality of radio resources of the first resource pool to be used by the second UE for sending a D2D transmission to the first UE, wherein the first UE is within a network coverage and the second UE is outside of the network coverage; and
receiving, at the first UE from the second UE, a D2D transmission using at least one radio resource from the second resource pool.