DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) SUBFRAME WITH CELL IDENTIFIER

摘要

Device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) devices transmit D2D subframes that include a cell identifier of the base station providing wireless service to the D2D UE device. A D2D UE device requesting D2D communication resources for D2D communication with other D2D UE device(s) indicates the cell identifiers of the cells serving the other D2D device(s) to the base station serving the requesting D2D UE device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a first device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) device, a D2D subframe from a second D2D user equipment (UE) device, the first D2D UE device within a first cell and the second D2D UE device within a second cell, the D2D subframe conveying a cell identifier identifying the second cell; and sending, to a first base station providing the first cell, a request for D2D communication resources for D2D communication between the first UE device and the second D2D UE device, the request conveying the cell identifier identifying the second cell to the first base station.