SYNCHRONIZATION OF DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION

摘要

A wireless communication device is configured to perform synchronization of device-to-device (D2D) communication. Device-to-device communication circuitry in the wireless communication device searches for a synchronization signal and determines if a received synchronization signal satisfies a signal metric. A synchronization signal for D2D communication is broadcast depending upon a result of the search. Radio resource information circuitry is configured to broadcast information about D2D radio resources. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

主权项

1. Device-to-device communication circuitry, for use in a device of a wireless communication network, the device being configured to transmit and receive device-to-device communications, the circuitry comprising:
scanning circuitry configured to search for a device-to-device synchronization signal and to determine if a received synchronization signal satisfies a signal quality metric; synchronization signal broadcasting circuitry configured to broadcast, depending upon a result of the search performed by the scanning circuitry, a synchronization signal for synchronizing data communication on at least one device-to-device communication link between any transmitting device and any receiving device within a synchronization range of the device-to-device communication circuitry; and radio resource information circuitry, configured to broadcast information about radio resources for device-to-device operation.