Patent ID: 11917583
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 27:
28. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive first signaling identifying a user equipment (UE) as configured for device-to-device communication; and
transmit second signaling indicating that a device-to-device coordination message, that is associated with an identification of available resources for device-to-device communication, includes a bit indicator set to a value, from a set of values for the bit indicator, that indicates an availability of a resource, wherein the set of values for the bit indicator comprises:
a first value indicating that the resource is unavailable to a UE that requested transmission of the device-to-device coordination message,
a second value indicating that the resource is available to the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message and is subject to resource reservation by another UE,
a third value indicating that the resource is available to any UE, and
a fourth value indicating that the resource is unavailable to any UE except the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message.