Patent ID: 11910407
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method implemented by a wireless device for using a resource pool for device to device communication, the resource pool being one of a plurality of resource pools, each resource pool corresponding to time and frequency resources, the method comprising:
transmitting a request message that indicates one or more properties for configuration of one of a unicast, multicast and broadcast connection and indicates a preferred casting type, a casting type being one of unicast, multicast and broadcast; and
receiving an indication of an allocated resource pool, the resource pool being allocated to establish a unicast, multicast or broadcast connection for the wireless device and the resource pool being allocated based on one or more properties associated with the one of the unicast, multicast and broadcast connection, and the allocated resource pool being for the preferred casting type.