Patent ID: 9456404
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless communication system, comprising: a base station; and a plurality of user equipments (UEs), including a first UE; wherein the first UE is configured to evaluate resources necessary for the UEs to perform device-to-device communication or device-to-device discovery and configured to transmit resource allocation information to the other UEs according to the evaluated resources, and the UEs are configured to perform the device-to-device communication or perform the device-to-device discovery according to the resource allocation information; wherein the resource allocation information comprises a communication mode of the device-to-device communication; and wherein the communication mode is a central control mode, the first UE allocates a first resource block to the UEs and specifies a usage of the first resource block, and the UEs perform the device-to-device communication in the first resource block according to the usage of the first resource block.