Patent ID: 9467957
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of wireless communications for a user equipment (UE) in a device-to-device (D2D) network with distributed synchronization, comprising: monitoring at least one of a beacon period, a paging period, or a timing information block (TIB) period for one or more signals from one or more UEs in the D2D network, wherein the monitoring includes monitoring for beacon transmissions during the beacon period and for timing information during the TIB period, and wherein the beacon period, the paging period, and the TIB period are included in a synchronization channel; deciding whether to transmit a synchronization signal during a subsequent beacon period of the synchronization channel based at least on the monitoring; determining whether to transmit information during at least one of a subsequent paging period or a subsequent TIB period based at least on the monitoring, wherein the determining includes determining that a beacon transmission is detected during the beacon period and determining that the timing information is not decoded during the TIB period; and transmitting paging information including a request to transmit timing related information of the D2D network during the subsequent paging period based on the determination that the timing information is not decoded during the TIB period.