Patent ID: 9628212
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of compensating for transmitting to multiple devices during device-to-device (D2D) communications, the method comprising: determining that a receiving wireless device of a device-to-device (D2D) pair may experience a timing conflict with respect to receiving at least a portion of a D2D communication transmitted by a transmitting wireless device of the D2D pair while the receiving wireless device is transitioning between a transmitting mode and a receiving mode, the D2D communication transmitted by the transmitting wireless device to the receiving wireless device and to an access point configured to communicate with both the transmitting wireless device and the receiving wireless device, a transmission time of the D2D communication adjusted for transmission of the D2D communication to the access point, the transmission of the D2D communication to the access point occurring at least partially during a transition period between the transmitting mode and the receiving mode of the receiving wireless device; and adjusting the D2D communication to compensate for the timing conflict, adjusting the D2D communication including one or more of: dropping one or more symbols of a subframe of the D2D communication while transmitting remaining symbols of the subframe of the D2D communication, including null information in the one or more symbols of the subframe of the D2D communication, adjusting a timing of transmission of the one or more symbols within the subframe of the D2D communication, and constructing the one or more symbols of the D2D communication to be decoded with fewer samples than other symbols of the D2D communication.