Patent ID: 9615340
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: determining a synchronization cycle that comprises one or more device-to-device (D2D) synchronization signals transmitted on a periodic schedule from a D2D source; determining a monitoring period based at least in part on a start time for at least two sequential transmissions of the D2D synchronization signals occurring during the synchronization cycle based at least in part on the periodic schedule, wherein a duration of the synchronization cycle comprises a plurality of monitoring periods; determining, based at least in part on a duration of the monitoring period, a plurality of sub-monitoring periods, wherein a cumulative duration of the plurality of sub-monitoring periods is the same as the duration of the monitoring period; and monitoring, based at least in part on the plurality of sub-monitoring periods, for at least one of the one or more D2D synchronization signals.