Patent ID: 9591681
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of configuring timing resource in device to device (D2D) communication for a first user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a first signal from a second UE; and reporting to a network node at least one of an arriving time information and a prospective resource allocation information, whereby the network node configures timing resource for D2D communication between the first UE and the second UE; wherein the arriving time information is an information about an arriving time related to the first signal sent from the second UE, and the prospective resource allocation information is an information about prospective resource allocation of the first UE; wherein the prospective resource allocation information comprises at least one of an indication to the network node about whether a first subframe before a D2D transmission or a D2D reception is used and an amount of available resources in the first subframe.