Patent ID: 9736840
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A communication method of a terminal for communication between a plurality of terminals in an infrastructure network comprising a base station and the plurality of terminals, the communication method comprising: receiving a downlink data from the base station using a particular frequency band in a first time section; transmitting an uplink data to the base station using the particular frequency band in a second time section distinguished from the first time section; and communicating with at least one other terminal using the particular frequency band in a third time section distinguished from the first time section and the second time section, wherein the terminal is positioned within a communication range of the base station and the at least one other terminal is positioned outside the communication range of the base station; wherein the first time section precedes the second time section, and the second time section precedes the third time section; and wherein the third time section is separately designated for a special purpose other than uplink or downlink data to and from a base station.