Patent ID: 9209945
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a communications controller for a direct mobile communication (“DMC”) link for a group of user equipments (“UEs”), the method comprising: allocating a set of subframes in one periodic group of subframes for the group of UEs; allocating, by the communication controller, a subset of the set of subframes for a UE in the group of UEs, wherein the UE is allowed to transmit information in the subset of the set of subframes, but not in remaining subframes of the allocated set of subframes; signaling the allocated set of subframes and the allocated subset of the set of subframes; and transmitting one or more parameters, wherein the one or more parameters are related to a group of Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (“HARQ”) processes for the DMC link,