Embodiments are provided to implement a time/power/frequency hopping scheme for device-to-device (D2D) discovery. The embodiments improve the UE detection of D2D discovery signals from neighboring UEs and account for large number of UEs' discovery signals. This is achieved by having neighboring UEs transmitting at different time instances and at different power levels. Further, neighboring UEs can be configured to transmit on different frequencies. This is achieved by assigning different time/power/frequency sequences to different UEs. An embodiment method includes transmitting, to a UE, parameters a hopping pattern of a first sequence of resources for transmitting a discovery signal by the UE and of a second sequence of resources for receiving a second discovery signal by the UE. The first sequence of resources comprises at least one of a sequence of time instances and a sequence of power levels. The second sequence of resources comprises time instances.

System and Method for Time-Power-Frequency Hopping for D2D Discovery

Disclosed is a method and device for allocating uplink transmission resources on the basis of buffer status information in a wireless LAN. The method for allocating uplink transmission resources on the basis of buffer status information in a wireless LAN comprises: a step for transmitting, by an AP, a downlink frame containing buffer status report request information to multiple STAs; a step for receiving, by the AP, a plurality of uplink frames on superposed time resources from the multiple STAs, wherein the plurality of uplink frames contain a plurality of pieces of buffer status information of the multiple STAs that are generated on the basis of the buffer status report request information; and a step for determining, by the AP, uplink transmission resources to be allocated to the multiple STAs on the basis of the plurality of pieces of buffer status information.

Method and device for allocating uplink transmission resource on basis of buffer status information in wireless lan

Methods, devices, and computer program products for collision management of wireless devices in a peer-to-peer network are described herein. In one aspect, a method of communicating via a wireless medium by a wireless communications apparatus within a network is provided. The method includes determining first and second contention windows. The first contention window begins earlier than the second contention window. The method further includes beginning a first carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) countdown at the start of the first contention window. The method further includes beginning a second CSMA countdown when the first CSMA countdown does not end before the start of the second contention window. The method further includes transmitting the prepared frame at a time of the first CSMA countdown ending or the second CSMA countdown ending, whichever is earlier.

Systems and methods for collision management in a neighborhood aware network

There is provided a solution for transmitting periodic signals in a cell. According to an aspect a method comprises in a network node: generating a plurality of radio beams in a cell, wherein said plurality of radio beams comprise a plurality of beamforming configurations, and wherein at least one radio beam comprised in the plurality of radio beams comprises a discovery signal transmission; determining, for the at least one radio beam, whether or not at least one terminal device is located in a coverage area of the at least one radio beam; defining a transmission periodicity of the discovery signal transmission on the basis of said determining.

Discovery signal transmission in cellular system

A technology for a user equipment (UE) that is operable to communicate in a device to device (D2D) network A proximity detection request can be communicated to an evolved packet core (EPC) The proximity detection request can include a window parameter, an identification information of a second UE, and a proximity detection signal indicating whether the proximity detection request is for proximity detection of the second UE or for establishing a D2D connection with the second UE A proximity alert message can be received from the EPC at the window parameter

Proximity detection in a device to device network

Logic to manage synch frame transmissions in a synch network via helper stations (STAs) synched to the network. Logic may coordinate actions of helper STAs via a transmission window (TW) provided by a master clock STA. Logic may distribute synch frame transmissions within a TW via synch logic in the helper STAs. Logic in helper STAs of a synch network may determine discovery periods in which to transmit synch frames between synch frame transmissions by the master clock STA. Logic in helper STAs to determine a discovery period in which to transmit synch frames to share workload with the master clock STA and to extend the coverage area of the synch network. Logic of the master clock STA may establish a fixed TW based upon the number of helper STAs and a time constraint for discovering the synch network. Or logic of the master clock STA may establish a dynamic TW in which the master clock STA can adjust the TW based upon a number of synch frame transmissions during a TW.

Adrian P. Stephens

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Methods and arrangements for synch frame transmissions