Abstract: A method for requesting communications resources by a user equipment (UE) includes determining that a proximity-based service (ProSe) buffer status report (BSR) trigger condition has been met, determining that a cellular BSR trigger condition has been met, generating a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) message comprising only one of a ProSe BSR and a cellular BSR, and sending the MAC PDU message to an evolved NodeB (eNB).

Abstract: A method for device-to-device (D2D) communications by a user device includes transmitting a first message including a proximity services (ProSe) buffer status report (BSR) to a communications controller, receiving a second message including information regarding a D2D resource grant scheduled for the user device by the communications controller, and canceling all pending ProSe BSRs in accordance with the D2D resource grant.

Abstract: The present application discloses an information notification method, a user terminal, a first base station, and a second base station. UE receives a notification message that is sent by a first base station by using a managed first cell, where the notification message is used to instruct the UE to acquire system information of a second cell managed by a second base station; and the UE acquires, according to the received notification message, the system information of the second cell managed by the second base station. A D2D resource configuration of the second cell changes but is not read by the UE in time, resulting in a problem that the UE uses an expired D2D resource configuration.

Abstract: A method for operating a device-to-device (D2D) device includes determining, by the D2D device, availability of a D2D buffer status report (BSR) resource. The method also includes in response to determining that the D2D BSR is not available, generating, by the D2D device, a D2D scheduling request (D2D-SR) message in accordance with D2D-SR configuration information and transmitting, by the D2D device, the D2D-SR message in a D2D-SR resource when the D2D-SR resource is available.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides a resource allocation method, device, and system, so as to resolve a problem of increased load of an existing primary cell. The method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: determining, by a first base station, whether user equipment can perform D2D communication in a first cell, where the first cell is a secondary cell or a non-serving cell of the user equipment; when the first base station determines that the user equipment can perform D2D communication in the first cell, transmitting, by the first base station, a response message to the user equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transmission method, including: receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), a first message sent by a second UE, where the first message includes indication information that the second UE is capable of acting as a relay UE; and performing, by the first UE, data transmission with a base station via the second UE, where the second UE acts as a relay UE. In embodiments of the present disclosure, when first UE is unable to directly perform data transmission with a base station, the first UE uses second UE as a relay UE according to indication information sent by the second UE that the second UE is capable of acting as a relay UE, and then is unable to perform data transmission via the relay UE. Therefore, a success rate of data transmission can be ensured, and further transmission efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: A device-to-device (D2D) transmission distance obtaining method and a device, related to the field of communications technologies and applied to wireless communications, where the method includes obtaining, by a first device, transmit power information, where the transmit power information indicates a transmit power used by the first device for sending data to a second device, and sending, by the first device, the transmit power information to the second device such that the second device obtains a distance between the second device and the first device, where the distance between the second device and the first device is obtained according to the transmit power and receive power used by the second device for sending the data. Hence, a more accurate D2D distance can be obtained.

Abstract: A method, operable at a network node of a wireless network, schedules radio resource usage for a mobile device to transmit on a device-to-device connection. The method includes receiving, from the mobile device, an indication of a requirement for transmission resources, comprising at least an indication that the resources are required with a periodicity, transmitting, to the mobile device, an assignment of a first scheduling configuration for the device-to-device connection, comprising at least an indication of periodically recurring radio resources to be used for a plurality of instances of a message transmission on the device-to-device connection, transmitting, to the mobile device, an indication to begin use of the periodically recurring radio resources, and handing over responsibility for providing radio resources for the device-to-device connection from the network node to a target network node such that the availability of radio resources with the periodicity is substantially maintained.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell handover method and a device. so that the target eNB uses a current serving small node as a user plane serving node after UE is handed over and uses the target eNB as a control plane serving node after the UE is handed over; receiving a handover request acknowledgment sent by the target eNB; and sending offloading configuration information of the current serving small node to the current serving small node, and sending RRC reconfiguration information of the UE to the UE, so that offloading configuration is performed separately by the current serving small node and the UE. This avoids a problem that in a cell handover process, a transmission resource required for transmission increases and a delay is relatively great because the current serving small node forwards a large amount of data to the target eNB.

Abstract: A coexistence apparatus, method, and system for a discovery signal and a cellular signal. The coexistence apparatus receives a communications mode request indication sent by user equipment UE, where the communications mode request indication is used to indicate a communications mode that the UE needs to use, and the communications mode includes device-to-device D2D communication or cellular communication. The apparatus determines, according to the communications mode request indication, a communications mode used by the UE, and sends, to the UE, information about the determined communications mode used by the UE.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability is presented. An apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability includes: a processor configured to obtain D2D capability information of a terminal device; and a transmitter configured to send the D2D capability information of the terminal device to a base station. In the method and the apparatus for reporting a terminal device capability that are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device reports D2D capability information to a base station, so that the base station can correctly schedule a resource for D2D communication of the terminal device.

Abstract: An embodiment of a user equipment includes: a receiving module, configured to receive first uplink resource scheduling information sent by a base station, where the first uplink resource scheduling information is used to indicate a first uplink resource allocated to the UE; a processing module, configured to determine whether the first uplink resource can carry an entire BSR of the UE; and a sending module, configured to: the processing module determines that the first uplink resource cannot carry the entire BSR of the UE, send a first part of the entire BSR of the UE to the base station on the first uplink resource, where the first part does not include an entire BSR of the UE.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmission mode conversion are disclosed. The method includes: detecting, by a terminal, whether a first transmission mode for sending data can be used; using, by the terminal, a second transmission mode to send the data when detecting that the first transmission mode cannot be used; stopping, by the terminal, using of the second transmission mode to send the data, and using the first transmission mode to send the data, when detecting that the first transmission mode can be used while the terminal is using the second transmission mode to send the data. By adopting the present disclosure, conversion between different transmission modes can be achieved, thereby avoiding a situation of communications interruption when a current transmission mode cannot be used, and the method is practical.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose terminal device, a base station, and communications methods of the terminal device and the base station. In the embodiments of the present invention, information about amounts of to-be-transmitted data of different D2D communications groups may be reported to a base station, so that the base station can separately schedule data for the different communications groups. The information about the amount of the to-be-transmitted data includes identification information of the currently-enabled communications group, and a buffer status report of a logical channel group corresponding to the currently-enabled communications group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resource broadcasting method and apparatus, including: sending a request message of requesting a first frequency domain resource and a first time domain resource that are used for device-to-device D2D communication; obtaining, from the first frequency domain resource obtained by requesting, a second frequency domain resource used for data transmission, and obtaining, from the first time domain resource obtained by requesting, a second time domain resource used for data transmission; and repeatedly sending a declaration message, where the declaration message includes: the second frequency domain resource and the second time domain resource. Therefore, a problem that two terminals occupy a same resource may be resolved.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, a transmitting device, and a receiving device. The method includes: setting, by a transmitting device, a sending manner of a media access control layer service data unit MAC SDU according to a logical channel type of the MAC SDU; and sending, by the transmitting device according to the sending manner, a media access control layer protocol data unit MAC PDU obtained from the MAC SDU. If multiple transmitting devices simultaneously send MAC PDUs to the receiving device, the receiving device caches, to cache entities corresponding to the different transmitting devices, the MAC PDUs sent by the transmitting devices and processes the MAC PDUs. In this process, the receiving device can simultaneously process MAC SDUs sent by multiple transmitting devices, thereby improving data transmission reliability in D2D communication.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). The method for semi-persistent scheduling includes: interacting, by a first user equipment, with a base station to obtain an SPS resource allocated by the base station; performing, by the first user equipment, device-to-device (D2D) communication with second user equipment by using the SPS resource; and after the D2D communication ends, sending, by the first user equipment, release indication information to the base station, so that the base station releases the SPS resource. In embodiments of the present disclosure, after D2D communication ends, the first user equipment sends a release indication message to a base station, so that the base station can release an SPS resource, preventing waste of resources.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a monitoring report generation method where the method includes: receiving a monitoring parameter broadcast by a base station; monitoring energy of each discovery resource in a resource pool within a discovery time domain; determining a busy resource and an idle resource; and generating a monitoring report when a proportion of the busy resource or the idle resource in a predetermined quantity of consecutive discovery time domains meets a reporting condition corresponding to the busy resource or the idle resource, and sending the monitoring report to the base station. This resolves a problem in the related technology that: because D2D user equipment cannot accurately obtain a quantity of resource collision times in a cell, the base station cannot accurately learn a resource status in the cell, and it is ensured that the base station can accurately learn the resource status in the cell.

Abstract: A carrier using method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, configuration information that is of a secondary component carrier and sent by the base station, and configuring the secondary component carrier according to the configuration information; after receiving a first activation command sent by the base station, activating the configured secondary component carrier to obtain an activated secondary component carrier, and controlling to enable a radio frequency RF module of the user equipment; receiving use right control information that is of the activated secondary component carrier and sent by the base station, and determining an available time of the activated secondary component carrier according to the use right control information; performing an operation related to the activated secondary component carrier within the available time; and stopping performing the operation related to the activated secondary component carrier after the available time is reached.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and a device for using an unlicensed spectrum. In the method, a first access device receives first indication information sent by a second access device, where the first indication information is used to indicate idle time, in which the second access device does not perform data transmission, in a time segment that is reserved for the second access device to perform, by using an unlicensed spectrum, data transmission, and the first access device performs data transmission in the idle time by using the unlicensed spectrum. In a device provided, a first access device includes a receiving unit and a transmission unit.