1. A fluid dispenser comprising:
a fluid reservoir of variable working volume, in which the reservoir fluid is protected from the air, a wall of the reservoir is an actuator wall that is axially movable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position, the movement of the wall causing the pressure in the reservoir to vary, the wall being situated at an end of the dispenser; and
a dispenser orifice via which the fluid is dispensed, the orifice being provided with an outlet valve;
the actuator wall is in direct contact with the fluid in the reservoir; and
the reservoir forms a slide cylinder in which there is engaged a follower piston that is configured to slide in a leaktight manner in the cylinder, wherein the actuator wall and the follower piston move along a common axis X, and the follower piston remains static with respect to the cylinder during dispensing and moves with respect to the cylinder when the pressure on the actuator wall is released,
wherein the orifice is situated at an end of the dispenser other than the end at which the actuator wall is situated, and
wherein the follower piston forms a connection duct that puts the reservoir into communication with the dispenser orifice.
2. The fluid dispenser according to claim 1, in which the duct is slidably engaged in leaktight manner in a sleeve that is secured to the dispenser orifice, the duct and the sleeve sliding relative to each other as the follower piston moves in the cylinder.
3. The fluid dispenser according to claim 2, in which the cylinder, the sleeve, and the dispenser orifice are formed by a one-piece body.
4. The fluid dispenser according to claim 3, in which the body includes a top plate forming the top of the dispenser, the plate being formed with a hole that is advantageously provided with an outlet valve, said hole and said outlet valve co-operating with each other to form the dispenser orifice.
5. A fluid dispenser comprising:
a fluid reservoir of variable working volume, in which the reservoir fluid is protected from the air, a wall of the reservoir is an actuator wall that is axially movable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position, the movement of the wall causing the pressure in the reservoir to vary, the wall being situated at an end of the dispenser; and
a dispenser orifice via which the fluid is dispensed, the orifice being provided with an outlet valve;
the actuator wall is in direct contact with the fluid in the reservoir; and
the reservoir forms a slide cylinder in which there is engaged a follower piston that is configured to slide in a leaktight manner in the cylinder, wherein the actuator wall and the follower piston move along a common axis X, and the follower piston remains static with respect to the cylinder during dispensing and moves with respect to the cylinder when the pressure on the actuator wall is released,
including a bottom and a top when it is positioned upright, the actuator wall (25) being situated at a bottom wall of the dispenser, with the bottom wall of the dispenser bearing, in its rest position and in its depressed position, against the actuator wall.
6. A fluid dispenser comprising:
a fluid reservoir of variable working volume, in which the reservoir fluid is protected from the air, a wall of the reservoir is an actuator wall that is axially movable down and up between a rest position and a depressed position, the movement of the wall causing the pressure in the reservoir to vary, the wall being situated at an end of the dispenser; and
a dispenser orifice via which the fluid is dispensed, the orifice being provided with an outlet valve;
the actuator wall is in direct contact with the fluid in the reservoir; and
the reservoir forms a slide cylinder in which there is engaged a follower piston that is configured to slide in a leaktight manner in the cylinder, wherein the actuator wall and the follower piston move along a common axis X, and the follower piston remains static with respect to the cylinder during dispensing and moves with respect to the cylinder when the pressure on the actuator wall is released,
including a one-piece body that internally defines the fluid reservoir, the body being closed by a bottom wall that forms the actuator wall.
7. The fluid dispenser according to claim 6, in which the reservoir (10) is mainly formed by the bottom wall, the body, and the follower piston, the follower piston being positioned between the bottom wall and the dispenser orifice.
8. The fluid dispenser according to claim 7, in which the body forms a sleeve that is secured to the dispenser orifice, the follower piston forming a duct that is slidably engaged in leaktight manner in the sleeve, the reservoir thus communicating with the dispenser orifice via the duct and the sleeve.
9. A fluid dispenser comprising:
a fluid reservoir configured to have a variable working volume so as to protect fluid in the reservoir from air, a wall of the reservoir being an actuator wall movable between a rest position and a depressed position, the movement of the actuator wall causing pressure in the reservoir to vary; and
a dispenser orifice through which the fluid is dispensed, the orifice comprising an outlet valve; and
a follower piston;
the actuator wall is in direct contact with the fluid in the reservoir; and
the reservoir defines a slide cylinder that engages the follower piston configured to slide in the slide cylinder in a leaktight manner from a first rest position defining a first volume of the reservoir to a second rest position defining a second volume of the reservoir, the second volume of reservoir volume smaller than the first volume of the reservoir, wherein the actuator wall and the follower piston move along a common axis X, and the follower piston remains static with respect to the slide cylinder during dispensing and moves with respect to the slide cylinder when the pressure on the actuator wall is released,
wherein the follower piston comprises a connection duct that puts the reservoir in communication with the dispenser orifice.
10. The fluid dispenser according to claim 9, wherein dispenser orifice is located at an end of the dispenser other than an end at which the actuator wall is located.
11. The fluid dispenser according to claim 9, wherein dispenser orifice is located at an end of the dispenser opposite an end at which the actuator wall is located.
12. The fluid dispenser according to claim 9, wherein the actuator wall is located at an end of the dispenser.
13. The fluid dispenser according to claim 9, wherein the reservoir is made of a cylinder having one-piece integral construction that is closed at a bottom by the actuator wall with the follower piston disposed between the dispenser orifice and the actuator wall; and the follower piston comprising a duct slidably engaged in leaktight manner in an internal sleeve of the reservoir thereby communicating fluid with the dispenser orifice through the duct and the sleeve.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of performing device-to-device (D2D) communication at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting a D2D signal via a first resource block of a resource structure for D2D communication at a first timing; and
transmitting the D2D signal via a second resource block of the resource structure for D2D communication at a second timing,
wherein each of the first resource block and the second resource block is defined by a time unit index and a resource unit index,
wherein the time unit index of the second resource block is determined based on the resource unit index of the first resource block index, and
wherein the resource unit index of the second resource block is determined based on the time unit index of the first resource block index.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
the indices of the first resource block and the second resource block are defined by time unit index, resource unit index, and
when the index of the first resource block is x, y, the index of the second resource block is y, x.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
the indices of the first resource block and the second resource block are defined by time unit index, resource unit index, and
when the index of the first resource block is x, y, the time unit index of the second resource block is defined by (y+a) mod number of time units (a being an integer equal to or greater than 0) and the resource unit index of the second resource block is defined by (x+b) mod number of resource units (b being an integer equal to or greater than 0).
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting the D2D signal via the first resource block includes:
assigning indices of UEs participating in D2D communication to resource blocks included in the resource structure for D2D communication at the first timing using a resource unit-first method; and
setting a resource block corresponding to an index of the UE among the resource blocks as the first resource block.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the transmitting the D2D signal via the second resource block includes:
reading indices of UEs participating in D2D communication at the first timing using a resource unit-first method and assigning the indices of the UEs to resource blocks included in the resource structure for D2D communication at the second timing using a time unit-first method; and
setting a resource block corresponding to an index of the UE among the resource blocks as the second resource block.
6. A user equipment (UE) for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a wireless communication module configured to transmit and receive a signal to and from a base station or a counterpart UE apparatus of D2D communication; and
a processor configured to process the signal,
wherein the processor controls the wireless communication module to transmit a D2D signal via a first resource block of a resource structure for D2D communication at a first timing and to transmit the D2D signal via a second resource block of the resource structure for D2D communication at a second timing, and
wherein each of the first resource block and the second resource block is defined by a time unit index and a resource unit index, the time unit index of the second resource block is determined based on the resource unit index of the first resource block index, and the resource unit index of the second resource block is determined based on the time unit index of the first resource block index.
7. The UE according to claim 6, wherein:
the indices of the first resource block and the second resource block are defined by time unit index, resource unit index, and
when the index of the first resource block is x, y, the index of the second resource block is y, x.
8. The UE according to claim 6, wherein:
the indices of the first resource block and the second resource block are defined by time unit index, resource unit index, and
when the index of the first resource block is x, y, the time unit index of the second resource block is defined by (y+a) mod number of time units (a being an integer equal to or greater than 0) and the resource unit index of the second resource block is defined by (x+b) mod number of resource units (b being an integer equal to or greater than 0).
9. The UE according to claim 6, wherein the processor assigns indices of UEs participating in D2D communication to resource blocks included in the resource structure for D2D communication at the first timing using a resource unit-first method and sets a resource block corresponding to an index of the UE among the resource blocks as the first resource block.
10. The UE according to claim 9, wherein the processor reads indices of UEs participating in D2D communication at the first timing using a resource unit-first method, assigns the indices of the UEs to resource blocks included in the resource structure for D2D communication at the second timing using a time unit-first method, and sets a resource block corresponding to an index of the UE among the resource blocks as the second resource block.