Method of selecting synchronization source in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

• US 10,080,206 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2015
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Seo, Inkwon, Seo, Hanbyul, Chae, Hyukjin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chung, Hoon J
• Application Number:
  US14/964,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20160174179A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 Manipulation of direct-mode connections

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of selecting a synchronization source, which is selected by a D2D (device-to-device) UE in a wireless communication system includes the steps of receiving a plurality of synchronization signals, selecting a plurality of candidate synchronization signals from a plurality of the synchronization signals and determining a synchronization signal in a manner of applying a priority to a plurality of the candidate synchronization signals and selecting a UE, which has transmitted the determined synchronization signal, as a synchronization source. In this case, the application of the priority can be performed in a manner of sequentially applying a plurality of priorities related to a D2D signal according to a priority for the application of the priority.

Claims

1. A method of selecting a synchronization source, which is selected by a device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of synchronization signals;

selecting a plurality of synchronization candidate signals that are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value among the received plurality of synchronization signals;

detecting a resource pool to which a scheduling assignment (SA) is detected for each of the plurality of synchronization candidate signals;

determining a synchronization signal by applying a first priority, which is a priority according to the resource pool, to the plurality of synchronization candidate signals based on the detected resource pool; and

determining a UE that has transmitted the determined synchronization signal as a synchronization source.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization signal is determined by further applying a second priority after the first priority is applied, and

wherein the second priority is different from the first priority.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second priority comprises any one of a priority according to a type of a signal to be transmitted after a synchronization signal, a priority according to a purpose of data, a priority according to a target of a D2D signal to be transmitted after a synchronization signal, a priority according to a position of a synchronization source and a priority according to a type of a synchronization source.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second priority according to the purpose of data is defined as important in an order of a public safety message, a UE-specific message and a commercial message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the second priority according to the type of the signal to be transmitted after the synchronization signal is defined as important in an order of a discovery signal and a communication signal.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the second priority according to the target of the D2D signal to be transmitted after the synchronization signal is defined as important in an order of a D2D signal transmitted to a specific UE as a target and a D2D signal transmitted to a plurality of random UEs as a target.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the second priority according to the position of the synchronization source is defined as important in an order of in-coverage and out-coverage.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the second priority according to the type of the synchronization source is defined as important in an order of a relay UE and a UE that is not the relay UE.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the second priority is identified by one selected from the group consisting of a root index used for generating a synchronization signal, a physical D2D synchronization channel (PD2DSCH), a plurality of scheduling assignments (SAs) and a resource pool from which each of the plurality of SAs is detected.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined threshold value is a value for a strength of a signal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined threshold value is a value for a correlation result.

12. A device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) for selecting a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system, the D2D UE comprising:

a receiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the receiver to receive a plurality of synchronization signals,

select a plurality of synchronization candidate signals that are equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value among the received plurality of synchronization signals,

detect a resource pool to which a scheduling assignment (SA) is detected for each of the plurality of synchronization candidate signals,

determine a synchronization signal by applying a first priority, which is a priority according to the resource pool, to the plurality of synchronization candidate signals based on the detected resource pool, and

determine the UE that has transmitted the determined synchronization signal as a synchronization source.