Method for transmitting signal using direct communication between terminals in wireless communication system and device therefor

• US 10,091,828 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2014
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Seungmin, Seo, Hanbyul, Lee, Jihyun, Chae, Hyukjin
• Primary Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Harun
• Application Number:
  US15/033,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20160255670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,426 Days
• Field of Search: 370312, 370329, 370330, 370336, 370331, 455450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

In this application, a method for configuring a resource by a terminal for direct communication between terminals in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises a step of selecting a resource for transmitting a direct communication signal between terminals out of a set of resources including a plurality of resource units reserved for the direct communication between terminals, and wherein the selection step includes a step of selecting a resource unit for the direct communication between the terminals on an assumption that the plurality of resource units included in the set of resources are available resource units for direct communication between the terminals.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a resource for direct communication between terminals by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

selecting a resource unit for transmission of a signal for the direct communication between terminals from a resource set including a plurality of resource units reserved for the direct communication between terminals;

when the selected resource unit is reserved for signal transmission with a base station (BS), determining whether to transmit the signal for the direct communication between terminals based on a type of the plurality of resource units,

wherein the type of the plurality of resource units indicates whether or not the plurality of resource units are a UE specific resource; and

when the type of the plurality of resource units indicates that the plurality of resource units are not the UE specific resource, dropping transmission of the signal for the direct communication between terminals.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the type of the plurality of resource units indicates that the plurality of resource units are the UE specific resource, transmitting the signal for the direct communication between terminals in the selected resource unit without signal transmission with the BS.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

reselecting a resource unit from the resource set to transmit the dropped signal for the direct communication between terminals; and

transmitting the signal for the direct communication between terminals in the reselected resource unit.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signal for the direct communication between terminals is a discovery signal for discovering a correspondent terminal of the direct communication between terminals.

5. A terminal for performing direct communication between terminals in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a base station (BS) or a correspondent terminal of the direct communication between terminals; and

a processor connected with the transceiver,

wherein the processor selects a resource unit for transmission of a signal for the direct communication between terminals from a resource set including a plurality of resource units reserved for the direct communication between terminals,

when the selected resource unit is reserved for signal transmission with the BS, the processor determines whether to transmit the signal for the direct communication between terminals based on a type of the plurality of resource units,

wherein the type of the plurality of resource units indicates whether or not the plurality of resource units are a UE specific resource, and

when the type of the plurality of resource units indicates that the plurality of resource units are not the UE specific resource, the processor drops transmission of the signal for the direct communication between terminals.

6. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein when the type of the plurality of resource units indicates that the plurality of resource units are the UE specific resource, the processor transmits the signal for the direct communication between terminals in the selected resource unit without signal transmission with the BS.

7. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the processor reselects a resource unit from the resource set to transmit the dropped signal for the direct communication between terminals, and controls the transceiver to transmit the signal for the direct communication between terminals in the reselected resource unit.

8. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the signal for the direct communication between terminals is a discovery signal for discovering the correspondent terminal.