Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving synchronization signal in device-to-device communication system

• US 10,225,810 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2015
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ryu, Hyunseok, Xue, Peng, Park, Seunghoon, Choi, Sangwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Solinsky, Peter G
• Application Number:
  US14/818,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20160044619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,308 Days
• Field of Search: 370350
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-fifth generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond fourth generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE).

A synchronization signal transmission/reception method for use in a device-to-device (D2D) communication system is provided. A method of transmitting a synchronization signal for D2D communication in an asynchronous network, in which a first terminal located in a first cell controls synchronization with a second terminal located outside of the first cell, includes transmitting, at the first cell, a system information block (SIB) including resource allocation information of the first cell and at least one neighboring cell, determining whether the first terminal is in a first mode and whether the first terminal is scheduled to perform one of a D2D communication and a D2D discovery; determining, when the first terminal is in the first mode, whether the first terminal is required to transmit a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS); and transmitting, when the first terminal is required to transmit the D2DSS, scheduling information including a transmission time point and transmission reference timing information to the first terminal.

Claims

1. A synchronization method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information indicating whether a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS) transmission is commanded,

wherein, if the configuration information indicates that the D2DSS transmission is not commanded, the method further comprises;

receiving, from a base station, a threshold value for determining whether to transmit a D2DSS,

measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, and

in response to the measured RSRP value being less than the threshold value, transmitting the D2DSS.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the configuration information indicates that the D2DSS transmission is commanded, transmitting the D2DSS.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold value comprises a D2DSS threshold value that is received via a system information block (SIB) from the base station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is received when the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a transmission power parameter of the D2DSS through a high layer signaling from the base station.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving D2DSS transmission power information of the D2DSS indicating a maximum power,

wherein the D2DSS transmission power is set at the maximum power.

7. An apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data to and from a base station or a neighboring D2D terminal; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to receive configuration information indicating whether a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS) transmission is commanded,

wherein, if the configuration information indicates that the D2DSS transmission is not commanded, the processor is further configured to;

control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, a threshold value for determining whether to transmit a D2DSS,

measure a reference signal received power (RSRP) value, and

in response to the measured RSRP value being less than the threshold value, control the transceiver to transmit the D2DSS.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein, if the configuration information indicates that the D2DSS transmission is commanded, control the transceiver to transmit the D2DSS.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the threshold value comprises a D2DSS threshold value that is received via a system information block (SIB) from the base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to, when the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, control the transceiver to receive the configuration information.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to receive a transmission power parameter of the D2DSS through the high layer signaling from the base station.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

control the transceiver to receive transmission power information of the D2DSS indicating a maximum power; and

set the D2DSS transmission power to the maximum power.

13. A method for controlling to transmit device-to-device synchronization signal (D2DSS) in a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a radio resource control (RRC) connected terminal, configuration information indicating whether a D2DSS transmission is to be commanded; and

in response to the configuration information indicating that the D2DSS transmission is not to be commanded, transmitting, to the RRC connected terminal, a threshold value for determining whether to transmit a D2DSS.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the threshold value comprises a D2DSS threshold value that is transmitted via a system information block (SIB).

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a transmission power parameter of the D2DSS through high layer signaling.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting transmission power information of the D2DSS indicating a maximum power.

17. A base station apparatus for controlling to transmit device-to-device synchronization signal (D2DSS), the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive data to and from at least one terminal located in a coverage area of the base station through a radio channel; and

a processor configured to;

control the transceiver to transmit, to a radio resource control (RRC) connected terminal, configuration information indicating whether a D2DSS transmission is to be commanded, and

in response to the configuration information indicating that the D2DSS transmission is not to be commanded, control the transceiver to transmit, to the RRC connected terminal, a threshold value for determining whether to transmit the D2DSS.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the threshold value comprises a D2DSS threshold value that is transmitted via a system information block (SIB).

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit a transmission power parameter of the D2DSS through high layer signaling.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit a transmission power information of the D2DSS indicating a maximum power.