Method for limiting use of exceptional resource performed by user equipment in wireless communication system and user equipment using method

• US 10,306,600 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2015
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Sunghoon, Kim, Taehun, Lee, Youngdae, Kim, Jaehyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Henson, Jamaal R
• Application Number:
  US15/521,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20170311293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 Manipulation of direct-mode connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/38 triggered by timers

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for the performance of a device-to-device (D2D) operation by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: starting to use an exceptional resource; determining whether a condition for suspending the use of the exceptional resource is satisfied; and when the condition for suspending the use of the exceptional resource is satisfied, suspending the use of the exceptional resource, wherein the condition for suspending the use of the exceptional resource is a suspension condition in an RRC idle state.

Claims

1. A method for performing device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:

starting a first timer;

if the first timer is expired;

starting or restarting a second timer, and

performing the D2D operation using an exceptional resource;

determining whether a condition for stopping use of the exceptional resource is satisfied based on the whether the second timer is expired; and

stopping the user of the exceptional resource when performing the D2D operation, based on the determination,

wherein the condition for stopping the use is a stop condition in an RRC idle station,

wherein, if the second timer is expired, the UE determines that the condition for stopping the use of the exceptional resource is satisfied, and

wherein, if the first timer is expired while the second timer is not running, the UE starts the second timer, and if the first timer is expired while the second timer is already running, the UE restarts the second timer.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein a value of the second timer is signaled from a network.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein a value of the second timer is a predetermined value.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein when the UE receives a service request from an upper layer, the second timer is restarted.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the second timer is different from the first timer.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first timer is a T300 timer.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the condition for stopping the use is based on information indicating stop for the use of the exceptional resource, and

wherein the information indicating stop for the use of the exceptional resource is received from an upper layer.

8. The method of claim 7,

wherein the information indicating stop for the use of the exceptional resource is information indicating that the UE uses the exceptional resource.

9. The method of claim 7,

wherein the information indicating stop for the use of the exceptional resource is information indicating that there are no resources to be transmitted for a direct communication with the UE.

10. The method of claim 7,

wherein the UE receives, from the upper layer, information indicating that the exceptional resource is to be used, and

wherein when the information indicating that the exceptional resource is to be used is received, the use of an exceptional resource is started.

11. A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising:

a transceiver that transmits and receives a radio signal; and

a processor operatively coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the processor;

starts a first timer;

if the first timer is expired;

starts or restarts a second timer, and

performs device-to-device (D2D) operation using an exceptional resource;

determines whether a condition for stopping use of the exceptional resource is satisfied based on whether the second timer is expired; and

stops the use of the exceptional resource when performing the (D2D) operation, based on the determination,

wherein the condition for stopping the use is a stop condition in an RRC idle state,

wherein, if the second timer is expired, the UE determines that the condition for stopping the use of the exceptional resource is satisfied, and

wherein, if the first timer is expired while the second timer is not running, the UE starts the second timer, and if the first timer is expired while the second timer is already running, the UE restart the second timer.