Method and apparatus for transmitting control information for device-to-device communication

• US 10,334,625 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2014
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ro, Sangmin, Kwak, Yongjun, Jeong, Kyeongin, Ji, Hyoungju, Oh, Jinyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Diane L
• Application Number:
  US15/033,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20160278120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,688 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/002 Transmission of channel access control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting control information for device-to-device (D2D) communication. A method for communicating between terminals of a transmission terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining whether transmission data corresponds to final transmission data; generating a first channel sensing signal including information indicating that the transmission data corresponds to final transmission when the transmission data is final transmission data; and transmitting the transmission data and the first channel sensing signal. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a channel sensing signal, which is necessarily required for a D2D operation of a distributed resource allocation scheme, is used to transmit the control information so that control information can be exchanged between terminals without introducing an additional control channel and signal.

Claims

1. A device-to-device (D2D) communication method by a transmitting terminal comprising:

creating a first scheduling assignment (SA) signal for transmission in a first SA resource of a SA resource pool including information indicating whether the transmitting terminal occupies a second SA resource of a next SA resource pool corresponding to the first SA resource; and

transmitting, to a receiving terminal, the first SA signal in the first SA resource,

wherein an energy sensing is performed by the receiving terminal in a data resource region associated with the SA resource pool, and

wherein a second SA signal is transmitted by the receiving terminal in the second SA resource of the next SA resource pool after the energy sensing when the information included in the first SA signal indicates that the transmitting terminal does not occupy the second SA resource.

2. A device-to-device (D2D) communication method by a receiving terminal comprising:

receiving, from a transmitting terminal, a first scheduling assignment (SA) signal in a first SA resource of a SA resource pool;

detecting, from the first SA signal, information indicating whether the transmitting terminal occupies a second SA resource of a next SA resource pool corresponding to the first SA resource;

performing an energy sensing in a data resource region associated with the SA resource pool; and

transmitting a second SA signal in the second SA resource of the next SA resource pool when the information included in the first SA signal indicates that the transmitting terminal does not occupy the second SA resource.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving of the first SA signal comprises:

receiving the first SA signal via an SA monitoring.

4. A transmitting terminal for supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to;

create a first scheduling assignment (SA) signal for transmission in a first SA resource of a SA resource pool including information indicating whether the transmitting terminal occupies a second SA resource of a next SA resource pool corresponding to the first SA resource, and

transmit, to a receiving terminal, the first SA signal in the first SA resource,

wherein an energy sensing is performed by the receiving terminal in a data resource region associated with the SA resource pool, and

wherein a second SA signal is transmitted by the receiving terminal in the second SA resource of the next SA resource pool after the energy sensing when the information included in the first SA signal indicates that the transmitting terminal does not occupy the second SA resource.

5. A receiving terminal for supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to;

receive, from a transmitting terminal, a first scheduling assignment (SA) signal in a first SA resource of a SA resource pool,

detect, from the first SA signal, information indicating whether the transmitting terminal occupies a second SA resource of a next SA resource pool corresponding to the first SA resource,

performing an energy sensing in a data resource region associated with the SA resource pool, and

transmit a second SA signal in the second SA resource of the next SA resource pool when the information included in the first SA signal indicates that the transmitting terminal does not occupy the second SA resource.

6. The receiving terminal of claim 5, wherein the controller controls the reception of the first SA signal via an SA monitoring.