Method and apparatus for performing inter-carrier D2D communication

• US 10,440,550 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2016
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Agiwal, Anil, Ryu, Hyun-Seok, Chang, Young-Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Parth
• Application Number:
  US15/230,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20170041917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A system and method for use in a pre-5^th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4^th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is disclosed. The method for performing a discovery transmission on a second carrier by a user equipment (UE) served by a primary cell (PCell) on a first carrier, includes receiving, from a base station, a signaling indicating that the UE read discovery resource configuration for the second carrier on the second carrier or that the UE should request the discovery resource configuration for the second carrier from the base station for acquiring the discovery resource configuration for the second carrier. The method also includes acquiring the discovery resource configuration based on the signaling.

Claims

1. A method for performing a discovery transmission on a second carrier by a user equipment (UE) served by a primary cell (PCell) on a first carrier, comprising:

determining at least one TX gap on the first carrier for the discovery transmission on the second carrier; and

transmitting, to a base station, a TX gap request including information on at least one uplink subframe on the first carrier corresponding to the at least one TX gap,

wherein the at least one TX gap is determined based on an interruption time for retuning, synchronization delays, and subframe offset between the first carrier and the second carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, from the base station, a response to the TX gap request,

wherein the response includes information on at least one uplink subframe on the first carrier corresponding to the at least one TX gap, and

wherein the UE prioritizes the discovery transmission over a uplink transmission if the discovery transmission and uplink transmission occur in uplink subframe corresponding to TX gap allocated by the base station.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the response to the TX gap request includes at least one of a frequency of the second carrier, a parameter indicating a TX gap period, a parameter indicating an offset between SFN=0 and a start of a first TX gap period, or a bitmap indicating one or more subframe corresponding to one or more TX gaps.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the TX gap request includes at least one of a frequency of the second carrier, a parameter indicating a TX gap period, a parameter indicating an offset between SFN=0 and a start of a first TX gap period, or a bitmap indicating one or more subframe corresponding to one or more TX gaps.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one TX gap is determined further based on a subframe on the second carrier where discovery resources for the discovery transmission are configured.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining at least one second TX gap on the first carrier for a discovery transmission on a third carrier; and

transmitting, to the base station, a second TX gap request including information on at least one uplink subframe on the first carrier corresponding to the at least one second TX gap.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein if the UE is served by multiple cells including the PCell, the TX gap is applicable to all the multiple cells.

8. A user equipment (UE) served by a primary cell (PCell) on a first carrier for performing a discovery transmission on a second carrier, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to;

determine at least one TX gap on the first carrier for the discovery transmission on the second carrier; and

transmit, to a base station, a TX gap request including information on at least one uplink subframe on the first carrier corresponding to the at least one TX gap,

wherein the at least one TX gap is determined based on an interruption time for retuning, synchronization delays, and subframe offset between the first carrier and the second carrier.

9. The UE of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to receive, from the base station, a response to the TX gap request,

wherein the response includes information on at least one uplink subframe on the first carrier corresponding to the at least one TX gap, and

wherein the UE prioritizes the discovery transmission over a uplink transmission if the discovery transmission and uplink transmission occur in uplink subframe corresponding to TX gap allocated by the base station.

10. The UE of claim 9, wherein the response to the TX gap request includes at least one of a frequency of the second carrier, a parameter indicating a TX gap period, a parameter indicating an offset between SFN=0 and a start of a first TX gap period, or a bitmap indicating one or more subframe corresponding to one or more TX gaps.

11. The UE of claim 8, wherein the TX gap request includes at least one of a frequency of the second carrier, a parameter indicating a TX gap period, a parameter indicating an offset between SFN=0 and a start of a first TX gap period, or a bitmap indicating one or more subframe corresponding to one or more TX gaps.

12. The UE of claim 8, wherein the at least one TX gap is determined further based a subframe on the second carrier where discovery resources for the discovery transmission are configured.

13. The UE of claim 8, wherein if the UE is served by multiple cells including the PCell, the TX gap is applicable to all the multiple cells.