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

• US 10,531,414 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2019
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• 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:
  US16/288,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20190200312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 313 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 with a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, configuration information associated with a transmission of a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS);

receiving a transmission power parameter of the D2DSS from the base station;

transmitting the D2DSS based on the configuration information and the transmission power parameter of the D2DSS;

based on the configuration information indicating that D2DSS transmission is not commanded, receiving, from the base station, a threshold value for determining whether to transmit the D2DSS;

measuring, from the base station, 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, wherein the configuration information is received when the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes a D2DSS transmission command for directing D2DSS transmission.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein, if-based on the configuration information indicating that D2DSS transmission is commanded, the configuration information further includes a power parameter of the D2DSS.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power parameter of the D2DSS is set as a maximum power of the terminal.

6. 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.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission power parameter of the D2DSS is transmitted via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

8. 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 associated with a transmission of a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS) from the base station,

control the transceiver to receive a transmission power parameter of the D2DSS from the base station,

control the transceiver to transmit the D2DSS based on the configuration information and the transmission power parameter,

based on the configuration information indicating that D2DSS transmission is not commanded, control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, a threshold value for determining whether to transmit the D2DSS,

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

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

9. The apparatus of claim 8, 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 from the base station.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the configuration information includes a D2DSS transmission command for directing D2DSS transmission.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, if based on the configuration information indicating that D2DSS transmission is commanded, the configuration information further includes a power parameter of the D2DSS.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transmission power parameter of the D2DSS indicates a maximum transmission power of the terminal, and wherein the processor is further configured to set a D2DSS transmission power to the maximum transmission power of the terminal.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the threshold value comprises a D2DSS threshold value that is received via a system information block (SIB) from the base station.