Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in device-to-device (D2D) communication

• US 10,630,439 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xingwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Mattis, Jason E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shao, Hong
• Application Number:
  US14/639,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20150180631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,874 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0016 Time-frequency-code
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for transmitting information in device-to-device (D2D) communication are provided, where the method includes determining, by a first user equipment, in a communication resource for D2D communication, a target resource used to bear a reference signal (RS), where the target resource is according to characteristic information used in selecting the target resource, and the characteristic information used in selecting the target resource includes at least one of the following two items: characteristic information used to uniquely identify the first user equipment, and characteristic information used to uniquely identify a second user equipment that performs D2D communication with the first user equipment; and transmitting, by the first user equipment, the RS to the second user equipment using the target resource.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a reference signal in device-to-device (D2D) communication, the method comprising:

determining, by a first user equipment, a target resource based on a predetermined function of at least one of first characteristic information of the first user equipment or second characteristic information of a second user equipment, wherein the target resource comprises at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a space domain resource, or a code domain resource, wherein determining the target resource comprises determining a characteristic parameter S, wherein S=f(X1) when only the first characteristic information is used to determine the target resource, wherein S=f(X2) when only the second characteristic information is used to determine the target resource, wherein S=f(X1, X2) when the first characteristic information and the second characteristic information are used to determine the target resource, wherein X1 is the first characteristic information, and wherein X2 is the second characteristic information; and

transmitting, by the first user equipment, a reference symbol to a second user equipment using the target resource, wherein the second user equipment performs D2D communication with the first user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before transmitting the reference symbol to the second user equipment, the method further comprises sending, by the first user equipment, first information to the second user equipment, and wherein the first information indicates one or more of the first characteristic information or the second characteristic information used in determining the target resource by the first user equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first characteristic information comprises a first non-numeric value, and wherein the second characteristic information comprises a second non-numeric value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the target resource comprises:

determining a deviation based on one or more of the first characteristic information or the second characteristic information; and

selecting the target resource based upon the deviation and a preset pattern.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the deviation comprises an integer value, and wherein selecting the target resource based upon the deviation and the preset pattern comprises determining a symbol shifted by the integer value relative to the preset pattern.

3. A first user equipment comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor coupled to the transmitter and configured to;

determine a target resource based on a predetermined function of at least one of first characteristic information of the first user device or second characteristic information of a second user device, wherein the target resource comprises at least one of a time domain resource, a frequency domain resource, a space domain resource, or a code domain resource;

determine a characteristic parameter S, wherein S=f(X1) when only the first characteristic information is used to determine the target resource, wherein S=f(X2) when only the second characteristic information is used to determine the target resource, wherein S=f(X1, X2) when the first characteristic information and the second characteristic information are used to determine the target resource, and wherein X1 is the first characteristic information and X2 is the second characteristic information; and

transmit, via the transmitter, a reference symbol to a second user equipment using the target resource, wherein the second user equipment performs D2D communication with the first user equipment.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, via the transmitter, first information to the second user equipment, and wherein the first information indicates one or more of the first characteristic information or the second characteristic information used in determining the target resource by the first user equipment.

8. The first user equipment of claim 3, wherein the first characteristic information comprises a first non-numeric value, and wherein the second characteristic information comprises a second non-numeric value.

9. The first user equipment of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a deviation based on one or more of the first characteristic information or the second characteristic information; and

select the target resource based upon the deviation and a preset pattern.

10. The first user equipment of claim 9, wherein the deviation comprises an integer value, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine a symbol shifted by the integer value relative to the preset pattern.