DIRECT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150043354A1
• Filed: 07/14/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: CHIEN, Chun-Che, TSAI, Yi-Hsueh
• Application Number:
  US14/330,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20150043354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/241
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/0085 using test signal generators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0025 Transmission of mode-switching indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1867 Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/143 Downlink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/247 where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter sent by another terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A direct communication system and a data forwarding method thereof are provided. The direct communication system includes a first direct communication apparatus and an evolved nodeB, and the first direct communication apparatus belongs to a first direct communication group. The first direct communication apparatus groupcasts a first communication data based on the first direct communication group. After receiving the first communication data, the evolved nodeB receives a first feedback message from a second direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group. The evolved nodeB decides a re-forwarding of the first communication data in the first direct communication group according to the first feedback message.

Claims

1. A direct communication system, comprising:

a first direct communication apparatus belonging to a first direct communication group;

an evolved NodeB (eNB);

wherein the first direct communication apparatus groupcasts a first communication data based on the first direct communication group, and the eNB receives the first communication data and receives a first feedback message from a second direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, and the eNB further decides that the first communication data must be re-forwarded in the first direct communication group according to the first feedback message.

2. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further determines that the first communication data is not received by the second direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message, and re-groupcasts the first communication data directly in the first direct communication group.

3. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further determines that the first communication data is not received by the second direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message, and directly unicasts the first communication data to the second direct communication apparatus.

4. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further receives a second feedback message from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, determines that the first communication data is not received by the second direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message and determines that the first communication data has been received by the third direct communication apparatus according to the second feedback message, and then the eNB transmits to the third direct communication apparatus a re-forwarding request which notifies the third direct communication apparatus to transmit the first communication data to the second direct communication apparatus.

5. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further transmits a power adjustment message to the first direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message so that the first direct communication apparatus adjusts a message transmission power according to the power adjustment message.

6. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further transmits an encoding adjustment message to the first direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message so that the first direct communication apparatus adjusts an encoding mode according to the encoding adjustment message.

7. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further receives a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group and adjusts a message transmission power according to the testing signal, and then the eNB re-groupcasts the first communication data in the first direct communication group based on the message transmission power.

8. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further receives a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group and adjusts an encoding mode according to the testing signal, and then the eNB re-groupcasts the first communication data in the first direct communication group based on the encoding mode.

9. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a third direct communication apparatus belonging to a second direct communication group;

wherein the third direct communication apparatus receives and stores the first communication data groupcasted by the first direct communication apparatus, and uses the first communication data to perform an interference canceling procedure while receiving a second communication data groupcasted by a fourth direct communication apparatus of the second direct communication group.

10. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first direct communication apparatus further receives a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, and adjusts a message transmission power according to the testing signal.

11. The direct communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the eNB further determines that it fails to receive the first communication data, and receives a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group and determines that the communication between the eNB and the third direct communication apparatus is normal according to the testing signal, and the eNB further receives from the third direct communication apparatus a second feedback message which is used to notify the eNB that the third direct communication apparatus has correctly received the first communication data, and then the eNB re-receives the first communication data from the third direct communication apparatus according to the second feedback message.

12. An evolved NodeB (eNB) for use in a direct communication system, the direct communication system further comprising a first direct communication apparatus that belongs to a first direct communication group, the eNB comprising:

a transceiver, being configured to receive a first communication data groupcasted by the first direct communication apparatus, and receive a first feedback message from a second direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group; and

a processor, being configured to decide that the first communication data must be re-forwarded in the first direct communication group according to the first feedback message.

13. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the first communication data is not received by the second direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message, and the transceiver is further configured to re-groupcast the first communication data directly in the first direct communication group.

14. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the first communication data is not received by the second direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message, and the transceiver is further configured to directly unicast the first communication data to the second direct communication apparatus.

15. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a second feedback message from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, and the processor is further configured to determine that the first communication data is not received by the second direct communication apparatus according to the first feedback message and determine that the first communication data has been received by the third direct communication apparatus according to the second feedback message, and the transceiver is further configured to transmit to the third direct communication apparatus a re-forwarding request which notifies the third direct communication apparatus to transmit the first communication data to the second direct communication apparatus.

16. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a power adjustment message to the first direct communication apparatus via the transceiver according to the first feedback message so that the first direct communication apparatus adjusts a message transmission power according to the power adjustment message.

17. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit an encoding adjustment message to the first direct communication apparatus via the transceiver according to the first feedback message so that the first direct communication apparatus adjusts an encoding mode according to the encoding adjustment message.

18. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, the processor is further configured to adjust a message transmission power according to the testing signal, and the transceiver is further configured to re-groupcast the first communication data in the first direct communication group based on the message transmission power.

19. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, the processor is further configured to adjust an encoding mode according to the testing signal, and the transceiver is further configured to re-groupcast the first communication data in the first direct communication group based on the encoding mode.

20. The eNB as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the eNB fails to receive the first communication data, the transceiver is further configured to receive a testing signal from a third direct communication apparatus of the first direct communication group, the processor is further configured to determine that the communication between the eNB and the third direct communication apparatus is normal according to the testing signal, the transceiver is further configured to receive from the third direct communication apparatus a second feedback message which is used to notify the eNB that the third direct communication apparatus has correctly received the first communication data, and the processor is further configured to re-receive the first communication data from the third direct communication apparatus via the transceiver according to the second feedback message.