RESOURCE SELECTION FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE DISCOVERY OR COMMUNICATION

• US 20150215903A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pani, Diana, Pelletier, Ghyslain, Marinier, Paul, Pelletier, Benoit, Kaur, Samian, Zhao, Yuxin
• Granted Patent: US 9,693,338 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/002 Mutual synchronization
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to manage interference caused by D2D communications. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may include a processor. The processor may be configured to perform one or more of the following. The processor may determine to send information using a device-to-device transmission via a resource pool from a plurality of resource pools. Each resource pool may be associated with a range of reference signal receive power (RSRP) values. The processor may determine a RSRP measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU. The processor may select a resource pool from the plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell. The RSRP measurement of the cell may be within the range of RSRP values associated with the selected resource pool. The processor may send the information using the selected resource pool.

Claims

1. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor configured to;

determine to send information using a device-to-device transmission;

determine a reference signal receive power (RSRP) measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU;

select a resource pool from a plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell, wherein each resource pool of the plurality of resource pools is associated with a range of RSRP values, and wherein the RSRP measurement of the cell is within the range of RSRP values associated with the selected resource pool; and

send the information using the selected resource pool.

2. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the range of RRSP values associated with the selected resource pool comprises a low RSRP threshold and a high RSRP threshold, and wherein the RSRP measurement of the cell is between the low RSRP threshold and the high RSRP threshold.

3. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to select a resource from a plurality of resources of the selected resource pool.

4. The WTRU of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to select the resource using a randomization function or a pseudo-random function.

5. The WTRU of claim 3, wherein the processor configured to send the information using the selected resource pool comprises the processor being configured to send the information using the selected resource.

6. The WTRU of claim 3, wherein the selected resource comprises one or more subframes.

7. The WTRU of claim 3, wherein the selected resource comprises one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs).

8. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a configuration via radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and

determine, based on the configuration, that the selection of the resource pool is based on RSRP.

9. The WTRU of claim 8, wherein the configuration identifies the resource pool and the range of RSRP values associated with the resource pool.

10. A method comprising:

determining to send information using a device-to-device transmission via a resource pool from a plurality of resource pools, wherein each resource pool is associated with a range of reference signal receive power (RSRP) values;

determining a RSRP measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU;

selecting a resource pool from the plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell, wherein the RSRP measurement of the cell is within the range of RSRP values associated with the selected resource pool; and

sending the information using the selected resource pool.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the range of RRSP values associated with the selected resource pool comprises a low RSRP threshold and a high RSRP threshold, and wherein the RSRP measurement is between the low RSRP threshold and the high RSRP threshold.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising selecting a resource from a plurality of resources in the selected resource pool.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein selecting the resource comprises selecting the resource using a randomization function or a pseudo-random function.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein sending the information using the selected resource pool comprises sending the information using the selected resource.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining that the device-to-device transmission is a Type 1 device-to-device transmission, the Type 1 device-to-device transmission being characterized by the WTRU selecting the resource pool from the plurality of resource pools.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining to send the information using the device-to-device transmission comprises receiving a request to send the information using the device-to-device transmission.

17. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a device-to-device transmission request to send information;

determine that resource selection is based on reference signal receive power (RSRP);

receive a RSRP threshold associated with a resource pool out of a plurality of resource pools;

determine a RSRP measurement;

compare the RSRP measurement with the RSRP threshold associated with the resource pool;

select the resource pool to send the information via device-to-device transmission in response to the RSRP measurement being above the RSRP threshold; and

send the information using the resource pool in response to the resource pool being selected to send the information.

18. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the resource pool comprises a plurality of resources and wherein the processor is further configured to:

select a resource from the plurality of resources based on a randomization function; and

send the information using the selected resource.

19. The WTRU of claim 18, wherein the resource comprises a subframe or a physical resource block (PRB).

20. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a system information block (SIB) that identifies the resource pool and indicates the RSRP threshold associated with the resource pool.

21. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the RSRP threshold comprises a low RSRP threshold of an open-ended range of RSRP values or a high RSRP threshold of the open-ended range of RSRP values.