METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR D2D COMMUNICATION

• US 20150245192A1
• Filed: 08/28/2013
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Shuanshuan, Liang, Feng, Yuan, Ming, Yang, Jin, Yuan, Yifei
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,488 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Method, apparatus and system for D2D communication are provided. The method includes: a first user equipment receives configuration message(s) from a network, wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s); the first user equipment detects D2D discovery signal(s) from a second user equipment according to the configuration information carried in the configuration message(s); the first user equipment transmits a request message to the network according to the result of the detection to acquire the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the detected D2D discovery signal; and the first user equipment receives a response message returned from the network, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message. The present disclosure addresses the problem of the peer discovery of D2D incorporated in a cellular communication system.

Claims

1. A apparatus for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, the apparatus located in a first user equipment, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive configuration message(s) from network, wherein configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s);

a detection module, configured to detect D2D discovery signal(s) from a second user equipment according to the configuration information carried in the configuration message(s);

a transmitting module, configured to transmit a request message to the network according to the detection of the detection module, wherein the request message is used to acquire the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the detected D2D discovery signal(s); and

a second receiving module, configured to receive a response message sent from the network, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein configuration information about D2D discovery triggering signal(s) is also carried in the configuration message(s);

and the transmitting module is also configured to transmit the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) after the first receiving module receives the configuration message(s) and before the detection module detects the discovery signal, wherein the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) is used to trigger the second user equipment which receives the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) and has a peer discovery requirement to transmit the D2D discovery signal(s);

wherein the configuration information of the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) comprises;

a discovery triggering signal set indicating available D2D discovery triggering signal(s), and/or resource configuration parameter(s) indicating the time-domain sub-frame(s) and/or the frequency-domain resource block(s) used for the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) transmission.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

identification information is carried in the D2D discovery signal(s), wherein the identification information for identifying the second user equipment is allocated by the network; and

the identification information is carried in the request message to request for the identify information of the second user equipment corresponding to the identification information from the network.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information of the detected D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the request message to request for the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the D2D discovery signal(s) from the network.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the identification information of the D2D discovery signal(s) comprises the identifier of the D2D discovery signal(s) and/or the index of the resource transmitting the discovery signal, wherein the resource index is represented or determined by the time-domain sub-frame(s) and/or the frequency-domain resource block(s) used for the D2D discovery signal(s) transmission.

3-4. -4. (canceled)

8. A apparatus for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication located in a second user equipment, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive configuration message(s) from a network, wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s); and

a transmitting module, configured to transmit the D2D discovery signal(s) according to the configuration information of the discovery signal.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery triggering signal(s) is also carried in the configuration message(s);

and the apparatus further comprises;

a first detection module configured to detect the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) from a first user equipment according to the configuration information of the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) before the transmitting module transmits the D2D discovery signal(s) and to trigger the transmitting module to transmit the D2D discovery signal(s) after detected the D2D discovery triggering signal(s);

wherein the configuration information of the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) comprises;

a discovery triggering signal set indicating available D2D discovery triggering signal(s), and/or resource configuration parameter(s) indicating the time-domain sub-frame(s) and/or the frequency-domain resource block(s) used for the D2D discovery triggering signal(s) transmission.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

a third detection module configured to detect paging message(s) from the network, wherein the identification information of the D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the paging message(s) to page the second user equipment transmitting the D2D discovery signal(s); and

the transmitting module is also configured to transmit a response message to the network, wherein the identify information of the second user equipment is carried in the response message, or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

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14. (canceled)

15. A apparatus for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication located at a network, comprising:

a first transmitting module, configured to transmit configuration message(s), wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s);

a detection module, configured to detect a request message from a first user equipment, wherein the request message is sent by the first user equipment according to a detected D2D discovery signal to request for the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the discovery signal; and

a second transmitting module, configured to transmit a response message to the first user equipment in response to the request message, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the identification information of the second user equipment is carried in the request message to request for the identify information of the second user equipment corresponding to the identification information;

or the identification information of the D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the request message to request for the identify information of the second user equipment transmitting the D2D discovery signal(s);

wherein the identification information of the D2D discovery signal(s) comprises the identifier of the discovery signal and/or the index of the resource transmitting the discovery signal, wherein the resource index is represented or determined by the time-domain sub-frame(s) and/or the frequency-domain resource block(s) used for the D2D discovery signal(s) transmission.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a third transmitting module, configured to transmit paging message(s) for paging the second user equipment in response to the request message after the request message is detected by the detection module;

a receiving module configured to receive a discovery response message sent from the second user equipment, wherein the identify information of the second user equipment or the rejection information is carried in the discovery response message;

or

a determination module, configured to determine whether or not the second user equipment can be discovered by the first user equipment according to a preset authority configuration;

an acquisition module configured to acquire the identity of the second user equipment corresponding to the identification information carried in the request message according to a preset correspondence between identification information and the identify information of user equipments if the determination result of the determination module is that the second user equipment can be discovered by the first user equipment, and a fourth transmitting module configured to transmit the response message carrying the identify information of the second user equipment to the first user equipment if the determination result of the determination module is that the second user equipment can be discovered by the first user equipment, or to transmit the response message carrying the rejection information to the first user equipment if the determination result of the determination module is that the second user equipment cannot be discovered by the first user equipment.

21. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the configuration message(s) is sent via high-layer signaling by broadcasting, and the configuration information of the D2D discovery signal(s) comprises:

a discovery signal set indicating available D2D discovery signal(s), and/or resource configuration parameter(s) indicating the time-domain sub-frame(s) and/or the frequency-domain resource block(s) where the D2D discovery signal is transmitted.

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20. (canceled)

22. (canceled)

23. A discovery method for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, comprising:

receiving, by a first user equipment, configuration message(s) from a network, wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s);

detecting, by the first user equipment, D2D discovery signal(s) from a second user equipment according to the configuration information carried in the configuration message(s);

transmitting, by the first user equipment, a request message to the network according to the result of the detection to request to acquire the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the detected D2D discovery signal (s); and

receiving, by the first user equipment, a response message returned from the network, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

27. The method according to claim 23, wherein the identification information of the second user equipment is carried in the D2D discovery signal(s), and the identification information is allocated by the network and carried in the request message to request for the identity of the second user equipment corresponding to the identification information from the network.

24-26. -26. (canceled)

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31. A method for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, comprising:

receiving, by a second user equipment, configuration message(s) from a network, wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s); and

transmitting, by the second user equipment, the D2D discovery signal(s) according to the configuration information of the D2D discovery signal(s).

34. The method according to claim 31, wherein the identification information for identifying the second user equipment is carried in the D2D discovery signal(s), and the method further comprises:

detecting, by the second user equipment, paging message(s) from the network, wherein the identification information of the second user equipment is carried in the paging message(s) to page the second user equipment; and

after detected the paging message(s), transmitting, by the second user equipment, a response message to the network, wherein the identify information of the second user equipment is carried in the response message, or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

35. The method according to claim 31, further comprising:

detecting, by the second user equipment, paging message(s) from the network, wherein information of the D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the paging message(s) to page the second user equipment transmitting the D2D discovery signal(s); and

transmitting, by the second user equipment, a response message to the network, wherein the identify information of the second user equipment is carried in the response message, or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

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36. A method for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication, comprising:

transmitting, by a networks, configuration message(s), wherein the configuration information about D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the configuration message(s);

detecting, by the network, a request message from a first user equipment, wherein the request message is sent by the first user equipment according to a detected D2D discovery signal to request for the identity of the second user equipment transmitting the discovery signal; and

transmitting, by the network, a response message to the first user equipment in response to the request message, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message.

37. The method according to claim 36, wherein the identification information of the second user equipment is carried in the request message to request for the identify information of the second user equipment corresponding to the identification information.

38. The method according to claim 36, wherein the identification information of the D2D discovery signal(s) is carried in the request message to request for the identify information of the second user equipment transmitting the D2D discovery signal(s).

39. The method according to claim 38, further comprising:

transmitting, by the network, paging message(s) for paging the second user equipment in response to the request message after detected the request message, wherein the identity of the second user equipment or rejection information indicating the rejection to the discovery of the second user equipment by the first user equipment is carried in the response message; and

determining, by the network, whether or not the second user equipment can be discovered by the first user equipment according to a preset authority configuration, if so, acquiring, by the network, the identify information of the second user equipment corresponding to the identification information carried in the request message according to a correspondence between identification information and the identify information of user equipments preset at the network and transmitting, by the network, the response message carrying the identify information of the second user equipment to the first user equipment, otherwise, transmitting, by the network, the response message carrying the rejection information to the first user equipment.

40. (canceled)