APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING INTERFERENCE IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150326373A1
• Filed: 05/08/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: RYU, Hyunseok, PARK, Seunghoon, PARK, Jeongho, YU, Hyunkyu, CHOI, Sangwon
• Application Number:
  US14/707,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20150326373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0082 at predetermined intervals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0092 Indication of how the channel is divided
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• 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 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An apparatus and method for avoiding interference in a wireless communication system, especially in a Device-to-Device (D2D) wireless communication system, are provided. The method includes creating system information including reception resource pool information to be used for the D2D wireless communication in a single radio frame, resource block information for the D2D wireless communication, and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) information to be used for a cellular communication, and broadcasting the created system information to devices for performing the cellular communication and the D2D wireless communication.

Claims

1. A method for allocating a resource at a base station of a wireless communication system which supports Device-to-Device (D2D) wireless communication, the method comprising:

creating system information including reception resource pool information to be used for the D2D wireless communication in a single radio frame, resource block information for the D2D wireless communication, and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) information to be used for a cellular communication; and

broadcasting the created system information to devices for performing the cellular communication and the D2D wireless communication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the system information includes information about a first type resource using downlink transmission reference timing, information about a second type time and frequency resource using uplink transmission reference timing, and repeated period information about the first and second type resources.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the system information further includes information for configuring a guard period by removing a predetermined number of symbols from a last subframe of the first type resource.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the system information further includes information about a guard resource block between the resource block for the D2D wireless communication and the PUCCH used for the cellular communication.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the guard resource block is allocated according to a number of resource blocks of the PUCCH.

6. A base station apparatus for allocating a resource in a wireless communication system which supports Device-to-Device (D2D) wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

a control unit configured to create system information including reception resource pool information to be used for the D2D wireless communication in a single radio frame, resource block information for the D2D wireless communication, and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) information to be used for a cellular communication; and

a downlink transmission unit configured to broadcast the created system information to devices for performing the cellular communication and the D2D wireless communication.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the system information includes information about a first type resource using downlink transmission reference timing, information about a second type time and frequency resource using uplink transmission reference timing, and repeated period information about the first and second type resources.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the system information further includes information for configuring a guard period by removing a predetermined number of symbols from a last subframe of the first type resource.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the system information further includes information about a guard resource block between the resource block for the D2D wireless communication and the PUCCH used for the cellular communication.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the guard resource block is allocated according to a number of resource blocks of the PUCCH.

11. A communication method of a device in a wireless communication system which supports Device-to-Device (D2D) wireless communication, the method comprising:

receiving system information including reception resource pool information to be used for the D2D wireless communication in a single radio frame, resource block information for the D2D wireless communication, and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) information to be used for a cellular communication; and

performing the cellular communication or the D2D wireless communication, based on the received system information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the system information includes information about a first type resource using downlink transmission reference timing, information about a second type resource using uplink transmission reference timing, and repeated period information about the first and second type resources.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

configuring a guard period by removing a predetermined number of symbols from a last subframe of the first type resource in a communication using the first type resource.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving resource allocation for D2D transmission based on the received system information in the D2D communication;

checking whether the device is in an RRC_Connected mode when transmitting data through allocated D2D transmission resource;

if the device is in the RRC_Connected mode, comparing a timing offset (N_TA) between the uplink transmission reference timing and the downlink transmission reference timing with a first threshold value contained in the system information; and

if the timing offset is greater than the first threshold value, disallowing D2D transmission.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

if the timing offset is not greater than the first threshold value, performing the D2D transmission.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

if the device is not in the RRC_Connected mode, checking whether a Timing Advance (TA) timer expires;

if the TA timer fails to expire and if the timing offset is greater than the first threshold value, disallowing D2D transmission; and

if the timing offset is not greater than the first threshold value, performing the D2D transmission.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

if the TA timer expires, measuring physical signal strength of the downlink;

if the measured physical signal is greater than a second threshold value received as the system information, disallowing D2D transmission; and

if the measured physical signal is not greater than the second threshold value, performing the D2D transmission.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the system information further includes information about a guard resource block between the resource block for the D2D wireless communication and the PUCCH used for the cellular communication.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the guard resource block is allocated according to a number of resource blocks of the PUCCH.

20. A device apparatus for performing Device-to-Device (D2D) wireless communication in a wireless communication system which supports a cellular communication and the D2D communication, the apparatus comprising:

a downlink reception unit configured to receive system information from a base station;

a transmission unit configured to transmit data of the cellular communication or data of the D2D wireless communication; and

a control unit configured to obtain reception resource pool information to be used for the D2D wireless communication in a single radio frame, resource block information for the D2D wireless communication, and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) information to be used for a cellular communication from the system information, to receive resource allocation based on the obtained information, and to control the transmission unit to perform the cellular communication or the D2D wireless communication through allocated resource.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the system information includes information about a first type resource using downlink transmission reference timing, information about a second type resource using uplink transmission reference timing, and repeated period information about the first and second type resources.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the control unit is further configured to configure a guard period by removing a predetermined number of symbols from a last subframe of the first type resource when the transmission unit transmits data by using the first type resource.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the control unit is further configured to check whether the device is in an RRC_Connected mode when transmitting data through the allocated resource for D2D transmission, to compare a timing offset (N_TA) between the uplink transmission reference timing and the downlink transmission reference timing with a first threshold value contained in the system information if the device is in the RRC_Connected mode, to control the transmission unit to disallow D2D transmission if the timing offset is greater than the first threshold value, and to control the transmission unit to perform the D2D transmission if the timing offset is not greater than the first threshold value.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the control unit is further configured to check whether a Timing Advance (TA) timer expires if the device is not in the RRC_Connected mode, to control the transmission unit to disallow D2D transmission if the TA timer fails to expire and if the timing offset is greater than the first threshold value, and to control the transmission unit to perform the D2D transmission if the timing offset is not greater than the first threshold value.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the control unit is further configured to measure physical signal strength of the downlink if the TA timer expires, to control the transmission unit to disallow D2D transmission if the measured physical signal is greater than a second threshold value received as the system information, and to control the transmission unit to perform the D2D transmission if the measured physical signal is not greater than the second threshold value.

26. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the system information further includes information about a guard resource block between the resource block for the D2D wireless communication and the PUCCH used for the cellular communication.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the guard resource block is allocated according to a number of resource blocks of the PUCCH.