MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND USER TERMINAL

• US 20160242065A1
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: FUKUTA, Noriyoshi, ADACHI, Hiroyuki, MATSUMOTO, Naohisa, YAMAZAKI, Chiharu, FUJISHIRO, Masato, MORITA, Kugo
• Application Number:
  US15/141,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20160242065A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0221 power availability or consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0025 synchronizing potentially movable access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• 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 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A mobile communication system comprises a user terminal that supports D2D proximity service. The user terminal transmits a D2D synchronization signal that is a synchronization signal for D2D communication and a D2D discovery signal that is a signal for discovering a proximal terminal while associating a location of synchronization signal resources with a location of discovery signal resources. The synchronization signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the synchronization signal. The discovery signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the D2D discovery signal.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a user terminal that supports D2D proximity service, wherein

the user terminal transmits a D2D synchronization signal that is a synchronization signal for D2D communication and a D2D discovery signal that is a signal for discovering a proximal terminal while associating a location of synchronization signal resources with a location of discovery signal resources,

the synchronization signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the synchronization signal, and

the discovery signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the D2D discovery signal.

2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the location of the synchronization signal resources is associated with location in which the discovery signal resources are able to be located.

3. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises another user terminal,

a location of control information resources is associated with the location of the synchronization signal resources, the control information resources being time-frequency resources used for transmitting control information related to the D2D discovery signal,

the control information includes a parameter related to a transmission method of the D2D discovery signal and the location of the discovery signal resource, and

the another user terminal receiving the D2D synchronization signal receives the control information depending on the location of the synchronization signal resource in which the received D2D synchronization signal is located and identifies the location of the discovery signal resource and the transmission method of the D2D discovery signal depending on the parameter included in the received control information.

4. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises a network connected to the user terminal,

the network transmits a request for requesting the user terminal to start transmission of the D2D synchronization signal, and

the user terminal receiving the request starts transmission of the D2D synchronization signal.

5. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal transmits the D2D synchronization signal having a predetermined sequence, and

the predetermined sequence applied to the D2D synchronization signal is different from a sequence applied to a synchronization signal for cellular communication.

6. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal is a relay terminal having capability to perform data relay by using the D2D communication.

7. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises another user terminal,

the another user terminal receives the D2D synchronization signal and determines whether or not a transmission source of the D2D synchronization signal is the relay terminal on the basis of the sequence of the received D2D synchronization signal.

8. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the relay terminal transmits the D2D discovery signal only when it is determined that a user terminal as the data relay target exists.

9. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the relay terminal transmits the D2D synchronization signal having the predetermined sequence at a predetermined transmission interval when determined that a user terminal as the data relay target exists, and

the relay terminal transmits the D2D synchronization signal having the predetermined sequence at a transmission interval different from the predetermined transmission interval when determined that a user terminal as the data relay target does not exist.

10. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises another user terminal desiring start of the data relay transmits a first D2D discovery signal.

11. The mobile communication system according to claim 10, wherein the first D2D discovery signal is a type of the D2D discovery signal that does not require a response signal to the first D2D discovery signal to be transmitted.

12. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the relay terminal transmits a second D2D discovery signal.

13. The mobile communication system according to claim 12, wherein the second D2D discovery signal is a type of the D2D discovery signal that requires a response signal to the second D2D discovery signal to be transmitted, and

the second D2D discovery signal includes information for designating a time-frequency resource to be used for transmission of the response signal.

14. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises a network connected to the relay terminal, and

the relay terminal, when connecting to the network, transmits capability notification for notifying that the relay terminal has capability to perform the data relay, to the network.

15. The mobile communication system according to claim 14, wherein the network receiving the capability notification, in addition to the normal measurement configuration, notifies the relay terminal of the measurement configuration for the relay terminal, and

the measurement configuration for the relay terminal designates an event-trigger type measurement report.

16. The mobile communication system according to claim 15, wherein the relay terminal includes location information for identifying a geographical location of the relay terminal into the measurement report transmitted to the network.

17. The mobile communication system according to claim 14, wherein the network requests the relay terminal to start transmission of the D2D synchronization signal, and

the relay terminal starts the transmission of the D2D synchronization signal in response to the request from the network.

18. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises a network that notifies the user terminal of a measurement configuration by broadcast,

the measurement configuration includes a threshold value of radio intensity from a cell, and

the user terminal, when a measured radio intensity reaches the threshold value, starts transmission of the D2D synchronization signal.

19. The mobile communication system according to claim 6, wherein the mobile communication system further comprises a network that notifies the relay terminal of a measurement configuration for the relay terminal by broadcast,

the measurement configuration for the relay terminal includes a threshold value of radio intensity from a serving cell and/or a threshold value of radio intensity from a neighboring cell,

the relay terminal, when a measured radio intensity reaches the threshold value, starts monitoring of a D2D synchronization signal or a D2D discovery signal transmitted by another relay terminal, and

the relay terminal, when determined that the other relay terminal does not exist around by the monitoring, starts transmission of the D2D synchronization signal.

20. The mobile communication system according to claim 14, wherein the relay terminal identifies the synchronization signal resource on the basis of the discovery signal resource assigned from the network or identifies the discovery signal resource on the basis of the synchronization signal resource assigned from the network.

21. A user terminal that supports D2D proximity service, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a D2D synchronization signal that is a synchronization signal for D2D communication and a D2D discovery signal that is a signal for discovering a proximal terminal while associating a location of synchronization signal resources with a location of discovery signal resources, wherein

the synchronization signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the synchronization signal, and

the discovery signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the D2D discovery signal.

22. The user terminal according to claim 21, wherein the location of the synchronization signal resources is associated with location in which the discovery signal resources are able to be located.

23. The user terminal according to claim 21, wherein the user terminal further comprises a receiver configured to receive a request from a network connected to the user terminal, the request requesting the user terminal to start transmission of the D2D synchronization signal, and

the transmitter starts transmission of the D2D synchronization signal when the receiver receives the request.

24. The user terminal according to claim 21, wherein the transmitter transmits the D2D synchronization signal having a predetermined sequence, and

the predetermined sequence applied to the D2D synchronization signal is different from a sequence applied to a synchronization signal for cellular communication.

25. The user terminal according to claim 24, wherein the user terminal is a relay terminal having capability to perform data relay by using the D2D communication.

26. The user terminal according to claim 25, wherein the transmitter transmits a second D2D discovery signal.

27. The user terminal according to claim 21, wherein the user terminal further comprises a receiver configured to receive a notification broadcasted from a network, the notification notifying the user terminal of a measurement configuration including a threshold value of radio intensity from a cell, and

the transmitter starts transmission of the D2D synchronization when a measured radio intensity measured by the user terminal reaches the threshold value.

28. A apparatus provided in a user terminal that supports D2D proximity service, comprising:

a processor and a memory, the processor configured to execute a process of

transmitting a D2D synchronization signal that is a synchronization signal for D2D communication and a D2D discovery signal that is a signal for discovering a proximal terminal while associating a location of synchronization signal resources with a location of discovery signal resources, wherein

the synchronization signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the synchronization signal, and

the discovery signal resources are time-frequency resources used for transmitting the D2D discovery signal.