Method and Device for Device-to-Device Communication and Device for Controlling Device-to-Device Communication

• US 20170215199A1
• Filed: 03/31/2015
• Published: 07/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced Standard Communication LLC
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: YUAN, Yifei, HUANG, Shuanghong, LU, Youxiong, WU, Shuanshuan, DAI, Bo
• Granted Patent: US 9,801,199 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0012 Hopping in multicarrier systems for frequency hopping in spread spectrum systems H04B1/713
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1438 Negotiation of transmission parameters prior to communication modified according to link quality H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A method and device for device-to-device communication and a device for controlling device-to-device communication are provided. The method includes: a position of a first resource included in the Device-to-Device (D2D) resources in a D2D resource period is determined; a position of a second resource is determined according to the position of the first resource and a predefined hopping rule, and a D2D signal is sent on physical resources corresponding to the first resource and the second resource or on a physical resource corresponding to the second resource.

Claims

1. A method for device-to-device communication, comprising:

determining a position of a first resource included in Device-to-Device (D2D) resources in a D2D resource period;

determining a position of a second resource according to the position of the first resource and a predefined hopping rule, wherein the predefined hopping rule includes at least one of the following rules;

an inter-group hopping rule for establishing a D2D resource between D2D resource groups in the D2D resource period, and an inter-period hopping rule for establishing a D2D resource between adjacent D2D resource periods, wherein the D2D resource groups are obtained by dividing the D2D resources in each D2D resource period through at least one of the ways;

time division multiplexing and frequency division multiplexing; and

sending a D2D signal on physical resources corresponding to the first resource and the second resource or on a physical resource corresponding to the second resource.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule is as follows, according to at least one of a time domain position index and a frequency domain position index of a D2D resource before hopping, at least one of the time domain position index and the frequency domain position index of a D2D resource after hopping is calculated, wherein a principle corresponding to at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule includes at least one of the following principles of:

executing a scattering processing for D2D resources having the same time domain position index through a hopping processing; and

executing a frequency hopping processing for the frequency domain position of a D2D resource through a hopping processing;

or in a case where the predefined hopping rule includes the inter-group hopping rule, the first resource and the second resource are in the same D2D resource period, and the inter-group hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping relationship between resource positions of different D2D resource groups in the D2D resource period;

when the D2D signal is to be sent in a plurality of D2D resource periods, at least one of the position of the first resource for sending the D2D signal in each of the plurality of D2D resource periods are the same and the position of the second resource for sending the D2D signal in each of the plurality of D2D resource periods are the same;

or at least one of the position of the first resource and the position of the second resource is determined in each of the plurality of D2D resource periods;

or in a case where the predefined hopping rule includes the inter-period hopping rule, the first resource and the second resource are in different periods, and the inter-period hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping relationship between D2D resource positions in adjacent D2D resource periods, wherein a D2D resource position is a physical resource position or a virtual resource position;

in a case where the D2D resource position is a virtual resource position, at least one of the followings is executed;

a physical resource position corresponding to the first resource is determined according to the position of the first resource and a predefined D2D resource mapping rule; and

a physical resource position corresponding to the second resource is determined according to the position of the second resource and the predefined D2D resource mapping rule; and

the adjacent D2D resource periods refer to D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in a time domain or D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in a time domain and in which the D2D signal is sent;

or in a case where the predefined hopping rule includes both of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule, the inter-group hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping rule between resource positions of D2D resource groups that are adjacent in the time domain to each other in a D2D resource period, and the inter-period hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping rule between resource positions of D2D resource groups that are adjacent to each other in adjacent D2D resource periods;

or, the inter-period hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping rule between resource positions of the first D2D resource groups in adjacent D2D resource periods, wherein the adjacent D2D resource periods refer to D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in the time domain or D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in the time domain and in which the D2D signal is sent.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predefined D2D resource mapping rule is used for determining a physical resource position according to a virtual resource position, and the predefined D2D resource mapping rule is one of the following rules:

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=kv;

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=mod(i,2)*(Kp−

kv−

1)+mod(i+1,2)*kv;

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=mod(mod(i,2)*floor(Kp/2)+kv,Kp); and

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=mod(i*floor(Kp/NUM)+kv,Kp),

wherein NUM is a number of physical resources which send D2D signals from the same D2D sending source in a resource period;

i is an index of a physical resource and i=0, 1, 2, NUM−

1;

kp(i) and np(i) respectively represent a frequency domain position and a time domain position of a physical resource whose index is i;

kv and nv respectively represent a frequency domain position and a time domain position of a virtual resource;

Kp and Np respectively represent a number of frequency domain resources and a number of time domain resources of a physical resource for D2D communication in a resource period; and

Npg represents a number of physical resources of a D2D resource group in a time domain.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the inter-group hopping rule is the same as the inter-period hopping rule.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mapping relationship between the D2D resource units established according to at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule is one of the following mapping relationships:

k2=mod(floor((n1*K+k1+A+C)/N),K),n2=mod(n1*K+k1+A+D,N)

k2=mod(k1*N+n1+B+C,K),n2=mod(floor((k1*N+n1+B+D)/K),N);

k2=mod(k1+M+E,K),n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N);

k2=K−

k1−

1 or k2=mod(K−

k1−

1+E,K),n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N);

wherein frequency hopping is executed according to a type2 Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) hopping way defined by a Long Term Evolution (LTE), and a way of time domain hopping is as follows;

n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N); and

unhopped frequency positions are interleaved using an interleaver and a frequency position of a D2D resource after hopping unit is obtained according to a result of interleaving, and a way of time domain hopping is as follows;

n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N),

wherein floor(a) represents a rounddown of a;

mod(a,b) represents a modulo operation between a and b;

n1 and k1 are respectively corresponding to a time position and a frequency position of a D2D resource before hopping;

n2 and k2 are respectively corresponding to a time position and a frequency position of a D2D resource after hopping;

N represents a number of D2D resources that are included in a D2D resource group or a D2D resource period in a direction of time;

K represents a number of D2D resources that are included in a D2D resource group or a D2D resource period in a direction of frequency;

A, B, C, D, E, F, M and L are all integers; and

a position of the D2D resource is a physical resource position or a virtual resource position;

or a number of the D2D resource groups in a D2D resource period is one of the followings;

a preset number;

a number indicated by a D2D configuration signaling sent by a network-side device; and

a number determined according to times a D2D signal is sent repeatedly in a D2D resource period;

or the D2D signal includes one of the following signals;

a signal for transmitting a D2D discovery message;

a signal for transmitting a D2D communication control signaling;

a signal for transmitting D2D communication data; and

a signal for transmitting D2D synchronization;

or a way of determining the position of the first resource is one of the followings;

receiving, from a network-side device, a control signaling for indicating the position of the first resource;

randomly selecting the position of the first resource from a D2D resource set in a D2D resource period, wherein the D2D resource set is a part of or all of the D2D resource groups in the D2D resource period;

receiving a control signaling sent from a network-side device and determining the position of the first resource according to the control signaling and the predefined hopping rule;

determining the position of the first resource according to identification information of a User Equipment (UE); and

indicating the position of the first resource using a D2D control signaling sent by another UE.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein receiving, from the network-side device, the control signaling for indicating the position of the first resource comprises:

receiving a specific radio resource control signaling from the network-side device and determining the position of the first resource according to the specific radio resource control signaling, wherein

the specific radio resource control signaling carries parameters for indicating the position of the first resource, the parameters respectively indicate a time domain position and a frequency domain position of the first resource, or the parameters simultaneously indicate a time-time domain position and a frequency domain position of the first resource.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein receiving the control signaling sent from the network-side device and determining the position of the first resource according to the control signaling and the predefined hopping rule comprises:

receiving a specific radio resource control signaling from the network-side device and determining the position of the first resource according to the specific radio resource control signaling, wherein

the specific radio resource control signaling carries parameters for indicating a position of a specific D2D resource unit, the position of the specific D2D resource unit is a position of the specific D2D resource unit in a first D2D resource period, and the first D2D resource period is indicated by configuration information, or the first D2D resource period is a D2D resource period for first sending the D2D signal; and

determining the position of the first resource according to the position of the specific D2D resource unit in the first D2D resource period and the predefined hopping rule.

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14. A device for device-to-device communication, comprising:

a first determination component arranged to determine a position of a first resource included in the Device-to-Device (D2D) resources in a D2D resource period;

a second determination component arranged to determine a position of a second resource according to the position of the first resource and a predefined hopping rule, wherein the predefined hopping rule includes at least one of the following rules;

an inter-group hopping rule for establishing a D2D resource between D2D resource groups in the D2D resource period, and an inter-period hopping rule for establishing a D2D resource between adjacent D2D resource periods, wherein the D2D resource groups are obtained by dividing the D2D resources in each D2D resource period through at least one of the ways;

time division multiplexing and frequency division multiplexing; and

a sending component arranged to send a D2D signal on physical resources corresponding to the first resource and the second resource or on a physical resource corresponding to the second resource.

15. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule is as follows:

according to at least one of a time domain position index and a frequency domain position index of a D2D resource before hopping, at least one of the time domain position index and the frequency domain position index of a D2D resource after hopping is calculated, wherein a principle corresponding to at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule includes at least one of the following principles of;

executing a scattering processing for D2D resources having the same time domain position index through a hopping processing; and

executing a frequency hopping processing for the frequency domain position of a D2D resource through a hopping processing;

or in a case where the predefined hopping rule includes the inter-group hopping rule, the first resource and the second resource are in the same D2D resource period, the inter-group hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping relationship between resource positions of different D2D resource groups in the D2D resource period;

when the D2D signal is to be sent in a plurality of D2D resource periods, at least one of the position of the first resource for sending the D2D signal in each of the plurality of D2D resource periods are the same, and the position of the second resource for sending the D2D signal in each of the plurality of D2D resource periods are the same;

or at least one of the position of the first resource and the position of the second resource is determined in each of the plurality of D2D resource periods;

or in a case where the predefined hopping rule includes the inter-period hopping rule, the first resource and the second resource are in different periods, and the inter-period hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping relationship between D2D resource positions in adjacent D2D resource periods, wherein a D2D resource position is a physical resource position or a virtual resource position, in a case where the D2D resource position is a virtual resource position, at least one of the followings is executed;

a physical resource position corresponding to the first resource is determined according to the position of the first resource and a predefined D2D resource mapping rule; and

a physical resource position corresponding to the second resource is determined according to the position of the second resource and the predefined D2D resource mapping rule; and

the adjacent D2D resource periods refer to D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in a time domain or D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in a time domain and in which the D2D signal is sent;

or in a case where the predefined hopping rule includes both of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule, the inter-group hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping rule between resource positions of D2D resource groups that are adjacent in the time domain to each other in a D2D resource period, and the inter-period hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping rule between resource positions of D2D resource groups that are adjacent to each other in adjacent D2D resource periods;

or, the inter-period hopping rule is used for establishing a mapping rule between resource positions of the first resource groups in adjacent D2D resource periods, wherein the adjacent D2D resource periods refer to D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in the time domain or D2D resource periods which are adjacent to each other in the time domain and in which the D2D signal is sent.

18. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the predefined D2D resource mapping rule is used for determining a physical resource position according to a virtual resource position, and the predefined D2D resource mapping rule is one of the following rules:

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=kv;

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=mod(i,2)*(Kp−

kv−

1)+mod(i+1,2)*kv;

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=mod(mod(i,2)*floor(Kp/2)+kv,Kp); and

np(i)=i*floor(Np/Npg)+nv,kp(i)=mod(i*floor(Kp/NUM)+kv,Kp),

wherein NUM is a number of physical resources which send D2D signals from the same D2D sending source in a resource period;

i is an index of a physical resource and i=0, 1, 2, NUM−

1;

kp(i) and np(i) respectively represent a frequency domain position and a time domain position of a physical resource whose index is i;

kv and nv respectively represent a frequency domain position and a time domain position of a virtual resource;

Kp and Np respectively represent a number of the frequency domain resources and a number of time domain resources of a physical resource for D2D communication in a resource period; and

Npg represents a number of physical resources of a D2D resource group in a time domain.

20. The device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the inter-group hopping rule is the same as the inter-period hopping rule.

21. The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the mapping relationship between the D2D resource units established according to at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule is one of the following mapping relationships:

k2=mod(floor((n1*K+k1+A+C)/N),K),n2=mod(n1*K+k1+A+D,N);

k2=mod(k1*N+n1+B+C,K),n2=mod(floor((k1*N+n1+B+D)/K),N);

k2=mod(k1+M+E,K),n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N);

k2=K−

k1−

1 or k2=mod(K−

k1−

1+E,K),n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N);

wherein frequency hopping is executed according to a type2 Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) hopping way defined by a Long Term Evolution (LTE), and a way of time domain hopping is as follows;

n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N); and

unhopped frequency positions are interleaved using an interleaver and a frequency position of a D2D resource after hopping unit is obtained according to a result of interleaving, and a way of time domain hopping is as follows;

n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N),

wherein floor(a) represents a rounddown of a;

mod(a,b) represents a modulo operation between a and b;

n1 and k1 are respectively corresponding to a time position and a frequency position of a D2D resource before hopping;

n2 and k2 are respectively corresponding to a time position and a frequency position of a D2D resource after hopping;

N represents a number of D2D resources that are included in a D2D resource group or a D2D resource period in a direction of time;

K represents a number of D2D resources that are included in a D2D resource group or a D2D resource period in a direction of frequency;

A, B, C, D, E, F, M and L are all integers; and

a position of the D2D resource is a physical resource position or a virtual resource position;

or the number of the D2D resource groups in a D2D resource period is one of the following numbers;

a preset number;

a number indicated by a D2D configuration signaling sent by a network-side device; and

a number determined according to times a D2D signal is sent repeatedly in a D2D resource period;

or the D2D signal includes one of the following signals;

a signal for transmitting a D2D discovery message;

a signal for transmitting a D2D communication control signaling;

a signal for transmitting D2D communication data; and

a signal for transmitting D2D synchronization;

or the first determination component is arranged to determine the position of the first resource in one of the following ways of;

receiving, from a network-side device, a control signaling for indicating the position of the first resource;

randomly selecting the position of the first resource from a D2D resource set in a D2D resource period, wherein the D2D resource set is a part of or all of the D2D resource groups in the D2D resource period;

receiving a control signaling sent from a network-side device and determining the position of the first resource according to the control signaling and the predefined hopping rule;

determining the position of the first resource according to identification information of a User Equipment (UE); and

indicating the position of the first resource using a D2D control signaling sent by another UE.

25. The device as claimed in claim 21, wherein the first determination component is arranged to receive a specific radio resource control signaling from the network-side device and determine the position of the first resource according to the specific radio resource control signaling, wherein

the specific radio resource control signaling carries parameters for indicating the position of the first resource, the parameters respectively indicate a time domain position and a frequency domain position of the first resource, or the parameters simultaneously indicate a time-time domain position and a frequency domain position of the first resource.

26. The device as claimed in claim 21, wherein

the first determination component is arranged to receive a specific radio resource control signaling from a network-side device and determine the position of the first resource according to the specific radio resource control signaling, wherein the specific radio resource control signaling carries parameters for indicating a position of a specific D2D resource unit, the position of the specific D2D resource unit is a position of the specific D2D resource unit in a first D2D resource period, and the first D2D resource period is indicated by configuration information, or the first D2D resource period is a D2D resource period for first sending the D2D signal;

and

the first determination component is further arranged to determine the position of the first resource according to the position of the specific D2D resource unit in the first D2D resource period and the predefined hopping rule.

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27. A device for controlling device-to-device communication, comprising:

a configuration component arranged to configure a periodic Device-to-Device (D2D) communication resource; and

a sending component arranged to send a configuration signaling according to the periodic D2D communication resource,

wherein at least one of there is a mapping relationship between D2D resources in adjacent D2D resource periods, and the mapping relationship is determined based on an inter-period hopping rule; and

there is a mapping relationship between D2D resources included in a D2D resource group in a D2D resource period, and the mapping relationship is determined based on an inter-group hopping rule;

wherein at least one of the inter-period hopping rule and the inter-group hopping rule is used by a User Equipment (UE) to determine a position of a second resource according to a position of a first resource, wherein the first resource and the second resource are used by the UE to send a D2D signal, or the second resource is used by the UE to send a D2D signal.

28. The device as claimed in claim 27, wherein

at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule is as follows:

according to at least one of a time domain position index and a frequency domain position index of a D2D resource before hopping, at least one of a time domain position index and a frequency domain position index of a D2D resource after hopping is calculated, wherein a principle corresponding to at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule includes at least one of the following principles of;

executing a scattering processing for D2D resources having the same time domain position index through a hopping processing; and

executing a frequency hopping processing for a frequency domain position of a D2D resource through a hopping processing;

or a mapping relationship between the D2D resource units established according to at least one of the inter-group hopping rule and the inter-period hopping rule is one of the following mapping relationships;

k2=mod(floor((n1*K+k1+A+C)/N),K),n2=mod(n1*K+k1+A+D,N);

k2=mod(k1*N+n1+B+C,K),n2=mod(floor((k1*N+n1+B+D)/K),N);

k2=mod(k1+M+E,K),n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N);

k2=K−

k1−

1 or k2=mod(K−

k1−

1+E,K),n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N);

wherein frequency hopping is executed according to a type2 Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) hopping way defined by a Long Term Evolution (LTE), and a way of time domain hopping is as follows;

n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N); and

unhopped frequency positions are interleaved using an interleaver and a frequency position of a D2D resource after hopping unit is obtained according to a result of interleaving, and a way of time domain hopping is as follows;

n2=mod(n1+k1+L+F,N),

wherein floor(a) represents a rounddown of a;

mod(a,b) represents a modulo operation between a and b;

n1 and k1 are respectively corresponding to a time position and a frequency position of a D2D resource before hopping;

n2 and k2 are respectively corresponding to a time position and a frequency position of a D2D resource after hopping;

N represents a number of D2D resources that are included in a D2D resource group or a D2D resource period in a direction of time;

K represents a number of D2D resources that are included in a D2D resource group or a D2D resource period in a direction of frequency;

A, B, C, D, E, F, M and L are all integers; and

a position of the D2D resource is a physical resource position or a virtual resource position.

29. The device as claimed in claim 28, wherein the inter-group hopping rule is the same as the inter-period hopping rule.

31. The device as claimed in claim 27, wherein the number of the D2D resource groups in a D2D resource period is one of the following numbers:

a preset number;

a number indicated by a D2D configuration signaling sent by the sending component; and

a number determined according to the times a D2D signal is sent repeatedly in a D2D resource period;

or the D2D signal includes one of the following signals;

a signal for transmitting a D2D discovery message;

a signal for transmitting a D2D communication control signaling;

a signal for transmitting D2D communication data; and

a signal for transmitting D2D synchronization;

or the sending component is arranged to send a control signaling for indicating the position of the first resource;

alternatively, the sending component is arranged to send a control signaling, wherein the control signaling is used together with at least one of the inter-period hopping rule and the inter-group hopping rule for a UE to determine the position of the first resource.

34. The device as claimed in claim 31, wherein the sending component is arranged to send a specific radio resource control signaling for indicating the position of the first resource, wherein

the specific radio resource control signaling carries parameters for indicating the position of the first resource, the parameters respectively indicate a time domain position and a frequency domain position of the first resource, or the parameters simultaneously indicate a time-time domain position and a frequency domain position of the first resource.

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