METHOD FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE

• US 20200137773A1
• Filed: 12/24/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: TANG, Hai
• Granted Patent: US 11,147,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

The present application discloses a method for D2D communication, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: a first terminal device determining first control channel resources from pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of first resources scheduling information, and determining second control channel resources from the pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of second resources scheduling information, where the first control channel resources have a time domain length longer than that of the second control channel resources; and the first terminal device transmitting the first resources scheduling information on the first control channel resources, and transmitting the second resources scheduling information on the second control channel resources, where the first resources scheduling information and the second resources scheduling information are respectively used by a second terminal device and a third terminal device to determine data channel resources for the first terminal device.

Claims

1. A method for device-to-device (D2D) communication, comprising:

determining, by a first terminal device, first control channel resources from pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of first resources scheduling information, and determining second control channel resources from pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of second resources scheduling information, wherein the first control channel resources have a time domain length longer that of the second control channel resources; and

transmitting, by the first terminal device, the first resources scheduling information on the first control channel resources, and transmitting the second resources scheduling information on the second control channel resources;

wherein the first resources scheduling information is used by a second terminal device to determine data channel resources available for the first terminal device to transmit data channels, and the second resources scheduling information is used by a third terminal device to determine the data channel resources;

the second terminal device is capable of detecting resources scheduling information based on the time domain length of the first control channel resources, and the third terminal device is capable of detecting resources scheduling information based on the time domain length of the first control channel resources and/or the time domain length of the second control channel resources.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the second control channel resources are located between the first control channel resources and the data channel resources in a frequency domain;

or

the data channels are located between the first control channel resources and the second control channel resources in a frequency domain;

or

the first control channel resources are located between the second control channel resources and the data channel resources in a frequency domain.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the data channel resources are adjacent or non-adjacent to the first control channel resources in a frequency domain, the data channel resources are adjacent or non-adjacent to the second control channel resources in a frequency domain, and the first control channel resources are adjacent or non-adjacent to the second control channel resources in a frequency domain.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information comprises frequency domain resources of a preset size at an end of each of a plurality of sub-bands.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein:

if frequency domain resources of the preset size at an end of a first sub-band in which the data channel resources are located are not occupied by the data channels, the second control channel resources occupy the frequency domain resources of the preset size at the end of the first sub-band;

if the frequency domain resources of the preset size at the end of the first sub-band are at least partially occupied by the data channels, the second control channel resources occupy frequency domain resources of the preset size at an end of a second sub-band, wherein the second sub-band is a next sub-band which is adjacent to the first sub-band and not occupied by the data channels.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the resources pool available for transmission of the first resources scheduling information comprises frequency domain resources of a preset size at a start of each of the sub-bands, wherein the first control channel resources are adjacent to the data channel resources in a frequency domain.

7. A terminal device which is a first terminal device, wherein the first terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver, and a memory, and the memory is configured to store an instruction, and the processor is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to:

determine first control channel resources from pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of first resources scheduling information, and determine second control channel resources from the pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of second resources scheduling information, wherein the first control channel resources have a time domain length longer that of the second control channel resources; and

control the transceiver to transmit the first resources scheduling information on the first control channel resources, and transmit the second resources scheduling information on the second control channel resources;

wherein the first resources scheduling information is used by a second terminal device to determine data channel resources available for the first terminal device to transmit data channels, and the second resources scheduling information is used by a third terminal device to determine the data channel resources;

the second terminal device is capable of detecting resources scheduling information based on the time domain length of the first control channel resources, and the third terminal device is capable of detecting resources scheduling information based on the time domain length of the first control channel resources and/or the time domain length of the second control channel resources.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to control the transceiver to:

receive indication information transmitted by a network device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate a position of a start resources block in the resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information is configured by network device or agreed in protocol, and the resources pool available for transmission of the first resources scheduling information is configured by network device or agreed in protocol.

10. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the second control channel resources are aligned with a time domain start position of the data channel resources, and/or the second control channel resources are aligned with a time domain end position of the data channel resources.

11. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the second terminal device supports a communication protocol of Release-14 and does not support a communication protocol of Release-15, while the first terminal device and the third terminal device support a communication protocol of Release-15.

12. A terminal device which is a third terminal device, wherein the third terminal device comprises a processor, a transceiver, and a memory, and the memory is configured to store an instruction, and the processor is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to:

detect second resources scheduling information transmitted by a first terminal device from pre-configured resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information, wherein the second resources scheduling information occupies second control channel resources, and where the second control channel resources have a time domain length shorter than that of first control channel resources, and the first control channel resources are used by the first terminal device to transmit first resources scheduling information; and

determine, according to the second resources scheduling information, data channel resources available for the first terminal device to transmit data channels;

wherein the first resources scheduling information is used by a second terminal device to determine the data channel resources;

the second terminal device is capable of detecting resources scheduling information based on the time domain length of the first control channel resources, and the third terminal device is capable of detecting resources scheduling information based on the time domain length of the first control channel resources and/or the time domain length of the second control channel resources.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein:

the second control channel resources are located between the first control channel resources and the data channel resources in a frequency domain;

or

the data channels are located between the first control channel resources and the second control channel resources in a frequency domain;

or

the first control channel resources are located between the second control channel resources and the data channel resources in a frequency domain.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the data channel resources are adjacent or non-adjacent to the first control channel resources in a frequency domain, the data channel resources are adjacent or non-adjacent to the second control channel resources in a frequency domain, and the first control channel resources are adjacent or non-adjacent to the second control channel resources in a frequency domain.

15. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory to control the transceiver to:

receive indication information transmitted by a network device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate a position of a start resources block in the resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information.

16. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information comprises frequency domain resources of a preset size at an end of each of a plurality of sub-bands.

17. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein:

if frequency domain resources of the preset size at an end of a first sub-band in which the data channel resources are located are not occupied by the data channels, the second control channel resources occupy the frequency domain resources of the preset size at the end of the first sub-band;

if the frequency domain resources of the preset size at the end of the first sub-band are at least partially occupied by the data channels, the second control channel resources occupy frequency domain resources of the preset size at an end of a second sub-band, wherein the second sub-band is a next sub-band which is adjacent to the first sub-band and not occupied by the data channels.

18. The terminal device according to claim 16, wherein the resources pool available for transmission of the first resources scheduling information comprises frequency domain resources of a preset size at a start of each of the sub-bands, wherein the first control channel resources are adjacent to the data channel resources in a frequency domain.

19. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the resources pool available for transmission of the second resources scheduling information is configured by network device or agreed in protocol, and the resources pool available for transmission of the first resources scheduling information is configured by network device or agreed in protocol.

20. The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the second control channel resources are aligned with a time domain start position of the data channel resources, and/or the second control channel resources are aligned with a time domain end position of the data channel resources.