Method of performing direct communication between terminals, method of supporting same, and apparatus for same

• US 9,319,931 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2012
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Dongguk, Cho, Hangyu, Park, Kyujin
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Loo, Juvena
• Application Number:
  US14/240,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20140219095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A method for performing communication by a device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) performing D2D communication in a wireless communication system supporting the D2D communication, comprises receiving a transmission request signal for D2D communication from at least one other D2D UE; measuring a received signal power or a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received at least one transmission request signal; generating, based on the measurement, D2D link information including at least one of received signal power or SNR information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and the at least one other D2D UE and information about an interference level caused by the at least one other D2D UE; and transmitting the generated D2D link information and a bandwidth request for D2D communication to a base station.

Claims

1. A method for performing communication by a device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) performing D2D communication in a wireless communication system supporting the D2D communication, the method comprising:

receiving transmission request signals from other D2D UEs;

detecting a transmission request signal for the D2D UE from at least one first D2D UE among the other D2D UEs;

when the transmission request signal from the at least one first D2D UE is detected, measuring a received signal power or a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received transmission request signals;

generating, based on the measurement, D2D link information including at least one of received signal power or SNR information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and the at least one first D2D UE and interference information about an interference level caused by the at least one second D2D UE among the other D2D UEs, wherein the interference information includes at least one identifier of the at least one second D2D UE;

transmitting a bandwidth request for D2D communication and information about a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) including the generated D2D link information to a base station through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH); and

transmitting the generated D2D link information to the base station through the PUSCH.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the transmission request signals includes at least one of identifiers of a transmission D2D UE transmitting the transmission request signal and a reception D2D UE receiving the transmission request signal, quality of service (QoS) information, and transmission power level information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the D2D link information is information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and at least one first D2D UE transmitting the transmission request signal for D2D communication.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the D2D link information includes received signal power or SNR information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and another D2D UE having the best channel status.

5. A method for supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication by a base station in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication, the method comprising:

receiving a bandwidth request for D2D communication and information about a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) including D2D link information from a D2D user equipment (UE) through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH);

receiving, according to the received information about the PUSCH, the D2D link information including at least one of received signal power or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and at least one first D2D UE transmitting a transmission request signal for the D2D UE and interference information about an interference level caused by at least one second D2D UE transmitting a transmission request signal for other D2D UEs other than the D2D UE, from the D2D UE receiving the transmission request signal from the at least one first D2D UE, wherein the interference information includes at least one identifier of the at least one second D2D UE; and

configuring one or more D2D links between the D2D UE and the at least one first D2D UE based on at least one of the received signal power or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) information and the interference information,

wherein information about the configured D2D links includes information about a D2D UE pair for performing D2D communication.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the received D2D link information further includes identifiers of at least one D2D UE transmitting the transmission request signal and at least one D2D UE receiving the transmission request signal and quality of service (QoS) information of the at least one D2D UE transmitting the transmission request signal and wherein the configuring includes configuring a D2D link between the D2D UEs by further considering the QoS information.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising allocating a resource to the configured one or more D2D links in consideration of an interference level between the configured one or more D2D links.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the allocating includes allocating the same resource to the configured one or more D2D links having no interference with each other.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the allocating includes allocating different resources to the configured one or more D2D links having no interference with each other.

10. A device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) for performing D2D communication in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication, the D2D UE comprising:

a receiver configured to receive signals;

a transmitter configured to transmit signals; and

a processor configured to control the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor is further configured to;

receive transmission request signals from other D2D UEs,

detect a transmission request signal for the D2D UE from at least one first D2D UE among the other D2D UEs,

when the transmission request signal from the at least one first D2D UE is detected, measure a received signal power or a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received transmission request signals,

generate, based on the measurement, D2D link information including at least one of received signal power or SNR information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and the at least one first D2D UE and interference information about an interference level caused by the at least one second D2D UE;

among the other D2D UEs, wherein the interference information includes at least one identifier of the at least one second D2D UE,

transmit a bandwidth request for D2D communication and information about a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) including the generated D2D link information to a base station through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and

transmit the generated D2D link information to the base station through the PUSCH.

11. A base station for supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication, the base station comprising:

a receiver configured to receive signals; and

a processor configured to control the receiver, wherein the processor is further configured to;

receive a bandwidth request for D2D communication and information about a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) including D2D link information from a D2D user equipment (UE) through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH),

receive, according to the received information about the PUSCH, the D2D link information including at least one of received signal power or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) information about a D2D link between the D2D UE and at least one first D2D UE transmitting a transmission request signal for the D2D UE and interference information about an interference level caused by at least one second D2D UE transmitting a transmission request signal for other D2D UEs other than the D2D UE, from the D2D UE receiving the transmission request signal from the at least one first D2D UE, wherein the interference information includes at least one identifier of the at least one second D2D UE, and

configure one or more D2D links between the D2D UE and the at least one first D2D UE based on at least one of the received signal power or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) information and the interference information, and

wherein information about the configured D2D links includes information about a D2D UE pair for performing D2D communication.

12. The base station according to claim 11, wherein the received D2D link information further includes identifiers of at least one D2D UE transmitting the transmission request signal and at least one D2D UE receiving the transmission request signal and quality of service (QoS) information of the at least one D2D UE transmitting the transmission request signal and wherein the processor configures a D2D link between the D2D UEs by further considering the QoS information.

13. The base station of according to claim 11, wherein the processor allocates a resource to the configured one or more D2D links in consideration of an interference level between the configured one or more D2D links.