Channel information transmitting method and device

• US 9,345,016 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Hakseong, Lee, Seungmin, Seo, Hanbyul
• Primary Examiner(s): Elallam, Ahmed
• Application Number:
  US14/386,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20150043475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/03 Reselecting a link using a direct mode connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/033 in pre-organised networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A channel information transmitting method and device are disclosed. The method may comprise: a step in which a base station transmits first channel state information (CSI)-request triggering information to first user equipment (UE); a step in which the base station receives the channel state information of a first D2D link channel from the first UE in response to the first channel from the first UE in response to the first CSI-request triggering information; and a step in which the base station allocates the resource of the first D2D link channel to second UE on the basis of the channel state information. Accordingly, the present invention enables data to be transmitted directly between the user equipment without passing through the base station, thereby increasing the speed of data transmission between the user equipment and distributing the load thereof.

Claims

1. A method for a base station to control device to device (D2D) communication, comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, first channel state information (CSI) request triggering information to a first user equipment (UE);

receiving, by the base station, channel state information of a first D2D link channel from the first UE in response to the first CSI request triggering information; and

allocating, by the base station, resources of the first D2D link channel to a second UE based on the channel state information,

wherein resources of the first D2D link channel are used for the second UE to transmit data to the first UE through the first D2D link channel, and

wherein the first CSI request triggering information includes an identifier of the second UE.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first CSI request triggering information is included in downlink control information (DCI) transmitted on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and

wherein the first CSI request triggering information includes Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identification (C-RNTI) information of the second UE.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first CSI request triggering information is included in downlink control information (DCI) transmitted on the PDCCH;

wherein the first CSI request triggering information includes index information of the second UE indexed based on a D2D transmission UE list; and

wherein the D2D transmission UE list is a list mapping the second UE onto the index of the second UE.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving, by the base station, D2D request information transmitted by the second UE,

wherein the D2D request information includes information indicating the first UE to which the second UE attempts to establish a first D2D link.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, second CSI triggering information to the second UE;

receiving, by the base station, channel state information of a second D2D link channel from the second UE in response to the second CSI triggering information; and

allocating, by the base station, resources of the second D2D link channel to the first UE based on the channel state information,

wherein resources of the second D2D link channel are used for the first UE to transmit data to the second UE through the second D2D link channel, and

wherein the second CSI request triggering information includes an identifier of the first UE.

6. A base station, the base station comprising a processor

the processor is configured to transmit first CSI request triggering information to a first UE,

receive channel state information of a first D2D link channel from the first UE in response to the first CSI request triggering information, and

allocate resources of the first D2D link channel to a second UE based on the channel state information,

wherein resources of the first D2D link channel are used for the second UE to transmit data to the first UE through the first D2D link channel;

and

wherein the first CSI request triggering information includes an identifier of the second UE.

7. The base station of claim 6,

wherein the first CSI request triggering information is included in downlink control information (DCI) transmitted on a PDCCH, and

wherein the first CSI request triggering information includes C-RNTI information of the second UE.

8. The base station of claim 6,

wherein the first CSI request triggering information is included in downlink control information (DCI) transmitted on a PDCCH;

wherein the first CSI request triggering information includes index information of the second UE indexed based on a D2D transmission UE list; and

wherein the D2D transmission UE list is a list mapping the second UE onto the index of the second UE.

9. The base station of claim 6,

wherein the processor is configured to receive D2D request information transmitted by the second UE, and

wherein the D2D request information includes information indicating the first UE to which the second UE attempts to establish a first D2D link.

10. The base station of claim 9,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit second CSI triggering information to the second UE, receive channel state information of a second D2D link channel from the second UE in response to the second CSI request triggering information, and allocate resources of the second D2D link channel to the first UE based on the channel state information,

wherein resources of the second D2D link channel are used for the first UE to transmit data to the second UE through the second D2D link channel, and

wherein the second CSI request triggering information includes an identifier of the first UE.