D2D communication method according to D2D service type as well as D2D application type, and apparatus for same

• US 9,433,025 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2013
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Eunjong, Kang, Seunghyun, Chung, Jaehoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, ANDREW CHUNG CHEUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/377,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014831A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,295 Days
• Field of Search: 370/248, 370/254, 370/329, 370/328, 370/331, 370/412
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1061 using node-based peer discovery mechanisms static access to replicated servers H04L67/1006; service discovery H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• 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 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A device-to-device (D2D) terminal for communicating in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication includes: a receiver configured to receive information for setting the D2D searching interval corresponding to a D2D service type or D2D application type from a base station; and a processor configured to search an neighbor D2D terminal in a D2D searching interval corresponding to a D2D service type or a first D2D application type to be executed on the basis of the information for setting the D2D searching interval, to select any one D2D terminal from among the one or more searched neighbor D2D terminals in order to set a connection corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type, and to control the D2D communication corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type with the selected D2D terminal according to the connection.

Claims

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

receiving a D2D discovery interval configuration information corresponding to a D2D service type or a D2D application type each from a base station;

finding neighbor D2D UEs which are sharing a first ID with the first D2D UE in a D2D discovery interval corresponding to a first D2D service type or a first D2D application type to enable based on the D2D discovery interval configuration information using the first ID, wherein the first ID is corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type;

establishing a first connection with a second D2D UE using the first ID by selecting the second D2D UE from the found at least one or more neighbor D2D UEs;

performing a D2D communication corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type with the second D2D UE in accordance with the first connection;

checking whether the second D2D UE is sharing a second ID with the first D2D UE; and

establishing a second connection corresponding to a second D2D service type or a second D2D application type with the second D2D UE using the second ID without finding another D2D UE while maintaining the first connection, if the second D2D UE is sharing the second ID with the first D2D UE,

wherein the second ID is corresponding to the second D2D service type or the second D2D application type.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a period or length of the D2D discovery interval is different per the D2D service type or the D2D application type.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the D2D discovery interval includes a discovery region corresponding to a plurality of D2D service types or a plurality of D2D application type and wherein a D2D discovery region corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type in the D2D discovery interval is searched.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the D2D discovery interval corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type is located across at least two D2D discovery intervals.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a D2D discovery signal in the D2D discovery interval corresponding to the D2D service type or the D2D application type supported by the D2D user equipment.

6. A first device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) of performing a communication in a wireless communication system supportive of a D2D (device-to-device) communication, the first D2D UE comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a D2D discovery interval configuration information corresponding to a D2D service type or a D2D application type each from a base station;

a processor configured to find neighbor D2D UEs which are sharing a first ID in a D2D discovery interval corresponding to a first D2D service type or a first D2D application type to enable based on the D2D discovery interval configuration information using the first ID, wherein the first ID is corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type, the processor configured to establish a first connection with a second D2 UE using the first ID by selecting the second D2D UE from the found at least one or more neighbor D2D UEs, the processor configured to perform a D2D communication corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type to be performed with the second D2D UE in accordance with the first connection, the processor configured to check whether the second D2D UE is sharing a second ID with the first D2D UE, the processor configured to establish a second connection corresponding to a second D2D service type or a second D2D application type with the second D2D UE using second ID without finding another D2D UE while maintaining the first connection,

wherein the second ID is corresponding to the second D2D service type or the second D2D application type.