Method and related communication device for handling communication between time division duplex devices

• US 9,467,277 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chu, Feng-Seng
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAYA, TEJIS A
• Application Number:
  US14/279,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20140341092A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A method of handling communication between time division duplex (TDD) devices for a network in a wireless communication system includes selecting at least two subframes to be used for a device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in the wireless communication system; indicating to the first UE to use a first subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication and use a second subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication; and indicating to the second UE to use the first subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication and use the second subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication.

Claims

1. A method of handling data transmission and reception for a device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE for a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring the first UE a first parameter as one transmission parameter of the first UE, and configuring the first UE a second parameter as one reception parameter of the first UE; and

configuring the second UE the second parameter as one transmission parameter of the second UE, and configuring the second UE the first parameter as one reception parameter of the second UE;

wherein the first UE encodes signals according to the first parameter and decodes signals received from the second UE according to the second parameter, and the second UE encodes signals according to the second parameter and decodes signals received from the first UE according to the first parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network configures the first UE and the second UE for the D2D communication via radio resource control (RRC) configuration or dynamic configuration.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter and the second parameter are dedicated for the D2D communication.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter and the second parameter are used for both the D2D communication and non-D2D communication.

5. A communication device for handling data transmission and reception for a device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:

a processing means; and

a storage unit, coupled to the processing means, for storing a program code, wherein the program code instructs the processing means to execute the following steps;

configuring the first UE a first parameter as one transmission parameter of the first UE, and configuring the first UE a second parameter as one reception parameter of the first UE; and

configuring the second UE the second parameter as one transmission parameter of the second UE, and configuring the second UE the first parameter as one reception parameter of the second UE;

wherein the first UE encodes signals according to the first parameter and decodes signals received from the second UE according to the second parameter, and the second UE encodes signals according to the second parameter and decodes signals received from the first UE according to the first parameter.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the communication device configures the first UE and the second UE for the D2D communication via radio resource control (RRC) configuration or dynamic configuration.

7. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the first parameter and the second parameter are dedicated for the D2D communication.

8. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the first parameter and the second parameter are used for both the D2D communication and non-D2D communication.