Discovery method and apparatus in device-to-device direct communication

• US 9,480,004 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2014
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Jung, Soojung, Cho, Seungkwon, Kim, Hyung Jin, Kim, Seokki, Lee, Hyun, Chang, Sung Cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, ANDREW CHUNG CHEUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/271,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20150009858A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/02 Topology update or discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A discovery method is provided by a device in a D2D direction communication. The device selects a discovery resource unit from among discovery resource units which are not being used after listening during one or more discovery resource periods. The device transmits a first discovery signal through the selected discovery resource unit in a broadcasting manner at a first discovery resource period, and transmits a second discovery signal through the selected discovery resource unit in a query-based manner at a second discovery resource period.

Claims

1. A discovery method by a device in a device-to-device (D2D) direction communication, the method comprising:

listening during one or more discovery resource periods;

selecting a discovery resource unit from among discovery resource units which are not being used after listening; and

transmitting a discovery signal through the selected discovery resource unit in a manner corresponding to one of a plurality of types of the discovery signal,

wherein discovery signals of a first subset of the plurality of types are transmitted in a broadcasting manner, and discovery signals of a second subset of the plurality of types are transmitted in a query-based manner; and

the transmitting the discovery signal includes;

determining whether a type of a first discovery signal to be transmitted for a first discovery resource period belongs to the first subset or the second subset;

transmitting the first discovery signal in broadcasting manner at the first discovery resource period when the type of the first discovery signal belongs to the first subset;

determining whether a type of a second discovery signal to be transmitted for a second discovery resource period belongs to the first subset or the second subset; and

transmitting the second discovery signal in the query-based manner at the second discovery resource period when the type of the second discovery signal belongs to the second subset.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first discovery signal is a discovery signal for a device advertisement, and

the first discovery signal includes identifier information of the device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first discovery signal further includes a service information version, and

the service information version is changed due to variation of a service provided by the device or change of a user of the device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first discovery signal is a discovery signal for a service advertisement, and

the first discovery signal includes service identifier information of the device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first discovery signal further includes a sequence number for identifying a plurality of services and an end indication for indicating an end of the service advertisement when the device provides the plurality of services.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second discovery signal is a discovery signal for a service information request, and

the second discovery signal includes identifier information of a target device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second discovery signal further includes a request range for indicating whether whole service information or a part of service information is requested.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a third discovery signal for a service information request from other device,

wherein the second discovery signal is transmitted in response to the third discovery signal and is a discovery signal for a service information response, and

the second discovery signal includes service identifier information of the device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second discovery signal further includes a sequence number for identifying a plurality of services and an end indication for indicating an end of the service information response when the device provides the plurality of services.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second discovery signal is a discovery signal for a peer search request, and

the second discovery signal includes identifier information of a target service.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein identifier information of a specific device is not included in the identifier information of the target service.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a third discovery signal for a peer search request from other device,

wherein the second discovery signal is transmitted in response to the third discovery signal and is a discovery signal for a service information response when the device provides a service requested by the peer search request, and

the second discovery signal includes service identifier information of the device.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

masking a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the first discovery signal or second discovery signal with specific key information; and

adding the masked CRC to the first discovery signal or the second discovery signal.

14. A discovery method by a device in a device-to-device device (D2D) direct communication, the method comprising:

periodically transmitting a discovery signal through a discovery resource unit in a manner corresponding to one of a plurality of types of the discovery signal; and

receiving discovery signals from other devices through other discovery resource units,

wherein discovery signals of a first subset of the plurality of types are transmitted in a broadcasting manner, and discovery signals of a second subset of the plurality of types are transmitted in a query-based manner;

wherein the transmitting the discovery signal includes

determining whether a type of a first discovery signal to be transmitted for a first discovery resource period belongs to the first subset or the second subset,

transmitting the first discovery signal in broadcasting manner at the first discovery resource period when the type of the first discovery signal belongs to the first subset,

determining whether a type of a second discovery signal to be transmitted for a second discovery resource period belongs to the first subset or the second subset, and

transmitting the second discovery signal in the query-based manner at the second discovery resource period when the type of the second discovery signal belongs to the second subset; and

wherein the discovery signal includes

a type field for indicating any one type of plurality of types having the first subset including a device advertisement type and a service advertisement type, and the second subset including a service information request type, a service information response type, a peer search request type, and peer search response type, and

an identifier field including identifier information according to the type indicated by the type field.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the identifier information is

identifier information of the device in case of the device advertisement type,

service identifier information of the device in case of the service advertisement type,

identifier information of a target device in case of the service information request type,

service identifier information of the device in case of the service information response type,

identifier information of a target service in case of the peer search request type, or

service identifier information of the device in case of the peer search response type.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the discovery signal further includes a service information version field in case of the device advertisement type or the service information request type, and

the service information version field has a value that is changed due to variation of a service provided by the device or change of a user of the device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the discovery signal further includes a request range field in case of the service information request type, and

the request range field indicates whether whole service information or a part of service information is requested.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the discovery signal further includes a sequence number for identifying a plurality of services and an end indication for indicating an end of the service information in case of the service advertisement type or the service information response type.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the discovery signal further includes a group indication field in case of the service advertisement type or the service information response type, and

the group indication field indicates whether service information for a group communication is provided.

20. A discovery apparatus in a device-to-device direction communication, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to select a discovery resource unit from among discovery resource units which are not being used after listening during one or more discovery resource periods; and

a transceiver configured to transmit a discovery signal through the selected discovery resource unit in a manner corresponding to one of a plurality of types of the discovery signal,

wherein discovery signals of a first subset of the plurality of types are transmitted in a broadcasting manner, and discovery signals of a second subset of the plurality of types are transmitted in a query-based manner; and

the transmitting the discovery signal includes;

determining whether a type of a first discovery signal to be transmitted for a first discovery resource period belongs to the first subset or the second subset,

transmitting the first discovery signal in the broadcasting manner at the first discovery resource period when the type of the first discovery signal belongs to the first subset,

determining whether a type of a second discovery signal to be transmitted for a second discovery resource period belongs to the first subset or the second subset, and

transmitting the second discovery signal in the query-based manner at the second discovery resource period when the type of the second discovery signal belongs to the second subset.