Communication method and apparatus for terminal in wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation

• US 9,907,033 B2
• Filed: 09/11/2015
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Chiwoo, Ryu, Hyunseok, Park, Seunghoon, Xue, Peng
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US15/512,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20170303214A1
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 455522, 455 69, 455 68, 455500, 455517, 455445, 4554221, 455403, 455509, 455450, 4555501, 4554261, 4554262, 455434, 370310, 370312, 370328, 370329, 370338, 370337
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/38 TPC being performed in particular situations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/383 power control in peer-to-peer links
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/23 Manipulation of direct-mode connections

Abstract

The present invention relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system which is to be provided to support high data throughput beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. The communication method for a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation according to the present invention comprises the steps of: confirming data transmission between different carriers is carried out on the basis of cellular and device-to-device (D2D) communication; reducing the transmission power for a D2D communication-based data transmission to a configured value; and, if no cellular communication-based data transmission occurs during a set time, then restoring the reduced transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

Claims

1. A communication method of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising:

checking a data transmission based on a cellular communication and a data transmission based on a device-to-device (D2D) communication on different carriers;

reducing transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission to a predetermined level; and

recovering, if the cellular communication-based data transmission is absent during a predetermined period, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein recovering the reduction in transmission power comprises recovering, if a scheduling request for cellular communication-based data transmission is not transmitted, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein recovering the reduction in transmission power comprises recovering, if the terminal is scheduled with resources allocated for the cellular communication-based data transmission at a time outside a data transmission period for the D2D communication, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein recovering the reduction in transmission power comprises recovering, if a signal indicating resource allocation for cellular communication-based data transmission at a time outside a data transmission period for the D2D communication is received from a base station, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, if the D2D communication-based data transmission does not follow uplink time adjustment (TA) of the cellular communication, whether a difference between the data transmissions for the cellular and D2D communications is equal to or greater than a predetermined time; and

holding, if the difference between the data transmissions is equal to or greater than the predetermined time, the D2D communication-based data transmission.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, if the D2D communication-based data transmission does not follow uplink time adjustment (TA) for the cellular communication, whether the terminal supports use of multiple TAs; and

holding, if the terminal does not support use of multiple TAs, the D2D communication-based data transmission.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein reducing the transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission to the predetermined level comprises determining the transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission in consideration of a transmission power allocated for cellular communication-based data transmission in a total transmission power.

8. A terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver for transmitting and receiving signals; and

at least one processor which checks a data transmission based on a cellular communication and a data transmission based on a device-to-device (D2D) communication on different carriers, reduces transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission to a predetermined level, and recovers, if the cellular communication-based data transmission is absent during a predetermined period, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor recovers, if a scheduling request for cellular communication-based data transmission is not transmitted, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

10. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor recovers, if the terminal is scheduled with resources allocated for the cellular communication-based data transmission at a time outside a data transmission period for the D2D communication, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

11. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor recovers, if a signal indicating resource allocation for cellular communication-based data transmission at a time outside a data transmission period for the D2D communication is received from a base station, the reduction in transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission.

12. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor determines, if the D2D communication-based data transmission does not follow uplink time adjustment (TA) of the cellular communication, whether a difference between the data transmissions for the cellular and D2D communications is equal to or greater than a predetermined time and holds, if the difference between the data transmissions is equal to or greater than the predetermined time, the D2D communication-based data transmission.

13. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor determines, if the D2D communication-based data transmission does not follow uplink time adjustment (TA) for the cellular communication, whether the terminal supports use of multiple TAs and holds, if the terminal does not support use of multiple TAs, the D2D communication-based data transmission.

14. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor determines the transmission power for the D2D communication-based data transmission in consideration of a transmission power allocated for cellular communication-based data transmission in a total transmission power.