Method for sending discovery signal and user equipment

• US 9,918,215 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Qizhi, Li, Qiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Washburn, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hassan, Sarah
• Application Number:
  US15/143,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20160249201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 375319
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7136 Arrangements for generation of hop frequencies, e.g. using a bank of frequency sources, using continuous tuning or using a transform
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/6908 using time hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for sending a discovery signal and user equipment. The method comprises determining a frequency-time position with a frequency-time hopping invariant according to the frequency-time hopping invariant, determining an initial frequency-time position of a discovery signal in an initial discovery frame according to the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and an idle frequency-time position in the initial discovery frame, and sending the discovery signal at the initial frequency-time position. The method comprises determining a second frequency-time position of the discovery signal in a next discovery frame following the current discovery frame, and sending the discovery signal at the second frequency-time position.

Claims

1. A method for sending a discovery signal, wherein the method is performed by a first user equipment, the method comprising:

determining a frequency-time position with a frequency-time hopping invariant according to the frequency-time hopping invariant, wherein the frequency-time hopping invariant is used to indicate preset information;

determining an initial frequency-time position of a discovery signal in an initial discovery frame according to the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and an idle frequency-time position in the initial discovery frame;

sending the discovery signal at the initial frequency-time position;

determining, according to a first frequency-time position of the discovery signal in a current discovery frame, a second frequency-time position of the discovery signal in a next discovery frame following the current discovery frame, wherein the current discovery frame is the initial discovery frame or any discovery frame that is after the initial discovery frame and that is used to send the discovery signal, the first frequency-time position and the second frequency-time position are the frequency-time positions with the frequency-time hopping invariant, the first frequency-time position comprises a first frequency domain position and a first time domain position, the second frequency-time position comprises a second frequency domain position and a second time domain position, and the first frequency domain position is different from the second frequency domain position; and

sending the discovery signal at the second frequency-time position.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset information comprises any one or more of the following:

user equipment group information, information related to an identifier of the first user equipment, and a service type.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining, according to the first frequency-time position of the discovery signal in the current discovery frame, the second frequency-time position of the discovery signal in the next discovery frame following the current discovery frame comprises:

determining the second frequency-time position by using a frequency-time hopping function, wherein inputs of the frequency-time hopping function are the first frequency domain position and the first time domain position, and outputs of the frequency-time hopping function are the second frequency domain position and the second time domain position.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

if the first frequency-time position is different from a frequency-time position of a discovery signal of second user equipment in the current discovery frame, the second frequency-time position is different from a frequency-time position of the discovery signal of the second user equipment in the next discovery frame following the current discovery frame, wherein the second user equipment and the first user equipment use the same frequency-time hopping function;

or

if the first time domain position is the same as a time domain position of a discovery signal of second user equipment in the current discovery frame and the first frequency domain position is different from a frequency domain position of the discovery signal of the second user equipment in the current discovery frame, the second time domain position is different from a time domain position of the discovery signal of the second user equipment in the next discovery frame following the current discovery frame.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

the frequency-time hopping function is different from a frequency-time hopping function used by a third user equipment.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

a time domain of a discovery frame used by the first user equipment to send the discovery signal does not overlap a time domain of a discovery frame used by a fourth user equipment to send the discovery signal.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein the frequency-time hopping function is determined by using the following formula:

(i_t+1,j_t+1)=(u*i_t)mod m,{v*[(u*i_t)mod m]+j_t−

v*i_t} mod n),

wherein i_t is the first frequency domain position, i_t+1 is the second frequency domain position, j_t is the first time domain position, and j_t+1 is the second time domain position;

m, n, u, and v are all positive integers, m exactly divides n, u is relatively prime to m, (u−

1) is relatively prime to m, and v is relatively prime to m.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant is determined by using the following formula:

C=(j−

v*i)mod n,

wherein C indicates the frequency-time hopping invariant, and i and j are respectively a frequency domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and a time domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant.

9. The method according to claim 3, wherein the frequency-time hopping function is determined by using the following formula:

(i_t+1,j_t+1)=((i_t+u)mod m,(j_t+v*i)mod n),

wherein i_t is the first frequency domain position, i_t+1 is the second frequency domain position, j_t is the first time domain position, and j_t+1 is the second time domain position;

m, n, u, and v are all positive integers, u is relatively prime to m, v is relatively prime to n, and m exactly divides n.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant is determined by using the following formula:

C=(i²−

u*i−

2v<sup>−

1</sup>*u*j)mod m,

wherein C indicates the frequency-time hopping invariant, and i and j are respectively a frequency domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and a time domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein before determining the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant, the method further comprises:

receiving any one or more of frequency-time hopping parameters sent by a base station, wherein the frequency-time hopping parameters comprise;

m, n, u, and v.

12. A user equipment, wherein the user equipment comprises:

a processor, configured to;

determine a frequency-time position with a frequency-time hopping invariant according to the frequency-time hopping invariant, wherein the frequency-time hopping invariant is used to indicate preset information; and

determine an initial frequency-time position of a discovery signal in an initial discovery frame according to the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and an idle frequency-time position in the initial discovery frame; and

a transmitter, configured to send the discovery signal at the initial frequency-time position;

wherein

the processor is further configured to determine, according to a first frequency-time position of the discovery signal in a current discovery frame, a second frequency-time position of the discovery signal in a next discovery frame following the current discovery frame, wherein the first frequency-time position comprises a first frequency domain position and a first time domain position, and the second frequency-time position comprises a second frequency domain position and a second time domain position; and

the transmitter is further configured to send the discovery signal at the second frequency-time position.

13. The user equipment according to claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to determine the second frequency-time position by using a frequency-time hopping function, wherein inputs of the frequency-time hopping function are the first frequency domain position and the first time domain position, and outputs of the frequency-time hopping function are the second frequency domain position and the second time domain position.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein:

the transmitter is configured to;

send the discovery signal by using the first frequency-time position different from a frequency-time position, in the current discovery frame, used by second user equipment to send a discovery signal, and send the discovery signal by using the second frequency-time position different from a frequency-time position, in the next discovery frame following the current discovery frame, used by the second user equipment to send the discovery signal, wherein the second user equipment and the user equipment use the same frequency-time hopping function;

or

send the discovery signal by using the first frequency-time position that is the same as a time domain position, in the current discovery frame, used by the second user equipment to send the discovery signal and that is different from a frequency domain position, in the current discovery frame, used by the second user equipment to send the discovery signal, and send the discovery signal by using the second frequency-time position different from a time domain position, in the next discovery frame following the current discovery frame, used by the second user equipment to send the discovery signal.

15. The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein:

the processor is configured to determine a frequency-time hopping function different from a frequency-time hopping function used by third user equipment.

16. The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein:

the transmitter is configured to send the discovery signal by using a discovery frame that does not overlap a time domain of discovery frame used by another user equipment to send the discovery signal.

17. The user equipment according to claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to determine the frequency-time hopping function by using the following formula:

(i_t+1,j_t+1)=(u*i_t)mod m,{v*[(u*i_t)mod m]+j_t−

v*i_t} mod n),

wherein i_t is the first frequency domain position, i_t+1 is the second frequency domain position, j_t is the first time domain position, and j_t+1 is the second time domain position;

m, n, u, and v are all positive integers, m exactly divides n, u is relatively prime to m, (u−

1) is relatively prime to m, and v is relatively prime to m.

18. The user equipment according to claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to determine the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant by using the following formula:

C=(j−

v*i)mod n,

wherein C indicates the frequency-time hopping invariant, and i and j are respectively a frequency domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and a time domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant.

19. The user equipment according to claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to determine the frequency-time hopping function by using the following formula:

(i_t+1,j_t+1)=((i_t+u)mod m,(j_t+v*i)mod n),

wherein i_t is the first frequency domain position, i_t+1 is the second frequency domain position, j_t is the first time domain position, and j_t+1 is the second time domain position;

m, n, u, and v are all positive integers, u is relatively prime to m, v is relatively prime to n, and m exactly divides n.

20. The user equipment according to claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to determine the frequency-time position with the frequency-time hopping invariant by using the following formula:

C=(i²−

u*i−

2v<sup>−

1</sup>*u*j)mod m,

wherein C indicates the frequency-time hopping invariant, and i and j are respectively a frequency domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant and a time domain position with the frequency-time hopping invariant.

21. The user equipment according to claim 17, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

a receiver, configured to receive any one or more of frequency-time hopping parameters sent by a base station, wherein the frequency-time hopping parameters comprise;

m, n, u, and v.