METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR V2X COMMUNICATION

• US 20170086028A1
• Filed: 09/20/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Won-jun, Ryu, Hyun-Seok
• Granted Patent: US 10,313,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

Disclosed are a method, communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The method, communication scheme and a system can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. A method for allocating resources for D2D communication by a User Equipment (UE) includes: identifying a movement direction of the UE; selecting a resource pool mapped to the identified movement direction among resource pools allocated according to the movement direction; and performing D2D communication using the selected resource pool.

Claims

1. A method of allocating resources for D2D communication by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

identifying a movement direction of the UE;

selecting a resource pool mapped to the identified movement direction among resource pools allocated according to the movement direction; and

performing D2D communication using the selected resource pool.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the resource pool comprises selecting a resource pool to which additional information of the UE is mapped among resource pools divided according to a combination including at least one of predetermined movement speed or device type as the resource pool mapped according to the movement direction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the movement direction of the UE comprises mapping the identified movement direction of the UE among flag values mapped according to a predetermined movement direction or receiving a flag value to which the identified movement direction of the UE is mapped from an evolved Node B (eNB).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the movement direction of the UE comprises receiving movement direction indicating information of the UE from a communication network server, and the movement direction indicating information is determined using at least one of a location measurement coordinate, received signal intensities of adjacent evolved Node Bs (eNBs) that the UE receives, and a handover history of the UE.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting movement direction indicating information of the UE and receiving movement direction indicating information of other UEs in the D2D communication;

re-selecting a resource pool to which a number of other UEs larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value that have movement direction indicating information equal to movement direction indicating information of the UE among resource pools allocated in a current period based on information on a resource pool received from an eNB; and

performing the D2D communication in a next period by using the re-selected resource pool.

6. A method of allocating resources for D2D communication by an evolved Node B (eNB), the method comprising:

acquiring a movement direction according to a User Equipment (UE);

allocating UEs having an equal movement direction to an equal resource pool by using the acquired movement direction according to the UE; and

transmitting information related to the resource pool to the UEs.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein acquiring the movement direction according to the UE comprises transmitting a predetermined movement direction indicator to another UE entering a service coverage or receiving the predetermined movement direction indictor from a corresponding UE.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein acquiring the movement direction according to the UE comprises measuring a location measurement coordinate of each of a number of UEs and determining a movement direction of a corresponding UE by using at least one of received signal intensities of adjacent eNBs that the corresponding UE receives and a handover history of the corresponding UE.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein allocating the UEs having the equal movement direction to the equal resource pool comprises:

allocating the resource pool according to a predetermined movement direction; and

allocating a resource pool mapped to a movement direction equal to the identified movement direction according to the UE as the resource pool of a corresponding UE.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising, when a scheduling request is received from at least one UE to perform direct communication:

allocating a resource pool to which UEs having a movement direction equal to the movement direction of the at least one UE to the at least one UE; and

transmitting information on the resource pool allocated to the at least one UE.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein allocating the UEs having the equal movement direction to the equal resource pool comprises:

sub-dividing and allocating the resource pool according to a predetermined movement direction based on a combination including at least one piece of additional information such as predetermined movement speed and device type; and

identifying additional information of the UEs and selecting a resource pool to which the combination of the additional information of the corresponding UE is mapped among the sub-divided resource pools.

12. A User Equipment (UE) for allocating resources for D2D communication, the UE comprising:

a controller configured to;

identify a movement direction of the UE; and

select a resource pool mapped according to the identified movement direction among resource pools allocated according to the movement direction; and

a transceiver configured to perform D2D communication using the selected resource pool according to an instruction of the controller.

13. The UE of claim 12, wherein the controller selects a resource pool to which additional information of the UE is mapped among resource pools divided according to a combination including at least one piece of additional information, such as a predetermined movement speed and a device type, as the resource pool mapped according to the movement direction.

14. The UE of claim 12, wherein the controller maps the identified movement direction of the UE among flag values mapped according to a predetermined movement direction or identifies a flag value, to which the identified movement direction of the UE is mapped, received from an evolved Node B (eNB) through the transceiver.

15. The UE of claim 12, wherein the transceiver receives movement direction indicating information of the UE from a communication network server, and the movement direction indicating information is determined using at least one of a location measurement coordinate, received signal intensities of adjacent evolved Node Bs (eNBs) that the UE receives, and a handover history of the UE.

16. The UE of claim 12, wherein

the transceiver transmits movement direction indicating information of the UE in the D2D communication, and,

when movement direction indicating information of other UEs is received, the controller:

re-selects a resource pool to which a number of other UEs larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value that have movement direction indicating information equal to movement direction indicating information of the UE are allocated among resource pools allocated in a current period based on information on a resource pool received from an eNB, and

controls the transceiver to perform the D2D communication in a next period by using the re-selected resource pool.

17. An evolved node B (eNB) for allocating resources for D2D communication, the eNB comprising:

a controller configured to acquire a movement direction according to a User Equipment (UE) and to allocate UEs having an equal movement direction to an equal resource pool by using the acquired movement direction according to the UE; and

a transceiver configured to transmit information related to the resource pool to the UEs according to an instruction of the controller.

18. The eNB of claim 17, wherein the transceiver transmits a predetermined movement direction indicator to a UE entering a service coverage or receives the predetermined movement direction indicator from the corresponding UE.

19. The eNB of claim 17, wherein the controller measures a location measurement coordinate of each of the UEs and determines a movement direction of the corresponding UE by using at least one of received signal intensities of adjacent eNBs which the UE receives and a handover history of the UE.

20. The eNB of claim 17, wherein the controller allocates a resource pool according to a predetermined movement direction and allocates a resource pool mapped to a movement direction equal to the identified movement direction according to the UE as the resource pool of the corresponding UE.

21. The eNB of claim 17, wherein, when a scheduling request is received from at least one UE to perform direct communication, the controller allocates a resource pool to which UEs having a movement direction equal to the movement direction of the at least one UE to the at least one UE and controls the transceiver to transmit information on the resource pool allocated to the at least one UE.

22. The eNB of claim 17, wherein the controller sub-divides and allocates the resource pool according to a predetermined movement direction based on a combination including at least one piece of additional information such as predetermined movement speed and device type, identifies additional information of the UEs, and selects a resource pool to which the combination of the additional information of the corresponding UE is mapped among the sub-divided resource pools.