Methods and Arrangements for Device Discovery

• US 20170325240A1
• Filed: 07/26/2017
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Sorrentino, Stefano
• Granted Patent: US 10,149,301 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0045 Arrangements at the receiver end
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/037 of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/54 based on quality criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for transmission of discovery signal signals and detection of discovery signal signals for device-to-device communication. According to some aspects, the disclosure relates to a method executed in a wireless terminal for transmitting a control signal for enabling device-to-device, D2D, discovery, wherein the control signal carries an identity. According to one aspect, the method comprises hashing the control signal, taking a time stamp used for the control signal transmission as one input parameter, encoding the hashed control signal, and transmitting the encoded signal.

Claims

1. A method executed in a wireless terminal configured for device-to-device (D2D) discovery, the method comprising:

applying a hashing function to a control signal, wherein the control signal carries an identity and a time stamp corresponding to the control signal transmission;

encoding the control signal and the hashed control signal; and

transmitting the encoded control signal and encoded hashed control signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the encoded control signal and encoded hashed control signal are transmitted to enable D2D discovery.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity comprises an identity of the wireless terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity comprises one portion that is shared by several wireless terminals.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the control signal comprises a signal payload and wherein the method further comprises inserting the time stamp used for control signal transmission in the payload of the control signal, before applying the hashing function to the control signal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises scrambling the encoded hashed control signal.

7. A wireless terminal configured for device-to-device (D2D) discovery, the wireless terminal comprising:

processing circuitry configured to apply a hashing function to a control signal, wherein the control signal carries an identity and a time stamp corresponding to the control signal transmission;

baseband circuitry configured to encode the control signal and the hashed control signal; and

transmit circuitry configured to transmit the encoded control signal and encoded hashed control signal.

8. The wireless terminal of claim 7, wherein the encoded control signal and encoded hashed control signal are transmitted to enable D2D discovery.

9. The wireless terminal of claim 7, wherein the identity comprises an identity of the wireless terminal.

10. The wireless terminal of claim 7, wherein the identity comprises a ProSe user identity or an application layer user identity, or both.

11. The wireless terminal of claim 7, wherein the control signal comprises signal payload and wherein the processing circuitry is further adapted to insert the time stamp used for control signal transmission in the payload of the control signal, before hashing the control signal.

12. The wireless terminal of claim 7, wherein the wireless terminal is a user equipment.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program comprising computer readable code that, when run on a wireless terminal, causes the wireless terminal to:

apply a hashing function to a control signal, wherein the control signal carries an identity and a time stamp corresponding to the control signal transmission;

encode the control signal and the hashed control signal; and

transmit the encoded control signal and encoded hashed control signal.