Method and apparatus for determining a modulation scheme in direct link-based communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10680740-B2
Application number	US-201815765247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2018
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

Method and apparatus for determining a modulation scheme in direct link-based communication. A method implemented in a transmitting (TX) terminal device is provided. According to the method, a link quality of a direct link for transmission of information from the TX terminal device to one or more receiving (RX) terminal devices is determined based on one or more of the following: a context of the TX terminal device, or one or more reference signal received qualities (RSRQs) from the one or more RX terminal devices. A modulation scheme for modulating the information is determined based on the link quality. The information is modulated with the determined modulation scheme and the modulated information is transmitted to the one or more RX terminal devices via the direct link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented in a transmitting (TX) terminal device of a vehicle, comprising:
determining a link quality of a direct communication link utilized as a sidelink between the TX terminal device and one or more receiving (RX) terminal devices for transmission of information from the TX terminal device to the one or more RX terminal devices by vehicle-to-device communication, wherein the link quality is determined based on a context of the TX terminal device, wherein the context of the TX terminal device is based partly on an indication received from a network device serving the TX terminal device, the indication indicating a propagation environment for transmission of the information from the TX terminal device, including whether there is an object blocking propagation of the information from the TX terminal device to one of the one or more RX terminal device;
determining, based on the link quality, a modulation scheme for modulating the information;
modulating the information with the determined modulation scheme; and
broadcasting the modulated information to the one or more RX terminal devices via the direct communication link by the vehicle-to-device communication.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the modulation scheme comprises:
in response to the link quality exceeding a threshold quality, determining a modulation scheme having an order higher than an order of 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme for modulating the information; or
in response to the link quality exceeding a threshold quality, determining a modulation scheme having an order equal to or higher than an order of a 64QAM scheme for modulating the information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the modulating the information with the determined modulation scheme further comprises:
in response to determining a modulation scheme having an order higher than an order of a 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme, or in response to determining a modulation scheme having an order equal to or higher than an order of a 64QAM scheme, transmitting an indication of use of the modulation scheme to a network device serving the TX terminal device; and
in response to receiving a confirmation from the network device, modulating the information with the determined modulation scheme.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the modulation scheme further comprises:
determining the modulation scheme further based on a resource pool for the transmission of the information; or
determining the modulation scheme further based on one or more of a reliability requirement and a latency requirement for a service on the TX terminal device from which the information is originated.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining the modulation scheme further based on the resource pool comprises:
determining a modulation scheme having an order equal to or lower than an order of a 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme, or determining a modulation scheme having an order lower than an order of a 64QAM scheme, for modulating the information based on determining that the resource pool is one of:
a resource pool without sensing,
a resource pool on a high frequency band, or
a resource pool reserved for a legacy transmission.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the TX terminal device is further based on one or more of:
a position of the TX terminal device;
a speed of the TX terminal device;
an acceleration of the TX terminal device; and
a communication range required for the broadcast of the information by the TX terminal device.

7. An apparatus at a transmitting (TX) terminal device of a vehicle, comprising:
a processing unit; and
a memory coupled to the processing unit and storing instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to:
determine a link quality of a direct communication link utilized as a sidelink between the TX terminal device and one or more receiving (RX) terminal devices for transmission of information from the TX terminal device to the one or more RX terminal devices by vehicle-to-device communication, wherein the link quality is determined based on a context of the TX terminal device, wherein the context of the TX terminal device is based partly on an indication received from a network device serving the TX terminal device, the indication indicating a propagation environment for transmission of the information from the TX terminal device, including whether there is an object blocking propagation of the information from the TX terminal device to one of the one or more RX terminal device;
determine, based on the link quality, a modulation scheme for modulating the information;
modulate the information with the determined modulation scheme; and
broadcast the modulated information to the one or more RX terminal devices via the direct communication link by vehicle-to-device communication.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to:
in response to the link quality exceeding a threshold quality, determine a modulation scheme having an order higher than an order of 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme for modulating the information; or
in response to the link quality exceeding a threshold quality, determine a modulation scheme having an order equal to or higher than an order of a 64QAM scheme for modulating the information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to:
in response to determining a modulation scheme having an order higher than an order of a 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme, or in response to determining a modulation scheme having an order equal to or higher than an order of a 64QAM scheme, transmit an indication of use of the modulation scheme to a network device serving the TX terminal device; and
in response to receiving a confirmation from the network device, modulate the information with the determined modulation scheme.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing unit, further cause the apparatus to:
determine the modulation scheme further based on a resource pool for the transmission of the information; or
determine the modulation scheme further based on one or more of a reliability requirement and a latency requirement for a service on the TX terminal device from which the information is originated.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to:
determine a modulation scheme having an order equal to or lower than an order of a 16 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme, or determine a modulation scheme having an order lower than an order of a 64QAM scheme, for modulating the information based on determining that the resource pool is one of:
a resource pool without sensing,
a resource pool on a high frequency band, or
a resource pool reserved for a legacy transmission.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the context of the TX terminal device is further based on one or more of:
a position of the TX terminal device;
a speed of the TX terminal device;
an acceleration of the TX terminal device; and
a communication range required for the broadcast of the information by the TX terminal device.

Assignees

• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

• Zhang Zhang
• Fallgren Mikael

Classifications

• H04L1/0033

  arrangements specific to the transmitter · CPC title

• H04L1/0005 Primary

  applied to payload information · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04L1/0034

  where the transmitter decides based on inferences, e.g. use of implicit signalling · CPC title