Proximity-based wireless communication method and user equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11013044-B2
Application number	US-201816477802-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Jan 13, 2017
Publication date	May 18, 2021
Grant date	May 18, 2021

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) (first UE) receives setting information about a plurality of transmission (Tx) resource pools and a plurality of reception (Rx) resource pools for a cell. On the basis of the setting information, and the identity (ID) of the first UE (first UE ID) or the ID of another UE (second UE) (second UE ID) connected for proximity-based wireless communication with the first UE, the first UE determines a portion (Tx resource group) of the plurality of Tx resource pools and a portion (Rx resource group) of the plurality of Rx resource pools. The first UE performs sidelink transmission to the second UE by using a Tx resource pool which belongs to the Tx resource group. The first UE performs sidelink reception from the second UE by using an Rx resource pool which belongs to the plurality of Rx resource groups.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of performing proximity-based wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) (a first UE) with another UE (a second UE) connected to the first UE for proximity-based wireless communication, the method comprising:
receiving configuration information regarding a plurality of transmission (Tx) resource pools and a plurality of reception (Rx) resource pools for a cell, wherein the plurality of Tx resource pools are partitioned into groups (Tx resource groups) and sequentially numbered as group indexes, and wherein the plurality of Rx resource pools are partitioned into groups (Rx resource groups) and sequentially numbered as group indexes;
determining (i) a first Tx resource group among the Tx resource groups and (ii) a first Rx resource group among the Rx resource groups, based on at least one of a source layer-2 identifier (ID) of the first UE or a destination layer-2 ID of the first UE, wherein the source layer-2 ID of the first UE corresponds to a destination layer-2 ID of the second UE and wherein the destination layer-2 ID of the first UE corresponds to a source layer-2 ID of the second UE; and
performing sidelink transmission to the second UE using a Tx resource pool belonging to the first Tx resource group or performing sidelink reception from the second UE using an Rx resource pool belonging to the first Rx resource group,
wherein determining (i) the first Tx resource group among the Tx resource groups and (ii) the first Rx resource group among the Rx resource groups comprises:
deriving a first modulo value by performing a modulo operation based on the destination layer-2 ID of the first UE;
determining the first Tx resource group by selecting a Tx resource group having a group index that matches with the first modulo value;
deriving a second modulo value by performing a modulo operation based on the source layer-2 ID of the first UE; and
determining the first Rx resource group by selecting an Rx resource group having a group index that matches with the second modulo value.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the configuration information is received through system information of a cell to which the plurality of Tx resource pools and the plurality of Rx resource pools belong.

3. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein, based on the first UE being a remote UE and the second UE being a relay UE, the configuration information is received from the second UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the configuration information to the second UE, based on the first UE being a relay UE and the second UE being a remote UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting data received from the second UE to a base station (BS) connected to the first UE, and transmitting the data of the second UE received from the BS to the second UE using a Tx pool belonging to the first Tx resource group, based on the first UE being a relay UE and the second UE being a remote UE.

6. A user equipment (UE) (a first UE) configured to perform proximity-based wireless communication with another UE (a second UE) connected to the first UE for proximity-based wireless communication, the UE comprising,
a radio frequency (RF) unit,
a processor configured to control the RF unit,
wherein the processor is configured to
control the RF unit to receive configuration information regarding a plurality of transmission (Tx) resource pools and a plurality of reception (Rx) resource pools for a cell, wherein the plurality of Tx resource pools are partitioned into groups (Tx resource groups) and sequentially numbered as group indexes, and wherein the plurality of Rx resource pools are partitioned into groups (Rx resource groups) and sequentially numbered as group indexes;
determine (i) a first Tx resource group among the Tx resource groups and (ii) a first Rx resource group among the Rx resource groups, based on at least one of a source layer-2 identifier (ID) of the first UE or a destination layer-2 ID of the first UE, wherein the source layer-2 ID of the first UE corresponds to a destination layer-2 ID of the second UE and wherein the destination layer-2 ID of the first UE corresponds to a source layer-2 ID of the second UE; and
control the RF unit to perform sidelink transmission to the second UE using a Tx resource pool belonging to the first Tx resource group or control the RF unit to perform sidelink reception from the second UE using an Rx resource pool belonging to the first Rx resource group,
wherein the processor is configured to determine (i) the first Tx resource group among the Tx resource groups and (ii) the first Rx resource group among the Rx resource groups by:
deriving a first modulo value by performing a modulo operation based on the destination layer-2 ID of the first UE;
determining the first Tx resource group by selecting a Tx resource group having a group index that matches with the first modulo value;
deriving a second modulo value by performing a modulo operation based on the source layer-2 ID of the first UE; and
determining the first Rx resource group by selecting an Rx resource group having a group index that matches with the second modulo value.

7. The UE of claim 6 ,
wherein the configuration information is received through system information of a cell to which the plurality of Tx resource pools and the plurality of Rx resource pools belong.

8. The UE of claim 6 ,
wherein, based on the first UE being a remote UE and the second UE being a relay UE, the configuration information is received from the second UE.

9. The UE of claim 6 ,
wherein the processor is configured to control the RF unit to transmit the configuration information to the second UE, based on the first UE being a relay UE and the second UE being a remote UE.

10. The UE of claim 6 ,
wherein the processor is configured to control the RF unit to transmit data received from the second UE to a base station (BS) connected to the first UE and controls the RF unit to transmit the data of the second UE received from the BS to the second UE using a Tx pool belonging to the first Tx resource group, based on the first UE being a relay UE and the second UE being a remote UE.

11. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE derives the first modulo value by equation A below,
<equation A>
X=Y mod Z,
wherein X denotes the first modulo value, Y denotes the destination layer-2 ID of the first UE, and Z denotes a number of the Tx resource groups.

12. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the UE derives the second modulo value by equation A below,
<equation A>
X=Y mod Z,
wherein X denotes the second modulo value, Y denotes the source layer-2 ID of the first UE, and Z denotes a number of the Rx resource groups.

13. The UE of claim 6 ,
wherein the UE derives the first modulo value by equation A below,
<equation A>
X=Y mod Z,
wherein X denotes the first modulo value, Y denotes the destination layer-2 ID of the first UE, and Z denotes a number of the Tx resource groups.

14. The UE of claim 6 ,
wherein the UE derives the second modulo value by equation A below,
<equation A>
X=Y mod Z,
wherein X denotes the second modulo value, Y denotes the source layer-2 ID of the first UE, and Z denotes a number of the Rx resource groups.

15. A processing device configured to control a user equipment (UE) (a first UE) to perform proximity-based wireless communication with another UE (a second UE) connected to the first UE for proximity-based wireless communication, the processing device comprising,
a processor; and
a computer memory operably connected to the processor and storing instr

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hong Jongwoo
• Lee Jaewook
• Lee Youngdae

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W76/14 Primary

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title