Method for performing paging in wireless communication system supporting direct communication between terminals, and D2D terminal for the method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9398560-B2
Application number	US-201314406734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2013
Priority date	Jun 10, 2012
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

A method of performing paging by a first D2D terminal in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication includes: obtaining information on a paging slot, the paging slot being designated to be dedicated to the first D2D terminal for the D2D communication and including a plurality of paging sections; monitoring whether a signal for the first D2D terminal is transmitted in a first paging section in the obtained paging slot through a region assigned to the first D2D terminal; monitoring whether a paging request message is transmitted in a paging region only for the first D2D terminal in a second paging section if the signal is detected; and transmitting a paging response message through a third paging section to the second D2D terminal that transmits the paging request signal, as a response to the paging request message, if the paging request message is detected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of performing paging by a first D2D UE in a wireless communication system supporting a device to device D2D communication, the method comprising:
obtaining information on a paging slot, the paging slot is designated for the first D2D UE only and contains a plurality of paging intervals for the D2D communication;
monitoring whether a signal for the first D2D UE is transmitted via a region assigned for the first D2D UE in a first paging interval in the obtained paging slot;
if the signal is detected, monitoring whether a paging request message is transmitted in a paging region dedicated to the first D2D UE in a second paging interval; and
if the paging request message is detected, transmitting a paging response message to a second D2D UE, which has transmitted the paging request signal, via a third paging interval in response to the paging request message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the information on the paging slot designated for the first D2D UE only from a base station via a broadcast message, a multicast message or a unicast message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the information on the paging slot designated for the first D2D UE only further comprising determining an index of the paging slot based on a time unit index to which the first D2D UE is assigned in a discovery interval and a number of paging slots contained between D2D discovery slots.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the information on the paging slot designated for the first D2D UE only further comprising determining an index of the paging slot based on a paging slot offset value and a number of slots contained between D2D discovery slots.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paging request message comprises an identifier of the first D2D UE transmitting the paging request message, a candidate connection identifier (CID) list or a candidate link identifier (LID) list and wherein the paging response message comprises a CID or an LID selected from the candidate CID list or the candidate LID list.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the steps of:
performing a connection establishment based on the selected CID or the LID; and
directly transceiving data with the second D2D UE, which has transmitted the paging request message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second paging interval corresponds to a paging request interval and wherein the third paging interval corresponds to a paging response interval.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first paging interval corresponds to a fast paging interval and wherein the region assigned for the first D2D UE corresponds to a single tone corresponding to an identifier of the first D2D UE.

9. A method of performing paging by a first D2D UE in a wireless communication system supporting a device to device (D2D) communication, the method comprising:
obtaining information on a paging slot, the paging slot is designated for the first D2D UE only and contains a plurality of paging intervals for the D2D communication;
transmitting a signal for a second D2D UE via a region assigned for the second D2D UE in a first paging interval in the obtained paging slot;
transmitting a paging request message in a paging region dedicated to the second D2D UE in a second paging interval; and
receiving a paging response message from the second D2D UE, which has received the paging request message, via a third paging interval in response to the paging request message.

10. A first D2D UE for performing paging in a wireless communication system supporting a D2D (device to device) communication, the first D2D UE comprising:
a processor configured to obtain information on a paging slot, the paging slot is designated for the first D2D UE only and contains a plurality of paging intervals for the D2D communication, the processor configured to monitor whether a signal for the first D2D UE is transmitted via a region assigned for the first D2D UE in a first paging interval in the obtained paging slot, the processor, if the signal is detected, configured to monitor whether a paging request message is transmitted in a paging region dedicated to the first D2D UE in a second paging interval; and
a transmitter, if the paging request message is detected, configured to transmit a paging response message to a second D2D UE, which has transmitted the paging request signal, via a third paging interval in response to the paging request message.

11. The first D2D UE of claim 10 , further comprising:
a receiver configured to receive the information on the paging slot designated for the first D2D UE only from a base station via a broadcast message, a multicast message or a unicast message.

12. The first D2D UE of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain the information on the paging slot designated for the first D2D UE only in a manner of determining an index of the paging slot based on a time unit index to which the first D2D UE is assigned in a discovery interval and a number of paging slots contained between D2D discovery slots.

13. The first D2D UE of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to obtain the information on the paging slot designated for the first D2D UE only in a manner of determining an index of the paging slot based on a paging slot offset value and a number of slots contained between D2D discovery slots.

14. The first D2D UE of claim 10 , wherein the paging request message comprises an identifier of the first D2D UE transmitting the paging request message, a candidate connection identifier (CID) list or a candidate link identifier (LID) list and wherein the paging response message comprises a CID or an LID selected from the candidate CID list or the candidate LID list.

15. The first D2D UE of claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to perform a connection establishment based on the selected CID or the LID and directly transceive data with the second D2D UE, which has transmitted the paging request message.

16. A first D2D UE for performing paging in a wireless communication system supporting a D2D (device to device) communication, the first D2D UE comprising:
a processor configured to obtain information on a paging slot, the paging slot is designated for the first D2D UE only and contains a plurality of paging intervals for the D2D communication;
a transmitter configured to transmit a signal for a second D2D UE via a region assigned for the second D2D UE in a first paging interval in the obtained paging slot and transmit a paging request message in a paging region dedicated to the second D2D UE in a second paging interval; and
a receiver configured to receive a paging response message from the second D2D UE, which has received the paging request message, via a third paging interval in response to the paging request message.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Eunjong
• Choi Hyeyoung
• Cho Heejeong
• Chung Jaehoon

Classifications

• H04W68/02 Primary

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04W68/005 Primary

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04W88/04

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