Method for device-to-device communication in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9419767-B2
Application number	US-201314405237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2013
Priority date	Jun 19, 2012
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for a device, communicating device-to-device, for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from another device, a signal via device-to-device communication during a first sub-frame; and receiving, from a base station, a signal during a second sub-frame, wherein the signal is received via device-to-device communication when the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame overlap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a signal from another UE via D2D communication on a first subframe; and
receiving a signal from a base station on a second subframe,
wherein reception of the signal via D2D communication is performed when the first subframe and the second subframe overlap, and
wherein, when the signal is received from the base station on a previous subframe of the first subframe, a predetermined number of last symbols of the previous subframe is not used to receive the signal from the base station.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the base station, information indicating that only one of reception of the signal via D2D communication and reception of the signal from the base station may be performed.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, when the signal from the base station is a response signal to an uplink data channel transmitted from the UE to the base station, reporting, to a higher layer, that the response signal is a positive response.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the signal is received from the base station on a next subframe of the first subframe, a predetermined number of start symbols of the next subframe is not used to receive the signal from the base station.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined number is determined based on timing advance applied to the first subframe.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined number is determined based on timing advance applied to the first subframe.

7. A user equipment (UE) apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2) communication in a wireless communication system, the UE apparatus comprising:
a wireless communication module configured to transmit and receive a signal to and from a base station or a counterpart UE apparatus of D2D communication; and
a processor configured to process the signal,
wherein the processor receives a signal from the counterpart UE apparatus on a first subframe via D2D communication, receives a signal from the base station on a second subframe, and performs reception of the signal via D2D communication when the first subframe and the second subframe overlap, and
when the signal is received from the base station on a previous subframe of the first subframe, a predetermined number of last symbols of the previous subframe is not used to receive the signal from the base station.

8. The UE apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor transmits, to the base station, information indicating that only one of reception of the signal via D2D communication and reception of the signal from the base station may be performed.

9. The UE apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein, when the signal from the base station is a response signal to an uplink data channel transmitted from the UE to the base station, the processor reports, to a higher layer, that the response signal is a positive response.

10. The UE apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein, when the signal is received from the base station on a next subframe of the first subframe, a predetermined number of start symbols of the next subframe is not used to receive the signal from the base station.

11. The UE apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined number is determined based on timing advance applied to the first subframe.

12. The UE apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the predetermined number is determined based on timing advance applied to the first subframe.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Seo Hanbyul
• Seo Inkwon

Classifications

• H04L5/0051 Primary

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04L5/0053 Primary

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L5/0057

  Physical resource allocation for CQI · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title