Method and apparatus for carrying out device-to-device communication in wireless communications system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9602996-B2
Application number	US-201314411339-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2013
Priority date	Jun 28, 2012
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a method by which a first device carries out device-to-device (D2D) communications in a wireless communications system, the method including the steps of: receiving discovery-related information from a third device; and receiving a discovery signal by using the discovery-related information, wherein the discovery-related information includes the kind of the reference signal used as the discovery signal and/or the information relating to the carrier frequency.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for performing Device-to-Device (D2D) communication at a second apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving candidate band information for D2D communication from a third apparatus, the candidate band information indicating candidate frequency bands for D2D communication between a first apparatus and the second apparatus;
measuring receive signal strength for each of the candidate frequency bands;
transmitting a measurement report to the third apparatus, the measurement report including a discover signal strength indicator (DSSI) for at least one of the candidate frequency bands, wherein the DSSI indicates the measured receive signal strength of a corresponding candidate frequency band;
receiving discovery-related information from the third apparatus, the discovery-related information including information which identifies a D2D frequency band for the D2D communication selected by the third apparatus from among the at least one of the candidate frequency bands based on the measurement report; and
transmitting a discovery signal to the first apparatus through the D2D frequency band identified by the discovery-related information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement report contains information about the first apparatus which the second apparatus desires to perform D2D communication therewith.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring of the receive signal strength is performed on an OFDM symbol-by-OFDM symbol basis.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the discovery-related information is transmitted to the first apparatus by the third apparatus for the first apparatus to filter in order to receive the discovery signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the the D2D frequency band identification information is either center frequency information about the D2D frequency band or an offset between an uplink center frequency of the first apparatus and a center frequency of the D2D frequency band.

6. A method for supporting Device-to-Device (D2D) communication at a third apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting candidate band information for D2D communication to a second apparatus, the candidate band information indicating candidate frequency bands for D2D communication between a first apparatus and the second apparatus;
receiving a measurement report from the second apparatus, the measurement report including a discover signal strength indicator (DSSI) for at least one of the candidate frequency bands, wherein the DSSI indicates a receive signal strength of a corresponding candidate frequency band measured by the second apparatus;
selecting a D2D frequency band for the D2D communication from among the at least one of the candidate frequency bands based on the measurement report; and
transmitting discovery-related information including information which identifies the D2D frequency band to the first apparatus and second apparatus.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the discovery-related information is transmitted to the first apparatus by the third apparatus for the first apparatus to filter in order to receive the discovery signal.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the the D2D frequency band identification information is either center frequency information about the D2D frequency band or an offset between an uplink center frequency of the first apparatus and a center frequency of the D2D frequency band.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Seo Inkwon
• Seo Hanbyul

Classifications

• H04J11/005

  of intercell interference · CPC title

• H04W8/005 Primary

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L5/0007

  the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT · CPC title