Method and apparatus for performing device-to-device communication in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9642128-B2
Application number	US-201314434368-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2013
Priority date	Oct 9, 2012
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system. The method includes generating identification information of a D2D user equipment that supports the D2D communication as identification information for D2D discovery using a hash function, the identification information for discovery includes information of a first length for indicating a division region of the beacon signals and information of a second length included in the beacon. The information of a first length and the information of a second length are smaller than identification information of the D2D user equipment. Accordingly, by performing discovery for the D2D user equipment through the identification information having shorter length than prior art, and performing discovery in a range where the discovery is available through the region in which the beacon signals are allocated, advantages of performing the D2D discovery effectively are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), broadcast information from a base station (BS), wherein the broadcast information includes at least one hash parameter and a second identifier (ID) of a second UE;
generating, by the first UE, a first discovery ID by applying the at least one hash parameter to a first ID of the first UE, wherein a bit length of the first discovery ID is shorter than a bit length of the first ID of the first UE;
configuring, by the first UE, a first part of the first discovery ID to indicate at least one first resource region and configuring a second part of the first discovery ID for inclusion in a first beacon signal; and
transmitting, by the first UE, the first beacon signal via the at least one first resource region to perform the D2D communication with the second UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first UE, a second beacon signal from the second UE via at least one second resource region,
wherein the at least one second resource region is indicated by a first part of a second discovery ID that is obtained by applying the at least one hash parameter to the second ID, and
wherein the at least one first resource region and the at least one second resource region are a portion of available time and frequency resources for the BS.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the first discovery ID comprises:
applying a first hash parameter corresponding to the first ID of the first UE, applying a second hash parameter corresponding to a service requested by the first UE, or applying a third hash parameter corresponding to both the first ID of the first UE and the service of the first UE.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering, by the first UE, the first ID of the first UE with the BS; and
receiving, by the first UE, broadcast information including an updated hash parameter for avoiding collision between the first UE and the second UE from the BS,
wherein the updated hash parameter is received via a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the updated hash parameter is generated by:
identifying a number of UE that collide with a specific beacon signal;
determining whether the identified number of UE exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and
converting the received updated hash parameter to a hash parameter that has a cycle N.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
acquiring a hash value mapped to the first ID of the first UE by applying the received updated hash parameter; and
generating the first beacon signal by verifying the acquired hash value.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
registering the first ID of the first UE comprises transmitting unique identification information of the first UE to the BS; and
wherein the unique identification information includes at least one of a mail address, a MAC address, a phone number or a D2D dedicated ID.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
verifying whether the second UE is a peer UE of the first UE for performing the D2D communication by checking a second beacon signal or checking whether the second UE exists within a range where the D2D communication is available.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein verifying whether the second UE is the peer UE comprises:
transmitting a D2D link configuration request message including an ID of a verified peer UE to the BS via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and
receiving a D2D link configuration response message from the BS via a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein the response message includes information for the ID of the verified peer UE.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein verifying whether the second UE is the peer UE comprises:
transmitting a paging message to a verified peer UE via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in order to verify whether the verified peer UE exists within a cell;
receiving a response to the paging message via the PUCCH from the verified peer UE;
transmitting a D2D link configuration request message including an ID of the verified peer UE to the verified peer UE via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and
receiving a D2D link configuration response message from the verified peer UE via the PUSCH, wherein the response message includes information for the ID of the verified peer UE.

11. A first user equipment (UE) for device-to-device (D2D) communication service in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive radio signals; and
a processor connected to the RF unit and configured to:
control the RF unit to receive broadcast information from a base station (BS), wherein the broadcast information includes at least one hash parameter and a second identifier (ID) of a second UE;
generate a first discovery ID by applying the at least one hash parameter to a first ID of the first UE, wherein a bit length of the first discovery ID is shorter than a bit length of the first ID of the first UE;
configure a first part of the first discovery ID to indicate at least one first resource region and configure a second part of the first discovery ID for inclusion in a first beacon signal; and
transmit the first beacon signal via the at least one first resource region to perform the D2D communication with the second UE.

12. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein:
the processor is further configured to control the RF unit to receive a second beacon signal from the second UE via at least one second resource;
the at least one second resource region is indicated by a first part of a second discovery ID that is obtained by applying the at least one hash parameter to the second ID; and
the at least one first resource region and the at least one second resource region are a portion of available time and frequency resources for the BS.

13. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein:
the processor is further configured to apply a first hash parameter corresponding to the first ID of the first UE, apply a second hash parameter corresponding to a service requested by the first UE, or apply a third hash parameter corresponding to both the first ID of the first UE and the service of the first UE.

14. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein:
the processor is further configured to register the first ID of the first UE with the BS;
the processor is further configured to control the RF unit to receive broadcast information including an updated hash parameter for avoiding collision between the first UE and the second UE from the BS; and
the updated hash parameter is received via a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

15. The first UE of claim 14 , wherein the updated hash parameter is generated by:
identifying a number of UE that collide with a specific beacon signal;
determining whether the identified number of UE exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and

converting the received updated hash parameter to a hash parameter that has a cycle N.

16. The first UE of claim 14 wherein the processor is further configured to:
acquire a hash value mapped to the ID of the first UE by applying the received updated hash parameter; and
generate the first beacon signal by verifying the acquired hash value.

17. The first UE of claim 14 , wherein:
registering the first ID of the first UE comprises transmitting uni

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc
• Snu R&Db Foundation

Inventors

• Kim Hakseong
• Lee Kwangbok
• Hong Jongwoo
• Choi Sunghyun
• Kim Kyungsoo
• Seong Seonik

Classifications

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W8/005 Primary

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

• H04W76/021

  Electricity · mapped topic