Resource selection for device to device discovery or communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9693338-B2
Application number	US-201514609188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2015
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to manage interference caused by D2D communications. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may include a processor. The processor may be configured to perform one or more of the following. The processor may determine to send information using a device-to-device transmission via a resource pool from a plurality of resource pools. Each resource pool may be associated with a range of reference signal receive power (RSRP) values. The processor may determine a RSRP measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU. The processor may select a resource pool from the plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell. The RSRP measurement of the cell may be within the range of RSRP values associated with the selected resource pool. The processor may send the information using the selected resource pool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
a processor configured to:
determine to send information using a device-to-device transmission;
determine a reference signal receive power (RSRP) measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU;
select a resource pool from a plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell, wherein each resource pool of the plurality of resource pools is associated with a low RSRP threshold and a high RSRP threshold, and wherein the RSRP measurement of the cell is between the low RSRP threshold and the high RSRP threshold of the selected resource pool; and
send the information using the selected resource pool.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to select a resource from a plurality of resources of the selected resource pool.

3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to select the resource using a randomization function or a pseudo-random function.

4. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the processor configured to send the information using the selected resource pool comprises the processor being configured to send the information using the selected resource.

5. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the selected resource comprises one or more subframes.

6. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the selected resource comprises one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs).

7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a configuration via radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and
determine, based on the configuration, that the selection of the resource pool is based on RSRP.

8. The WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the configuration identifies the resource pool and the range of RSRP values associated with the resource pool.

9. A method comprising:
determining to send information using a device-to-device transmission;
determining a RSRP measurement of a cell associated with the WTRU;
selecting a resource pool from the plurality of resource pools based on the RSRP measurement of the cell, wherein each resource pool is associated with a low RSRP threshold and a high RSRP threshold, and wherein the RSRP measurement of the cell is within the range of RSRP values associated with the selected resource pool between the low RSRP threshold and the high RSRP threshold of the selected resource pool; and
sending the information using the selected resource pool.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising selecting a resource from a plurality of resources in the selected resource pool.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein selecting the resource comprises selecting the resource using a randomization function or a pseudo-random function.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein sending the information using the selected resource pool comprises sending the information using the selected resource.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining that the device-to-device transmission is a Type 1 device-to-device transmission, the Type 1 device-to-device transmission being characterized by the WTRU selecting the resource pool from the plurality of resource pools.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determining to send the information using the device-to-device transmission comprises receiving a request to send the information using the device-to-device transmission.

15. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive a device-to-device transmission request to send information;
determine that resource selection is based on reference signal receive power (RSRP);
receive a RSRP threshold associated with a resource pool out of a plurality of resource pools;
determine a RSRP measurement;
compare the RSRP measurement with the RSRP threshold associated with the resource pool;
select the resource pool to send the information via device-to-device transmission in response to the RSRP measurement being above the RSRP threshold; and
send the information using the resource pool in response to the resource pool being selected to send the information.

16. The WTRU of claim 15 , wherein the resource pool comprises a plurality of resources and wherein the processor is further configured to:
select a resource from the plurality of resources based on a randomization function; and
send the information using the selected resource.

17. The WTRU of claim 16 , wherein the resource comprises a subframe or a physical resource block (PRB).

18. The WTRU of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a system information block (SIB) that identifies the resource pool and indicates the RSRP threshold associated with the resource pool.

19. The WTRU of claim 15 , wherein the RSRP threshold comprises a low RSRP threshold of an open-ended range of RSRP values or a high RSRP threshold of the open-ended range of RSRP values.

Assignees

• Interdigital Patent Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Zhao Yuxin
• Pani Diana
• Pelletier Ghyslain
• Marinier Paul
• Pelletier Benoit
• Kaur Samian

Classifications

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W72/21

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W88/04

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