Base station, user terminal, and processor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9781587-B2
Application number	US-201615176552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2016
Priority date	Aug 28, 2012
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A base station, which accommodates a user terminal that transmits a discovery-use signal used for discovering a communication partner terminal in D2D communication that is direct device-to-device radio communication in a mobile communication system that supports the D2D communication, comprises a control unit that controls transmission of power control information for designating transmission power of the discovery-use signal to the user terminal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A user terminal comprising:
a controller configured to
receive a system information block (SIB) broadcasted by a base station, the SIB including first information for determining transmission power of a discovery signal to be transmitted from the user terminal to another user terminal, wherein the first information includes information indicating an acceptable range of the transmission power of the discovery signal,
calculate a path loss based on a reference signal transmitted by the base station,
in an idle state, determine the transmission power based on the first information and the path loss, and
in the idle state, transmit the discovery signal by the determined transmission power,

wherein the discovery signal is a signal transmitted for discovering other user terminal existing in proximity of the user terminal, and
the idle state is a state in which a radio resource control (RRC) connection is not established between the user terminal and the base station.

2. The user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is configured to
receive second information individually transmitted from the base station to the user terminal, after receiving the SIB, wherein the second information is information for determining the transmission power,
determine the transmission power based on the second information and the path loss, and
transmit the discovery signal by the determined transmission power.

3. The user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the first information includes information indicating maximum transmission power of the discovery signal, and
the controller is configured to determine the transmission power, based on the first information and the path loss, within the limits of the maximum transmission power.

4. A base station comprising:
a controller configured to broadcast a system information block (SIB) including first information for determining transmission power of a discovery signal to be transmitted from a user terminal to another user terminal, wherein the first information includes information indicating an acceptable range of the transmission power of the discovery signal,
wherein the first information is used by the user terminal along with a path loss to determine the transmission power,
the path loss is calculated by the user terminal based on a reference signal transmitted by the base station,
the discovery signal is a signal transmitted by the user terminal to discover other user terminal existing in proximity of the user terminal, in an idle state, and
the idle state is a state in which a radio resource control (RRC) connection is not established between the user terminal and the base station.

5. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller is configured to individually transmit second information to the user terminal, after transmitting the SIB, and
the second information is used by the user terminal along with the path loss to determine the transmission power.

6. The base station according to claim 4 , wherein
the first information includes information indicating maximum transmission power of the discovery signal.

7. A device for controlling a user terminal, comprising:
a processor configured to cause the user terminal to
receive a system information block (SIB) broadcasted by a base station, the SIB including first information for determining transmission power of a discovery signal to be transmitted from the user terminal to another user terminal, wherein the first information includes information indicating an acceptable range of the transmission power of the discovery signal,
calculate a path loss based on a reference signal transmitted by the base station,
in an idle state, determine the transmission power based on the first information and the path loss, and
in the idle state, transmit the discovery signal by the determined transmission power,

wherein the discovery signal is a signal transmitted for discovering other user terminal existing in proximity of the user terminal, and
the idle state is a state in which a radio resource control (RRC) connection is not established between the user terminal and the base station.

8. A device for controlling a base station, comprising:
a processor configured to cause the base station to broadcast a system information block (SIB) including first information for determining transmission power of a discovery signal to be transmitted from a user terminal to another user terminal, wherein the first information includes information indicating an acceptable range of the transmission power of the discovery signal,
wherein the first information is used by the user terminal along with a path loss to determine the transmission power,
the path loss is calculated by the user terminal based on a reference signal transmitted by the base station,
the discovery signal is a signal transmitted by the user terminal to discover other user terminal existing in proximity of the user terminal, in an idle state, and
the idle state is a state in which a radio resource control (RRC) connection is not established between the user terminal and the base station.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Fujishiro Masato

Classifications

• H04W8/005 Primary

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

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04W52/30

  using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power · CPC title

• H04W52/383

  power control in peer-to-peer links · CPC title