User terminal and processor for performing D2D transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9781760-B2
Application number	US-201615337831-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2016
Priority date	Aug 8, 2014
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

A user terminal according to one embodiment supports D2D communication. The user terminal includes a controller configured to perform repetition of same control information using first and second control resources allocated continuously or discontinuously in a time direction, in a control region having a predetermined time length and a predetermined frequency bandwidth. The controller is configured to determine positions of the first and second control resources in the time direction such that the second control resource does not overlap with a control resource of another user terminal in the time direction, even if the first control resource overlaps with the control resource of the another user terminal in the time direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A user terminal that supports device-to-device (D2D) communication, comprising:
a controller configured to perform D2D transmission using repetition of same D2D control information using first and second D2D control resources allocated continuously or discontinuously in a time direction, in a D2D control region having a predetermined time length and a predetermined frequency bandwidth, wherein
the controller is configured to determine positions of the first and second D2D control resources in the time direction, wherein the second D2D control resource does not overlap with a D2D control resource of another user terminal in the time direction, even if the first D2D control resource overlaps with the D2D control resource of the another user terminal in the time direction, and
the controller is configured to determine positions of the first and second D2D control resources in a frequency direction, wherein the second D2D control resource is shifted by one-half of the predetermined frequency bandwidth than the first D2D control resource.

2. The user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first and second control resources has a frequency bandwidth of one resource block and a duration of one subframe,
the controller is configured to
determine a first resource bock used for the first control resource and a second resource bock used for the second control resource, wherein the second control resource is shifted by one-half of the predetermined frequency bandwidth than the first control resource, and
determine a first subframe used for the first control resource and a second subframe used for the second control resource, wherein the second control resource does not overlap with the control resource of the another user terminal in the time direction, even if the first control resource overlaps with the control resource of the another user terminal in the time direction.

3. A processor for controlling a user terminal that supports device-to-device (D2D) communication, the processor configured to execute:
a process of performing D2D transmission using repetition of same D2D control information using first and second D2D control resources allocated continuously or discontinuously in a time direction, in a D2D control region having a predetermined time length and a predetermined frequency bandwidth;
a process of determining positions of the first and second D2D control resources in the time direction, wherein the second D2D control resource does not overlap with a D2D control resource of another user terminal in the time direction, even if the first D2D control resource overlaps with the D2D control resource of the another user terminal in the time direction, and
a process of determining positions of the first and second D2D control resources in a frequency direction, wherein the second D2D control resource is shifted by one-half of the predetermined frequency bandwidth than the first D2D control resource.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Matsumoto Naohisa

Classifications

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W72/0406

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W76/023 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W72/0446

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