Resource allocation for D2D discovery in an LTE network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9826539-B2
Application number	US-201415026753-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Priority date	Oct 31, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments of user equipment (UE), an enhanced node B (eNB), and methods of signaling for proximity services and device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE receives configuration information for a D2D discovery resource pool of a cell. The configuration information includes an indication that the D2D discovery resource pool has been logically divided into a plurality of sub-discovery resource pools. The UE performs an initial transmission of a discovery signal in a discovery period using a single D2D discovery resource from a first sub-discovery resource pool of the plurality of sub-discovery resource pools. The UE performs a number of additional transmissions of the discovery signal in the discovery period using additional D2D discovery resources from sub-discovery resource pools of the plurality of sub-discovery resource pools other than the first sub-discovery resource pool. Other apparatuses and methods are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprising:
processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to:
decode signaling with device-to-device (D2D) discovery configuration information, the discovery configuration information including a discovery resource pool with a set of subframes;
decode a transmission probability factor from an evolved Node-B (eNB) serving a cell associated with the UE, the transmission probability factor indicating a probability of transmission during a discovery period;
encode a D2D discovery signal for an initial transmission during the discovery period and using a subframe from the set of subframes in the discovery resource pool, wherein a probability that the UE is configured to transmit the discovery signal is based on the transmission probability factor; and
cause additional transmissions of the discovery signal using at least another subframe of the set of subframes in the discovery resource pool; and

memory, the memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the transmission probability factor.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each transmission of the additional transmissions is performed using at least two physical resource blocks per slot associated with the at least another subframe.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signaling includes higher-layer signaling.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the higher-layer signaling includes radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a number of the additional transmissions is based on a value provided by an evolved Node-B (eNB) serving a cell associated with the UE.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the discovery period is a Type 1 D2D discovery period for non-UE specific transmissions or a Type 2 D2D discovery period for UE-specific transmissions, and the initial transmission takes place during contiguous resource blocks of the subframe.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
encode a resource request for Type 2 UE-specific D2D discovery resources within the D2D discovery pool.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the resource request includes a power measurement report for the D2D discovery resources.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the request includes indices of M discovery resources with a lowest received power within the D2D discovery pool, M being an integer greater than or equal to 1.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the discovery configuration information includes an indication that the discovery resource pool is logically subdivided into a plurality of sub-discovery resource pools.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
encode the discovery signal for the initial transmission during the discovery period using resources from a first sub-discovery resource pool of the plurality of sub-discovery resource pools.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
encode the discovery signal for the additional transmissions using additional D2D discovery resources from at least a second sub-discovery resource pool of the plurality of sub-discovery resource pools.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
select the additional D2D discovery resources from the plurality of sub-discovery resource pools based on a hopping pattern that maps resources of the first sub-discovery resource pool to resources of other sub-discovery resource pools of the plurality of sub-discovery resource pools.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
select the subframe for the initial transmission of the discovery signal from the discovery resource pool according to a randomness algorithm such that a probability of a first D2D discovery resource will be selected from the discovery resource pool is equal to a probability that any other D2D discovery resource will be selected from the discovery resource pool.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the D2D discovery signal includes a discovery media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) formatted in accordance with a standard of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of standards for Long Term Evolution (LTE).

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
one or more antennas; and
transceiver circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry and the one or more antennas, and configured to transmit the D2D discovery signal.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage device including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors of a User Equipment (UE), cause the UE to perform operations to:
decode signaling with device-to-device (D2D) discovery configuration information, the discovery configuration information including a discovery resource pool with a set of subframes;
decode a transmission probability factor from an evolved Node-B (eNB) serving a cell associated with the UE, the transmission probability factor indicating a probability of transmission during a discovery period;
encode a D2D discovery signal for an initial transmission during the discovery period and using a subframe from the set of subframes in the discovery resource pool, wherein a probability that the UE is configured to transmit the discovery signal is based on the transmission probability factor; and
cause additional transmissions of the discovery signal using at least another subframe of the set of subframes in the discovery resource pool.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein each transmission of the additional transmissions is performed using at least two physical resource blocks per slot associated with the at least another subframe.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein a number of the additional transmissions is based on a value provided by an evolved Node-B (eNB) serving a cell associated with the UE.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the discovery period is a Type 1 D2D discovery period for non-UE specific transmissions or a Type 2 D2D discovery period for UE-specific transmissions, and the initial transmission takes place during contiguous resource blocks of the subframe.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the UE to perform operations to:
encode a resource request for Type 2 UE-specific D2D discovery resources within the D2D discovery pool.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 21 , wherein the resource request includes a power measurement report for the D2D discovery resources.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 21 , wherein the request includes indices of M discovery resources with a lowest received power within the D2D discovery pool, M being an integer greater than or equal to 1.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the discovery configuration information includes an indication that the discovery resource pool is logically subdivided into a plurality of sub-discovery resource pools.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 24 , wherein the instructions further cause the UE to perform operations to:
encode the discovery signal for

Assignees

• Intel Ip Corp

Inventors

• Chatterjee Debdeep
• Khoryaev Alexey Vladimirovich
• Niu Huaning
• Xiong Gang

Classifications

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W72/52

  based on load · CPC title

• H04W72/51

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04W72/56 Primary

  based on priority criteria · CPC title

• H04W36/305

  Handover due to radio link failure (control signalling for hand-off failure H04W36/0079) · CPC title