Method for transmitting sync signals for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9924478-B2
Application number	US-201414912850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2014
Priority date	Sep 1, 2013
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting a Device-to-Device Synchronization Signal (D2DSS) for D2D communication by a terminal in a wireless communication system and, more particularly, comprises a step of transmitting a D2DSS, wherein first root indexes associated with the D2DSS are set to be different from second root indexes associated with sync signals for a cellular communication, and the number of the first root indexes is less than the number of the second root indexes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting a D2D (Device-to-Device) synchronization signal (D2DSS) for a D2D communication by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising
transmitting the synchronization signal for the D2D communication,
wherein a first root index associated with the synchronization signal for the D2D communication is set different from a second root index associated with a synchronization signal for a cellular communication and
wherein a number of first root indexes is smaller than a number of second root indexes,
wherein the synchronization signal for the D2D communication comprises a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal,
wherein the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal are configured to differ from each other in periodicity, and
wherein if a reception timing point of the first synchronization signal is equal to a reception timing point of the second synchronization signal, a long-periodicity synchronization signal from the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal is monitored.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on a sequence for the synchronization signal for the cellular communication, a sequence for the synchronization signal for the D2D communication is generated through at least one selected from a group consisting of a change of a sequence length, a change of a sequence identity (ID), a change of a cyclic shift, a change of a repetition count, a change of a transmission location, and a change of transmission periodicity.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal is configured to be located on contiguous symbols.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal are configured to be located alternately.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal are assigned to a prescribed number of contiguous symbols in a single subframe.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization signal for the D2D communication comprises a synchronization channel for the D2D communication (D2DSCH), and
wherein the D2D synchronization channel is configured to be located between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a symbol corresponding to one selected from the group consisting of the first synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal and the D2D synchronization channel is configured to have a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) reassigned.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second synchronization signal is configured to be used for a frequency error detection.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization signal for the D2D communication is assigned to a multitude of contiguous symbols and monitored by a receiving end for one symbol duration at a specific location among a plurality of the contiguous symbols.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization signal for the D2D communication is configured to have a frequency domain different from a frequency domain of a D2D synchronization signal of a cluster head on a same time domain.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization signal for the D2D communication comprises a multitude of groups,
wherein each of the groups comprises a multitude of symbols having a same phase change, and
wherein physical mapping locations of a plurality of the groups are determined according to frequency obtaining scale.

12. A user equipment for transmitting a D2D (Device-to-Device) synchronization signal (D2DSS) for a D2D communication in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:
a radio frequency unit; and
a processor configured to transmit the synchronization signal for the D2D communication,
wherein a first root index associated with the synchronization signal for the D2D communication is set different from a second root index associated with a synchronization signal for a cellular communication and
wherein a number of first root indexes is smaller than a number of second root indexes, and
wherein the synchronization signal for the D2D communication comprises a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal,
wherein the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal are configured to differ from each other in periodicity, and
wherein if a reception timing point of the first synchronization signal is equal to a reception timing point of the second synchronization signal, a long-periodicity synchronization signal from the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal is monitored.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Seo Daewon
• Seo Hanbyul

Classifications

• H04W8/005

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

• H04L27/2692

  with preamble design, i.e. with negotiation of the synchronisation sequence with transmitter or sequence linked to the algorithm used at the receiver · CPC title

• H04W76/023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04W56/001 Primary

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title