Enabling D2D functionality for public safety applications
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses and methods for enabling device-to-device (D2D) functionality for public safety applications. Various embodiments may include an eNB with a radio transceiver to communicate with a UE that includes D2D operation capabilities, and processing circuitry to send the UE a System Information Block (SIB) message to activate one or more public safety functionalities of the UE related to D2D operation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
1. An evolved Node B (eNB), comprising:
processing circuitry to generate a System Information Block (SIB) message to activate device-to-device (D2D) operation of one or more public safety functionalities of a user equipment (UE); and
transceiver circuitry, coupled to the processing circuitry, to send the SIB message to the UE,
wherein the SIB message is a first-type SIB message for primary notification, and the processing circuitry is further to generate a second-type SIB message for secondary notification including authorization or configuration information for D2D operation and information related to a preferred frequency spectrum for D2D operation.
2. The eNB of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is to use the SIB message to activate at least one of D2D discovery, D2D communication, or D2D relay functionality of the UE.
3. The eNB of claim 1 , wherein the second-type SIB message further comprises information related to a D2D synchronization source set-up, a public safety alert, or a public safety release message.
4. The eNB of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver circuitry is to send the second-type SIB message via Cell Broadcast Service, or the transceiver circuitry is to send the SIB message to the UE via Paging.
5. The eNB of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver circuitry is to send the SIB message to a plurality of UEs in an alert region.
6. A method, comprising:
sending, by an evolved NodeB (eNB), a user equipment (UE) a primary notification in a first-type System Information Block (SIB) message to activate one or more public safety functionalities of the UE independent of whether a selected device-to-device (D2D) standard is enabled on the UE; and
sending, by the eNB, the UE a secondary notification in a second-type SIB message to provide the UE authorization information and configuration information to configure D2D operation underlying the one or more public safety functionalities.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
sending the primary notification to another UE in a same alert region as the UE.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the primary notification is to activate at least one of D2D discovery, D2D communication, or D2D relay functionality of the UE.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the secondary notification comprises information for preferred spectrum for D2D operation and information for D2D synchronization source set-up.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the primary notification is sent to the UE via Paging, and wherein the secondary notification is sent to the UE via Cell Broadcast Service.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more public safety functionalities comprises a subset of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Proximity Services (ProSe) or LTE Direct public safety functionalities.
12. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
transceiver circuitry to communicate with another UE via device-to-device (D2D) operation and to communicate with an evolved Node B (eNB); and
processing circuitry connected to the transceiver circuitry to:
activate the UE into a public safety mode in response to a primary notification in a system information block (SIB) message received from the eNB independent of whether a selected D2D standard is enabled on the UE; and
configure the UE for one or more public safety functionalities based on D2D operation.
13. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the transceiver circuitry is to receive the primary notification in a Paging Type 1 message if the UE is in an RRC_IDLE state, and wherein the transceiver circuitry is to receive the primary notification in a System Information Change Indication message if the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state.
14. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is to facilitate presentation, in response to the primary notification, of an audio or visual message to a user of the UE of one or more public safety features enabled at the UE and information of a public safety alert contained in the primary notification.
15. The UE of claim 12 , wherein a radio transceiver is to communicate with the other UE via Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Proximity Services (ProSe) or LTE Direct.
16. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is to activate, in response to the primary notification, a reception of one or more cell broadcast messages containing one or more secondary notifications with authorization or configuration information for D2D operation.
17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the one or more secondary notifications comprises information related to preferred spectrum for D2D operation or information for D2D synchronization source set-up.
18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
activate one or more public safety functionalities of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Proximity Services (ProSe) device-to-device (D2D) standard or an LTE Direct D2D standard in response to a primary notification contained in a first-type System Information Block (SIB) message that is independent of whether a selected D2D standard is enabled on the UE; and
configure the UE for D2D operation in response to a secondary notification in a second-type system information block (SIB) message.
19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to activate, in response to the primary notification, a reception of one or more cell broadcast messages containing the secondary notification.
20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to be configured for D2D operation based at least in part on information for preferred spectrum for D2D operation or information for D2D synchronization source set-up contained in the secondary notification.
21. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to set up relay functionalities when the UE is capable and authorized for public safety relaying.
22. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to recruit another UE for ad hoc networking.
23. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 22 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to perform device-to-device synchronization signaling (D2DSS) with the other UE.
24. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the UE to present, in response to the primary notification, an audio or visual message to a user of the UE of a public safety alert contained in the primary notification.