Network assisted device to device discovery
View Patent ↗Technology for a user equipment (UE) to communicate in a device to device (D2D) network is described. A temporary identification (Temp ID) can be received from an enhanced node B (eNB). A D2D discovery resource allocation can be received within a physical uplink channel from the eNB. A UE D2D discovery resource can be selected from the D2D discovery resource allocation based on the Temp ID. A D2D discovery beacon can be transmitted from the UE D2D discovery resource to enable other UEs to detect the UE.
1. A user equipment (UE) operable to communicate in a device to device (D2D) network, the UE comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive a temporary identification (Temp ID) from an enhanced node B (eNB);
receive a D2D discovery resource allocation within a physical uplink channel from the eNB;
select a UE D2D discovery resource from the D2D discovery resource allocation based on the Temp ID and a cell identification (cell ID) of the eNB wherein the UE identifies a resource block index, a slot index, and a discovery sequence index, based on the temp ID and the cell ID; and
transmit a D2D discovery beacon from the UE D2D discovery resource to enable other UEs to detect the UE; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the Temp ID.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the physical uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
discover a Temp ID for the other UEs in the D2D discovery resource allocation; and
communicate to the eNB, using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a list of Temp IDs of the other UEs that are discovered.
4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive a list of discovered UEs from the eNB using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive a D2D discovery beacon from the other UEs; and
determine the Temp ID of the other UEs based on the D2D discovery beacon.
6. An enhanced node B (eNB) operable to communicate in a device to device (D2D) network, the eNB comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
communicate a D2D temporary identification (Temp ID) to a user equipment (UE);
communicate a unique Temp ID from the eNB for each antenna at the UE;
allocate a D2D discovery resource within a physical uplink channel for D2D discovery by UEs served by the eNB;
receive, from the UE, a list of Temp IDs of UEs discovered by the UE; and
communicate a list of discovered UEs, based on the list of Temp IDs, to the UE; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the list of discovered UEs.
7. The NB of claim 6 , wherein the physical uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
8. The NB of claim 6 , wherein the received list of Temp IDs of UEs is received using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
9. The NB of claim 6 , wherein the communicated list of discovered UEs is communicated to the UE using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
10. The NB of claim 6 , wherein the communicated Temp ID is unique over a plurality of cells that are adjacent to the eNB.
11. The NB of claim 6 , wherein a quantity of the D2D discovery resource changes based on a number of UEs within a cell served by the node.
12. A server operable to communicate with a user equipment (UE) that is operable to communicate in a device to device (D2D) network, the server comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
assign a temporary ID (Temp ID) to a user equipment (UE), wherein the Temp ID is configured to enable the UE to select a UE D2D discovery resource for use in D2D discovery from a D2D discovery resource allocated by an eNB wherein the Temp ID and a mapping rule enables the UE to select a UE D2D discovery resource source location within the D2D discovery resource allocated by the eNB, wherein the mapping rule comprises the number of resource elements in a resource block multiplied by a resource block index (RB index) added to a sequence identification (sequence ID);
receive a list of Temp IDs discovered by the UE within the D2D discovery resource allocated by the eNB; and
publish, for the list of Temp IDs discovered, a list of UE identifications associated with each Temp ID for communication to the UE to enable the UE to discover other UEs and form a D2D link; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store the D2D discovery resource.
13. The server of claim 12 , wherein a number of the Temp IDs available to be assigned by the server is sufficient to allow each UE served by the eNB to have a unique D2D discovery resource.
14. The server of claim 12 , wherein the RB index is determined at the UE based on the Temp ID.
15. The server of claim 14 , wherein a new RB index is computed by modulating the sum of the RB index and the sequence ID by 78.
16. The server of claim 12 , wherein the sequence ID is determined at the UE based on the Temp ID.
17. The server of claim 12 , further configured to prevent half-duplexing by assigning a new Temp ID to a UE that has transmitted a D2D discovery beacon.
18. A method for allocating a device to device (D2D) discovery resource by an enhanced node B (eNB) to a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving an assignment of a temporary identification (temp ID) at the UE from the eNB, wherein the temp ID is unique for each UE operating in a cell served by the eNB and the Temp ID is unique for each antenna at the UE;
identifying a unique transmission location in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), based on the Temp ID, for communication of a D2D discovery beacon by the UE; and
transmitting the D2D discovery beacon from the UE at the unique transmission location to enable other D2D devices to discover the UE.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein identifying the unique transmission location further comprises receiving an allocation of a selected number of slots in the PUCCH for a discovery zone, wherein each slot comprises a selected number of resource blocks.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein each of the resource blocks further comprise a selected number of subcarriers and a selected number of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.
21. The method of claim 20 , wherein a subcarriers length for each of the resource blocks is a length-12 quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulated sequence with a selected peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR).
22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the OFDM symbols length for each of the resource blocks is 7 OFDM symbols using an orthogonal cover code.
23. The method of claim 18 , further comprising identifying a unique transmission location using a Hadamard matrix.
24. The method of claim 18 , wherein the discovery beacon is transmitted based on a D2D discovery sequence design.
25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the D2D discovery sequence design is based on:
a correlation property;
a resource available; and
a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR).