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US 10,028,294 · App. 15/110,045 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Method for notifying for D2D communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR); Sunyoung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/1215H04L61/6022H04L67/303H04W8/005H04W74/002H04W76/14H04W88/06H04W88/16H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 10,028,294
App. No.
15/110,045
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for notifying D2D communication, the method comprising: generating, by a first UE, a first identity (ID) according to a type of D2D (Device to Device) communication; generating, by a first UE, a first indicator indicating that the first UE is trying to perform the type of D2D communication with at least one second UE; and transmitting, by the first UE, a first MAC PDU (Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit) including the first ID and the first indicator to that at least one second UE.

Claims (20)

1. A method for a first user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating, by the first UE, a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including a first identity (ID) identifying the first UE and a second ID, and a plurality of logical channel IDs (LCIDs) and a plurality of MAC Service Data Units (SDUs) to be transmitted to a second UE; and

transmitting, by the first UE to the second UE, the generated MAC PDU via a direct interface configured between the first UE and the second UE directly,

wherein if the MAC PDU is for one-to-one communication, the second ID identifies the second UE and the MAC PDU includes an indicator indicating that the MAC PDU is for one-to-one communication,

wherein if the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication, the second ID identifying a group to which the second UE belongs and the MAC PDU includes an indicator indicating that the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication, and

wherein each MAC SDU of the plurality of MAC SDUs respectively corresponds to one LCID of the plurality of LCIDs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a joining one-to-one communication indicator indicating that the second UE wants to join device-to-device (D2D) communication with the first UE if the MAC PDU is for one-to-one communication.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a joining one-to-many communication indicator indicating that the second UE wants to join device-to-device (D2D) communication with the group identified by the second ID if the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC PDU further includes a third ID identifying the second UE if the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication.

5. A first User Equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communication system, the first UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor configured to:

generate a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including a first identity (ID) identifying the first UE and a second ID, and a plurality of logical channel IDs (LCID) and a plurality of MAC Service Data Units (SDUs) to be transmitted to a second UE, and

control the RF unit to transmit the generated MAC PDU to the second UE via a direct interface configured between the first UE and the second UE directly,

wherein if the MAC PDU is for one-to-one communication, the second ID identifies the second UE and the MAC PDU includes an indicator indicating that the MAC PDU is for one-to-one communication,

wherein if the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication, the second ID identifying a group to which the second UE belongs and the MAC PDU includes an indicator indicating that the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication, and

wherein each MAC SDU of the plurality of MAC SDUs respectively corresponds to one LCID of the plurality of LCIDs.

6. The first UE according to claim 5 , wherein the indicator is a joining one-to-one communication indicator indicating that the second UE wants to join device-to-device (D2D) communication with the first UE if the MAC PDU is for one-to-one communication.

7. The first UE according to claim 5 , wherein the indicator is a joining one-to-many communication indicator indicating that the second UE wants to join device-to-device (D2D) communication with the group identified by the second ID if the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication.

8. The first UE according to claim 5 , wherein the MAC PDU further includes a third ID identifying the second UE if the MAC PDU is for one-to-many communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2016
From: YI, SEUNGJUNE; LEE, SUNYOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 039089/0904 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61934653 · Jan 31, 2014
Related Publication 20160338082A1 · Nov 17, 2016
Cited By (1)
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