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US 11,297,618 · App. 16/781,413 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Method for device to device communication, and terminal device

Inventor: Hai Tang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/0453H04L5/0005H04L25/022H04W72/005H04W72/02H04W72/0406H04W76/14H04W4/40
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Patent No.
US 11,297,618
App. No.
16/781,413
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a method for D2D communication and a terminal device, the method including: receiving, sidelink control information (SCI) transmitted by a second terminal device; determining, by the first terminal device, that the SCI is in a first format or in a second format, where the SCI includes a resource reservation bit, and the resource reservation bit in the SCI of the first format is not used to indicate whether the second terminal device reserves a time-frequency resource for next data transmission, and the resource reservation bit in the SCI of the second format is used to indicate whether the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission; and prohibiting data transmission on a plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a first time period if the first terminal device determines that the SCI is in the first format.

Claims (49)

1. A method for device to device (D2D) communication, comprising:

receiving, by a first terminal device, sidelink control information (SCI) transmitted by a second terminal device, wherein the SCI indicates a time-frequency resource used by the second terminal device to transmit a data channel;

determining, by the first terminal device, that the SCI is in a first format or in a second format, wherein the SCI comprises a resource reservation bit, and the resource reservation bit in the SCI of the first format is not used to indicate whether the second terminal device reserves a time-frequency resource for next data transmission, and the resource reservation bit in the SCI of the second format is used to indicate whether the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission; and

prohibiting data transmission on a plurality of time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a first time period if the first terminal device determines that the SCI is in the first format, wherein the plurality of time-frequency resources correspond to the time-frequency resource indicated by the SCI;

wherein the method further comprises:

determining, according to a value of the resource reservation bit, whether the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission, if the first terminal device determines that the SCI is in the second format; and

prohibiting, according to a second time period T 2 indicated by the value of the resource reservation bit, data transmission on a plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a third time period T 3 , if the first terminal device determines that the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission, wherein the plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with the third time period T 3 are transmission resources selected by the first terminal device for data to be transmitted of the first terminal device, and the third time period T 3 satisfies: T 3 ×M=T 2 ×N, wherein M and N are both positive integers, M=N or M≠N.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time period comprises all of at least one time period which is available for time-frequency resource reservation and is allowed by a system.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal device, indication information which is transmitted by a network device to indicate the first time period, wherein the first time period is all of at least one time period which is available for time-frequency resource reservation and is configured for the second terminal device by the network device time-frequency.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

measuring, by the first terminal device, reference signal received power (RSRP) of the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device;

wherein the prohibiting, by the first terminal device, data transmission on a plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a first time period comprises:

prohibiting, by the first terminal device, data transmission on the plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with the first time period, if the RSRP is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second terminal device supports a communication protocol of a Release-14 version, but does not support a communication protocol of a Release-15 version, the second terminal device is in a first transmission mode, and the SCI transmitted by the second terminal device is in the first format; or

the second terminal device supports the communication protocol of the Release-15 version and the second terminal device is in a second transmission mode, and the control channel transmitted by the second terminal device is in the second format.

6. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a first terminal device, and the first terminal device comprises:

a processor, a transceiver, and a memory storing instructions, wherein

when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the terminal device to perform the method for D2D communication according to claim 1 .

7. A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium has stored thereon a program that causes a terminal device to perform the method for D2D communication according to claim 1 .

8. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a first terminal device, and the first terminal device comprises:

a processor, a transceiver, and a memory for storing instructions, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the transceiver to:

receive sidelink control information (SCI) transmitted by a second terminal device, wherein the SCI indicates a time-frequency resource used by the second terminal device to transmit a data channel, and the SCI comprises a resource reservation bit which is used for the first terminal device to determine a time-frequency resource on which data transmission is prohibited; and

prohibit data transmission on a plurality of the determined time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a first time period, if a value of the resource reservation bit is a first value;

wherein the instructions further cause the transceiver to:

prohibit, according to a second time period T 2 indicated by a second value, data transmission on a plurality of the determined time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a third time period T 3 if a value of the resource reservation bit is the second value, wherein the plurality of the determined time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with the third time period T 3 are transmission resources selected by the first terminal device for data to be transmitted of the first terminal device, and the third time period T 3 satisfies: T 3 ×M=T 2 ×N, wherein M and N are both positive integers, M=N or M≠N.

9. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the first time period comprises all of at least one of time period which is available for time-frequency resource reservation and is allowed by a system.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the transceiver to:

receive indication information which is transmitted by a network device to indicate the first time period, wherein the first time period is all of at least one time period which is available for time-frequency resource reservation and is configured for the second terminal device by the network device.

11. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

measure reference signal received power (RSRP) of the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device;

the instructions further cause the transceiver to:

prohibit data transmission on the plurality of the determined time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with the first time period, if the RSRP measured by the measurement unit is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.

12. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device is a first terminal device and the first terminal device comprises:

a processor, a transceiver, and a memory for storing instructions, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the transceiver to

receive sidelink control information (SCI) transmitted by a second terminal device, wherein the SCI indicates a time-frequency resource used by the second terminal device to transmit a data channel, wherein the SCI comprises a specific bit, and when a value of the specific bit is a first value, a resource reservation bit of the SCI is not used to indicate whether the second terminal device reserves a time-frequency resource for next data transmission, and when the value of the specific bit is a second value, the resource reservation bit is used to indicate whether the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission, wherein the second value is different from the first value; and

prohibit data transmission on a plurality of time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a first time period if the first terminal device determines that the value of the specific bit is the first value, wherein the plurality of time-frequency resources correspond to the time-frequency resource indicated by the SCI;

wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine, according to a value of the resource reservation bit, whether the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission if the determining unit determines that the value of the specific bit is the second value; and

the instructions cause the transceiver to prohibit, in accordance with a second time period T 2 indicated by the value of the resource reservation bit, data transmission on the plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with a third time period T 3 if the determining unit determines that the second terminal device reserves the time-frequency resource for the next data transmission, wherein the plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with the third time period T 3 are transmission resources selected by the first terminal device for data to be transmitted of the first terminal device, and the third time period T 3 satisfies: T 3 ×M=T 2 ×N, wherein M and N are both positive integers, M=N or M≠N.

13. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the first time period comprises all of at least one of time period which is available for time-frequency resource reservation and is allowed by a system.

14. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the transceiver to:

receive indication information which is transmitted by a network device to indicate the first time period, wherein the first time period is all of at least one time period which is available for time-frequency resource reservation and is configured for the second terminal device by the network device.

15. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

measure reference signal received power (RSRP) of the data channel transmitted by the second terminal device;

wherein the instructions cause the transceiver to:

prohibit data transmission on the plurality of the time-frequency resources distributed in accordance with the first time period, if the RSRP is greater than or equal to a preset threshold.

16. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the specific bit is a reserved bit in the SCI.

17. The terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the second terminal device supports a communication protocol of a Release-14 version, but does not support a communication protocol of a Release-15 version, the second terminal device is in a first transmission mode, and the value of the specific bit is the first value; or

the second terminal device supports the communication protocol of the Release-15 version and is in a second transmission mode, and the value of the specific bit is the second value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2020
From: TANG, HAI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051714/0433 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2017096882 · Aug 10, 2017
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