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US 9,918,181 · App. 14/406,413 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Synchronization method and synchronization apparatus for D2D communication in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (Anyang-si, KR); Inkwon Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W4/005H04W56/001H04W56/004H04W56/0025H04W72/048H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 9,918,181
App. No.
14/406,413
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for achieving synchronization for the device-to-device (D2D) communication of a first terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: calculating a time advance of a second terminal using the information relating to the transmission timing of a second transmission point, the downlink transmission timing of a first transmission point, timing the receipt of a downlink signal from the second transmission point; and receiving a signal from the second terminal using the timing advance of the second terminal.

Claims (33)

1. A method for acquiring synchronization for the device-to-device (D2D) communication of a first user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

calculating a time advance of a second user equipment by using a downlink transmission timing of a first transmission point, a difference value between the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point and a downlink transmission timing of a second transmission point, a downlink signal reception timing from the first transmission point based on the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point, a downlink signal reception timing from the second transmission point based on the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point and a time advance of the first user equipment, under assumption that the time advance of the first user equipment for the second transmission point is equivalent to the time advance of the second user equipment; and

receiving a signal from the second user equipment by using the time advance of the second user equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point, the difference value between the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point and the downlink transmission timing of the second transmission point, the downlink signal reception timing from the first transmission point based on the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point, the downlink signal reception timing from the second transmission point based on the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point and the time advance of the first user equipment is transmitted from the first transmission point.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the timing advance of the second user equipment is expressed by the following Equation:

TA

2

=

2

⁢

(

t

2

-

(

(

t

1

-

TA

1

2

)

+

δ

)

)

,

where TA 2 is the timing advance of the second user equipment, t 1 is the downlink signal reception timing from the first transmission point, t 2 is the downlink signal reception timing from the second transmission point, TA 1 is the timing advance of the first user equipment, and δ is the information related to the transmission timing of the second transmission point.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the difference value between the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point and the downlink transmission timing of the second transmission point from the first transmission point.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the difference value between the downlink transmission timing of the first transmission point and the downlink transmission timing of the second transmission point is a value estimated by the user equipment.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink signal reception timing from the first transmission point and the downlink signal reception timing from the second transmission point are respectively determined from synchronization signals from the first transmission point and the second transmission point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2014
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; SEO, INKWON; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034434/0230 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61664693 · Jun 26, 2012
Related Publication 20150181366A1 · Jun 25, 2015