IP Library Granted Patent US 10,028,264
Granted Patent B2
US 10,028,264 · App. 15/032,915 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Method for transmitting and receiving control information for device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Hakseong Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04B7/26H04L5/00H04W8/005H04W72/04H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 10,028,264
App. No.
15/032,915
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for receiving control information of a terminal for device-to-device (D2D) ProSe in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving information on radio resources which are semi-statically configured for device-to-device proximity service (D2D ProSe); and receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating whether or not D2D ProSe is activated on a specific radio resource of the radio resources, wherein the downlink control information is available only in a search procedure in which a resource for transmitting a terminal-specific search signal is allocated.

Claims (22)

1. A method of receiving control information, which is received by a user equipment (UE) for a device-to-device (D2D) proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information on radio resources semi-statically configured for the D2D ProSe; and

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) for indicating whether to activate the D2D ProSe on a specific radio resource among the radio resources,

wherein the DCI is valid in a discovery procedure to which a resource for UE-specifically transmitting a discovery signal is allocated,

wherein whether to activate the D2D ProSe is indicated using a resource block assignment field of a DCI format used for determining whether to activate semi-persistent scheduling, and

wherein a size of the resource block assignment field is determined according to a system bandwidth.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of a DCI format associated with the downlink control information corresponds to a length equal to or less than a predetermined length.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of a DCI format associated with the downlink control information is determined according to a bandwidth configured for the D2D ProSe.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific radio resource is indicated by an index of a D2D resource unit using the resource block assignment field.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource block assignment field is configured by first bits and second bits,

wherein the first bits are used for indicating an index of a D2D resource unit, and

wherein the second bits are used for indicating a D2D discovery subframe.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein either a procedure of transmitting and receiving a D2D discovery signal or a procedure of transmitting and receiving a D2D communication signal is determined according to a position of the specific radio resource.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein whether to activate the D2D ProSe is indicated by redefining a specific field among fields of the DCI format used for determining whether to activate the semi-persistent scheduling.

8. A user equipment (UE) for receiving control information for a device-to-device (D2D) proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive information on radio resources semi-statically configured for the D2D ProSe, and

control the transceiver to receive a downlink control information (DCI) for indicating whether to activate the D2D ProSe on a specific radio resource among the radio resources,

wherein the DCI is valid in a discovery procedure to which a resource for UE-specifically transmitting a discovery signal is allocated,

wherein whether to activate the D2D ProSe is indicated using a resource block assignment field of a DCI format used for determining whether to activate semi-persistent scheduling, and

wherein a size of the resource block assignment field is determined according to a system bandwidth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2016
From: LEE, SEUNGMIN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, HAKSEONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 038880/0255 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61897821 · Oct 30, 2013
Related Publication 20160278053A1 · Sep 22, 2016