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US 10,128,996 · App. 15/306,030 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Method for transmission device-to-device signal in wireless communication system and apparatus for same

Inventors: Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0048H04L5/00H04L5/0082H04L27/26H04W72/0446H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 10,128,996
App. No.
15/306,030
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for transmitting a device-to-device (D2D) signal and an apparatus for the same, which are used in a wireless access system supporting D2D communication. According to one aspect of the present invention, the method for transmitting a D2D signal by a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, sounding reference signal configuration information instructing an uplink subframe to transmit a sounding reference signal; and determining whether to transmit the D2D signal in a D2D subframe set in a specific subframe when the specific subframe is included in the sounding reference signal configuration information.

Claims (23)

1. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) configuration information;

if a subframe having a same subframe number as an uplink subframe indicated by the SRS configuration information is configured as a D2D subframe, determining whether to transmit a D2D signal in the D2D subframe based on whether a timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is applied to the D2D subframe; and

if the timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is not applied to the D2D subframe, transmitting, to the base station, a SRS in an uplink subframe without transmitting the D2D signal in the D2D subframe.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining whether to transmit the D2D signal further comprises:

determining whether to transmit the D2D signal based on a cyclic prefix configured for the D2D subframe.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining whether to transmit the D2D signal further comprises:

determining to transmit the D2D signal in the D2D subframe, when the timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is applied to the D2D subframe and the cyclic prefix configured for the D2D subframe has a same length as a cyclic prefix configured for the uplink subframe.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining whether to transmit a D2D signal comprises:

determining not to transmit the D2D signal in the D2D subframe, when the cyclic prefix configured for the D2D subframe has a different length from the cyclic prefix configured for the uplink subframe.

5. A User Equipment (UE) for performing a Device-to-Device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor operably coupled with the RF module and configured to:

receive, from a base station, Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) configuration information;

if a subframe having a same subframe number as an uplink subframe indicated by the SRS configuration information is configured as a D2D subframe, determine whether to transmit a D2D signal in the D2D subframe based on whether a timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is applied to the D2D subframe; and

if the timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is not applied to the D2D subframe, transmit, to the base station, a SRS in an uplink subframe without transmitting the D2D signal in the D2D subframe.

6. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether to transmit the D2D signal based on a cyclic prefix configured for the D2D subframe.

7. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the processor determines to transmit the D2D signal in the D2D subframe, when the timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is applied to the D2D subframe and the cyclic prefix configured for the D2D subframe has a same length as a cyclic prefix configured for the uplink subframe.

8. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the processor determines not to transmit the D2D signal in the D2D subframe, when the cyclic prefix configured for the D2D subframe has a different length from the cyclic prefix configured for the uplink subframe.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining whether to transmit the D2D signal further comprises:

determining to transmit the D2D signal in the D2D subframe, when the timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is applied to the D2D subframe.

10. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the processor determines to transmit the D2D signal in the D2D subframe, when the timing adjustment value of the uplink subframe is applied to the D2D subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: SEO, HANBYUL; YANG, SUCKCHEL; LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 040093/0917 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61986845 · Apr 30, 2014
Provisional Application 61990078 · May 7, 2014
Provisional Application 62054366 · Sep 23, 2014
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