Method and apparatus for configuring transmission of D2D control information in wireless communication system

1. A method for transmitting, by a second user equipment (UE), device-to-device (D2D) related control information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a first scheduling assignment (SA) which indicates transmission of a first D2D related control information for an assigned D2D resource from a first UE, wherein the first SA includes a transmission period of second D2D related control information, from the first UE;

receiving the first D2D related control information based on the first SA;

transmitting a second SA which indicates transmission of the second D2D related control information for an assigned D2D resource from the second UE, to a third UE; and

transmitting, periodically, the second D2D related control information to the third UE based on the second SA and based on the received transmission period,

wherein the first UE is a D2D synchronization reference UE,

wherein the first D2D related control information is transmitted via a D2D control channel defined on a direct interface between the first UE and the second UE,

wherein the second D2D related control information is transmitted via a D2D control channel defined on a direct interface between the second UE and the third UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second D2D related control information is valid only within a D2D group to which the second UE belongs.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second D2D related control information includes at least one of D2D related frames numbers, a D2D modification period configuration, a D2D repetition period configuration, a D2D scheduling assignment configuration, or a D2D radio bearer (RB) configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second D2D related control information is transmitted by being included a radio resource control (RRC) message, a layer 2 control information or physical layer signaling.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second SA is transmitted if there is D2D data to be transmitted.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission period corresponds to a D2D modification period or a D2D repetition period.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a third scheduling assignment for transmission of D2D data.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising transmitting the D2D data based on the third scheduling assignment.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the third scheduling assignment indicates the transmission of the D2D data for an assigned D2D resource.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second SA or the second D2D related control information indicates that the second D2D related control information is updated when the second D2D related control information changes.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second D2D related control information changes at a boundary of a D2D modification period.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising stopping the transmission of the second D2D related control information if there is no D2D data to be transmitted.

13. A second user equipment (UE) comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, and configured to:

control the transceiver to receive a first scheduling assignment (SA) which indicates transmission of a first D2D related control information for an assigned D2D resource from a first UE, wherein the first SA includes a transmission period of second D2D related control information, from the first UE;

control the transceiver to receive the first D2D related control information based on the first SA;

control the transceiver to transmit a second SA which indicates transmission of the second D2D related control information for an assigned D2D resource from the second UE, to a third UE; and

control the transceiver to transmit, periodically, the second D2D related control information to the third UE based on the second SA and based on the received transmission period,

wherein the first UE is a D2D synchronization reference UE,

wherein the first D2D related control information is transmitted via a D2D control channel defined on a direct interface between the first UE and the second UE,

wherein the second D2D related control information is transmitted via a D2D control channel defined on a direct interface between the second UE and the third UE.