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Granted Patent B2
US 10,178,539 · App. 15/427,388 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system

Inventor: Dong Hyun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Innovative Technology Lab Co., Ltd.
H04W8/005H04W48/12H04W74/0833H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 10,178,539
App. No.
15/427,388
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE) and through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, information of a resource pool for a D2D communication, wherein the information of the resource pool comprises information of a discovery subframe in which a D2D discovery signal is to be communicated, determining that in the discovery subframe, the D2D discovery signal is prioritized over a communication with an evolved NodeB (eNB) unless the communication with the eNB is associated with a random access (RA) procedure, transmitting a RA preamble through a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), determining whether the discovery subframe corresponds to a RA subframe in which a RA response for the UE is to be monitored, and in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, monitoring, by the UE, the RA response during the discovery subframe.

Claims (55)

1. A method of performing a random access procedure during a device-to-device (D2D) discovery period, the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE) and through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, information of a resource pool for a D2D communication, wherein the information of the resource pool comprises information of a discovery subframe in which a D2D discovery signal is to be communicated;

determining that in the discovery subframe, the D2D discovery signal is prioritized over a communication with an evolved NodeB (eNB) unless the communication with the eNB is associated with a random access (RA) procedure;

transmitting a RA preamble through a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH);

determining whether the discovery subframe corresponds to a RA subframe in which a RA response for the UE is to be monitored; and

in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, monitoring, by the UE, the RA response during the discovery subframe.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, ceasing to monitor reception of the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe does not correspond to the RA subframe, monitoring, by the UE, reception of the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe,

wherein the discovery subframe corresponds to a discovery reception subframe in which the UE monitors the D2D discovery signal transmitted from a different UE.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

refraining from monitoring a downlink signal transmitted from the eNB while monitoring the reception of the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe does not correspond to the RA subframe, transmitting, by the UE, the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe,

wherein the discovery subframe corresponds to a discovery transmission subframe in which the UE transmits the D2D discovery signal to discover a different UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing, by the UE, an RRC connection with the eNB or a different eNB; and

receiving the RA response for the UE based on the monitoring during the discovery subframe.

7. A method of performing a random access procedure during a device-to-device (D2D) discovery period, the method comprising:

determining, by a user equipment (UE), a discovery period comprising one or more of a discovery transmission subframe or a discovery reception subframe, wherein the discovery transmission subframe is configured for the UE to transmit a D2D discovery signal to discover a different UE, and the discovery reception subframe is configured for the UE to monitor reception of a D2D discovery signal transmitted from a different UE;

determining that in the discovery period, a D2D discovery communication between UEs is prioritized over a Wide Area Network (WAN) communication with an evolved NodeB (eNB) unless the WAN communication with the eNB is associated with a random access (RA) procedure;

transmitting a RA preamble through a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH);

determining a RA response monitoring period in which a RA response for the UE is to be monitored; and

in response to determining that at least part of the RA response monitoring period overlaps the discovery period, monitoring, by the UE, the RA response during the overlapped discovery period.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

in response to determining that at least part of the RA response monitoring period overlaps the discovery period, ceasing to monitor the reception of a D2D discovery signal during the overlapped discovery period.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

monitoring, by the UE, reception of a D2D discovery signal during the discovery reception subframe not overlapping the RA response monitoring period.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

refraining from monitoring a downlink signal transmitted from the eNB while monitoring the reception of a D2D discovery signal during the discovery reception subframe not overlapping the RA response monitoring period.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the UE, a D2D discovery signal during the discovery transmission subframe not overlapping the RA response monitoring period.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

establishing, by the UE, an RRC connection with the eNB or a different eNB; and

receiving the RA response based on the monitoring during the overlapped discovery period.

13. A method of performing a random access procedure during a device-to-device (D2D) discovery period, the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE) and through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, information of a resource pool for a D2D communication, wherein the information of the resource pool comprises information of a discovery subframe in which a D2D discovery signal is to be communicated;

determining that in the discovery subframe, the D2D discovery signal is prioritized over a communication with an evolved NodeB (eNB) unless the communication with the eNB is associated with a random access (RA) procedure;

transmitting a RA preamble through a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH);

determining a RA response received during a RA monitoring period in which the RA response for the UE is to be monitored;

determining whether the discovery subframe corresponds to a RA subframe in which a message responsive to the RA response for the UE is to be processed; and

in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, processing, by the UE, the message responsive to the RA response during the discovery subframe.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, transmitting, by the UE and to the eNB, the message responsive to the RA response during the discovery subframe.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe corresponds to the RA subframe, ceasing to monitor reception of the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe does not correspond to the RA subframe, monitoring, by the UE, reception of the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe,

wherein the discovery subframe corresponds to a discovery reception subframe in which the UE monitors the D2D discovery signal transmitted from a different UE.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

refraining from monitoring a downlink signal transmitted from the eNB while monitoring the reception of the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe.

18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the discovery subframe does not correspond to the RA subframe, transmitting, by the UE, the D2D discovery signal during the discovery subframe,

wherein the discovery subframe corresponds to a discovery transmission subframe in which the UE transmits the D2D discovery signal to discover a different UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2017
From: PARK, DONG HYUN
To: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LAB CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041202/0308 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0102674 · Aug 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2015008256 · Aug 6, 2015
Related Publication 20170150340A1 · May 25, 2017
Cited By (1)
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