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US 10,321,448 · App. 15/319,507 · Granted Jun 11, 2019

Method and apparatus for performing D2D operation in non-activated carrier in wireless communication system

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04W8/005H04W16/14H04W72/02H04W76/14H04W76/20H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 10,321,448
App. No.
15/319,507
Granted
Jun 11, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a signal for D2D operation, and performs the D2D operation in a non-activated carrier.

Claims (23)

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

receiving a signal for D2D operation from an anchor cell which is an activated cell,

wherein the signal for D2D operation includes a time/frequency tracking reference cell identifier (ID), and scheduled resources for a non-activated cell;

synchronizing time/frequency based on the time/frequency tracking reference cell ID; and

performing the D2D operation in the non-activated cell based on the scheduled resources, upon the synchronizing of the time/frequency.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and/or in a RRC idle mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the D2D operation includes at least one of a D2D discovery or a D2D communication.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the D2D operation includes at least one of a D2D transmission or a D2D reception.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the D2D operation includes at least one of a type 1 D2D operation or a type 2 D2D operation.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchor cell is a primary cell (PCell) or an activated secondary cell (SCell).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal for D2D operation allows the UE to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) when the D2D operation is activated in the non-activated cell.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the signal for D2D operation is received via higher-layer signaling.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal for D2D operation includes at least one of a D2D transmission resource pool or a D2D reception resource pool.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing time/frequency tracking for the D2D operation.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the time/frequency tracking for the D2D operation is performed in a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission timing.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-activated cell is related to an unlicensed carrier.

13. A 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 signal for device-to-device (D2D) operation from an anchor cell which is an activated cell, wherein the signal for D2D operation includes a time/frequency tracking reference cell identifier (ID), and scheduled resources for a non-activated cell;

synchronize time/frequency based on the time/frequency tracking reference cell ID; and

perform the D2D operation in the non-activated cell based on the scheduled resources, upon the synchronizing of the time/frequency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2016
From: YI, YUNJUNG; SEO, HANBYUL; LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 040674/0028 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62013526 · Jun 17, 2014
Provisional Application 62016110 · Jun 24, 2014
Provisional Application 62030606 · Jul 29, 2014
Related Publication 20170135074A1 · May 11, 2017
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