IP Library Granted Patent US 10,631,348
Granted Patent B2
US 10,631,348 · App. 15/564,292 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Method and apparatus for selecting relay by device-to-device communication terminal and transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Hakseong Kim (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/14H04W8/005H04W40/12H04W40/24H04W40/246H04W56/00H04W56/002H04W88/02H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 10,631,348
App. No.
15/564,292
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for selecting a relay for device-to-device (D2D) and receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of discovery signals; selecting a relay, using a quality of the plurality of discovery signals and a synchronization signal source ID; and receiving a D2D signal from the selected relay.

Claims (23)

1. A method for selecting a relay for device-to-device (D2D) communication and receiving a signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining a discovery resource pool related to a synchronization source having a best quality among a plurality of synchronization sources;

receiving a plurality of discovery signals only in the determined discovery resource pool;

selecting a relay based on qualities of the plurality of discovery signals; and

receiving a D2D signal from the selected relay.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of discovery signals includes a synchronization signal source ID of a relay.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of discovery signals includes resource pool information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the UE attempts to receive data on resources indicated by the resource pool information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of discovery signals includes transmit power information of a relay UE that transmits a discovery signal.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the UE estimates a path loss using the transmit power information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of discovery signals includes mobility information of a relay UE that transmits a discovery signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the UE de-prioritizes a relay UE with high mobility using the mobility information.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of discovery signals includes handover-related information of a relay UE that transmits a discovery signal.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the UE detects a synchronization signal of a cell to which a relay intends to perform handover.

11. A device-to-device (D2D) user equipment (UE) for selecting a relay and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the D2D UE comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a discovery resource pool related to a synchronization source having a best quality among a plurality of synchronization sources,

control the receiver to receive a plurality of discovery signals only in the determined discovery resource pool,

select a relay based on qualities of the plurality of discovery signals, and

control the receiver to receive a D2D signal from the selected relay.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2017
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, HAKSEONG; LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62150839 · Apr 21, 2015
Provisional Application 62151396 · Apr 22, 2015
Provisional Application 62151448 · Apr 23, 2015
Provisional Application 62205070 · Aug 14, 2015
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