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US 11,265,858 · App. 16/628,249 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Method and device for performing device-to-device communication by sharing uplink resource and sidelink resource in wireless communication system

Inventors: Ilmu Byun (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Sangrim Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/0048H04W72/046
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Patent No.
US 11,265,858
App. No.
16/628,249
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method and equipment for performing device-to-device communication by sharing an uplink resource and a sidelink resource in a wireless communication system. Particularly, a first terminal transmits a reference signal to a base station. The first terminal receives a downlink control signal from the base station. The downlink control signal includes beam limiting information indicating a beam, which is not used for reducing interference with an uplink signal, when the first terminal transmits a sidelink signal. The first terminal transmits the sidelink signal to a second terminal by using beams excluding the beam indicated by the beam limiting information. The sidelink signal is transmitted through a resource pool in which the uplink resource and the sidelink resource are overlapped in time and frequency domains.

Claims (45)

1. A method for performing device-to-device communication by sharing an uplink resource and a sidelink resource in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a first user equipment (UE), a reference signal to a base station;

receiving, by the first UE, a downlink control signal from the base station, the downlink control signal comprising beam restriction information indicating a beam not used to reduce interference in an uplink signal when the first UE transmits a sidelink signal; and

transmitting, by the first UE, the sidelink signal to a second UE using a beam other than the beam indicated by the beam restriction information, the sidelink signal being transmitted through a resource pool in which the uplink resource and the sidelink resource overlap in time and frequency domains.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control signal further comprises beam recommendation information indicating a beam used when the first UE transmits an uplink signal, and

the uplink signal is transmitted to the base station through the resource pool using the beam indicated by the beam recommendation information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the beam restriction information comprises an index and transmission power of the beam not used when the first UE transmits the sidelink signal, and

the beam recommendation information comprises an index and transmission power of the beam used when the first UE transmits the uplink signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the sidelink signal is transmitted based on transmission power lower than the transmission power of the beam not used when the first UE transmits the sidelink signal.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the downlink control signal further comprises a channel information type field,

the beam recommendation information is comprised in the downlink control signal when the channel information type field indicates a first value, and

the beam restriction information is comprised in the downlink control signal when the channel information type field indicates a second value.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, a first temporary identifier and a second temporary identifier from the base station,

wherein the beam recommendation information is comprised in the downlink control signal when a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the downlink control signal is masked with the first temporary identifier, and

the beam restriction information is comprised in the downlink control signal when the CRC of the downlink control signal is masked with the second temporary identifier.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, allocation information about the resource pool from the base station cell-commonly or UE-specifically.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the first UE, allocation information of the reference signal from the base station UE-specifically,

wherein the allocation information of the reference signal comprises information about transmission time, a transmission frequency, a sequence resource, transmission power for the reference signal and information about an antenna port for transmitting the reference signal.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control signal further comprises a scheduling field for an uplink signal, and

the scheduling field for the uplink signal is set to NULL when the first UE does not transmit the uplink signal.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink signal is transmitted in a unicast or multicast manner.

11. A first user equipment (UE) performing device-to-device communication by sharing an uplink resource and a sidelink resource in a wireless communication system, the first UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor connected to the RF unit,

wherein the processor transmits a reference signal to a base station, receives a downlink control signal from the base station, the downlink control signal comprising beam restriction information indicating a beam not used to reduce interference in an uplink signal when the first UE transmits a sidelink signal, and transmits the sidelink signal to a second UE using a beam other than the beam indicated by the beam restriction information, the sidelink signal being transmitted through a resource pool in which the uplink resource and the sidelink resource overlap in time and frequency domains.

12. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein the downlink control signal further comprises beam recommendation information indicating a beam used when the first UE transmits an uplink signal, and

the uplink signal is transmitted to the base station through the resource pool using the beam indicated by the beam recommendation information.

13. The first UE of claim 12 , wherein the beam restriction information comprises an index and transmission power of the beam not used when the first UE transmits the sidelink signal, and

the beam recommendation information comprises an index and transmission power of the beam used when the first UE transmits the uplink signal.

14. The first UE of claim 13 , wherein the sidelink signal is transmitted based on transmission power lower than the transmission power of the beam not used when the first UE transmits the sidelink signal.

15. The first UE of claim 12 , wherein the downlink control signal further comprises a channel information type field,

the beam recommendation information is comprised in the downlink control signal when the channel information type field indicates a first value, and

the beam restriction information is comprised in the downlink control signal when the channel information type field indicates a second value.

16. The first UE of claim 12 , wherein the processor receives a first temporary identifier and a second temporary identifier from the base station,

the beam recommendation information is comprised in the downlink control signal when a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the downlink control signal is masked with the first temporary identifier, and

the beam restriction information is comprised in the downlink control signal when the CRC of the downlink control signal is masked with the second temporary identifier.

17. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein the processor receives allocation information about the resource pool from the base station cell-commonly or UE-specifically.

18. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein the processor receives allocation information of the reference signal from the base station UE-specifically, and

the allocation information of the reference signal comprises information about transmission time, a transmission frequency, a sequence resource, transmission power for the reference signal and information about an antenna port for transmitting the reference signal.

19. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein the downlink control signal further comprises a scheduling field for an uplink signal, and

the scheduling field for the uplink signal is set to NULL when the first UE does not transmit the uplink signal.

20. The first UE of claim 11 , wherein the sidelink signal is transmitted in a unicast or multicast manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: BYUN, ILMU; KANG, JIWON; LEE, SANGRIM
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 051405/0809 →
Continuity (1)
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