Method and terminal for performing direct communication between terminals

1. A method for a first terminal to perform direct communication between terminals, the method comprising

performing direct communication with at least one second terminal by using resources allocated for direct communication between terminals,

wherein the resources comprises a synchronization channel used for frequency synchronization and time synchronization between terminals,

wherein

the synchronization channel comprises a synchronization channel preamble used for at least one of preamble detection, time offset estimation, frequency offset estimation, or channel estimation, and

the synchronization channel preamble comprises at least a sequence based on a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) sample length.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the synchronization channel preamble is either a first sequence in which a basic pattern having an N FFT /2 sample length is repeated or a second sequence formed by combining the basic pattern with a pattern obtained by multiplying the basic pattern by −1, where the N FFT is the size of FFT.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein

at least one OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) symbol is used to transmit the synchronization channel preamble, and

a time domain preamble, which is formed by repeating the basic pattern two times or combining the basic pattern with a pattern obtained by multiplying the basic pattern by −1, is repeated several times during at least one OFDM symbol.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the time domain preamble is repeated (3+α) times during at least one OFDM symbol, wherein the α is 2N CP /N FFT , and the N CP is the length of a CP (cyclic prefix).

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first sequence or second sequence is defined by a binary code generated by a PRBS (pseudo random binary sequence) used for range code creation, and the initial value of the PRBS is b14 . . . b0 =1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first sequence is defined

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C k is a binary code generated by the PRBS, and C 0 is the first output of the PRBS.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first terminal selects one of the first and second sequences to generate the synchronization channel preamble, and the second terminal detects both the first sequence and the second sequence.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein

three OFDM symbols are used to transmit the synchronization channel preamble, and

among the three OFDM symbols, the first OFDM symbol comprises a CP, and the second OFDM symbol and the third OFDM symbol do not comprise the CP.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein, if 72 consecutive subcarriers are allocated to the synchronization channel, the synchronization channel preamble is mapped to 36 subcarriers.

10. A method for a first terminal to perform direct communication between terminals, the method comprising

performing direct communication with at least one second terminal by using resources allocated for direct communication between terminals,

the resources comprising a dedicated channel for transmitting a data packet or a dedicated channel preamble for time offset estimation or frequency offset estimations;

wherein the dedicated channel preamble is transmitted in response to an event indicating that a timing offset or an error rate exceeds a reference value.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the dedicated channel preamble has a length of 72 subcarriers, and is divided into 12 subcodes each having 6 subcarriers.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the dedicated channel preamble is repeatedly transmitted for a duration of 6 OFDM symbols.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein a sequence of the dedicated channel preamble is defined by a binary code generated by a PRBS used for range code creation, and the initial value of the PRBS is b14 . . . b0 =1,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the sequence of the dedicated channel preamble is S k =1−2×C k , k=72,73,. . . ,143, C k is a binary code generated by the PRBS, and C 0 is the first output of the PRBS.

15. A method for a first terminal to perform direct communication between terminals, the method comprising

performing direct communication with at least one second terminal by using resources allocated for direct communication between terminals,

the resources comprising a supplementary channel for mapping and transmitting at least one of a ranging channel, a CQI (channel quality information) channel, or a feedback channel,

wherein the feedback channel is transmitted in a different time domain from that of the ranging channel or CQI channel.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the ranging channel, the CQI channel, and the feedback channel is transmitted in a time-division manner.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein a CQI code transmitted through the CQI channel is determined by using SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) estimated by at least one of a dedicated channel preamble, a dedicated channel pilot, and the ranging channel.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the ranging channel, the CQI channel, and the feedback channel is periodically transmitted according to the starting point and cycle of transmission determined during link initialization.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the feedback channel comprises at least one of the following information: ACK, NAK, MCS change confirm, RCHG indication, and Send Indication.