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Granted Patent B2
US 9,699,826 · App. 15/125,550 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Method for device-to-device (D2D) operation performed by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using the method

Inventors: Sunghoon Jung (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/046H04W8/005H04W72/042H04W76/023
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Patent No.
US 9,699,826
App. No.
15/125,550
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for device-to-device (D2D) operation performed by a terminal in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method are provided. The method comprises: determining whether a serving cell of the terminal is a suitable cell; determining whether the serving sell provides resource pool information; and, if the serving cell is a suitable cell, and the serving cell provides the resource pool information, transmitting a D2D signal within resources indicated by the resource pool information.

Claims (22)

1. A method for a device-to-device (D2D) operation performed by a user equipment (UE) in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining whether a serving cell of the UE is a suitable cell among an acceptable cell, a suitable cell, a barred cell and a reserved cell,

wherein the acceptable cell is a cell on which the UE camps to obtain limited service, the suitable cell is a cell on which the UE camps to obtain normal service, the barred cell is a cell on which the UE is not allowed to camp and the reserved cell is a cell reserved by system information;

determining whether the serving cell provides resource pool information; and

transmitting a D2D signal within a resource indicated by the resource pool information if the serving cell is the suitable cell and if the serving cell provides the resource pool information,

wherein the resource pool information indicates a plurality of resource pools, and

wherein the UE selects a resource pool among the plurality of resource pools and transmits the D2D signal using the selected resource pool.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the D2D signal is a D2D discovery signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource pool information is provided while being included in system information.

4. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor operated in association with the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether a serving cell of the UE is a suitable cell among an acceptable cell, a suitable cell, a barred cell and a reserved cell,

wherein the acceptable cell is a cell on which the UE camps to obtain limited service, the suitable cell is a cell on which the UE camps to obtain normal service, the barred cell is a cell on which the UE is not allowed to camp and the reserved cell is a cell reserved by system information,

determine whether the serving cell provides resource pool information, and

transmit a D2D signal within a resource indicated by the resource pool information if the serving cell is the suitable cell and if the serving cell provides the resource pool information,

wherein the resource pool information indicates a plurality of resource pools, and

wherein the UE selects a resource pool among the plurality of resource pools and transmits the D2D signal using the selected resource pool.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the D2D signal is a D2D discovery signal.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the resource pool information is provided while being included in system information.

7. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2016
From: JUNG, SUNGHOON; LEE, YOUNGDAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 039836/0786 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61969001 · Mar 21, 2014
Related Publication 20170006658A1 · Jan 5, 2017