Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130336307 | TERMINAL SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A terminal synchronization method and apparatus for use in a wireless communication system are provided. A synchronization method includes configuring, at the terminal, a synchronization signal reference time depending on whether a synchronization signal is received in an initial observation period as long as at least two frames, monitoring to receive the synchronization signal in an alternation period of a transmission period and a reception period, the alternation period following the initial observation period, updating the reference time depending on whether the synchronization signal is received in the reception period, transmitting the synchronization signal at the updated reference time in the transmission period, and updating the reference time depending on whether the synchronization signal is received in a dedicated observation period following the alternation period. The synchronization apparatus and method are advantageous in that synchronization is obtained without assistance of a base station, an Access Point (AP), etc. | 12-19-2013 |
20140030978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONNECTION IDENTIFICATION IN PAIRING - A method of performing pairing by a transmission terminal in device to device communication is provided. The method includes classifying a plurality of link identifications for identifying a data transmission and reception channel a seed of at least one link identification; selecting an available candidate link identification seed among the seed of the at least one link identification, transmitting a pairing request message including seed information associated with the selected available candidate link identification seed, and receiving a pairing response message corresponding to the pairing request message. When allocating a connection ID in a device to device communication environment, even if a small number of devices exist, an overhead for searching for the connection ID is not great. Further, when many devices exist within a specific range, a probability of devices having the same connection ID is reduced. Accordingly, the device to device communication can be easily performed. | 01-30-2014 |
20140044036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-HOP LINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A two-hop link transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes establishing a two-hop link and scheduling transmission on the two-hop link in a Device-To-Device (D2D) communication network. The two-hop link transmission method includes identifying neighbor terminals available for communication with the transmission terminal, selecting one of the neighboring terminals as a recipient terminal, determining a type of a link to be established with the selected neighboring terminal between a single-hop link and two-hop link types, selecting, when the two-hop link type is determined, a relay terminal among the neighboring terminals, establishing the two-hop link with the recipient terminal via the relay terminal, allocating a Multi-Hop Connection Identifier (MCID) for the two-hop link, and transmitting data to the recipient terminal through the two hop link. | 02-13-2014 |
20140050166 | INTER-LINK INTERFERENCE INFORMATION SHARING-BASED LINK SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A link scheduling apparatus and method based on inter-link interference information sharing technique for use in a Device to Device (D2D) communication system is provided. A link scheduling method of a transmission node in a wireless communication system supporting direct communication between the transmission and recipient nodes includes receiving interference information of at least one recipient node from at least one recipient node, the interference occurring from at least one transmission node to at least one reception node, scheduling links based on the interference information; and transmitting data according to the scheduled links. | 02-20-2014 |
20140128067 | NETWORK-ASSISTED DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A network-assisted discovery method and apparatus for facilitating Device to Device (D2D) communication in the wireless communication system is provided. The network-assisted discovery method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising, broadcasting a discovery signal information in a discovery signal transmission duration of the terminal, receiving assisted discovery information from a base station, determining whether the assisted discovery information comprises the discovery information of the terminal and determining whether to transmit a discovery transmission request message to the base station based on the result of the determination. The network-assisted discovery method and apparatus of the present disclosure is capable of mitigating the problems caused by resource collision and reducing power consumption of the device in the D2D wireless communication system. | 05-08-2014 |
20140128116 | NON-ORTHOGONAL CONNECTION ID-BASED SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A scheduling method and apparatus using a non-orthogonal Connection IDentifier (CID) for use in a device-to-device communication system is provided. The scheduling method includes generating a non-orthogonal CID for communication with a counterpart terminal, determining slot indices for communication using the non-orthogonal CID, and communicating with the counterpart terminal through the slots indicated by the slot indices. The non-orthogonal CID-based scheduling method and apparatus is capable of selecting the slots for use in the non-orthogonal CID-based scheduling according to a rule so as to overcome CID collision in the system of using the non-orthogonal CID. | 05-08-2014 |
20140162714 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR D2D COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for exchanging information between devices for use in the pairing process for Device To Device (D2D) communication is provided. A signal transmission/reception method of a device in a mobile communication system includes determining a resource for the device to transmit a pairing signal, transmitting a discovery signal including information on the determined resource, pairing with a neighbor device that received the discovery signal through the resource indicated by the resource information, and communicating data signals with the paired neighbor device. The information exchange method and apparatus for D2D communication is capable of preventing a plurality of devices from attempting pairing on the same frequency simultaneously, thereby improving pairing efficiency and reducing power consumption of the device. | 06-12-2014 |
20150230180 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR EFFICIENT POWER SAVING OF UE-RELAY OPERATION USING D2D DISCOVERY IN CELLULAR SYSTEM - Disclosed are a communication method and a terminal for power saving in a UE-relay operation by which power consumption in a device relay is reduced using D2D discovery. The relay communication method of a terminal is provided. The method includes performing relay communication to serve at least one other terminal; performing a device-to-device (D2D) discovery operation to detect a nearby relay terminal during the relay communication; and if the nearby relay terminal that satisfies a predetermined condition is detected as a result of the D2D discovery operation, terminating service to at least the one other terminal. | 08-13-2015 |