Radio Discovery Pattern Grouping for V2V Node Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current communication systems face challenges in enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of discovery signal transmission and detection, particularly in Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) networks, where network nodes need to rapidly and reliably discover each other, especially in scenarios where nodes are moving and not directly visible to each other.

Innovation Solution

The solution involves grouping discovery patterns into different spatial parameter-based groups and allocating specific discovery patterns to network nodes based on their spatial information, such as location and moving direction, to optimize radio resource usage and enable fast discovery between nodes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If discovery patterns are transmitted using traditional methods, then all nodes can potentially discover each other, but the discovery time is extended and resource overlap increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediscovery reliabilityVSAvoiddiscovery time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments discovery patterns into multiple groups, where each group is assigned to specific spatial parameters (location, moving direction). This segmentation enables nodes to discover each other faster by selecting appropriate groups based on their spatial relationships, rather than relying on random or universal pattern transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different discovery patterns to different spatial regions and movement directions. Each node selects discovery patterns based on its local spatial context (position and moving direction), optimizing resource usage and reducing unnecessary transmissions while maintaining reliable discovery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Speed

If discovery patterns are transmitted frequently to ensure fast discovery, then discovery speed improves, but radio resource usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediscovery speedVSAvoidradio resource usage
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters of discovery pattern transmission by introducing spatial parameter-based grouping. Instead of uniform frequent transmission, nodes transmit discovery patterns selectively based on their spatial context (location and moving direction), achieving fast discovery while optimizing radio resource usage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If all nodes use the same discovery pattern, then implementation is simplified, but resource overlap increases and discovery efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepattern allocation complexityVSAvoiddiscovery efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments discovery patterns into multiple groups associated with different spatial parameters. This segmentation increases discovery efficiency by reducing resource overlap, while the association rules (spatial parameter-based grouping) keep the implementation complexity manageable through systematic organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements local quality by assigning different discovery patterns to nodes based on their specific spatial context. This differentiation improves discovery efficiency and reduces resource overlap, while the structured approach (grouping by spatial parameters) maintains reasonable implementation complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3403427B1Fast device discovery
Publication Date: 2021.10.20 NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS OY
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AI summary

There is provided a method in a network element of a radio communication network, the method comprising: grouping, by the network element, a plurality of discovery patterns into at least two groups, wherein each discovery pattern comprises one or more discovery slots on radio resources for detecting discovery signals by a network node; associating at least one of the groups with a first spatial parameter and at least one other group with a second spatial parameter; and transmitting configuration information enabling a network node to utilize a discovery pattern belonging to a group associated with a spatial parameter that corresponds to spatial information of the network node.