SIDELINK OPERATION IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM

    公开(公告)号:US20250150212A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-08

    申请号:US18681322

    申请日:2022-08-05

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and. devices may assist in new radio (NR) sidelink (SL) operation in licensed or unlicensed spectrum. In an example, if listen-before-talk (LBT) failure rate is low, then implicit acknowledgement (ACK) and explicit non-acknowledgement (NACK) may be used. A first SL timer may start when a. SL transport block is transmitted. If no explicit NACK, is received before the SL timer expires, then ACK. may be assumed. If LBT failure rate is high, then explicit ACK and implicit NACK may be used. A second SL timer may start. If no explicit ACK is received before the SL timer expires, then NACK may be assumed.

    Sidelink enhancements resource allocation assistance information

    公开(公告)号:US12289711B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US17995777

    申请日:2021-04-08

    Abstract: The exchange of resource allocation assistance information between a requester User Equipment (UE) and an assistant UE allows the requester to make better resource allocation decisions. The assistance information may include a blacklist, a whitelist, resource allocation information, a candidate resource set, and measurement information, for example. Both UEs may have an assistance configuration to assist in the exchange of resource allocation assistance information, that may be obtained from a third apparatus, such as a base station. The configuration may include information related to when to trigger assistance, identities of UEs, and types of assistance information, for example. The requester may, based on the assistance information received, modify a candidate resource set at a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. The requester may, at the MAC layer, determine a configured sidelink grant for a selected destination using assistance information targeting this destination.

    NR sidelink group communication
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12245106B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-04

    申请号:US17628761

    申请日:2020-08-13

    Abstract: A Sidelink AS group management function is disclosed for a UE to discover group members and organize them into AS layer sub-groups based on the AS layer group context information. A centralized Sidelink AS group management is disclosed that the Sidelink AS Group Manager discovers group members and organizes them into AS layer sub-groups for a UE. A Subgroup formation and configuration procedure is disclosed that SL AS Group Manager organizes the ULG into AS layer sub-groups, configures UE-to-UE relays for each UE in the ULG and sends the AS group management information to the UE. A distributed Sidelink AS group management method is disclosed that each UE discovers its group members and organizes the ULG into AS layer sub-groups. New Layer 2 structures and procedures are disclosed to enhance bearer management for Sidelink groupcast communications.

    Autonomous uplink transmission in unlicensed new radio spectrum

    公开(公告)号:US12218762B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17265245

    申请日:2019-08-08

    Abstract: Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes may be transmitted via configured grants as well as scheduled grants. The configured grants may include time and frequency resources, and transmissions may occur across contiguous transmissions. HARQ process information, such as HARQ IDs and redundancy versions, may be communicated via a control channel, and the control channel may be multiplexed with the transmission resources of the configured grants. Retransmission timers may be used for HARQ processes conveyed via configured grants, and the transmitting apparatus may signal to a receiver when to send an acknowledgement. An acknowledgement may take the form of bitmaps for code block groups of a HARQ. A configured grant may be selected from among multiple configured grants based upon low latency, for example. A group of configured grants may be activated or deactivated via a single command.

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