IP Library Granted Patent US 12672108
Granted Patent B2
US 12672108 · App. 17/868,931 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Method for determining sidelink feedback information and communication device

Inventors: Siqi Liu (Guangdong, CN); Zichao Ji (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W72/02H04L1/1812H04W72/0446H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12672108
App. No.
17/868,931
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for determining sidelink feedback information and a communication device are disclosed. The method includes: determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request SL HARQ feedback information based on a target physical sidelink feedback channel PSFCH resource set associated with a target uplink channel, where the target PSFCH resource set is determined based on a target time interval, where the target time interval is a spacing between the target uplink channel and a PSFCH.

Claims (95)

1 . A method for determining sidelink feedback information, applied to a communication device, the method comprising:

determining a time domain position corresponding to a target time interval, wherein the target time interval is a spacing between a target uplink channel and a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH);

determining, according to the time domain position, a target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel, wherein the target PSFCH resource set belongs to a same resource pool; and

determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set, wherein the determined SL HARQ feedback information is transmitted on the target uplink channel;

wherein the determining, according to the time domain position, a target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel comprises:

determining a time domain position that comprises a PSFCH resource and correspond to the target uplink channel as a first PSFCH resource, wherein the target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel comprises the first PSFCH resource.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a first number of SL HARQ feedback time domain bits respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein a value of the first number is equal to a value of PSFCH density;

and/or,

the first number is related to PSFCH density.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set, wherein the first sidelink channel resource comprises at least one of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resource, wherein a value of the second number is equal to a value of PSFCH density; and/or, the second number is related to PSFCH density.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

setting, if the first sidelink channel resources are used for transmission of a corresponding first sidelink channel, the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the first sidelink channel resources to a decoding state or an SL HARQ feedback state corresponding to the first sidelink channel.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

setting, in a case that a first preset condition is satisfied, all the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the first sidelink channel resources to ACK information, wherein

the first preset condition comprises one of the following:

the first sidelink channel resource is used for transmission of a broadcast message;

sidelink control information corresponding to the first sidelink channel indicates that no SL HARQ feedback information is fed back;

it is configured by a network device or pre-configured that no SL HARQ feedback information is fed back;

SL HARQ feedback is disabled;

a multicast option-1 mode is used for HARQ-ACK feedback, and no NACK information corresponding to the first sidelink channel resource is received; and

the first sidelink channel resource is a resource for a configured grant but is not used;

or

wherein the determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

setting, in a case that a second preset condition is satisfied, all the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the first sidelink channel resources to NACK information, wherein

the second preset condition comprises one of the following:

SL HARQ feedback information corresponding to the first sidelink channel resource is not received;

no PSFCH corresponding to the first sidelink channel resource is received;

no second signaling used for scheduling the first sidelink channel resource is detected;

the first sidelink channel resources are not used for transmission of the corresponding first sidelink channel;

the first sidelink channel resources are preempted;

transmission corresponding to the first sidelink channel resources is dropped, abandoned, or canceled; and

the first sidelink channel resources are used for transmission of the corresponding first sidelink channel, and third signaling corresponding to the first sidelink channel indicates performing SL HARQ feedback on an uplink channel corresponding to a time domain position other than a target time domain position.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein in a case that a third number of first sidelink channel resources in the second number of first sidelink channel resources are used for transmission of a same transport block (TB) or PSSCH repetition, the determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set comprises one of the following:

setting SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to each of the third number of first sidelink channel resources to a decoding state or an SL HARQ feedback state corresponding to a first sidelink channel corresponding to the each of the third number of first sidelink channel resources respectively;

setting, for a fourth number of first sidelink channel resources in the third number of first sidelink channel resources, SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to each of the fourth number of first sidelink channel resources to a decoding state or an SL HARQ feedback state corresponding to a first sidelink channel corresponding to the each of the fourth number of first sidelink channel resources respectively;

setting, for other first sidelink channel resources than the fourth number of first sidelink channel resources in the third number of first sidelink channel resources, all SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to each of the other first sidelink channel resources to one of ACK information or NACK information;

setting the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the each of the fourth number of first sidelink channel resources to the decoding state or the SL HARQ feedback state corresponding to the first sidelink channel corresponding to the each of the fourth number of the first sidelink channel resources respectively, and setting all the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the each of the other first sidelink channel resources to one of the ACK information or the NACK information; or

setting the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the each of the third number of first sidelink channel resources to a decoding state or an SL HARQ feedback state corresponding to a first sidelink channel corresponding to a resource at a preset position in the third number of first sidelink channel resources respectively.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set corresponds to a fifth number of SL HARQ feedback time domain bits;

wherein the fifth number comprises at least one of the following:

the number of corresponding PSSCH resource blocks (RB) on each second sidelink channel resource, wherein the second sidelink channel resource comprises at least one of a PSSCH resource or a PSCCH resource;

the number of sub-channels on each second sidelink channel resource;

the corresponding maximum number of PSSCHs for transmission or demodulation on each second sidelink channel resource; or

the number of PSSCH RBs or the number of sub-channels in at least one target frequency domain resource, wherein the target frequency domain resource comprises a sub-channel, a resource pool, or a bandwidth part (BWP);

or

wherein the fifth number comprises at least one of the following:

the maximum number of pieces of sidelink control information (SCI) or the maximum number of PSCCH resources for transmission, blind detection, detection, or demodulation on each second sidelink channel resource, slot, or span;

the number of pieces of SCI or the number of PSCCH resources in at least one target frequency domain resource, wherein the target frequency domain resource comprises a sub-channel, a resource pool, or a bandwidth part BWP;

the maximum number of pieces of SCI or the maximum number of PSCCH resources in the at least one target frequency domain resource; or

the number of pieces of SCI or the number of PSCCH resources on each second sidelink channel resource, slot, or span;

or

wherein the fifth number comprises one of the following:

the maximum number of transmission PSFCH resources; or

the maximum number of transmission PSFCH RBs;

or

wherein the fifth number comprises one of the following:

the number of PSFCH RBs in one resource pool;

a maximum value in the numbers of PSFCH RBs corresponding to at least two resource pools;

the number of RBs in a sub-channel in one resource pool;

a maximum value in the numbers of RBs corresponding to sub-channels in at least two resource pools;

the number of PSFCH RBs in a sub-channel in one resource pool;

a maximum value in the numbers of PSFCH RBs corresponding to sub-channels in at least two resource pools;

the number of RBs comprised in the BWP; or

the number of PSFCH RBs comprised in the BWP;

or

wherein the fifth number comprises:

the number of PSFCH RBs corresponding to each second sidelink channel resource.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SL corresponds to a sixth number of carriers, and the number of PSFCH RBs associated with the terminal device is a seventh number.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

concatenating the SL HARQ feedback bits corresponding to the target PSFCH resource set according to at least one of a terminal device dimension, a carrier dimension, a time domain dimension, or a frequency domain dimension, to determine the SL HARQ feedback information.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target uplink channel is associated with at least one target resource, wherein the target resource comprises a resource pool, a sub-channel, a bandwidth part (BWP), or a carrier.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a target sidelink channel resource associated with the target uplink channel is a resource within a sidelink channel resource range corresponding to the at least one target resource.

13 . A communication device, comprising: a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when executed by the processor, the computer program implements the following step:

determining a time domain position corresponding to a target time interval, wherein the target time interval is a spacing between a target uplink channel and a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH);

determining, according to the time domain position, a target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel, wherein the target PSFCH resource set belongs to a same resource pool; and

determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set, wherein the determined SL HARQ feedback information is transmitted on the target uplink channel;

wherein the step of determining, according to the time domain position, a target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel comprises:

determining a time domain position that comprises a PSFCH resource and correspond to the target uplink channel as a first PSFCH resource, wherein the target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel comprises the first PSFCH resource.

14 . The communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the step of determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a first number of SL HARQ feedback time domain bits respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set.

15 . The communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the step of determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set, wherein the first sidelink channel resource comprises at least one of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resource, wherein a value of the second number is equal to a value of PSFCH density; and/or, the second number is related to PSFCH density.

16 . The communication device according to claim 15 , wherein the step of determining the SL HARQ feedback information based on a second number of first sidelink channel resources respectively corresponding to each PSFCH resource in the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

setting, if the first sidelink channel resources are used for transmission of a corresponding first sidelink channel, the SL HARQ feedback time domain bits corresponding to the first sidelink channel resources to a decoding state or an SL HARQ feedback state corresponding to the first sidelink channel.

17 . The communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the step of determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set comprises:

concatenating the SL HARQ feedback bits corresponding to the target PSFCH resource set according to at least one of a terminal device dimension, a carrier dimension, a time domain dimension, or a frequency domain dimension, to determine the SL HARQ feedback information.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, the computer program, when executed by a processor, implementing the following step:

determining a time domain position corresponding to a target time interval, wherein the target time interval is a spacing between a target uplink channel and a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH);

determining, according to the time domain position, a target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel, wherein the target PSFCH resource set belongs to a same resource pool; and

determining sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request (SL HARQ) feedback information to be transmitted on the target uplink channel based on the target PSFCH resource set, wherein the determined SL HARQ feedback information is transmitted on the target uplink channel;

wherein the step of determining, according to the time domain position, a target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel comprises:

determining a time domain position that comprises a PSFCH resource and correspond to the target uplink channel as a first PSFCH resource, wherein the target PSFCH resource set corresponding to the target uplink channel comprises the first PSFCH resource.