IP Library Granted Patent US 12672157
Granted Patent B2
US 12672157 · App. 19/385,991 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Sidelink resource allocation mode selection

Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/40H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12672157
App. No.
19/385,991
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first wireless device does not monitor, during a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) non-active period and based on a cell DTX being configured, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The first wireless device triggers a scheduling request (SR) for requesting one or more sidelink (SL) resources. The first wireless device monitors, during the cell DTX non-active period, the PDCCH for downlink control information (DCI). A cyclic redundancy check of the DCI is scrambled based on at least one SL specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). The PDCCH is monitored based on: the cell DTX being configured; a discontinuous reception (DRX) being configured; and the SR being pending. The first wireless device receives, via the PDCCH, the DCI indicating a first SL resource. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device and via the first SL resource, an SL communication.

Claims (80)

1 . A first wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors cause the first wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, one or more messages comprising one or more parameters indicating:

a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) non-active period of a cell DTX for reducing downlink transmission or uplink reception of the base station;

a discontinuous reception (DRX) of the first wireless device for power saving of the first wireless device;

a sidelink (SL) resource allocation mode 1 among the SL resource allocation mode 1 and an SL resource allocation mode 2; and

at least one SL specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprising at least one of an SL-RNTI or an SL configured scheduling-RNTI (CS-RNTI);

not monitor, during the cell DTX non-active period and based on the cell DTX being configured, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

trigger a scheduling request (SR) for requesting one or more SL resources;

monitor, during the cell DTX non-active period, the PDCCH for downlink control information (DCI), wherein:

a cyclic redundancy check of the DCI is scrambled based on the at least one SL specific RNTI; and

monitoring the PDCCH is based on:

the cell DTX being configured;

the DRX being configured; and

the SR being pending;

receive, via the PDCCH, the DCI indicating a first SL resource; and

transmit, to a second wireless device and via the first SL resource, an SL communication.

2 . The first wireless device of claim 1 , wherein triggering the SR is based on at least one of:

SL buffer status reporting;

SL channel state information reporting; or

an SL DRX command indication.

3 . The first wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the DCI comprises the first SL resource.

4 . The first wireless device of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the PDCCH is further based on the first wireless device being in a wireless device DRX active time.

5 . The first wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the wireless device DRX active time, of the DRX, comprises a time while a second PDCCH, indicating a new transmission, has not been received after a successful reception of a random access response.

6 . The first wireless device of claim 1 , wherein a wireless device DRX active time, of the DRX, comprises a time while the SR is pending.

7 . The first wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more messages further comprise a timer value of a second timer for determining a cell DTX active period.

8 . The first wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the first wireless device to:

start the second timer; and

determine the cell DTX active period while the second timer is running.

9 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, one or more messages comprising one or more parameters indicating:

a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) non-active period of a cell DTX for reducing downlink transmission or uplink reception of the base station;

a discontinuous reception (DRX) of the first wireless device for power saving of the first wireless device;

a sidelink (SL) resource allocation mode 1 among the SL resource allocation mode 1 and an SL resource allocation mode 2; and

at least one SL specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprising at least one of an SL-RNTI or an SL configured scheduling-RNTI (CS-RNTI);

not monitoring, during the cell DTX non-active period and based on the cell DTX being configured, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

triggering a scheduling request (SR) for requesting one or more SL resources;

monitoring, during the cell DTX non-active period, the PDCCH for downlink control information (DCI), wherein:

a cyclic redundancy check of the DCI is scrambled based on the at least one SL specific RNTI; and

the monitoring is based on:

the cell DTX being configured;

the DRX being configured; and

the SR being pending;

receiving, via the PDCCH, the DCI indicating a first SL resource; and

transmitting, to a second wireless device and via the first SL resource, an SL communication.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the triggering the SR is based on at least one of:

SL buffer status reporting;

SL channel state information reporting; or

an SL DRX command indication.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the DCI comprises the first SL resource.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the monitoring is further based on the first wireless device being in a wireless device DRX active time.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the wireless device DRX active time, of the DRX, comprises a time while a second PDCCH, indicating a new transmission, has not been received after a successful reception of a random access response.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein a wireless device DRX active time, of the DRX, comprises a time while the SR is pending.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more messages further comprise a timer value of a second timer for determining a cell DTX active period.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

starting the second timer; and

determining the cell DTX active period while the second timer is running.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first wireless device, cause the first wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, one or more messages comprising one or more parameters indicating:

a cell discontinuous transmission (DTX) non-active period of a cell DTX for reducing downlink transmission or uplink reception of the base station;

a discontinuous reception (DRX) of the first wireless device for power saving of the first wireless device;

a sidelink (SL) resource allocation mode 1 among the SL resource allocation mode 1 and an SL resource allocation mode 2; and

at least one SL specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprising at least one of an SL-RNTI or an SL configured scheduling-RNTI (CS-RNTI);

not monitor, during the cell DTX non-active period and based on the cell DTX being configured, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

trigger a scheduling request (SR) for requesting one or more SL resources;

monitor, during the cell DTX non-active period, the PDCCH for downlink control information (DCI), wherein:

a cyclic redundancy check of the DCI is scrambled based on the at least one SL specific RNTI; and

monitoring the PDCCH is based on:

the cell DTX being configured;

the DRX being configured; and

the SR being pending;

receive, via the PDCCH, the DCI indicating a first SL resource; and

transmit, to a second wireless device and via the first SL resource, an SL communication.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein triggering the SR is based on at least one of:

SL buffer status reporting;

SL channel state information reporting; or

an SL DRX command indication.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the DCI comprises the first SL resource.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein monitoring the PDCCH is further based on the first wireless device being in a wireless device DRX active time.