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US 12696242 · App. 18/284,394 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Method and apparatus for selecting transmission resource in internet of vehicles, and terminal

Inventors: Xiaoran Wen (High-tech District, CN); Rui Zhao (High-tech District, CN)

Assignee: DATANG GOHIGH INTELLIGENT AND CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

H04W72/02 H04W72/0446 H04W76/28

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Patent No.: US 12696242
App. No.: 18/284,394
Granted: Jul 28, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for selecting a transmission resource in the Internet of Vehicles, and a terminal, which relates to the technical field of communications. The method is applied to a first terminal. The method includes: according to a number of transmissions of to-be-transmitted data, Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration parameters of a second terminal and resource-pool configuration parameters of the second terminal, selecting candidate transmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data in a resource selection window; and selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters.

Claims (68)

1 . A method for selecting a transmission resource, applied to a first terminal, wherein the method comprises:

according to a number of transmissions of to-be-transmitted data, Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration parameters of a second terminal and resource-pool configuration parameters of the second terminal, selecting candidate transmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data in a resource selection window; and

selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters;

wherein the step of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

selecting an initial-transmission resource and N−1 retransmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources; wherein N refers to the number of transmissions;

wherein the step of selecting the N−1 retransmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources comprises:

determining an active time duration of a DRX retransmission timer that is expected to be started by the second terminal according to the initial-transmission resource that is selected and the DRX configuration parameters; and

selecting the retransmission resources among the candidate transmission resources according to an active time of the second terminal, wherein the active time comprises at least the active time duration of the DRX retransmission timer that is expected to be started by the second terminal.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of selecting the initial-transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources comprises:

selecting the initial-transmission resource among the candidate transmission resources according to a DRX active time of the second terminal after a time instant n, wherein n is an arrival time of the to-be-transmitted data, or n is a triggering time of resource selection or re-selection.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of selecting the N−1 retransmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources comprises:

determining an active time duration of a DRX retransmission timer that is expected to be started by the second terminal according to the retransmission resources that are selected and the DRX configuration parameters; and

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of selecting the N transmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources comprises:

selecting N transmission resources among the candidate transmission resources;

according to the N transmission resources and the DRX configuration parameters, determining an active time duration of a DRX retransmission timer that is expected to be started by the second terminal;

if at least M transmission resources among the N transmission resources are located within the active time of the second terminal, determining the N transmission resources to be the transmission resources for transmitting the to-be-transmitted data, wherein the active time comprises at least the N−1 active time durations; and

if at least M transmission resources among the N transmission resources are not located within the active time, re-selecting N transmission resources among the candidate transmission resources;

wherein M is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the candidate transmission resources comprise:

Y candidate slots, wherein at least some of the Y candidate slots are located within a DRX active time of the second terminal after a time instant n, and Y is greater than or equal to a minimum number of candidate slots that are configured by a network or pre-configured.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the step of, according to the number of transmissions of the to-be-transmitted data, the Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration parameters of the second terminal and the resource-pool configuration parameters of the second terminal, selecting the candidate transmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data in the resource selection window comprises:

determining a time-domain starting position of the candidate transmission resources as n+T1+X, wherein n+T1+X is located within the DRX active time of the second terminal after the time instant n, n+T1 is the starting time of the resource selection window, and X is a first slot interval.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the candidate transmission resources comprise Y candidate slots, the step of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

selecting one initial-transmission resource among the candidate transmission resources, wherein the initial-transmission resource is located within a DRX active time of the second terminal after a time instant n; and

selecting N−1 retransmission resources among the candidate transmission resources, wherein the retransmission resources are located within an active time of the second terminal, and the active time is a time duration that is decided according to the DRX configuration parameters.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the candidate transmission resources comprise N candidate-transmission-resource groups, the step of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

selecting one initial-transmission resource from a first candidate-transmission-resource group; and

selecting N−1 retransmission resources from N−1 candidate-transmission-resource groups other than the first candidate-transmission-resource group, wherein the retransmission resources are located within an active time of the second terminal, and the active time is a time duration that is decided according to the DRX configuration parameters.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the candidate transmission resources comprise Y candidate slots, the step of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

selecting N transmission resources from the Y candidate slots;

if at least M transmission resources among the N transmission resources are located within an active time of the second terminal, determining the N transmission resources to be the transmission resources for transmitting the to-be-transmitted data, wherein the active time is a time duration that is decided according to the DRX configuration parameters and the N transmission resources; and

if at least M transmission resources among the N transmission resources are not located within the active time, re-selecting N transmission resources from the Y candidate slots;

wherein M is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the candidate transmission resources comprise N candidate-transmission-resource groups, the step of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

selecting one transmission resource from each of candidate-transmission-resource groups;

if at least M transmission resources among N transmission resources are located within an active time of the second terminal, determining the N transmission resources to be the transmission resources for transmitting the to-be-transmitted data, wherein the active time duration is a time duration that is decided according to the DRX configuration parameters and the N transmission resources; and

if at least M transmission resources among the N transmission resources are not located within the active time, re-selecting one transmission resource from each of the candidate-transmission-resource groups;

wherein M is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for selecting a transmission resource according to claim 1 .

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the candidate transmission resources comprise:

N candidate-transmission-resource groups, wherein a first candidate-transmission-resource group is located within the DRX active time of the second terminal after the time instant n;

wherein N refers to the number of transmissions, and n is an arrival time of the to-be-transmitted data, or n is a triggering time of resource selection or re-selection.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the step of, according to the number of transmissions of the to-be-transmitted data, the Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration parameters of the second terminal and the resource-pool configuration parameters of the second terminal, selecting the candidate transmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data in the resource selection window comprises:

determining a time-domain starting position of the first candidate-transmission-resource group as n+T1+X, wherein the first candidate-transmission-resource group is located within the DRX active time of the second terminal after the time instant n, n+T1 is a starting time of the resource selection window, and X is a first slot interval;

according to the DRX configuration parameters and the resource-pool configuration parameters, determining the other N−1 candidate-transmission-resource groups than the first candidate-transmission-resource group; and

if it is determined that the last slot of an N-th candidate-transmission-resource group exceeds an ending time of the resource selection window, adjusting at least one of the following parameters:

a number of slots within the candidate-transmission-resource groups;

slot intervals between two neighboring instances of the candidate-transmission-resource groups; and

a starting position of the first candidate-transmission-resource group.

14 . A terminal, wherein the terminal is a first terminal, and comprises a transceiver, a memory, a processor and a computer program stored in the memory and executed in the processor, and the processor, when executing the computer program, implements the operations comprising:

selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters;

wherein the operation of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

wherein the operation of selecting the N−1 retransmission resources for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources comprises:

15 . The terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the candidate transmission resources comprise:

16 . The terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the operation of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

17 . The terminal according to claim 14 , wherein the operation of selecting the transmission resource for the to-be-transmitted data among the candidate transmission resources according to the DRX configuration parameters comprises:

selecting N transmission resources from the Y candidate slots;

if at least M transmission resources among the N transmission resources are not located within the active time, re-selecting N transmission resources from the Y candidate slots;

wherein M is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.