Resource selection method and corresponding equipment

1. A method for transmitting data by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, in a subframe m, a scheduling assignment (SA) within a range of a value associated with a resource reservation interval before the UE determines, in a subframe n, resources for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission;

determining, in the subframe n, the resources for the PSSCH transmission based on the SA; and

transmitting data in the resources for the PSSCH transmission,

wherein a range between the subframe n and the subframe m is less than or equal to the value associated with the resource reservation interval.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a set of candidate single-subframe resources; and

identifying one or more single-subframe resources to be excluded from the set of the candidate single-subframe resources, wherein the one or more single-subframe resources are overlapped with resource blocks determined according to the SA,

wherein one or more subframes in which the one or more single-subframe resources are located are determined based on the resource reservation interval and a subframe in which the candidate single-subframe resource is located, and

wherein the resource for the transmitting the data is selected based on candidate single-subframe resources remaining in the set of the candidate single-subframe resources.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

sensing, within a sensing window, the SA;

measuring a received power based on the SA; and

sensing a received energy of each sub-channel of each candidate single-subframe,

wherein the candidate single-subframe resource is identified further based on the sensed SA, the received power and the received energy.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

reserving a specified number of periods for resource selection, at the resource reservation interval, according to the candidate single-subframe resources remaining in the set of the candidate single-subframe resources,

wherein the resource reservation interval is indicated by the SA.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the specified number of periods for the resource selection is indicated by the SA.

6. The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the SA indicates the specified number of periods for resource selection by two codewords.

7. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the specified number of periods is determined by a ratio of a parameter P step to the resource reservation interval indicated by the SA, and

wherein the parameter P step is a parameter for sidelink transmission.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the specified number of periods is an integer from 0 to the ratio of the parameter P step to the resource reservation interval.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the specified number of periods is 0, 1 or the ratio of the parameter P step to the resource reservation interval.

10. The method of claim 3 , wherein a resources scheduled by the SA are unavailable, if the resources scheduled by the SA exceeds a threshold value.

11. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a subframe n′ associated with the subframe n is a first subframe which belongs to a PSSCH resource pool in the subframe n and subsequent subframes.

12. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the value associated with the resource reservation interval is a multiplication of a parameter P step and a factor of the resource reservation interval,

wherein the parameter P step is a parameter for sidelink transmission, and

wherein the factor of the resource reservation interval is less than 1.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the factor of the resource reservation interval is ½ or ⅕.

14. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting data, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to control to:

receive, in a subframe m, a scheduling assignment (SA) within a range of a value associated with a resource reservation interval before the UE determines, in a subframe n, resources for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission,

determine, in the subframe n, the resources for the PSSCH transmission based on the SA, and

transmit data in the resources for the PSSCH transmission,

wherein a range between the subframe n and the subframe m is less than or equal to the value associated with the resource reservation interval.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify a set of candidate single-subframe resources, and

identify one or more single-subframe resources to be excluded from the set of the candidate single-subframe resources based on the one or more single-subframe resources, wherein the one or more single-subframe resources are overlapped with resource blocks determined according to the SA,

wherein one or more subframes in which the one or more single-subframe resources are located are determined based on the resource reservation interval and a subframe in which the candidate single-subframe resource is located, and

wherein the resource for the transmitting the data is selected based on candidate single-subframe resources remaining in the set of the candidate single-subframe resources.

16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

sense, within a sensing window, the SA,

measure a received power based on the SA, and

sense a received energy of each sub-channel of each candidate single-subframe, and

wherein the candidate single-subframe resource is identified further based on the sensed SA, the received power and the received energy.

17. The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to reserve a specified number of periods for resource selection, at the resource reservation interval, according to the candidate single-subframe resources remaining in the set of the candidate single-subframe resources, and

wherein the resource reservation interval is indicated by the SA.

18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the specified number of periods for the resource selection is indicated by the SA.

19. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein a subframe n′ associated with the subframe n is a first subframe n belongs to a PSSCH resource pool in the subframe n and subsequent subframes.

20. The UE of claim 14 ,

wherein the value associated with the resource reservation interval is a multiplication of a parameter P step and a factor of the resource reservation interval,

wherein the parameter P step is a parameter for sidelink transmission, and

wherein the factor of the resource reservation interval is less than 1.