Method and apparatus for configuration of resource sensing in NR V2X resource allocation

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to provide hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, the method comprising:

transmitting physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs), wherein each of the PSSCH transmissions provides a transport block (TB);

receiving physical sidelink feedback channels (PSFCHs);

generating values for HARQ-ACK information bits from the PSFCH receptions, wherein:

the PSFCH receptions correspond to the PSSCH transmissions,

the values of the HARQ-ACK information bits correspond to the TBs in the PSSCH transmissions, and

generating a HARQ-ACK codeword that includes the values of the HARQ-ACK information bits arranged in a predetermined order; and

transmitting the HARQ-ACK codeword in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an absence of a PSFCH reception corresponding to a PSSCH transmission of the PSSCH transmissions; and

generating a HARQ-ACK information bit with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value for the TB in the corresponding PSSCH transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) that provide corresponding downlink control information (DCI) formats, wherein:

the predetermined order in an ascending order of the PDCCH receptions in time; and

the DCI formats indicate resources for transmission of the PSSCHs.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first slot, wherein:

the PDCCH provides a downlink control information (DCI) format,

the DCI format provides information for scheduling at least one of the PSSCH transmissions in a second slot and includes a value for a time gap field; and

determining the second slot to be after the first slot by a number of slots based on the value of the time gap field.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the scheduling information is applicable for more than one of the PSSCH transmissions; and

two consecutive ones of the PSSCH transmissions are in slots separated by the number of slots.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined order is an ascending order of PDCCH receptions in time.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that provides a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DCI format provides information for scheduling at least one of the PSSCH transmissions and includes a first HARQ process number field; and

transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) that provides a sidelink control information (SCI) format,

wherein the SCI format provides information for the at least one of the PSSCH transmissions and includes a second HARQ process number field, and

wherein a value of the second HARQ process number field is determined based on a value of the first HARQ process number field.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a configuration for a maximum number of PSSCH transmissions that provide a same TB.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that provides a first downlink control information (DCI) format information and a second PDCCH that provides a second DCI format, wherein:

the first DCI format provides information for scheduling at least a first of the PSSCH transmissions according to a new radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT),

the second DCI format provides information for scheduling at least a second of the PSSCH transmissions according to a long term evolution (LTE) RAT,

the first DCI format and the second DCI format have a same size, and

the first DCI format or the second DCI format includes a number of bits having a predetermined value of 0.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the first DCI format includes a number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits,

the second DCI format includes the number of CRC bits,

the CRC bits of the first DCI format are scrambled by first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) bits, and

the CRC of the second DCI format are scrambled by second RNTI bits.

11. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

transmit physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs), wherein each of the PSSCH transmissions provides a transport block (TB); and

receive physical sidelink feedback channels (PSFCHs); and

a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to:

generate values for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information bits from the PSFCH receptions, wherein:

the PSFCH receptions correspond to the PSSCH transmissions, and

the values of the HARQ-ACK information bits correspond to the TBs in the PSSCH transmissions, and

generate a HARQ-ACK codeword that includes the values of the HARQ-ACK information bits arranged in a predetermined order,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the HARQ-ACK codeword in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an absence of a PSFCH reception corresponding to a PSSCH transmission of the PSSCH transmissions; and

generate a HARQ-ACK information bit with a negative acknowledgement (NACK) value for the TB in the corresponding PSSCH transmission.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) that provide corresponding downlink control information (DCI) formats,

the predetermined order in an ascending order of the PDCCH receptions in time, and

the DCI formats indicate resources for transmission of the PSSCHs.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first slot, wherein:

the PDCCH provides a downlink control information (DCI) format,

the DCI format provides information for scheduling at least one of the PSSCH transmissions in a second slot and includes a value for a time gap field; and

the processor is further configured to determine the second slot to be after the first slot by a number of slots based on the value of the time gap field.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein:

the scheduling information is applicable for more than one of the PSSCH transmissions; and

two consecutive ones of the PSSCH transmissions are in slots separated by the number of slots.

16. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the predetermined order is an ascending order of PDCCH receptions in time.

17. The UE of claim 11 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that provides a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein the DCI format provides information for scheduling at least one of the PSSCH transmissions and includes a first HARQ process number field; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) that provides a sidelink control information (SCI) format, wherein the SCI format provides information for the at least one of the PSSCH transmissions and includes a second HARQ process number field and wherein a value of the second HARQ process number field is determined based on a value of the first HARQ process number field.

18. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a configuration for a maximum number of PSSCH transmissions that provide a same TB.

19. The UE of claim 11 , wherein:

the transceiver is further configured to receive a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that provides a first downlink control information (DCI) format information and a second PDCCH that provides a second DCI format,

the first DCI format provides information for scheduling at least a first of the PSSCH transmissions according to a new radio (NR) radio access technology (RAT),

the second DCI format provides information for scheduling at least a second of the PSSCH transmissions according to a long term evolution (LTE) RAT,

the first DCI format and the second DCI format have a same size, and

the first DCI format or the second DCI format includes a number of bits having a predetermined value of 0.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein:

the first DCI format includes a number of cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits,

the second DCI format includes the number of CRC bits,

the CRC bits of the first DCI format are scrambled by first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) bits, and

the CRC of the second DCI format are scrambled by second RNTI bits.