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US 11,997,744 · App. 17/367,132 · Granted May 28, 2024

Method and apparatus for sidelink DRX operations in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Kyeongin Jeong (Allen, TX); Emad N. Farag (Flanders, NJ)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/28H04L1/1816H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 11,997,744
App. No.
17/367,132
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses in a wireless communication system. A method of a first UE comprises: receiving, from a second UE, a first PSCCH and a first PSSCH, wherein the first PSCCH and the first PSSCH include SCI comprising a source ID, a destination ID, and SL DRX time information indicating when the first UE monitors or skips at least one of a second PSCCH and a second PSSCH for the SL DRX operation; configuring SL DRX timers per pair of the source ID and the destination ID; configuring a value of at least one of the SL DRX timers based on information of the SCI; and receiving the at least one of the second PSCCH and the second PSSCH based on the SL DRX timers when the SL DRX operation is applied to a SL communication identified by the pair of the source ID and destination ID.

Claims (40)

1. A first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink (SL) communication, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a second UE, first sidelink control information (SCI), wherein the first SCI includes time resource information and resource reservation period information; and

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

determine an active time for SL discontinuous reception (DRX) based on the time resource information or the resource reservation period information, and

monitor second SCI in the active time,

wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the time resource information, the active time includes a time while the SL DRX retransmission timer is running, and

wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the resource reservation period information, the active time includes a time associated with at least one resource transmission.

2. The first UE of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the time resource information, the processor is further configured to:

derive a value of an SL DRX hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer from resource information in the first SCI;

start the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer; and

based on an expiration of the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer, start an SL DRX retransmission timer, and

wherein the active time includes a time while the SL DRX retransmission timer is running.

3. The first UE of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to skip monitoring a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) during a time period in which the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer is running.

4. The first UE of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the resource reservation period information, the at least one resource transmission is based on the resource reservation period included in the first SCI.

5. A method of a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink (SL) communication, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second UE, first sidelink control information (SCI), wherein the first SCI includes time resource information and resource reservation period information;

determining an active time for an SL discontinuous reception (DRX) based on the time resource information or the resource reservation period information; and

monitoring second SCI in the active time,

wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the time resource information, the active time includes a time while the SL DRX retransmission timer is running, and

wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the resource reservation period information, the active time includes a time associated with at least one resource transmission.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the time resource information, determining the active time comprises:

deriving a value of an SL DRX hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer from resource information in the first SCI;

starting the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer; and

based on an expiration of the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer, starting an SL DRX retransmission timer,

wherein the active time includes a time while the SL DRX retransmission timer is running.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising skipping monitoring a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) during a time period in which the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer is running.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the resource reservation period information, the at least one resource transmission is determined, based on the resource reservation period information included in the first SCI.

9. A second user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a sidelink (SL) communication, the UE comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit, to a first UE first sidelink control information (SCI), wherein the first SCI includes time resource information and resource reservation period information,

wherein an active time for SL discontinuous reception (DRX) based on the time resource information or the resource reservation period information first SCI is determined and second SCI in the active time is monitored,

wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the time resource information, the active time includes a time while the SL DRX retransmission timer is running, and

wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the resource reservation period information, the active time includes a time associated with at least one resource transmission.

10. The second UE of claim 9 , wherein, in case that the active time is determined based on the time resource information:

a value of an SL DRX hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer is derived from resource information in the first SCI;

the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer is started;

based on an expiration of the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer, start an SL DRX retransmission timer; and

the active time includes a time while the SL DRX retransmission timer is running.

11. The second UE of claim 10 , wherein a monitoring of a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) is skipped during a time period in which the SL DRX HARQ RTT timer is running.

12. The second UE of claim 9 , wherein, in case that the active time is based on the resource reservation period information, the at least one resource transmission is based on the resource reservation period included in the first SCI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: JEONG, KYEONGIN; FARAG, EMAD N.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056748/0156 →
Continuity (7)
Provisional Application 63164367 · Mar 22, 2021
Provisional Application 63137665 · Jan 14, 2021
Provisional Application 63104450 · Oct 22, 2020
Provisional Application 63057849 · Jul 28, 2020
Provisional Application 63056208 · Jul 24, 2020
Provisional Application 63049559 · Jul 8, 2020
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