IP Library Granted Patent US 11,412,492
Granted Patent B2
US 11,412,492 · App. 17/399,314 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Sidelink feedback reporting in a wireless network

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (Reston, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/0413H04L1/1819H04L1/1854H04L1/1896H04W72/1263H04W72/1278H04W72/1289
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Patent No.
US 11,412,492
App. No.
17/399,314
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive, from a base station, a timing offset indicator indicating an offset between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource. The wireless device may determine a second slot based on the timing offset indicator and a first slot for a sidelink feedback of a sidelink transport block transmitted by the wireless device. The wireless device may transmit, to the base station and via the uplink feedback resource in the second slot, a sidelink feedback report based on the sidelink feedback.

Claims (35)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource;

determining a first sidelink feedback resource within a sidelink slot by applying the offset to a second sidelink feedback resource for a sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device to a second wireless device;

determining an uplink slot that overlaps with the first sidelink feedback resource in time, wherein the uplink slot is a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with the first sidelink feedback resource; and

transmitting, to the base station and in the uplink slot, a sidelink feedback report.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a second sidelink slot comprising the second sidelink feedback resource for sidelink feedback of the sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to a second wireless device, the sidelink transport block.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the timing offset indicator is received via a downlink control information (DCI).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device is a Mode 1 wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein sidelink feedback of the sidelink feedback report further comprises at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ non-acknowledgment (NACK).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein an uplink feedback resource of the uplink slot comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first sidelink feedback resource comprises a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH).

9. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receive, from a base station, a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource;

determine a first sidelink feedback resource within a sidelink slot by applying the offset to a second sidelink feedback resource for a sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device to a second wireless device;

determine an uplink slot that overlaps with the first sidelink feedback resource in time, wherein the uplink slot is a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with the first sidelink feedback resource; and

transmit, to the base station and in the uplink slot, a sidelink feedback report.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to determine a second sidelink slot comprising the second sidelink feedback resource for sidelink feedback of the sidelink transport block transmitted by the wireless device.

11. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to transmit, to a second wireless device, the sidelink transport block.

12. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the timing offset indicator is received via a downlink control information (DCI).

13. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device is a Mode 1 wireless device.

14. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein sidelink feedback of the sidelink feedback report further comprises at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ non-acknowledgment (NACK).

15. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein:

an uplink feedback resource of the uplink slot comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and

the first sidelink feedback resource comprises a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH).

16. A system comprising:

a base station comprising: one or more first processors and first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to:

transmit a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource; and

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

receive, from the base station, the timing offset indicator indicating the offset, in slots, between the sidelink feedback resource and the uplink feedback resource;

determine a first sidelink feedback resource within a sidelink slot by applying the offset to a second sidelink feedback resource for a sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device to a second wireless device;

determine an uplink slot that overlaps with the first sidelink feedback resource in time, wherein the uplink slot is a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with the first sidelink feedback resource; and

transmit, to the base station and in the uplink slot, a sidelink feedback report.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 073117/0008 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; YI, YUNJUNG; PARK, KYUNGMIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 058396/0649 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2020046707 · Aug 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62888364 · Aug 16, 2019
Related Publication 20210377989A1 · Dec 2, 2021
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