Granted Patent B2

US 12,335,984 · App. 17/425,011 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Congchi Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Marco Belleschi (Solna, SE); Shehzad Ali Ashraf (Aachen, DE); Zhang Zhang (Beijing, CN); Ricardo Blasco Serrano (Espoo, FI)

Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)

H04W72/51

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for handling communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

obtaining first communication range requirement information indicating a first communication range requirement for a first service, wherein the first communication range requirement information specifies a first minimum length and/or a first maximum length;

obtaining a first data unit associated with the first service; and

handling the first data unit based on the first communication range requirement for the first service, wherein

a mapping associates the first service with the first communication range requirement, and

handling the first data unit comprises adding the first data unit to a protocol data unit (PDU) containing only data units that are associated with a service having the same communication range requirement as the first service.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

obtaining the mapping from a radio network node or internally.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping associates the first service with the first communication range requirement by mapping a first logical channel to which the first service is mapped to the first communication range requirement.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises transmitting the first data unit using resources from a resource pool with a matching communication range requirement.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises performing a logical channel prioritization procedure.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises performing a resource pool selection procedure.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises performing a transmission of the first data unit using a transmission power associated with the first communication range requirement.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises performing a determination of packet geographical relevance.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises determining a sensing parameter, a resource allocation parameter, and/or a congestion control parameter.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein handling the first data unit comprises determining content of sidelink control information on a physical sidelink control channel.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more communication range values are mapped to a specific logical channel identity or to a specific data radio bearer identity, or to a resource pool identity, or to a communication range group.

12. A user equipment (UE) for handling communication in a wireless communication network, the UE comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver;

memory; and

processing circuitry comprising a processor, wherein the UE is configured to perform a process comprising:

obtaining first communication range requirement information indicating a first communication range requirement for a first service, wherein the first communication range requirement information specifies a first minimum length and/or a first maximum length;

obtaining a first data unit associated with the first service; and

handling the first data unit based on the first communication range requirement for the first service, wherein

a mapping associates the first service with the first communication range requirement, and

handling the first data unit comprises adding the first data unit to a protocol data unit (PDU) containing only data units that are associated with a service having the same communication range requirement as the first service.

13. The UE according to claim 12 , wherein the UE further configured to obtain the mapping from a radio network node or internally.

14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which, when executed on at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out the method of claim 1 .

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first communication range requirement information specifies a first minimum length in units of meters, and/or

the first communication range requirement information specifies a first maximum length in units of meters.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first communication range requirement information specifies a first minimum length in units of meters.

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