IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,245,194
Granted Patent B2
US 12,245,194 · App. 17/439,144 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

User equipment

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Huan Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/02H04L1/08H04W72/0453H04W72/0466H04W72/20H04W92/18
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,245,194
App. No.
17/439,144
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment includes a transmitting unit that transmits, to another user equipment, data through a physical shared channel; a control unit that identifies a resource in which a channel used for transmission and reception of a response related to retransmission control for the data is allocated; and a receiving unit that receives, from the another user equipment, the response related to the retransmission control for the data through the channel used for transmission and reception of the response related to the retransmission control, wherein the control unit identifies, based on a subchannel in which the physical shared channel is allocated, the resource in which the channel for receiving the response related to the retransmission control is allocated.

Claims (22)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives a physical shared channel transmitted from another terminal;

a controller that determines, from among multiple candidates for a resource for transmitting a feedback channel, the resource at which the feedback channel including a HARQ response corresponding to the physical shared channel is to be allocated, the resource including a code domain resource, based on sidelink control information (SCI), in response reception of the physical shared channel; and

a transmitter that transmits, to the another terminal, the feedback channel by using the determined resource,

wherein multiple slots at which the multiple candidates for the resource are allocated are consecutive in a time domain, and, in a frequency domain, the multiple candidates for the resource are allocated to a single subchannel that is used to transmit the physical shared channel, and

wherein the controller determines a slot at which the feedback channel is to be allocated based on configuration information indicating a time gap between the physical shared channel and the feedback channel, the configuration information indicating the time gap being provided by higher layer signaling.

2. A communication method executed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a physical shared channel transmitted from another terminal;

determining, from among multiple candidates for a resource for transmitting a feedback channel, the resource at which the feedback channel including a HARQ response corresponding to the physical shared channel is to be allocated, the resource including a code domain resource, based on sidelink control information (SCI), in response reception of the physical shared channel; and

transmitting, to the another terminal, the feedback channel by using the determined resource,

wherein multiple slots at which the multiple candidates for the resource are allocated are consecutive in a time domain, and, in a frequency domain, the multiple candidates for the resource are allocated to a single subchannel that is used to transmit the physical shared channel, and

wherein the terminal determines a slot at which the feedback channel is to be allocated based on configuration information indicating a time gap between the physical shared channel and the feedback channel, the configuration information indicating the time gap being provided by higher layer signaling.

3. A radio communication system comprising:

a first terminal; and

a second terminal,

wherein the first terminal includes

a receiver that receives a physical shared channel transmitted from the second terminal;

a controller that determines, from among multiple candidates for a resource for transmitting a feedback channel, the resource at which the feedback channel including a HARQ response corresponding to the physical shared channel is to be allocated, the resource including a code domain resource, based on sidelink control information (SCI), in response reception of the physical shared channel; and

a transmitter that transmits, to the second terminal, the feedback channel by using the determined resource,

wherein multiple slots at which the multiple candidates for the resource are allocated are consecutive in a time domain, and, in a frequency domain, the multiple candidates for the resource are allocated to a single subchannel that is used to transmit the physical shared channel,

wherein the first terminal determines a slot at which the feedback channel is to be allocated based on configuration information indicating a time gap between the physical shared channel and the feedback channel, the configuration information indicating the time gap being provided by higher layer signaling, and

wherein the second terminal receives the feedback channel from the first terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2021
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, HUAN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057960/0816 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220159622A1 · May 19, 2022
References Cited (22)
US 11405144B2 · Park · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US 20200205165A1 · Huang · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20200267597A1 · Huang · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20200305126A1 · Li · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20200359375A1 · Hwang · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20210288778A1 · Park · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20220007403A1 · Li · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US 20220070829A1 · Kusashima · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US 20220094481A1 · Hong · 2022 [cited by examiner]
US 20220124679A1 · Ye · 2022 [cited by examiner]
Extended European Search Report in counterpart European Application No. 19 92 0036.1 issued Aug. 10, 2022 (9 pages). [cited by applicant]
ASUSTeK; “Discussion on sidelink physical layer procedure on NR V2X”; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 #96, R1-1902445; Athens, Greece; Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 2019 (5 pages). [cited by applicant]
ITL; “Physical layer procedure for NR V2X”; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 #96, R1-1902892; Athens, Greece; Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 2019 (5 pages). [cited by applicant]
Qualcomm Incorporated “Considerations on Physical Layer aspects of NR V2X”; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #94bis, R1-1811261; Chengdu, China; Oct. 8-12, 2018 (11 pages). [cited by applicant]
Kyocera; “A Reliable Groupcast HARQ feedback scheme for NR V2X”; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 #96, R1-1902132; Athens, Greece; Feb. 25-Mar. 1, 2019 (4 pages). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Ad-Hoc Meeting 1901; R1-1900714 “Discussion on NR sidelink physical layer procedure” Spreadtrum Communications; Taipei; Jan. 21-25, 2019 (6 pages). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Ad-Hoc Meeting 1901; R1-1900481 “Sidelink physical layer procedures for NR V2X communication” Intel Corporation; Taipei, Taiwan; Jan. 21-25, 2019 (17 pages). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 36.211 V15.3.0 “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical channels and modulation (Release 15)” Sep. 20… [cited by applicant]
3GPP TR 22.886 V15.1.0 “3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Services and System Aspects; Study on enhancement of 3GPP Support for 5G V2X Services (Release 15)” Mar. 2017 (58 pages). [cited by applicant]
International Search Report issued in International Application No. PCT/JP2019/011928, mailed Jun. 11, 2019 (4 pages). [cited by applicant]
Written Opinion issued in International Application No. PCT/JP2019/011928; Dated Jun. 11, 2019 (3 pages). [cited by applicant]
Office Action issued in European Application No. 19920036.1; Dated Oct. 10, 2024 (6 pages). [cited by applicant]