IP Library Granted Patent US 11,671,203
Granted Patent B2
US 11,671,203 · App. 17/511,179 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Method and device for determining HARQ feedback option in NR V2X

Inventors: Jongyoul Lee (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Giwon Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L1/1812H04L5/0053H04W4/08H04W52/327H04W72/0446H04W72/20H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 11,671,203
App. No.
17/511,179
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for performing, by a first device, group cast communication with one or more second devices in a group, and a device for supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: determining the number of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources associated with a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource; on the basis of the number of PSFCH resources and the size of the group, determining a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback option; and transmitting, to the one or more second devices, information associated with the HARQ feedback option. Here, the HARQ feedback option can be any one of a first HARQ feedback option or a second HARQ feedback option.

Claims (44)

1. A method for performing, by a first device, groupcast communication with one or more devices in a group, the method comprising:

determining a number of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources related to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource;

selecting negative-only hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, from among the negative-only HARQ feedback and positive-negative HARQ feedback, based on a size of the group being greater than the number of PSFCH resources;

transmitting, to the one or more devices, information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback;

transmitting, to the one or more devices, data based on the PSSCH resource; and

receiving negative acknowledgement (NACK) from at least one second device, based on failure of decoding of the data by the at least one second device among the one or more devices,

wherein, based on transmitting the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback through sidelink control information (SCI) related to initial transmission of the data, the first device is not allowed to transmit information regarding the positive-negative HARQ feedback through SCI related to retransmission of the data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on successful decoding of the data by at least one third device among the one or more devices, no ACK is received from the at least one third device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the negative-only HARQ feedback, (i) the NACK is transmitted by the at least one second device which fails to decode the data among the one or more devices in the group, and (ii) ACK is not transmitted by at least one third device which succeeds in decoding the data among the one or more devices in the group.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the NACK is received from the at least one second device based on one PSFCH resource.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one PSFCH resource is a resource shared among the one or more devices in the group.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback is transmitted to the one or more devices through the SCI.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the SCI includes a field representing the negative-only HARQ feedback.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of PSFCH resources is determined based on a size of the PSSCH resource.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retransmitting the data to the one or more devices based on the NACK.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on transmitting the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback through the SCI related to the initial transmission of the data, the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback is transmitted to the one or more devices through the SCI related to the retransmission of the data.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the positive-negative HARQ feedback, (i) the NACK is transmitted by the at least one second device which fails to decode the data among the one or more devices in the group, and (ii) ACK is transmitted by at least one third device which succeeds in decoding the data among the one or more devices in the group.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the group is transferred from an application layer of the first device to an access stratum layer of the first device.

13. A first device configured to perform groupcast communication with one or more devices in a group, the first device comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

determine a number of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources related to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource;

select negative-only hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, from among the negative-only HARQ feedback and positive-negative HARQ feedback, based on a size of the group being greater than the number of PSFCH resources;

control the one or more transceivers to transmit, to the one or more devices, information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback;

control the one or more transceivers to transmit, to the one or more devices, data based on the PSSCH resource; and

control the one or more transceivers to receive negative acknowledgement (NACK) from at least one second device, based on failure of decoding of the data by the at least one second device among the one or more devices,

wherein, based on transmitting the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback through sidelink control information (SCI) related to initial transmission of the data, the first device is not allowed to transmit information regarding the positive-negative HARQ feedback through SCI related to retransmission of the data.

14. The first device of claim 13 , wherein, based on the negative-only HARQ feedback, (i) the NACK is transmitted by the at least one second device which fails to decode the data among the one or more devices in the group, and (ii) ACK is not transmitted by at least one third device which succeeds in decoding the data among the one or more devices in the group.

15. The first device of claim 13 , wherein, based on transmitting the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback through the SCI related to the initial transmission of the data, the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback is transmitted to the one or more devices through the SCI related to the retransmission of the data.

16. The first device of claim 13 , wherein the size of the group is transferred from an application layer of the first device to an access stratum layer of the first device.

17. A processing device configured to control a first device performing groupcast communication with one or more devices in a group, the processing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories connected to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

determine a number of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources related to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource;

select negative-only hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, from among the negative-only HARQ feedback and positive-negative HARQ feedback, based on a size of the group being greater than the number of PSFCH resources;

transmit, to the one or more devices, information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback;

transmit, to the one or more devices, data based on the PSSCH resource; and

receive negative acknowledgement (NACK) from at least one second device, based on failure of decoding of the data by the at least one second device among the one or more devices,

wherein, based on transmitting the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback through sidelink control information (SCI) related to initial transmission of the data, the first device is not allowed to transmit information regarding the positive-negative HARQ feedback through SCI related to retransmission of the data.

18. The processing device of claim 17 , wherein, based on the negative-only HARQ feedback, (i) the NACK is transmitted by the at least one second device which fails to decode the data among the one or more devices in the group, and (ii) ACK is not transmitted by at least one third device which succeeds in decoding the data among the one or more devices in the group.

19. The processing device of claim 17 , wherein, based on transmitting the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback through the SCI related to the initial transmission of the data, the information regarding the negative-only HARQ feedback is transmitted to the one or more devices through the SCI related to the retransmission of the data.

20. The processing device of claim 17 , wherein the size of the group is transferred from an application layer of the first device to an access stratum layer of the first device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: LEE, JONGYOUL; SEO, HANBYUL; LEE, YOUNGDAE; PARK, GIWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 057937/0509 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0049561 · Apr 29, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0066358 · Jun 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTKR2020004687 · Apr 7, 2020
Provisional Application 62910382 · Oct 3, 2019
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