IP Library Granted Patent US 12,396,025
Granted Patent B2
US 12,396,025 · App. 17/555,596 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Method and apparatus for triggering a sidelink scheduling request and system

Inventors: Guorong Li (Beijing, CN); Xin Wang (Beijing, CN); Lei Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W72/569H04W72/52
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Patent No.
US 12,396,025
App. No.
17/555,596
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Triggering a sidelink scheduling request including: if at least one regular sidelink buffer status report (SL BSR) is triggered, a scheduling request (SR) is triggered when at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: a time from the regular SL BSR is triggered to an uplink resource available for carrying the regular SL BSR is greater than a latency requirement to which a sidelink logical channel corresponds; a time of the uplink resource available for carrying the regular SL BSR is greater than the latency requirement to which the sidelink logical channel corresponds; a latency requirement or value of a priority to which the sidelink logical channel corresponds is lower than a first threshold or the value of the priority is greater than the first threshold; and a next SR resource to which the sidelink logical channel corresponds is earlier than an uplink resource carrying the regular SL BSR.

Claims (22)

1. An apparatus for triggering a sidelink scheduling request, configured in a terminal equipment, the apparatus comprising:

triggering circuitry configured to, if at least one regular sidelink buffer status report is triggered, trigger a scheduling request when a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) duration of an uplink resource available for carrying the regular sidelink buffer status report is greater than a latency related parameter configured for a sidelink logical channel that triggers the sidelink buffer status report; and

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the scheduling request to a network side,

wherein the apparatus further comprises: first receiving circuitry configured to receive first configuration information transmitted by a network device, the first configuration information comprising the latency-related parameter configured for the sidelink logical channel.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein that at least one regular sidelink buffer status report is triggered refers to that:

if the regular sidelink buffer status report has been triggered or has been triggered and has not been canceled, for the triggered regular sidelink buffer status report, when at least one of the above conditions is satisfied, the triggering circuitry triggers the scheduling request; or

if more than one regular sidelink buffer status reports have been triggered or have been triggered and have not been cancelled, for a triggered regular sidelink buffer status report, when at least one of the above conditions is satisfied, the triggering circuitry triggers the scheduling request.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting circuitry transmits the triggered scheduling request by using a scheduling request configuration, the scheduling request configuration being one of the following:

a scheduling request configuration to which a logical channel triggering the regular sidelink buffer status report corresponds;

a scheduling request configuration to which a logical channel of the highest priority in the logical channels triggering the regular sidelink buffer status report corresponds;

a scheduling request configuration to which a logical channel of minimum required latency in the logical channels triggering the regular sidelink buffer status report corresponds; and

a scheduling request configuration to which a logical channel having an earliest scheduling request resource in the logical channels triggering the regular sidelink buffer status report corresponds.

4. A configuration apparatus for a sidelink scheduling request, configured in a network device, the configuration apparatus comprising:

first transmitting circuitry configured to transmit first configuration information to a terminal equipment, the first configuration information including a latency-related parameter configured for a sidelink logical channel that triggers at least one regular sidelink buffer status report, and the terminal equipment triggering a scheduling request when a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) duration of the uplink resource available for carrying the regular sidelink buffer status report is greater than the latency-related parameter configured for the sidelink logical channel that triggers the sidelink buffer status report.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein that at least one regular sidelink buffer status report is triggered refers to that:

a regular sidelink buffer status report has been triggered or has been triggered and has not been cancelled, or

more than one regular sidelink buffer status reports have been triggered or have been triggered and have not been cancelled.

6. A communication system, comprising a network device that comprises the apparatus of claim 4 , and a terminal equipment, wherein the terminal equipment comprises:

triggering circuitry configured to, if at least one regular sidelink buffer status report is triggered, trigger a scheduling request when

a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) duration of the uplink resource available for carrying the regular sidelink buffer status report is greater than a latency-related parameter configured for a sidelink logical channel that triggers the sidelink buffer status report; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the scheduling request to a network side,

wherein the apparatus further comprises: a receiver configured to receive configuration information transmitted by the network device, the configuration information comprising the latency-related parameter configured for the sidelink logical channel.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NUMBER 19345640 TO CHANGE IT TO 19346640 AND TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION 19317078 TO CHANGE IT TO 19319078. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 73477 FRAME 351. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 20, 2026
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 075265/0471 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 073477/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: LI, GUORONG; WANG, XIN; ZHANG, LEI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 058428/0157 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019099583 · Aug 7, 2019
Related Publication 20220116959A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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