IP Library Granted Patent US 12,324,045
Granted Patent B2
US 12,324,045 · App. 17/598,088 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

RLM and RLF procedures for NR V2X

Inventors: Rocco Di Girolamo (Laval, CA); Pascal M. Adjakple (Great Neck, NY); Patrick Svedman (Stockholm, SE); Qing Li (Princeton Junction, NJ); Zhuo Chen (Claymont, DE); Catalina Mihaela Mladin (Hatboro, PA); Allan Y. Tsai (Boonton, NJ); Gudong Zhang (Woodbury, NY)
H04W76/25H04L1/1812H04L5/0053H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W76/30H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,324,045
App. No.
17/598,088
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus in accordance with the present application may monitor a sidelink (SL) connection. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives signals in a protocol stack to perform SL-radio link monitoring (SL-RLM), and determines, according to the signals, whether a SL-radio link failure (RLF) has occurred. The signals may include hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. In a case that the signals include a HARQ-NACK, the processing circuitry determines that the SL-RLF has occurred. The processing circuitry further receives configuration information related to the SL-RLM for the signals, the configuration information including configurations for measurement quantities of the signals and a condition for declaring SL-RLF, configures, according to the configuration information, lower layers of the protocol stack for the SL-RLM for the signals, and performs SL-RLM measurements of the measurement quantities.

Claims (36)

1. A first apparatus comprising:

a processor,

a non-transitory memory, and

communication circuitry, wherein

the first apparatus is operably connected to a second apparatus through one or more radio sidelink via the communication circuitry, and

the non-transitory memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the first apparatus to perform:

receiving, from a third apparatus, a plurality of configuration parameters associated with sidelink-radio link monitoring (SL-RLM) between the first apparatus and the second apparatus, the plurality of configuration parameters including a parameter for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration and a parameter for a radio link control (RLC) configuration;

monitoring one of the one or more radio sidelink between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on the plurality of configuration parameters;

determining a SL-radio link failure (SL-RLF) between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on a plurality of triggers for the SL-RLF, the plurality of triggers including a first trigger associated with a HARQ in a media access control (MAC) layer and a second trigger associated with an RLC layer; and

transmitting, to the third apparatus, a message to indicate the SL-RLF, the message including an identity of the second apparatus.

2. The first apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of triggers includes a third trigger associated with a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and a fourth trigger associated with a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

3. The first apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the first apparatus to perform removing one or more radio bearers associated with the one of the one or more radio sidelink between the first apparatus and the second apparatus based on determining the SL-RLF at the RRC layer.

4. The first apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the first apparatus to perform notifying an upper layer that the SL-RLF has been determined.

5. The first apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first trigger includes one or more of:

a number of missing HARQ feedbacks exceeding a first threshold, and

a number of HARQ-NACKs exceeding a second threshold.

6. A third apparatus comprising:

a processor,

a non-transitory memory, and

communication circuitry, wherein

the non-transitory memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the third apparatus to perform:

transmitting, to a first apparatus, a plurality of configuration parameters associated with sidelink-radio link monitoring (SL-RLM) between the first apparatus and a second apparatus, the plurality of configuration parameters including a parameter for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration and a parameter for a radio link control (RLC) configuration, and the plurality configuration parameters being for monitoring one or more radio sidelinks between the first apparatus and the second apparatus; and

receiving, from the first apparatus, a message indicating a SL-radio link failure (SL-RLF) between the first apparatus and the second apparatus, the message including an identity of the second apparatus, and

wherein the SL-RLF is determined based on a plurality of triggers for the SL-RLF, the plurality of triggers including a first trigger associated with a HARQ in a media access control (MAC) layer and a second trigger associated with an RLC layer.

7. The third apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of triggers includes a third trigger associated with a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and a fourth trigger associated with a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

8. The third apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first trigger includes one or more of:

a number of missing HARQ feedbacks exceeding a first threshold, and

a number of HARQ-NACKs exceeding a second threshold.

9. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a first apparatus, a plurality of configuration parameters associated with sidelink-radio link monitoring (SL-RLM) between the first apparatus and a second apparatus, the plurality of configuration parameters including a parameter for a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration and a parameter for a radio link control (RLC) configuration, and the plurality of configuration parameters being for monitoring one or more radio sidelinks between the first apparatus and the second apparatus; and

receiving, from the first apparatus, a message indicating a SL-radio link failure (SL-RLF) between the first apparatus and the second apparatus, the message including an identity of the second apparatus,

wherein the SL-RLF is determined based on a plurality of triggers for the SL-RLF, the plurality of triggers including a first trigger associated with a HARQ in a media access control (MAC) layer and a second trigger associated with an RLC layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of triggers includes a third trigger associated with a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and a fourth trigger associated with a radio resource control (RRC) layer.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first trigger includes one or more of:

a number of missing HARQ feedbacks exceeding a first threshold, and

a number of HARQ-NACKs exceeding a second threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: CONVIDA WIRELESS, LLC.
To: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 059549/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: DI GIROLAMO, ROCCO; ADJAKPLE, PASCAL M.; SVEDMAN, PATRICK; LI, QING; CHEN, ZHUO; MLADIN, CATALINA MIHAELA; TSAI, ALLAN Y.; ZHANG, GUODONG
To: CONVIDA WIRELESS, LLC
Reel/Frame 057593/0759 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62824777 · Mar 27, 2019
Provisional Application 62886631 · Aug 14, 2019
Related Publication 20220191962A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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