Granted Patent B2

US 12,414,148 · App. 17/627,526 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Giwon Park (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR); Jongyoul Lee (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04W72/569H04W72/21

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a network, information for a sidelink (SL) prioritization threshold;

triggering a first buffer status report (BSR) and a second BSR, wherein the first BSR is a SL-BSR used to provide the network with information about SL data volume and the second BSR is a BSR used to provide the network with information about uplink (UL) data volume;

based on a value of the highest priority of logical channels that belong to any logical channel group (LCG) and contain SL data for any destination being lower than the SL prioritization threshold, prioritizing the LCG(s) for the destination(s);

prioritizing the first BSR containing buffer status for the LCG(s) that are prioritized, over the second BSR;

creating a first media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) comprising at least the prioritized first BSR;

transmitting the first MAC PDU comprising at least the prioritized first BSR in uplink;

obtaining an SL grant; and

transmitting a second MAC PDU comprising the SL data in sidelink based on the SL grant.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first MAC PDU includes LCGs in a decreasing order of the highest priority of at least one logical channel in each of the LCGs.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one logical channel is a logical channel having data available for transmission.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first MAC PDU includes the LCGs in a decreasing order of the highest priority of at least one logical channel in each of the LCGs irrespective of a destination related to each of the LCGs.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the LCG(s) are prioritized based further on a value of the highest priority of logical channels that belong to any LCG(s) and contain UL data being equal to or higher than a UL prioritization threshold, and

wherein the UL prioritization threshold is received from the network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating the first MAC PDU comprises creating the first MAC PDU based on a UL grant, and

wherein the first BSR is prioritized based on the UL grant being unable to accommodate a SL BSR MAC control element (CE) containing buffer status only for all prioritized LCGs having data available for transmission plus a subheader of the first BSR.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first BSR that is prioritized is included in the first MAC PDU with a higher priority than the second BSR, and

wherein a non-prioritized SL BSR is included in the first MAC PDU with a lower priority than the second BSR.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first BSR contains a buffer status for as many prioritized LCGs having SL data available for transmission as possible.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by a wireless device in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or autonomous vehicles other than the wireless device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a transmission of the second MAC PDU in sidelink is performed based on the transmission of the second MAC PDU in sidelink being prioritized over uplink transmission, and

wherein the transmission of the second MAC PDU is prioritized over uplink transmission based on a value of the highest priority of logical channels or media access control (MAC) control element (CE) in the second MAC PDU is lower than the SL prioritization threshold.

11. A wireless device comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory, and executing the instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a network, information for a sidelink (SL) prioritization threshold;

triggering a first buffer status report (BSR) and a second BSR, wherein the first BSR is a SL-BSR used to provide the network with information about SL data volume and the second BSR is a BSR used to provide the network with information about uplink (UL) data volume;

based on a value of the highest priority of logical channels that belong to any logical channel group (LCG) and contain SL data for any destination being lower than the SL prioritization threshold, prioritizing the LCG(s) for the destination(s);

prioritizing the first BSR containing buffer status for the LCG(s) that are prioritized, over the second BSR;

creating a first media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) comprising at least the prioritized first BSR;

transmitting the first MAC PDU comprising at least the prioritized first BSR in uplink;

obtaining an SL grant; and

transmitting a second MAC PDU comprising the SL data in sidelink based on the SL grant.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein a transmission of the second MAC PDU in sidelink is performed based on the transmission of the second MAC PDU in sidelink being prioritized over uplink transmission, and

wherein the transmission of the second MAC PDU is prioritized over uplink transmission based on a value of the highest priority of logical channels or media access control (MAC) control element (CE) in the second MAC PDU is lower than the SL prioritization threshold.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program for performing each step of a method on a computer, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network, information for a sidelink (SL) prioritization threshold;

triggering a first buffer status report (BSR) and a second BSR, wherein the first BSR is a SL-BSR used to provide the network with information about SL data volume and the second BSR is a BSR used to provide the network with information about uplink (UL) data volume;

based on a value of the highest priority of logical channels that belong to any logical channel group (LCG) and contain SL data for any destination being lower than the SL prioritization threshold, prioritizing the LCG(s) for the destination(s);

prioritizing the first BSR containing buffer status for the LCG(s) that are prioritized, over the second BSR;

creating a first media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) comprising at least the prioritized first BSR;

transmitting the first MAC PDU comprising at least the prioritized first BSR in uplink;

obtaining an SL grant; and

transmitting a second MAC PDU comprising the SL data in sidelink based on the SL grant.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein a transmission of the second MAC PDU in sidelink is performed based on the transmission of the second MAC PDU in sidelink being prioritized over uplink transmission, and

wherein the transmission of the second MAC PDU is prioritized over uplink transmission based on a value of the highest priority of logical channels or media access control (MAC) control element (CE) in the second MAC PDU is lower than the SL prioritization threshold.

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