Granted Patent B2

US 12,580,683 · App. 17/793,625 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick (Dreieich, DE); Joachim Loehr (Wiesbaden, DE); Karthikeyan Ganesan (Kronberg im Taunus, DE)

Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

H04L1/08H04W72/23H04W92/18

Abstract

Claims (37)

1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a logical channel (LCH) configuration that indicates whether sidelink feedback is enabled or disabled for a LCH;

determining that sidelink feedback is disabled according to the received LCH configuration;

in response to the sidelink feedback being disabled, retransmitting a transport block in response to a retransmission grant being available;

in response to the sidelink feedback being disabled for the transport block, transmitting a non-acknowledgment (NACK) feedback to a network device on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and

receiving a grant for retransmitting in response to the NACK feedback, wherein the transport block is retransmitted a maximum number of retransmissions after a first transmission has been made.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the NACK feedback to the network device comprises transmitting the NACK feedback to the network device after each transmission of the transport block except a last transmission of the transport block.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising transmitting an acknowledgment (ACK) feedback on the PUCCH to the network device after the last transmission of the transport block.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether to retransmit the transport block based on a remaining packet delay budget, or a reliability factor, or a combination thereof.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the sidelink feedback being enabled for the transport block, determining what feedback to transmit to a network device.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein determining what feedback to transmit to the network device comprises determining what feedback to transmit to the network device based on a remaining packet delay budget, a reliability factor, a number of remaining retransmissions, an availability of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources, or an availability of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources, or a combination thereof.

7 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:

receive a logical channel (LCH) configuration that indicates whether sidelink feedback is enabled or disabled for a LCH;

determine that sidelink feedback is disabled according to the received LCH configuration;

in response to the sidelink feedback being disabled, retransmit a transport block in response to a retransmission grant being available;

in response to the sidelink feedback being disabled for the transport block, transmit a non-acknowledgment (NACK) feedback to a network device on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and

receive a grant for retransmitting in response to the NACK feedback, wherein the transport block is retransmitted a maximum number of retransmissions after a first transmission has been made.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to transmit the NACK feedback to the network device comprises transmitting the NACK feedback to the network device after each transmission of the transport block except a last transmission of the transport block.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to transmit an acknowledgment (ACK) feedback on the PUCCH to the network device after a last transmission of the transport block.

10 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to determine whether to retransmit the transport block.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to determine whether to retransmit the transport block comprises the processor determining whether to retransmit the transport block based on a remaining packet delay budget, or a reliability factor, or a combination thereof.

12 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to, in response to the sidelink feedback being enabled for the transport block, determine what feedback to transmit to a network device.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to determine what feedback to transmit to the network device based on a remaining packet delay budget, a reliability factor, a number of remaining retransmissions, an availability of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, or an availability of physical uplink control channel resources, or a combination thereof.

14 . A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting a logical channel (LCH) configuration that indicates whether sidelink feedback is enabled or disabled for a LCH of a user equipment (UE);

receiving a non-acknowledgment (NACK) feedback from the UE in response to the sidelink feedback being disabled for the UE, wherein the NACK feedback is received after each transmission of the UE except a last transmission of the UE, wherein at least one transmission comprises a retransmission in response to a retransmission grant;

receiving an acknowledgment (ACK) feedback after the last transmission of the UE; and

transmitting a grant for retransmitting in response to the NACK feedback, wherein a transport block is retransmitted a maximum number of retransmissions after a first transmission has been made.

15 . A base station comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the base station to:

transmit a logical channel (LCH) configuration that indicates whether sidelink feedback is enabled or disabled for a LCH of a user equipment (UE);

receive a non-acknowledgment (NACK) feedback from the UE in response to the sidelink feedback being disabled for the UE, wherein the NACK feedback is received after each transmission of the UE except a last transmission of the UE, wherein at least one transmission comprises a retransmission in response to a retransmission grant;

receive an acknowledgment (ACK) feedback after the last transmission of the UE; and

transmit a grant for retransmitting in response to the NACK feedback, wherein a transport block is retransmitted a maximum number of retransmissions after a first transmission has been made.

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