Retransmission method and apparatus for sidelink transmission
A retransmission method and apparatus for sidelink transmission. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal equipment, downlink control information (DCI) of which CRC being scrambled by an SL-CS-RNTI; and when a dynamic grant resource scheduled by the downlink control information is not used to transmit sidelink retransmission, transmitting indication information via a physical uplink control channel indicated by the downlink control information, the indication information indicating success of sidelink transmission or that a network device is not needed to schedule retransmission.
1 . A retransmission apparatus for sidelink transmission, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive downlink control information of which cyclic redundancy check being scrambled by a sidelink configuration scheduling radio network temporary identifier; and
a transmitter configured to, when it does not transmit a sidelink retransmission on a dynamic grant resource scheduled by the downlink control information, transmit indication information via a physical uplink control channel indicated by the downlink control information, the indication information indicating success of sidelink transmission or that a network device is not needed to schedule retransmission.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein for a hybrid automatic repeat request process, before a time of the dynamic grant resource arrives, in a case where indication information indicating success of sidelink transmission is received, the transmitter does not use the dynamic grant resource to transmit the sidelink retransmission.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein for a hybrid automatic repeat request process, before a time of the dynamic grant resource arrives, in a case where a maximum number of times of transmission performed by using a configured grant resource is reached, the transmitter does not use the dynamic grant resource to transmit the sidelink retransmission.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to:
via a physical uplink control channel associated with a configured grant resource, transmit indication information to the network device, the indication information indicating failure of sidelink transmission or that the network device is needed to schedule retransmission.
5 . A retransmission apparatus for sidelink transmission, configured in a terminal equipment, the apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive first downlink control information of which cyclic redundancy check being scrambled by a sidelink configuration scheduling radio network temporary identifier;
a transmitter configured to transmit sidelink retransmission by using a first dynamic grant resource scheduled by the first downlink control information, and in a case where the first downlink control information indicates or provides a first physical uplink control channel, transmit first indication information to a network device via the first physical uplink control channel;
wherein in a case where second indication information indicates failure of sidelink transmission or that the network device is needed to schedule retransmission via a second physical uplink control channel associated with a configured grant resource, after transmitting the second indication information, the transmitter does not use a configured grant resource to transmit sidelink retransmission.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , the apparatus further comprising:
processor circuitry configured to start a timer when the first indication information and/or the second indication information indicate failure of sidelink transmission or that the network device is needed to schedule retransmission.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to, before a time of the first dynamic grant resource arrives, determine that the terminal equipment reaches a maximum number of times of transmission performed by using configured grant resource(s).
8 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to, when the first downlink control information indicates that there does not exist or does not provide the first physical uplink control channel, determine that the terminal equipment reaches a maximum number of times of sidelink transmission.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein in a case where the first downlink control information schedules a plurality of first dynamic grant resources and the plurality of first dynamic grant resources are associated with a plurality of physical uplink control channels, the timer is started after a last physical uplink control channel in the plurality of physical uplink control channels.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the receiver is further configured to:
during running period of the timer, receive second downlink control information of which cyclic redundancy check being scrambled by a sidelink configuration scheduling radio network temporary identifier.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to:
in a case where the receiver receives the second downlink control information during running period of the timer, use a second dynamic grant resource scheduled by the second downlink control information to transmit sidelink retransmission.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to:
in a case where the receiver receives the second downlink control information during running period of the timer and the second downlink control information indicates that there does not exist or does not provide a physical uplink control channel, determine that the terminal equipment reaches the maximum number of times of sidelink transmission.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to, in a case where the receiver receives the second downlink control information during running period of the timer and the second downlink control information indicates or provides a physical uplink control channel, transmit indication information to the network device via the physical uplink control channel;
and the processor circuitry is further configured to: start or restart the timer in a case where the indication information indicates failure of the sidelink transmission or that the network device is needed to schedule retransmission.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein in a case where the second downlink control information schedules a plurality of second dynamic grant resources and the plurality of second dynamic grant resources are associated with a plurality of physical uplink control channels, the timer is started or restarted after the last physical uplink control channel in the plurality of physical uplink control channels.
15 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the timer is started or restarted in at one of the following cases where:
the terminal equipment receives DCI used for scheduling retransmission;
the terminal equipment transmits a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) scheduled by the DCI; or
the terminal equipment transmits a physical uplink control channel indicated by the DCI.
16 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a time length of the timer is semi-statically configured or dynamically determined.
17 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a time length of the timer starts from after a time domain position of a physical uplink control channel indicated by downlink control information or a time domain position of a physical uplink control channel associated with a configured grant resource, and ends before a time domain position of a physical uplink control channel associated with a next configured grant resource applicable to the same hybrid automatic repeat request process.
18 . The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the time length of the timer is configured to be of a predetermined value or infinity.
19 . A retransmission apparatus for sidelink transmission, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive indication information transmitted by a terminal equipment via a physical uplink control channel associated with a configured grant resource, the indication information being used for indicating failure of sidelink transmission or that a network device is needed to schedule retransmission; and
a transmitter configured to transmit downlink control information of which cyclic redundancy check being scrambled by a sidelink configuration scheduling radio network temporary identifier; wherein the downlink control information and a dynamic grant resource are after the physical uplink control channel and before a next configured grant resource applicable to a hybrid automatic repeat request process, and the downlink control information schedules the dynamic grant resource and schedules sidelink retransmission of the hybrid automatic repeat request process.
20 . A retransmission apparatus for sidelink transmission, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit indication information via a physical uplink control channel associated with a configured grant resource, the indication information being used for indicating failure of sidelink transmission or that a network device is needed to schedule retransmission; and
a receiver configured to receive downlink control information of which cyclic redundancy check being scrambled by a sidelink configuration scheduling radio network temporary identifier;
the transmitter is further configured to transmit sidelink retransmission by using a dynamic grant resource scheduled by the downlink control information, after the physical uplink control channel and before a next configured grant resource applicable to a hybrid automatic repeat request process, wherein the downlink control information schedules sidelink retransmission of the hybrid automatic repeat request process.