Granted Patent B2

US 12,418,928 · App. 17/922,939 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Inventor: Jong Ok Oh (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

H04W72/40H04W72/046H04W72/542

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A method of operating a reception user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving at least one sidelink synchronization signal/broadcast block (S-SSB) from a transmission UE, wherein the at least one S-SSB includes primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS);

selecting an S-SSB among the at least one S-SSB;

transmitting an S-SSB indication signal indicating the selected S-SSB to the transmission UE;

performing a link connection with the transmission UE based on the selected S-SSB; and

determining one or more resource pools, wherein the one or more resource pools are configured by a base station based on that sidelink resource allocation mode 1, or the one or more resource pools are determined by a first terminal based on that sidelink resource allocation mode 2, wherein a resource pool includes a plurality of contiguous frequency resources in a frequency domain, and a set of slots in a time domain,

wherein each of the at least one S-SSB is associated with each index and each index is associated with each sequence offset, and

wherein the S-SSB indication signal is generated based on a sequence offset associated with an index corresponding to the selected S-SSB.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected S-SSB is associated with a best beam, and an index of the selected S-SSB is associated with a beam direction, and

wherein the reception UE performs measurement on the at least one S-SSB and selects the best beam based on the measurement.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the measurement is performed based on at least one of a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), received signal received power (RSRP) or reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one S-SSB is sequentially transmitted based on a predetermined cycle in a predetermined period.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein an S-SSB first transmitted among the at least one S-SSB in the predetermined period is transmitted at a position spaced apart by an offset from a start point of the predetermined period.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein information on the predetermined period, information on the predetermined cycle and information on the offset is scheduled by a base station.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a beam index of the at least one S-SSB transmitted in the predetermined period is sequentially set based on a transmission order.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein, the reception UE and the transmission UE set information related to a beam indicator monitoring window based on that the reception UE and the transmission UE perform the link connection based on the best beam.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the information related to the beam indicator monitoring window comprises at least one of information on an offset of a beam indication or monitoring window, a duration of a beam indication or monitoring window or a transmission cycle of a beam indication or monitoring window.

10. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein the reception UE measures quality of a serving beam in a state in which the link connection is performed and transmits a beam indicator for a request of a reference signal for beam tracking to the transmission UE when quality of the serving beam is less than a threshold, and

wherein the transmission UE monitors the beam indicator only during the duration of the beam indicator monitoring window.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transmission UE sets an active beam tracking period at a point in time when the beam indicator is monitored in the duration of the beam indicator monitoring window and transmits the reference signal for beam tracking to the reception UE after a first slot from a point in time when the active beam tracking period is set.

12. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the reception UE receives the reference signal for beam tracking transmitted by the transmission UE, measures beam quality based on the received reference signal for beam tracking, and performs beam reporting to the transmission UE when a measurement value of the beam quality is greater than the threshold, and

wherein, when the measurement value of the beam quality is less than the threshold, the beam indicator is transmitted to the transmission UE again.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the beam reporting or the beam indicator is received after a second slot from a point in time when the transmission UE transmits the reference signal for beam tracking.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein, when the transmission UE receives the beam reporting, the active beam tracking period ends.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein, when the transmission UE receives the beam indicator again, the active beam tracking period is extended and the reference signal for beam tracking is transmitted again after the first slot from a point in time when the beam indicator is received.

16. A reception user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the reception UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor connected to the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive at least one sidelink synchronization signal/broadcast block (S-SSB) from a transmission UE, wherein the at least one S-SSB includes primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS),

select an S-SSB among the at least one S-SSB,

transmit an S-SSB indication signal indicating the selected S-SSB to the transmission UE,

perform a link connection with the transmission UE based on the selected S-SSB, and

determine one or more resource pools, wherein the one or more resource pools are configured by a base station based on that sidelink resource allocation mode 1, or the one or more resource pools are determined by a first terminal based on that sidelink resource allocation mode 2, wherein a resource pool includes a plurality of contiguous frequency resources in a frequency domain, and a set of slots in a time domain,

wherein each of the at least one S-SSB is associated with each index and each index is associated with each sequence offset, and

wherein the S-SSB indication signal is generated based on a sequence offset associated with an index corresponding to the selected S-SSB.

17. A transmission user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the transmission UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor connected to the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit at least one sidelink synchronization signal/broadcast block (S-SSB) to a reception UE;

receive an S-SSB indication signal indicating a selected S-SSB from the reception UE, wherein the at least one S-SSB includes primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS),

perform a link connection with the reception UE based on the selected S-SSB, and

determine one or more resource pools, wherein the one or more resource pools are configured by a base station based on that sidelink resource allocation mode 1, or the one or more resource pools are determined by a first terminal based on that sidelink resource allocation mode 2, wherein a resource pool includes a plurality of contiguous frequency resources in a frequency domain, and a set of slots in a time domain,

wherein each of the at least one S-SSB is associated with each index and each index is associated with each sequence offset, and

wherein the S-SSB indication signal is generated based on a sequence offset associated with an index corresponding to the selected S-SSB.

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