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Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,376 · App. 17/998,996 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Resource collision avoidance in sidelink for discontinuous reception (DRX)

Inventors: Jakob Buthler (Aalborg, DK); Berthold Panzner (Holzkirchen, DE); Lianghai Ji (Aalborg, DK)
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,389,376
App. No.
17/998,996
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for resource collision avoidance in sidelink for discontinuous reception (DRX). For example, certain embodiments described herein may help to ensure a reliable method for reaching a power saving solution for an autonomous resource selection, using a fixed set of rules, based on concepts of sub-pools. This may be done by indicating a set of resources to user equipment (UEs), which may be used for sensing and selection. The resources provided may be offset by a number of resources selected at random, based on UE-identifier, or as otherwise indicated.

Claims (35)

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a user equipment, a configuration that configures one or more start times for one or more resource selection windows after a start time of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle on-duration, wherein the one or more start times for the one or more resource selection windows are indicated by corresponding offsets to the start time of the discontinuous reception cycle on-duration;

deriving an identifier such that an offset does not result in a collision with one or more other offsets selected by one or more other user equipment

selecting an offset from the corresponding offsets based on the following: random selection, wherein a probability distribution associated with the random selection of the offset varies for different random selections, the derived identifier, an identifier associated with the user equipment, an identifier associated with a destination, and a source of a transmission, wherein the offset is selected as a value equal to a multiple of a size of the one or more resource selection windows and a quantity of resource selection windows;

based on a new discontinuous reception (DRX), obtaining information regarding a set of sensing results indicating a resource usage, a set of suggestions for improved re-selection of a parameter, and new values for one or more offsets;

selecting a new identifier such that a corresponding resource selection window for transmitting via a preceding hop is earlier than a resource selection window for transmitting via a later hop;

re-selecting the offset based on the set of suggestions and the new identifier;

re-calculating a size of the corresponding resource selection window based on the set of sensing results; and

transmitting, to one or more other user equipment, data at a time within the corresponding resource selection window starting at the start time of the new DRX cycle on-duration plus the re-selected offset.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the configuration further comprises: obtaining the configuration via reception of a configuration message that comprises the configuration, or obtaining the configuration via a setting.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein selecting the offset based on the identifier associated with the user equipment or the identifier associated with the destination or the source further comprises:

deriving one or more identifiers such that the selected offset does not result in a collision with one or more other offsets selected by the one or more other user equipment.

4. A user equipment comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the user equipment to perform the following operations:

obtaining a configuration that configures one or more start times for one or more resource selection windows after a start time of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle on-duration, wherein the one or more start times for the one or more resource selection windows are indicated by corresponding offsets to the start time of the discontinuous reception cycle on-duration;

deriving an identifier such that an offset does not result in a collision with one or more other offsets selected by one or more other user equipment

selecting an offset from the corresponding offsets based on the following: random selection, wherein a probability distribution associated with the random selection of the offset varies for different random selections, the derived identifier, an identifier associated with the user equipment, an identifier associated with a destination, and a source of a transmission, wherein the offset is selected as a value equal to a multiple of a size of the one or more resource selection windows and a quantity of resource selection windows;

based on a new discontinuous reception (DRX), obtaining information regarding a set of sensing results indicating a resource usage, a set of suggestions for improved re-selection of a parameter, and new values for one or more offsets;

selecting a new identifier such that a corresponding resource selection window for transmitting via a preceding hop is earlier than a resource selection window for transmitting via a later hop;

re-selecting the offset based on the set of suggestions and the new identifier;

re-calculating a size of the corresponding resource selection window based on the set of sensing results; and

transmitting, to one or more other user equipment, data at a time within the corresponding resource selection window starting at the start time of the new DRX cycle on-duration plus the re-selected offset.

5. A system comprising:

user equipment;

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the user equipment to perform the following operations:

obtaining a configuration that configures one or more start times for one or more resource selection windows after a start time of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle on-duration, wherein the one or more start times for the one or more resource selection windows are indicated by corresponding offsets to the start time of the discontinuous reception cycle on-duration;

deriving an identifier such that an offset does not result in a collision with one or more other offsets selected by one or more other user equipment

selecting an offset from the corresponding offsets based on the following: random selection, wherein a probability distribution associated with the random selection of the offset varies for different random selections, the derived identifier, an identifier associated with the user equipment, an identifier associated with a destination, and a source of a transmission, wherein the offset is selected as a value equal to a multiple of a size of the one or more resource selection windows and a quantity of resource selection windows;

based on a new discontinuous reception (DRX), obtaining information regarding a set of sensing results indicating a resource usage, a set of suggestions for improved re-selection of a parameter, and new values for one or more offsets;

selecting a new identifier such that a corresponding resource selection window for transmitting via a preceding hop is earlier than a resource selection window for transmitting via a later hop;

re-selecting the offset based on the set of suggestions and the new identifier;

re-calculating a size of the corresponding resource selection window based on the set of sensing results; and

transmitting, to one or more other user equipment, data at a time within the corresponding resource selection window starting at the start time of the new DRX cycle on-duration plus the re-selected offset.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: PANZNER, BERTHOLD; BUTHLER, JAKOB
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 063835/0308 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: JI, LIANGHAI
To: NOKIA DENMARK A/S
Reel/Frame 063835/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: NOKIA DENMARK A/S
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 063835/0321 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63038487 · Jun 12, 2020
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