Granted Patent B2

US 12,557,124 · App. 18/008,620 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Inventor: Young Dae Kim (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

H04W72/40H04W56/002

Abstract

Claims (80)

1 . A method of operating a first terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) to a second terminal, wherein the SLSS includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS);

performing, by the first terminal, a beam alignment a connection with the second terminal based on information related to a beam alignment;

receiving, by the first terminal, downlink control information (DCI) related to the second terminal from a base station, wherein the DCI is decoded based on at least one of a sidelink-radio network temporary identifier (SL-RNTI) of the second terminal or a sidelink connection specific ID;

obtaining, from the DCI, information on a time resource for transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) by the second terminal; and

receiving, by the first terminal, the PSCCH and the PSSCH from the second terminal based on the DCI,

wherein the sidelink connection specific ID includes at least one of information on roles of the first terminal and the second terminal or information on data transmission direction,

wherein the PSCCH and the PSSCH are received based on Rx beamforming, and

wherein the Rx beamforming is performed based on the time resource and to a direction of the second terminal determined based on the beam alignment.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SL-RNTI of the second terminal is received from the second terminal based on the beam alignment, and

wherein the DCI is decoded based on the SL-RNTI of the second terminal.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the DCI includes a destination ID field.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal transmits sidelink unicast connection information related to the beam alignment to the base station, and

wherein the DCI is decoded based on the sidelink connection specific ID related to the beam alignment.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI is decoded based on a common RNTI, and

wherein the DCI includes a source ID field and a destination ID field.

6 . A method of operating a second terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) from a first terminal, wherein the SLSS includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS);

performing, by the second terminal, a beam alignment a connection with the first terminal based on information related to a beam alignment;

transmitting, by the second terminal, a sidelink scheduling request (SL-SR) and a sidelink buffer status report (SL-BSR) to a base station;

receiving, by the second terminal, downlink control information (DCI) related to the second terminal from the base station, wherein the DCI is decoded based on at least one of a sidelink-radio network temporary identifier (SL-RNTI) of the second terminal or a sidelink connection specific ID; and

transmitting, by the second terminal, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) to the first terminal using a time resource indicated by the DCI,

wherein the sidelink connection specific ID includes at least one of information on roles of the first terminal and the second terminal or information on data transmission direction, and

wherein the PSCCH and the PSSCH are received, by the first terminal, based on Rx beamforming, and

wherein the Rx beamforming is performed based on the time resource and to a direction of the second terminal determined based on the beam alignment.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the SL-RNTI of the second terminal is transmitted to the first terminal based on the beam alignment, and

wherein the DCI is decoded based on the SL-RNTI of the second terminal.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the DCI includes a destination ID field.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second terminal transmits sidelink unicast connection information related to the beam alignment to the base station, and

wherein the DCI is decoded based on the sidelink connection specific ID related to the beam alignment.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the DCI is decoded based on a common RNTI, and

wherein the DCI includes a source ID field and a destination ID field.

11 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a media access control control element (MAC CE) of the SL-BSR includes location information of the second terminal and transmission direction information of the second terminal.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the location information of the second terminal is based on a zone ID.

13 . A first terminal in a wireless communication system, the first terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) to a second terminal, wherein the SLSS includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS),

perform a beam alignment a connection with the second terminal based on information related to a beam alignment,

control the transceiver to receive downlink control information (DCI) related to the second terminal from a base station, wherein the DCI is decoded based on at least one of a sidelink-radio network temporary identifier (SL-RNTI) of the second terminal or a sidelink connection specific ID,

control the transceiver to obtain, from the DCI, information on a time resource for transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) by the second terminal, and

control the transceiver to receive the PSCCH and the PSSCH from the second terminal based on the DCI,

wherein the sidelink connection specific ID includes at least one of information on roles of the first terminal and the second terminal or information on data transmission direction, and

wherein the PSCCH and the PSSCH are received based on Rx beamforming, and

wherein the Rx beamforming is performed based on the time resource and to a direction of the second terminal determined based on the beam alignment.

14 . A second terminal in a wireless communication system, the second terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) from a second terminal, wherein the SLSS includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS),

perform a beam alignment a connection with a first terminal based on information related to a beam alignment,

control the transceiver to transmit a sidelink scheduling request (SL-SR) and a sidelink buffer status report (SL-BSR) to a base station,

control the transceiver to receive downlink control information (DCI) related to the second terminal from the base station, wherein the DCI is decoded based on at least one of a sidelink-radio network temporary identifier (SL-RNTI) of the second terminal or a sidelink connection specific ID, and

control the transceiver to transmit a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) to the first terminal using a time resource indicated by the DCI,

wherein the sidelink connection specific ID includes at least one of information on role of the first terminal and the second terminal or information on data transmission direction,

wherein the PSCCH and the PSSCH are received, by the first terminal, based on Rx beamforming, and

wherein the Rx beamforming is performed based on the time resource and to a direction of the second terminal determined based on the beam alignment.

15 . A device comprising at least one memory and at least one processor functionally coupled with the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the device to:

transmit a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) to a sidelink transmission terminal,

wherein the SLSS includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS),

perform a connection a beam alignment with the sidelink transmission terminal based on information related to a beam alignment,

receive downlink control information (DCI) related to the sidelink transmission terminal from a base station, wherein the DCI is decoded based on at least one of a sidelink-radio network temporary identifier (SL-RNTI) of the sidelink transmission terminal or a sidelink connection specific ID,

obtain, from the DCI, information on a time resource for transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) by the sidelink transmission terminal; and

receive a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) from the sidelink transmission terminal based on the DCI,

wherein the sidelink connection specific ID includes at least one of information on roles of the device and the sidelink transmission terminal or information on data transmission direction,

wherein the PSCCH and the PSSCH are received based on Rx beamforming, and

wherein the Rx beamforming is performed based on the time resource and to a direction of the sidelink transmission terminal determined based on the beam alignment.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing at least one instruction, comprising the at least one instruction that is executable by a processor,

wherein the at least one instruction instructs the computer-readable medium to:

transmit a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) to a sidelink transmission terminal,

wherein the SLSS includes a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS),

perform a connection a beam alignment with the sidelink transmission terminal based on information related to a beam alignment,

receive downlink control information (DCI) related to the sidelink transmission terminal from a base station, wherein the DCI is decoded based on at least one of a sidelink-radio network temporary identifier (SL-RNTI) of the sidelink transmission terminal or a sidelink connection specific ID,

obtaining, from the DCI, information on a time resource for transmitting a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) by the sidelink transmission terminal, and

receive a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) from the sidelink transmission terminal based on the DCI,

wherein the sidelink connection specific ID includes at least one of information on roles of the computer-readable medium and the sidelink transmission terminal or information on data transmission direction,

wherein the PSCCH and the PSSCH are received based on Rx beamforming, and

wherein the Rx beamforming is performed based on the time resource and to a direction of the sidelink transmission terminal determined based on the beam alignment.

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