IP Library Granted Patent US 12,501,406
Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,406 · App. 18/096,572 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Method and device for sidelink relay wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 12,501,406
App. No.
18/096,572
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a method and a device for sidelink relay wireless communications. A first node transmits first assistance information, the first assistance information indicating a transmission state of a first channel; and receives first configuration information, the first configuration information indicating a first time length; and receives a first MAC PDU, the first MAC PDU comprising a first MAC SDU; and selects a first time unit from a first time resource pool; and transmits a second MAC PDU in the first time unit; herein, the first assistance information is used for generating the first configuration information, and the second MAC PDU comprises at least partial bits in the first MAC SDU; the first channel connects the first node to a target receiver receiving the second MAC PDU. The present application addresses the delay coordination of relay transmission.

Claims (37)

1 . A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first transmitter configured to transmit first assistance information indicating a current transmission state of a first channel connecting the first node to a target receiver and to transmit, to the target receiver, a second media access control packet data unit (MAC PDU) in a first time unit; and

a first receiver configured:

to receive first configuration information that was generated in direct response to the first assistance information, the first configuration information indicating a first time length that was dynamically determined based on the current transmission state of the first channel as indicated by the first assistance information,

to receive, via a second channel, a first MAC PDU, the first MAC PDU comprising a first MAC subPDU, and the first MAC subPDU comprising a first MAC service data unit (SDU), and

to select the first time unit from a first time resource pool, wherein the first time resource pool is determined according to the first time length, and a time length of the first time resource pool is no greater than the first time length;

wherein:

the second MAC PDU comprises at least partial bits in the first MAC SDU; and

a time interval from a last time unit in the first time resource pool to a time of receiving the first MAC SDU does not exceed the first time length.

2 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein a quality of service (Qos) flow to which the first MAC SDU belongs is used to determine a target time length, the first time length being no greater than the target time length.

3 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiver is configured to receive a first threshold, and a difference between the current transmission state of the first channel and a transmission state of the second channel no smaller than the first threshold.

4 . The first node according to claim 2 , wherein a delay after the first MAC SDU being transmitted through the second channel and the first channel is no greater than the target time length.

5 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first time unit is any time unit in the first time resource pool and the first time resource pool comprises at least one time unit.

6 . A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second receiver configured to receive first assistance information indicating a current transmission state of a first channel; and

a second transmitter configured:

to transmit, to a target receiver, first configuration information that was generated in direct response to the first assistance information, the first configuration information indicating a first time length that was dynamically determined based on the current transmission state of the first channel as indicated by the first assistance information,

to transmit, via a second channel, a first media access control packet data unit (MAC PDU), the first MAC PDU comprising a first MAC subPDU, the first MAC subPDU comprising a first MAC service data unit (SDU),

to select a first time unit from a first time resource pool, wherein the first time resource pool is determined according to the first time length, and a time length of the first time resource pool is no greater than the first time length, and

to transmit, to the target receiver, a second MAC PDU in the first time unit;

wherein:

the second MAC PDU comprises at least partial bits in the first MAC SDU; and

a time interval from a last time unit in the first time resource pool to a time of receiving the first MAC SDU does not exceed the first time length.

7 . The second node according to claim 6 , wherein the second receiver is configured to determine a target time length according to a quality of service (QOS) flow to which the first MAC SDU belongs, the first time length being no greater than the target time length.

8 . The second node according to claim 6 , wherein the second receiver is configured to receive a first threshold, and a difference between the current transmission state of the first channel and a transmission state of the second channel is no smaller than the first threshold.

9 . The second node according to claim 7 , wherein a delay after the first MAC SDU being transmitted through the second channel and the first channel is no greater than the target time length.

10 . The second node according to claim 6 , wherein the first time unit is any time unit in the first time resource pool, and the first time resource pool comprises at least one time unit.

11 . A method in a first node for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting first assistance information indicating a current transmission state of a first channel;

receiving first configuration information that was generated in direct response to the first assistance information, the first configuration information indicating a first time length that was dynamically determined based on the current transmission state of the first channel as indicated by the first assistance information;

receiving a first media access control packet data unit (MAC PDU), the first MAC PDU comprising a first MAC subPDU, the first MAC subPDU comprising a first MAC service data unit (SDU);

selecting a first time unit from a first time resource pool, wherein the first time resource pool is determined according to the first time length, and a time length of the first time resource pool is no greater than the first time length; and

transmitting a second MAC PDU in the first time unit;

wherein the second MAC PDU comprises at least partial bits in the first MAC SDU, and a time interval from a last time unit in the first time resource pool to a time of receiving the first MAC SDU does not exceed the first time length.

12 . The method in the first node according to claim 11 , wherein a quality of service (QOS) flow to which the first MAC SDU belongs is used to determine a target time length, the first time length being no greater than the target time length.

13 . The method in the first node according to claim 11 , wherein a first threshold is received, with a difference between the transmission state of the first channel and a transmission state of the second channel no smaller than the first threshold.

14 . The method in the first node according to claim 12 , wherein a delay after the first MAC SDU being transmitted through the second channel and the first channel is no greater than the target time length.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2024
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 069352/0528 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2023
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064629/0734 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 202010673056.9 · Jul 14, 2020 · national
CN 202010694218.7 · Jul 17, 2020 · national
CN 202010696182.6 · Jul 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021101196 · Jun 21, 2021
Related Publication 20230180190A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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