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Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,473 · App. 18/246,752 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Method and device for channel sensing and resource allocation for SL DRX

Inventors: Woosuk Ko (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/28H04W72/0446H04W72/25
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Patent No.
US 12,439,473
App. No.
18/246,752
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed is an operation method of a first device ( 100 ) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: determining a sensing window associated with data to be transmitted; determining a selection window associated with the data to be transmitted; on the basis of sensing carried out within the sensing window, selecting a sidelink (SL) resource, within the selection window and a first active time determined on the basis of a SL discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration; on the basis of the SL resource, transmitting first sidelink control information (SCI), for scheduling a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), to a second device ( 200 ) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH); and, on the basis of the SL resource, transmitting second SCI and the data to the second device ( 200 ) through the PSSCH.

Claims (46)

1. A method for performing, by a first device, wireless communication, the method comprising:

determining a sensing window related to data to be transmitted;

determining a selection window related to the data to be transmitted;

selecting a sidelink (SL) resource within a first active time determined based on an SL discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration and the selection window, based on sensing performed within the sensing window;

transmitting, to a second device, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shard channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the SL resource; and

transmitting, to the second device, second SCI and the data through the PSSCH, based on the SL resource,

wherein the SL resource is a resource being after a specific time point within the first active time and the selection window, based on the data with packet delay budget (PDB) greater than or equal to a threshold, and

wherein the SL DRX configuration is configured to the first device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SL resource is a resource being before the specific time point within the selection window, based on the PDB being less than the threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific time point is a time point being after a start time point of the first active time by a specific time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific time point is a time point after a time point, in which an overlap of the first active time and the selection window starts, by a specific time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing window includes an entire second active time being before the first active time.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information related to the specific time point.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing window is determined within the first active time and a second active time being before the first active time.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the start time point of the selection window is the specific time point,

wherein the sensing window overlaps the first active time, and

wherein an end time point of the sensing window is a time point being before the specific time point.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

performing continuous sensing within the first active time; and

performing reselection for the SL resource based on a result of the continuous sensing.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the continuous sensing is performed from a start time point of the first active time.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the continuous sensing is performed from the start time point of the first active time, until a time point being before a time point corresponding to the SL resource by a specific time.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of a second active time being before the first active time within the sensing window and a length of the first active time within the selection window is the same.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the SL resource is selected based on a sensing result for a resource being apart from a start time point of the second active time within the sensing window, by a time interval between a start time point of the first active time and the SL resource.

14. A first device for performing wireless communication, the first device comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

determine a sensing window related to data to be transmitted;

determine a selection window related to the data to be transmitted;

select a sidelink (SL) resource within a first active time determined based on an SL discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration and the selection window, based on sensing performed within the sensing window;

transmit, to a second device, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shard channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the SL resource; and

transmit, to the second device, second SCI and the data through the PSSCH, based on the SL resource,

wherein the SL resource is a resource being after a specific time point within the first active time and the selection window, based on the data with packet delay budget (PDB) greater than or equal to a threshold, and

wherein the SL DRX configuration is configured to the first device.

15. A device configured to control a first user equipment (UE), the device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

determine a sensing window related to data to be transmitted;

determine a selection window related to the data to be transmitted;

select a sidelink (SL) resource within a first active time determined based on an SL discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration and the selection window, based on sensing performed within the sensing window;

transmit, to a second UE, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shard channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the SL resource; and

transmit, to the second UE, second SCI and the data through the PSSCH, based on the SL resource,

wherein the SL resource is a resource being after a specific time point within the first active time and the selection window, based on the data with packet delay budget (PDB) greater than or equal to a threshold, and

wherein the SL DRX configuration is configured to the first UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2023
From: KO, WOOSUK; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 063110/0723 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0124421 · Sep 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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