METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING A SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION COMMAND AND SYSTEM
An apparatus for triggering a scheduling request to which a sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds, configured in a first terminal equipment, the first terminal equipment performing sidelink transmission to a second terminal equipment, the second terminal equipment using sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX), wherein the apparatus includes first triggering processor circuitry configured to trigger a first scheduling request to which a sidelink discontinuous reception command (SL DRX Command) corresponds after the first terminal equipment triggers the sidelink discontinuous reception command.
1 . An apparatus for triggering a scheduling request to which a sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds, configured in a first terminal equipment, the first terminal equipment performing sidelink transmission to a second terminal equipment, the second terminal equipment using sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX), wherein the apparatus comprises:
first triggering processor circuitry configured to trigger a first scheduling request to which a sidelink discontinuous reception command (SL DRX Command) corresponds after the first terminal equipment triggers the sidelink discontinuous reception command.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first triggering processor circuitry triggers the first scheduling request to which the sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds when one of the following conditions is satisfied that:
there exists no sidelink resource used for new transmission; and
a sidelink resource used for new transmission is unable to accommodate a sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE and its sub-header.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
second triggering processor circuitry configured to trigger a second scheduling request to which the sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds after the first terminal equipment transmits the sidelink discontinuous reception command.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second triggering processor circuitry triggers the second scheduling request to which the sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds when one of the following conditions is satisfied that:
a sidelink resource used for new transmission is able to accommodate a sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE and its sub-header and all data waiting to be transmitted; and
a sidelink resource used for new transmission is able to accommodate a sub-header of a sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE and all data waiting to be transmitted.
5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a receiver configured to receive configuration information transmitted by a network device, the configuration information comprising at least one SR configuration; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the first scheduling request to which the sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds by using at least one SR configuration in the at least one SR configuration.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the configuration information is contained in RRC signaling.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the SR configuration comprises PUCCH resources on a bandwidth part (BWP).
8 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one SR configuration is SR configuration configured by the network device for a sidelink channel state information reporting.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
canceling processor circuitry configured to, when a sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE is transmitted, cancel the first scheduling request to which the sidelink discontinuous reception command corresponds.
10 . An apparatus for transmitting side link transmission, configured in a first terminal equipment, the first terminal equipment performing sidelink transmission to a second terminal equipment, the second terminal equipment using sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX), wherein apparatus comprises:
a first transmitter configured to transmit a sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE (SL DRX command MAC CE) to the second terminal device, and a priority of the sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE is predefined.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein during the LCP process of the first terminal device, the priority of the sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE is lower than a priority of the sidelink CSI reporting MAC CE and higher than a priority of the sidelink traffic channel data.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the apparatus further comprises:
a generator, configured to generate a MAC PDU if there is the sidelink discontinuous reception command MAC CE generated for a PSSCH transmission.
13 . A communication apparatus, configured in a second terminal equipment, the second terminal equipment performing sidelink reception from a first terminal equipment, the second terminal equipment using sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX), wherein apparatus comprises:
a receiver, configured to receive a SL DRX command MAC CE transmitted by the first terminal equipment; and
a processor, configure to stop an on duration timer and/or an inactivity timer associated with a unicast link after receiving the SL DRX command MAC CE.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein
when the receiver receives the SL DRX command MAC CE for a source ID and destination ID pair of a unicast, the processor stops an on duration timer for the source ID and destination ID pair of a unicast.
15 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein
when the receiver receives the SL DRX command MAC CE for a source ID and destination ID pair of a unicast, the processor stops an inactivity timer for the source ID and destination ID pair of a unicast.