Granted Patent B2

US 12,414,060 · App. 18/383,480 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Qi Jiang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Zheng Liu (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: BUNKER HILL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

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Abstract

Claims (106)

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

receiving first information and second information via an air interface, the first information indicating a first time offset value, and the second information indicating a first time-domain resource relative to a first instant of time; wherein:

the first instant of time is associated with a first time unit, the first time unit is a time unit to which a first reception time belongs after being delayed by the first time offset value, and the first reception time is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information;

the first time offset value does not exceed a duration of a time unit;

the time unit refers to sub-frame or slot;

the first time offset value corresponds to a time duration of a positive integer number of multicarrier symbol;

a second node is the transmitter of the first information;

the first time offset value is related to a transmission delay between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to a timing difference between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to both a transmission delay and a timing difference between the first node and the second node;

the first reception time is an end time or a start time for a multicarrier symbol occupied by the first information at the first node side;

the first instant of time is a start of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is a start of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, Q1 being a positive integer;

a start time for the first time unit is determined according to a transmission timing of the first node;

the first information and the second information are respectively two fields of Sidelink Control Information (SCI); and

the Q1 is indicated by the second information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

transmitting a first radio signal;

wherein the first radio signal is used for determining a time-unit-level synchronous timing, and a synchronous timing of the first time unit is in conformity with the time-unit-level synchronous timing.

3. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a second radio signal; and

transmitting a third radio signal;

wherein a time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information, the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the third radio signal, and the third radio signal indicates whether the second radio signal is correctly decoded;

or, comprising:

transmitting a fourth radio signal;

wherein the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal, and the time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal is associated with the first time-domain resource.

4. The method according to claim 3 , comprising:

receiving a first signaling, the first signaling comprising the first information and the second information;

wherein the first signaling comprises configuration information of the second radio signal, the configuration information of the second radio signal comprising the time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal; or the first signaling comprises configuration information of the fourth radio signal, the configuration information of the fourth radio signal comprising a time-domain resource used for transmitting the fourth radio signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by the second radio signal, or the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by a radio signal occupied by the first information.

6. A method in a second node for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting first information and second information via an air interface, the first information indicating a first time offset value, and the second information indicating a first time-domain resource relative to a first instant of time; wherein:

the first instant of time is associated with a first time unit;

the first time unit is a time unit to which a first reception time belongs after being delayed by the first time offset value;

the first reception time is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information;

the first time offset value does not exceed a duration of a time unit;

the time unit refers to sub-frame or slot;

the first time offset value corresponds to a time duration of a positive integer number of multicarrier symbol;

a first node is the receiver of the first information;

the first time offset value is related to a transmission delay between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to a timing difference between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to both a transmission delay and a timing difference between the first node and the second node;

the first reception time is an end time or a start time for a multicarrier symbol occupied by the first information at the first node side;

the first instant of time is a start of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is a start of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, Q1 being a positive integer;

a start time for the first time unit is determined according to a transmission timing of the first node;

the first information and the second information are respectively two fields of Sidelink Control Information(SCI); and

the Q1 is indicated by the second information.

7. The method according to claim 6 , comprising:

receiving a first radio signal;

wherein the first radio signal is used for determining a time-unit-level synchronous timing, and a synchronous timing of the first time unit is in conformity with the time-unit-level synchronous timing.

8. The method according to claim 6 , comprising:

transmitting a second radio signal; and

receiving a third radio signal;

wherein a time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information, the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the third radio signal, and the third radio signal indicates whether the second radio signal is correctly decoded;

or, comprising:

receiving a fourth radio signal;

wherein the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal, and the time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal is associated with the first time-domain resource.

9. The method according to claim 8 , comprising:

transmitting a first signaling, the first signaling comprising the first information and the second information;

wherein the first signaling comprises configuration information of the second radio signal, the configuration information of the second radio signal comprising the time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal; or the first signaling comprises configuration information of the fourth radio signal, the configuration information of the fourth radio signal comprising a time-domain resource used for transmitting the fourth radio signal.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by the second radio signal, or the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by a radio signal occupied by the first information.

11. A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first transceiver, which receives first information and second information via an air interface, the first information indicating a first time offset value, and the second information indicating a first time-domain resource relative to a first instant of time; wherein:

the first instant of time is associated with a first time unit;

the first time unit is a time unit to which a first reception time belongs after being delayed by the first time offset value;

the first reception time is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information;

the first time offset value does not exceed a duration of a time unit;

the time unit refers to sub-frame or slot;

the first time offset value corresponds to a time duration of a positive integer number of multicarrier symbol;

a second node is the transmitter of the first information;

the first time offset value is related to a transmission delay between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to a timing difference between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to both a transmission delay and a timing difference between the first node and the second node;

the first reception time is an end time or a start time for a multicarrier symbol occupied by the first information at the first node side;

the first instant of time is a start of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is a start of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, Q1 being a positive integer;

a start time for the first time unit is determined according to a transmission timing of the first node;

the first information and the second information are respectively two fields of Sidelink Control Information (SCI); and

the Q1 is indicated by the second information.

12. The first node according to claim 11 , wherein the first transceiver transmits a first radio signal; the first radio signal is used for determining a time-unit-level synchronous timing, and a synchronous timing of the first time unit is in conformity with the time-unit-level synchronous timing.

13. The first node according to claim 11 , comprising:

a first receiver, which receives a second radio signal; and

a first transmitter, which transmits a third radio signal;

wherein a time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information, the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the third radio signal, and the third radio signal indicates whether the second radio signal is correctly decoded;

or, comprising:

a third transmitter, which transmits a fourth radio signal;

wherein the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal, and the time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal is associated with the first time-domain resource.

14. The first node according to claim 13 , wherein the first transceiver receives a first signaling, the first signaling comprising the first information and the second information; the first signaling comprises configuration information of the second radio signal, the configuration information of the second radio signal comprising the time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal; or the first signaling comprises configuration information of the fourth radio signal, the configuration information of the fourth radio signal comprising a time-domain resource used for transmitting the fourth radio signal.

15. The first node according to claim 11 , wherein the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by the second radio signal, or the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by a radio signal occupied by the first information.

16. A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second transceiver, which transmits first information and second information via an air interface, the first information indicating a first time offset value, and the second information indicating a first time-domain resource relative to a first instant of time; wherein:

the first instant of time is associated with a first time unit;

the first time unit is a time unit to which a first reception time belongs after being delayed by the first time offset value;

the first reception time is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information;

the first time offset value does not exceed a duration of a time unit;

the time unit refers to sub-frame or slot;

the first time offset value corresponds to a time duration of a positive integer number of multicarrier symbol;

a first node is the receiver of the first information;

the first time offset value is related to a transmission delay between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to a timing difference between the first node and the second node, or the first time offset value is related to both a transmission delay and a timing difference between the first node and the second node;

the first reception time is an end time or a start time for a multicarrier symbol occupied by the first information at the first node side;

the first instant of time is a start of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of the first time unit, or the first instant of time is a start of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, or the first instant of time is an end of a Q1-th time unit following the first time unit, Q1 being a positive integer;

a start time for the first time unit is determined according to a transmission timing of the first node;

the first information and the second information are respectively two fields of Sidelink Control Information (SCI); and

the Q1 is indicated by the second information.

17. The second node according to claim 16 , wherein the second transceiver receives a first radio signal; the first radio signal is used for determining a time-unit-level synchronous timing, and a synchronous timing of the first time unit is in conformity with the time-unit-level synchronous timing.

18. The second node according to claim 16 , comprising:

a second transmitter, which transmits a second radio signal; and

a second receiver, which receives a third radio signal;

wherein a time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal is associated with a time-domain resource used for receiving the first information, the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the third radio signal, and the third radio signal indicates whether the second radio signal is correctly decoded;

or, comprising:

a third receiver, which receives a fourth radio signal;

wherein the second information is used for determining a time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal, and the time-domain resource occupied by the fourth radio signal is associated with the first time-domain resource.

19. The second node according to claim 18 , wherein the second transceiver transmits a first signaling, the first signaling comprising the first information and the second information; the first signaling comprises configuration information of the second radio signal, the configuration information of the second radio signal comprising the time-domain resource used for receiving the second radio signal; or the first signaling comprises configuration information of the fourth radio signal, the configuration information of the fourth radio signal comprising a time-domain resource used for transmitting the fourth radio signal.

20. The second node according to claim 16 , wherein the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by the second radio signal, or the first time offset value is related to a subcarrier spacing employed by a radio signal occupied by the first information.

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