IP Library Granted Patent US 12,634,968
Granted Patent B2
US 12,634,968 · App. 18/386,275 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inter-device coordination method and apparatus

Inventors: Jian Zhang (Beijing, CN); Pengyu Ji (Beijing, CN); Guorong Li (Beijing, CN); Xin Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: 1FINITY Inc.
H04W72/40H04W72/25H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 12,634,968
App. No.
18/386,275
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inter-device coordination apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive first sidelink information from a second terminal equipment and second sidelink information from a third terminal equipment; a processor configured to, according to the first sidelink information and the second sidelink information, determine that a conflict occurs in a first resource reserved by the first sidelink information; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the second terminal equipment first coordination information for indicating that a conflict occurs in the first resource, wherein a priority of the first coordination information is equal to the highest priority in a priority of the first sidelink information and a priority of the second sidelink information.

Claims (24)

1 . An inter-device coordination apparatus, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive first sidelink information from a second terminal equipment and second sidelink information from a third terminal equipment;

a processor configured to, according to the first sidelink information and the second sidelink information, determine that a conflict occurs in a first resource reserved by the first sidelink information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit to the second terminal equipment first coordination information for indicating that a conflict occurs in the first resource, wherein a priority of the first coordination information is equal to the highest priority in a priority of the first sidelink information and a priority of the second sidelink information.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first sidelink information comprises first sidelink control information and a first physical sidelink shared channel, the priority of the first sidelink information being equal to a priority indicated by a field in the first sidelink control information;

the second sidelink information comprises second sidelink control information and a second physical sidelink shared channel, the priority of the second sidelink information being equal to a priority indicated by a field in the second sidelink control information.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first resource reserved by the first sidelink control information and a second resource reserved by the second sidelink control information at least partially overlap in a time domain and a frequency domain.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coordination information is carried by a physical sidelink feedback channel.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first terminal equipment is a destination receiving terminal equipment of the second terminal equipment.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a first terminal equipment is not a destination receiving terminal equipment of the second terminal equipment, but the first terminal equipment is a destination receiving terminal equipment of the third terminal equipment.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second terminal equipment performs unicast, groupcast or broadcast sidelink communication.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to: according to the first sidelink information and the second sidelink information, determine that the first sidelink information and the second sidelink information need to be retransmitted; and

the transmitter is further configured to: transmit to the second terminal equipment second coordination information for indicating that the first sidelink information needs to be retransmitted, and transmit to the third terminal equipment third coordination information for indicating that the second sidelink information needs to be retransmitted, wherein a priority of the second coordination information is equal to the priority of the first sidelink information, and a priority of the third coordination information is equal to the priority of the second sidelink information.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first sidelink information comprises first sidelink control information and a first physical sidelink shared channel, the priority of the first sidelink information being equal to a priority indicated by a field in the first sidelink control information;

the second sidelink information comprises second sidelink control information and a second physical sidelink shared channel, the priority of the second sidelink information being equal to a priority indicated by a field in the second sidelink control information.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a resource where the first sidelink information is located and a resource where the second sidelink information is located at least partially overlap in a time domain.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second terminal equipment is a destination receiving terminal equipment of the third terminal equipment, and the third terminal equipment is a destination receiving terminal equipment of the second terminal equipment.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second coordination information and the third coordination information are carried by a physical sidelink feedback channel.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to randomly or pseudo-randomly select M pieces of coordination information from N pieces of coordination information and transmit the M pieces of coordination information, where, M is less than N, and both M and N are positive integers.

14 . A communication system, comprising:

a first terminal equipment configured to

receive first sidelink information from a second terminal equipment and second sidelink information from a third terminal equipment;

according to the first sidelink information and the second sidelink information, determine that a conflict occurs in a first resource reserved by the first sidelink information; and

transmit to the second terminal equipment first coordination information for indicating that a conflict occurs in the first resource, wherein a priority of the first coordination information is equal to the highest priority in a priority of the first sidelink information and a priority of the second sidelink information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 073477/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2023
From: ZHANG, JIAN; JI, PENGYU; LI, GUORONG; WANG, XIN
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065431/0560 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2021/092772 · May 10, 2021 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021110829 · Aug 5, 2021
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