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Granted Patent B2
US 12,659,859 · App. 18/573,909 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Operation and device for instructing sleep for power saving of groupcast terminal in NR V2X

Inventors: Giwon Park (Seoul, KR); Seoyoung Back (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR); Jongwoo Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W52/0219H04L1/1887H04W52/0216H04W52/0235H04W72/02H04W72/25H04L1/1812
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Patent No.
US 12,659,859
App. No.
18/573,909
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed is a method for operating a first device ( 100 ) in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: transmitting an MAC PDU to a second device and a third device in a group in which groupcast communication is performed, the MAC PDU being transmitted through a PSSCH on the basis that an SL DRX on-duration timer in an SL DRX configuration is operating; monitoring an HARQ feedback related to the PSSCH on the basis of a PSFCH resource; receiving the HARQ feedback related to the PSSCH from the second device on the basis that the SL DRX on-duration timer is operating; and transmitting an early termination message to the second device on the basis that the HARQ feedback is not received from the third device within a time interval in which the SL DRX on-duration timer is operating.

Claims (49)

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

obtaining information related to a set of resource blocks (RBs) for a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission;

obtaining a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a destination layer (L) 2 ID, including information related to a timer for an active time;

transmitting, to a second device and a third device in a group where groupcast communication is performed, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on an SL DRX on-duration timer of the SL DRX configuration being running;

transmitting, to the second device and the third device, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) and second SCI through the PSSCH, based on the SL DRX on-duration timer being running;

allocating at least one RB among the set of RBs for the PSSCH;

determining an index of a PSFCH resource among the at least one RB, for a PSFCH reception, based on a source ID of the first device;

monitoring a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback related to the PSSCH based on the PSFCH resource;

receiving, from the second device, the HARQ feedback related to the PSSCH, based on the SL DRX on-duration timer being running; and

transmitting, to the second device, an early termination message, based on a HARQ feedback being not received from the third device within a time interval during which the SL DRX on-duration timer is running.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the timer for the active time is started by the second device based on a reception of the second SCI.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the timer for the active time is stopped by the second device based on a reception of the early termination message.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the second device operates in a sleep mode, based on the timer for the active time being stopped based on the reception of the early termination message.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

starting the timer for the active time based on the transmission of the second SCI.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

stopping the timer for the active time based on the transmission of the early termination message.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first device operates in a sleep mode, based on the timer for the active time being stopped based on the transmission of the early termination message.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the active time of the SL DRX configuration includes an interval during which the timer for the active time being running.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the timer for the active time is an SL DRX inactivity timer or an SL DRX retransmission timer.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the early termination message is transmitted at an expiration time point of the SL DRX on-duration timer.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the early termination message is transmitted after an expiration time point of the SL DRX on-duration timer.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the early termination message is transmitted through third SCI or a MAC control element (CE).

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the MAC PDU is a HARQ feedback enabled MAC PDU.

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:

obtain information related to a set of resource blocks (RBs) for a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission;

obtain a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a destination layer (L) 2 ID, including information related to a timer for an active time;

transmit, to a second device and a third device in a group where groupcast communication is performed, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on an SL DRX on-duration timer of the SL DRX configuration being running;

transmit, to the second device and the third device, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) and second SCI through the PSSCH, based on the SL DRX on-duration timer being running;

allocate at least one RB among the set of RBs for the PSSCH;

determine an index of a PSFCH resource among the at least one RB, for a PSFCH reception, based on a source ID of the first device;

monitor a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback related to the PSSCH based on the PSFCH resource;

receive, from the second device, the HARQ feedback related to the PSSCH, based on the SL DRX on-duration timer being running; and

transmit, to the second device, an early termination message, based on a HARQ feedback being not received from the third device within a time interval during which the SL DRX on-duration timer is running.

15 . A device adapted 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:

obtain information related to a set of resource blocks (RBs) for a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission;

obtain a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a destination layer (L) 2 ID, including information related to a timer for an active time;

transmit, to a second UE and a third UE in a group where groupcast communication is performed, first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on an SL DRX on-duration timer of the SL DRX configuration being running;

transmit, to the second UE and the third UE, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) and second SCI through the PSSCH, based on the SL DRX on-duration timer being running;

allocate at least one RB among the set of RBs for the PSSCH;

determine an index of a PSFCH resource among the at least one RB, for a PSFCH reception, based on a source ID of the first UE;

monitor a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback related to the PSSCH based on the PSFCH resource;

receive, from the second UE, the HARQ feedback related to the PSSCH, based on the SL DRX on-duration timer being running; and

transmit, to the second UE, an early termination message, based on a HARQ feedback being not received from the third UE within a time interval during which the SL DRX on-duration timer is running.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2023
From: PARK, GIWON; BACK, SEOYOUNG; LEE, SEUNGMIN; HONG, JONGWOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0080472 · Jun 22, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0080816 · Jun 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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