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Granted Patent B2
US 12,635,035 · App. 18/579,764 · Granted May 19, 2026

Method and device for connecting resources through resource reselection under SL DRX operation in NR V2X

Inventors: Woosuk Ko (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W76/28H04W72/25
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Patent No.
US 12,635,035
App. No.
18/579,764
Granted
May 19, 2026
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: selecting, in a resource selection window, a first resource and a second resource included in a first active time including the time when a timer, which is related to an SL DRX configuration of a second device ( 200 ) and to an active time included in the SL DRX configuration, was to have operated on the basis of reception performed on the basis of the first resource; and reselecting the first resource as a third resource in the resource selection window, wherein the third resource causes the second resource to be included in a second active time including the time when the timer related to the active time operates on the basis of reception performed on the basis of the third resource.

Claims (47)

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

obtaining a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a second device;

selecting a first resource included within a first active time related to the SL DRX configuration, for a transmission of a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU),

wherein the first active time includes a time during which a timer started based on a time of the first resource is running;

transmitting, to the second device, first sidelink control information (SCI) including information related to the first resource; and

reselecting the first resource to a third resource after the first resource within the first active time, based on pre-emption for the first resource.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a second resource included within the first active time is selected along with the first resource,

wherein the second resource is included within a second active time related to the SL DRX configuration and the first active time, and

wherein the second active time includes a time during which a timer started based on a time of the third resource is running.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the second device, second SCI including information related to the second resource.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the reselection is performed based on a transmission of the second SCI.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first active time includes a time during which a timer related to an active time of the SL DRX configuration is running based on a reception of a second MAC PDU different from the first MAC PDU.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

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

transmitting, to the second device, the first MAC PDU through the PSSCH, based on the third resource.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an occurrence of discontinuous transmission (DTX) based on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback related to the first SCI being not able to be received from the second device,

wherein the reselection is performed based on the DTX.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reselection is performed based on a resource reservation interval value included in the first SCI being 0.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reselection is performed based on a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource related to the first SCI being not included within a third active time of the first device.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reselection is performed based on an interval between resources selected based on the resource selection related to the first resource being greater than a retransmission timer value of the SL DRX configuration.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a second resource included within the first active time is selected along with the first resource,

wherein the first resource is included within an on-duration timer duration of the SL DRX configuration,

wherein the second resource is not included within the on-duration timer duration, and

wherein an interval between the first resource and the second resource is less than or equal to a threshold value.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first resource is a last resource included within the on-duration timer duration among resources selected based on the resource selection related to the first resource and the second resource, and

wherein the second resource is a first resource not included within the on-duration timer duration among the resources selected based on the resource selection.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the SL DRX configuration includes information for a timer related to an active time, and

wherein the timer related to an active time includes an SL DRX inactivity timer or an SL DRX retransmission timer.

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 a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a second device;

select a first resource included within a first active time related to the SL DRX configuration, for a transmission of a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU),

wherein the first active time includes a time during which a timer started based on a time of the first resource is running;

transmit, to the second device, first sidelink control information (SCI) including information related to the first resource; and

reselect the first resource to a third resource after the first resource within the first active time, based on pre-emption for the first resource.

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 a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration related to a second UE;

select a first resource included within a first active time related to the SL DRX configuration, for a transmission of a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU),

wherein the first active time includes a time during which a timer started based on a time of the first resource is running;

transmit, to the second UE, first sidelink control information (SCI) including information related to the first resource; and

reselect the first resource to a third resource after the first resource within the first active time, based on pre-emption for the first resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2024
From: KO, WOOSUK; SEO, HANBYUL; LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2021-0093715 · Jul 16, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0096881 · Jul 23, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0133426 · Oct 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63251015 · Sep 30, 2021
Related Publication 20240334534A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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