Method and apparatus of transmitting device-to-device channel measurement in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a second User Equipment (UE) for performing sidelink transmission to a first UE. In one embodiment, the method includes the second UE generating a MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) with a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value, wherein the MAC CE is for transmitting to the first UE. The method further includes the second UE generating a MAC PDU (Protocol Data Unit) comprising the MAC CE and sidelink data from one or more sidelink logical channels, wherein the sidelink data is available for transmitting to the first UE. Furthermore, the method includes the second UE setting a priority field in a first SCI to a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE. In addition, the method includes the second UE transmitting the first SCI to the first UE, wherein the first SCI schedules a first sidelink transmission for transmitting the MAC PDU.
1. A method of a second UE (User Equipment) for transmitting a SL CSI (Sidelink Channel State Information)-report to a first UE, comprising:
the second UE receives a second SCI (Sidelink Control Information) from the first UE, wherein the second SCI schedules a second unicast sidelink transmission with SL CSI-RS(s) (Sidelink Channel State Information-Reference Signal(s)) to the second UE and the second SCI triggers the second UE to transmit the SL CSI-report to the first UE;
the second UE performs measurement on the SL CSI-RS(s);
the second UE derives the SL CSI-report based on the measurement;
the second UE generates a MAC PDU (Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit) comprising a MAC CE (Control Element) and sidelink data from one or more sidelink logical channels, wherein the sidelink data is available for transmitting to the first UE and the MAC CE comprises the SL CSI-report, wherein when the size of the MAC PDU cannot accommodate the MAC CE and all sidelink data available for the first UE, the second UE includes the MAC CE and a part of the sidelink data available for transmitting to the first UE into the MAC PDU;
the second UE sets a priority field in a first SCI to a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE; and
the second UE transmits the first SCI to the first UE, wherein the first SCI schedules a first unicast sidelink transmission for transmitting the MAC PDU.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second UE selects a resource for the first unicast sidelink transmission based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE, or
the second UE selects one or more candidate resource(s), for selecting a resource for the first unicast sidelink transmission, based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE, or
the second UE performs sensing and resource selection, for selecting a resource for the first unicast sidelink transmission, based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SL CSI report carries at least CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) index and/or RI (Rank Indication) value based on the measurement.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when assembling the MAC PDU, the second UE includes (or stores) the MAC CE in the MAC PDU before including the sidelink data, and/or the second UE prioritizes the MAC CE over the sidelink data from one or more sidelink logical channels.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein regardless of whether the MAC PDU comprises the sidelink data, the second UE sets the priority field in the first SCI to the fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE.
6. A method of a second UE (User Equipment) for transmitting a SL CSI (Sidelink Channel State Information)-report to a first UE, comprising:
the second UE receives a second SCI (Sidelink Control Information) from the first UE, wherein the second SCI schedules a second unicast sidelink transmission with SL CSI-RS(s) (Sidelink Channel State Information-Reference Signal(s)) to the second UE and the second SCI triggers the second UE to transmit the SL CSI-report to the first UE;
the second UE performs measurement on the SL CSI-RS(s);
the second UE derives the SL CSI-report based on the measurement;
the second UE generates a MAC PDU (Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit) (only) comprising a MAC CE (Control Element), wherein there is no sidelink logical channel with available sidelink data for transmitting to the first UE and the MAC CE comprises the SL CSI-report;
the second UE sets a priority field in a first SCI to a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE;
the second UE disables SL HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement) feedback or indicates no need of HARQ-ACK feedback in the first SCI; and
the second UE transmits the first SCI to the first UE, wherein the first SCI schedules a first unicast sidelink transmission for transmitting the MAC PDU.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the SL CSI report carries at least CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) index and/or RI (Rank Indication) value based on the measurement.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second UE selects a resource for the first unicast sidelink transmission based on the fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE and/or a fixed or (pre-defined) first number of sub-channel, or
the second UE selects one or more candidate resource(s), for selecting a resource for the first unicast sidelink transmission, based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE and/or a fixed or (pre-defined) first number of sub-channel, or
the second UE performs sensing and resource selection, for selecting a resource for the first unicast sidelink transmission, based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE and/or a fixed or (pre-defined) first number of sub-channel.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second UE selects the resource comprising the first number of sub-channels with the priority value of the MAC CE.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first number of sub-channel is 1.
11. A method of a second UE (User Equipment) for performing sidelink transmission to a first UE, comprising:
the second UE generates a MAC (Medium Access Control) CE (Control Element) with a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value, wherein the MAC CE is for transmitting to the first UE;
the second UE generates a MAC PDU (Protocol Data Unit) comprising the MAC CE and sidelink data from one or more sidelink logical channels, wherein the sidelink data is available for transmitting to the first UE, wherein when the size of the MAC PDU cannot accommodate the MAC CE and all sidelink data available for the first UE, the second UE includes the MAC CE and a part of the sidelink data available for transmitting to the first UE into the MAC PDU;
the second UE sets a priority field in a first SCI to a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE; and
the second UE transmits the first SCI to the first UE, wherein the first SCI schedules a first sidelink transmission for transmitting the MAC PDU.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second UE selects a resource for the first sidelink transmission based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE, or
the second UE selects one or more candidate resource(s), for selecting a resource for the first sidelink transmission, based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE, or
the second UE performs sensing and resource selection, for selecting a resource for the first sidelink transmission, based on the (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the MAC CE comprises any of SL CSI (Sidelink Channel State Information) report, L1-RSRP (Layer 1-Reference Signal Received Power) report, L3-RSRP (Layer 3-Reference Signal Received Power) report, pathloss report, and beam report.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein when assembling the MAC PDU, the second UE includes (or stores) the MAC CE in the MAC PDU before including the sidelink data; and/or
the second UE prioritizes the MAC CE over the sidelink data from one or more sidelink logical channels.
15. The method of claim 11 , when or if the MAC PDU comprises the MAC CE and comprises no sidelink data for transmitting to the first UE, the second UE sets the priority field in the first SCI to the fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE.
16. A second UE (User Equipment) for transmitting a SL CSI (Sidelink Channel State Information)-report to a first UE, comprising:
a control circuit;
a processor installed in the control circuit; and
a memory installed in the control circuit and operatively coupled to the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to execute a program code stored in the memory to:
receive a second SCI (Sidelink Control Information) from the first UE, wherein the second SCI schedules a second unicast sidelink transmission with SL CSI-RS(s) (Sidelink Channel State Information-Reference Signal(s)) to the second UE and the second SCI triggers the second UE to transmit the SL CSI-report to the first UE;
perform measurement on the SL CSI-RS(s);
derive the SL CSI-report based on the measurement;
generate a MAC PDU (Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit) comprising a MAC CE (Control Element) and sidelink data from one or more sidelink logical channels, wherein the sidelink data is available for transmitting to the first UE and the MAC CE comprises the SL CSI-report, wherein when the size of the MAC PDU cannot accommodate the MAC CE and all sidelink data available for the first UE, the second UE includes the MAC CE and a part of the sidelink data available for transmitting to the first UE into the MAC PDU;
set a priority field in a first SCI to a fixed or (pre-defined) priority value of the MAC CE; and
transmit the first SCI to the first UE, wherein the first SCI schedules a first unicast sidelink transmission for transmitting the MAC PDU.