IP Library Granted Patent US 11,297,526
Granted Patent B2
US 11,297,526 · App. 16/961,965 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Wireless device, radio network node and methods performed therein

Inventors: Marco Belleschi (Solna, SE); Mattias Bergström (Sollentuna, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W28/0268H04W28/0278H04W72/087
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Patent No.
US 11,297,526
App. No.
16/961,965
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments herein relate to method performed by a radio network node ( 12 ) for handling communication between wireless devices over a sidelink in a wireless communication network. The radio network node configures a wireless device by indicating a set of one or more quality of service, QoS, requirements, wherein each QoS requirement comprises a threshold associated with a QoS characteristic, and by indicating a mapping of one or more logical channel groups, LCG, reserved for buffer status report, BSR, reporting of a sidelink for data fulfilling respective QoS requirement out of the set of one or more QoS requirements.

Claims (76)

1. A method performed by a radio network node configured to handle sidelink communication between wireless devices in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

sending, to a wireless device, a configuration indicating:

a plurality of quality of service (QoS) requirements, including at least one QoS requirement of a first type and at least one QoS requirement of a second type different than the first type; and

a mapping between the plurality of QoS requirements and a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) arranged for sidelink communication of data packets fulfilling the QoS requirements, wherein the mapping includes:

a first mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the first type and a first portion of the LCGs, and

a second mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the second type and a second portion of the LCGs, wherein the second portion is non-overlapping with the first portion.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the QoS requirements of the first type are respective packet priority levels (PPPP), and

the QoS requirements of the second type are respective packet reliability levels (PPPR).

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

receive, from the wireless device, a sidelink buffer status report (BSR) that indicates a particular one of the LCGs in which the wireless device has one or more data packets available;

based on the mapping, determining a QoS requirement associated with the data packets available in the particular LCG; and

handling sidelink communication of the wireless device according to the determined QoS requirement.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the determined QoS requirement is a high packet reliability level (PPPR); and

handling sidelink communication according to the determined QoS requirement comprises sending, to the wireless device, an indication to perform packet duplication for sidelink transmission of the available data packets.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising sending, to the wireless device, a prioritization indication that one of the first and second types of QoS requirements is prioritized over the other of the first and second types, with respect to selecting an LCG for a sidelink BSR for a data packet having both a QoS requirement of the first type and a QoS requirement of the second type.

6. A method performed by a wireless device configured for sidelink communication with other wireless devices in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

receiving, from a radio network node in the wireless communication network, a configuration indicating:

a plurality of quality of service (QoS) requirements, including at least one QoS requirement of a first type and at least one QoS requirement of a second type different than the first type; and

a mapping between the plurality of QoS requirements and a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) arranged for sidelink communication of data packets fulfilling the QoS requirements, wherein the mapping includes:

a first mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the first type and a first portion of the LCGs, and

a second mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the second type and a second portion of the LCGs, wherein the second portion is non-overlapping with the first portion; and

transmitting a sidelink BSR to the radio network node in accordance with the configuration.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the QoS requirements of the first type are respective packet priority levels (PPPP), and

the QoS requirements of the second type are respective packet reliability levels (PPPR).

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein

the method further comprises, based on the mapping, determining an LCG associated with a QoS requirement of data packets available for sidelink transmission by the wireless device; and

the sidelink BSR indicates the determined LCG.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the QoS requirement is a high packet reliability level (PPPR); and

the method further comprising receiving, from the radio network node in response to the BSR, an indication to perform packet duplication for sidelink transmission of the available data packets.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the method further comprises receiving, from the radio network node, a prioritization indication that one of the first and second types of QoS requirements is prioritized over the other of the first and second types, with respect to selecting an LCG for a sidelink BSR for a data packet having both a QoS requirement of the first type and a QoS requirement of the second type; and

transmitting the sidelink BSR is further based on the prioritization indication.

11. A radio network node configured to handle sidelink communication between wireless devices in a wireless communication network, the radio network node comprising:

a communication interface; and

processing circuitry operably coupled to the communication interface, whereby the processing circuitry and the communication interface are configured to:

send, to a wireless device, a configuration indicating:

a plurality of quality of service (QoS) requirements, including at least one QoS requirement of a first type and at least one QoS requirement of a second type different than the first type;

a mapping between the plurality of QoS requirements and a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) arranged for sidelink communication of data packets fulfilling the QoS requirements, wherein the mapping includes:

a first mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the first type and a first portion of the LCGs, and

a second mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the second type and a second portion of the LCGs, wherein the second portion is non-overlapping with the first portion.

12. The radio network node of claim 11 , wherein:

the QoS requirements of the first type are respective packet priority levels (PPPP), and

the QoS requirements of the second type are respective packet reliability levels (PPPR).

13. The radio network node of claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry and the communication interface are further configured to:

receive, from the wireless device, a sidelink buffer status report (BSR) that indicates a particular one of the LCGs in which the wireless device has one or more data packets available;

based on the mapping, determine a QoS requirement associated with the data packets available in the particular LCG; and

handle sidelink communication of the wireless device according to the determined QoS requirement.

14. The radio network node of claim 13 , wherein:

the determined QoS requirement is a high packet reliability level (PPPR); and

the processing circuitry and the communication interface are configured to handle sidelink communication according to the determined QoS requirement based on sending, to the wireless device, an indication to perform packet duplication for sidelink transmission of the available data packets.

15. The radio network node of claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry and the communication interface are further configured to send, to the wireless device, a prioritization indication that one of the first and second types of QoS requirements is prioritized over the other of the first and second types, with respect to selecting an LCG for a sidelink BSR for a data packet having both a QoS requirement of the first type and a QoS requirement of the second type.

16. A wireless device configured for sidelink communication with other wireless devices in a wireless communication network, the wireless device comprising:

a communication interface; and

processing circuitry operably coupled to the communication interface, whereby the processing circuitry and the communication interface are configured to:

receive, from a radio network node in the wireless communication network, a configuration indicating:

a plurality of quality of service (QoS) requirements, including at least one QoS requirement of a first type and at least one QoS requirement of a second type different than the first type; and

a mapping between the plurality of QoS requirements and a plurality of logical channel groups (LCGs) arranged for sidelink communication of data packets fulfilling the QoS requirements, wherein the mapping includes:

a first mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the first type and a first portion of the LCGs, and

a second mapping between the at least one QoS requirement of the second type and a second portion of the LCGs, wherein the second portion is non-overlapping with the first portion; and

transmit a sidelink BSR to the radio network node in accordance with the configuration.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the QoS requirements of the first type are respective packet priority levels (PPPP), and

the QoS requirements of the second type are respective packet reliability levels (PPPR).

18. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein

the processing circuitry and the communication interface are further configured to, based on the mapping, determine an LCG associated with a QoS requirement of data packets available for sidelink transmission by the wireless device; and

the sidelink BSR indicates the determined LCG.

19. The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein:

the QoS requirement is a high packet reliability level (PPPR); and

the processing circuitry and the communication interface are further configured to receive, from the radio network node in response to the BSR, an indication to perform packet duplication for sidelink transmission of the available data packets.

20. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the processing circuitry and the communication interface are further configured to receive, from the radio network node, a prioritization indication that one of the first and second types of QoS requirements is prioritized over the other of the first and second types, with respect to selecting an LCG for a sidelink BSR for a data packet having both a QoS requirement of the first type and a QoS requirement of the second type; and

the processing circuitry and the communication interface are configured to transmit the sidelink BSR further based on the prioritization indication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2020
From: BELLESCHI, MARCO; BERGSTRÖM, MATTIAS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 053198/0796 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62630870 · Feb 15, 2018
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