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Granted Patent B2
US 11,304,165 · App. 16/764,721 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Method and apparatus for performing sidelink communication in wireless communication system

Inventor: Hyukjin Chae (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W56/004H04W72/048
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Patent No.
US 11,304,165
App. No.
16/764,721
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing sidelink communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by an in-coverage terminal, predetermined information relating to which parameters, among sidelink parameters, are valid for an out-coverage terminal; and performing sidelink communication with the out-coverage terminal, using the parameters having been determined to be valid according to the predetermined information. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.

Claims (27)

1. A method of performing sidelink communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by an in-coverage user equipment (UE) from a base station, information related to validity of sidelink parameter set,

wherein the validity indicates which sidelink parameter set among sidelink parameter sets is valid to an out-coverage user equipment (UE); and

performing sidelink communication with the out-coverage UE by using the sidelink parameter set determined as valid according to the specific information by the in-coverage UE,

wherein the out-coverage UE selects the sidelink parameter set based on geographical location of the out-coverage UE,

wherein the sidelink parameter set include offset information determining a direct frame number (DFN) timing and the offset corresponds to a timing different between DFN and system frame number (SFN), and

wherein the in-coverage UE determines a DFN timing and receives an SLSS (sidelink synchronization signal) from the out-coverage UE based on the DFN timing.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information is transmitted to the in-coverage UE by higher-layer signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the out-coverage UE has a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) as a synchronization reference.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein validity of the sidelink parameter sets is determined according to a geographical location of the out-coverage UE.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific information directly indicates which sidelink parameter sets among the sidelink parameter sets are valid to the out-coverage UE.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information indicates location information about the out-coverage UE.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the in-coverage UE determines validity of the sidelink parameter sets based on the location information.

8. An in-coverage user equipment (UE) for performing sidelink communication in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a base station, information related to validity of sidelink parameter set,

wherein the validity indicates which sidelink parameter set among sidelink parameter sets is valid to an out-coverage user equipment (UE); and

perform sidelink communication with the out-coverage UE by using the sidelink parameter set determined as valid according to the specific information by the in-coverage UE,

wherein the out-coverage UE selects the sidelink parameter set based on geographical location of the out-coverage UE,

wherein the sidelink parameter set include offset information determining a direct frame number (DFN) timing and the offset corresponds to a timing different between DFN and system frame number (SFN), and

wherein the in-coverage UE determines a DFN timing and receives an SLSS (sidelink synchronization signal) from the out-coverage UE based on the DFN timing.

9. The in-coverage UE according to claim 8 , wherein the information is transmitted to the in-coverage UE by higher-layer signaling.

10. The in-coverage UE according to claim 8 , wherein the out-coverage UE has a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) as a synchronization reference.

11. The in-coverage UE according to claim 8 , wherein validity of the sidelink parameter sets is determined according to a geographical location of the out-coverage UE.

12. The in-coverage UE of claim 8 , wherein the UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2020
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 052677/0543 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62631651 · Feb 17, 2018
Provisional Application 62587463 · Nov 16, 2017
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