IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,366
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,366 · App. 17/632,098 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Terminal and communication method

Inventors: Shohei Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP); Yanru Wang (Beijing, CN); Jing Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaolin Hou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/02H04L1/08H04L5/0053H04W72/1263
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,108,366
App. No.
17/632,098
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a reception unit configured to receive information for scheduling a resource used in terminal-to-terminal direct communication, from a base station; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a signal to another terminal, by using the resource. The reception unit is configured to receive, from the another terminal, a response related to a retransmission control corresponding to the signal. The terminal further includes a control unit configured to select either of information including a positive response or information including a negative response, based on the response related to the retransmission control. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the selected information to the base station.

Claims (13)

1. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a transport block to another terminal via a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH);

a receiver configured to receive a sidelink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) response from the another terminal via a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH); and

a processor configured to set a value of information to a same value as a value of the sidelink HARQ response, the value of the information being to be transmitted to a base station,

wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the value of the information to the base station, and

wherein, in a case where a sidelink HARQ response corresponding to the transport block is undetectable in the PSFCH, the processor is configured to set the value of the information to NACK.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where a transport block is unable to be transmitted in a resource of the PSSCH, the processor is configured to set the value of the information to NACK.

3. A communication method of a terminal, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a transport block to another terminal via a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH);

receiving a sidelink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) response from the another terminal via a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH); and

setting a value of information to a same value as a value of the sidelink HARQ response, the value of the information being to be transmitted to a base station,

wherein the transmitting transmits the value of the information to the base station, and

wherein, in a case where a sidelink HARQ response corresponding to the transport block is undetectable in the PSFCH, the setting sets the value of the information to NACK.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: YOSHIOKA, SHOHEI; NAGATA, SATOSHI; WANG, YANRU; WANG, JING; HOU, XIAOLIN
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 059298/0743 →
Continuity (1)
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