Granted Patent B2

US 12,279,183 · App. 18/731,325 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Inventors: Sarun Selvanesan (Berlin, DE); Thomas Fehrenbach (Berlin, DE); Roya Ebrahim Rezagah (Berlin, DE); Cornelius Hellge (Berlin, DE); Thomas Wirth (Berlin, DE); Thomas Schierl (Berlin, DE); Robin Thomas (Berlin, DE); Baris Göktepe (Berlin, DE); Eiko Seidel (Sauerlach, DE)

Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

H04W4/08H04W4/40H04W92/18

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A wireless communication system, comprising

a plurality of user devices, UEs, and

a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other,

wherein the plurality of member UEs of the logical group have the same destination identification, ID, and

wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:

a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the one or more logical group criteria, and

a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

2. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the logical group is managed by an application server, the application server assigning the destination ID for the logical group, and wherein the application server is located outside or inside the wireless communication system, or one or more of the plurality of UEs hosts the application server.

3. The wireless communication system of claim 2 , wherein the application server handles joining of a new UE to the logical group and the assignment of the destination ID to the new UE, and leaving of a member UE of the member UEs and revocation of the destination ID from the leaving of the member UE.

4. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the logical group is managed by one or more of the plurality of member UEs configured with rules for generating the destination ID for the logical group.

5. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein, in case one of the plurality of member UEs is to perform a transmission within the logical group, the transmitting member UE is configured to generate a source ID, and wherein, for generating the source ID, the transmitting member UE is configured to consider source IDs of current or existing transmitting member UEs so as to generate or select a different source ID.

6. The wireless communication system of claim 5 , wherein, in case two transmitting member UEs generate or select the same source ID, the conflict in the source IDs

is detected and resolved by the application layer, or

responsive to a request for transmitting resources by the transmitting member UEs, an entity of the wireless communication system for allocating and scheduling resources including gNB is configured to detect the conflict based on the source ID of a source UE and/or cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) or the conflict is reported by a member UE of the logical group, and to signal to at least one of the transmitting member UEs a notification about the source ID conflict, and

is detected by a member UE in out-of-coverage case,

wherein at least one transmitting member UE of the two transmitting member UEs is configured to generate or select a new source ID.

7. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the layer 2 ID structure further comprises a part that refers to or implies a geographical or zone ID indicating a geographical region where one of the plurality of member UEs is located.

8. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein a groupcast transmission to the plurality of member UEs of the logical group comprises

a sidelink (SL) groupcast originating from one of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group, or

a SL groupcast originating from a UE outside the logical group, or

a groupcast originating from a base station.

9. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the member UEs are located in different zones of a base station coverage area, and wherein the base station is configured to provide a resource set, which is one of a resource pool, RP, or a mini-RP, for the sidelink (SL) communication within the logical group for the different zones.

10. A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, wherein

the UE is a member UE of a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other,

wherein the UE has assigned the same destination identification, ID, as all other member UEs of the logical group, and

wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:

a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and

a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

11. A base station for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, wherein

the base station is configured to serve one of a plurality of member UEs of a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising the plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other,

wherein each of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group have assigned the same destination identification, ID, and

wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:

a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and

a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

12. A method in a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, the method comprising:

defining a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other, and

assigning to each of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group the same destination identification, ID,

wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:

a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and

a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

13. A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform, when the computer program is run by the computer, a method in a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, the method comprising:

defining a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other, and

assigning to each of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group the same destination identification, ID,

wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:

a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and

a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

14. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the unique destination ID is unique for the logical group.

15. The user device, UE, of claim 10 , wherein the unique destination ID is unique for the logical group.

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