Granted Patent B2

US 12,295,065 · App. 17/882,213 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR); Giwon Park (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04W76/28H04W72/30H04W92/18

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A method for performing, by a first device, wireless communication, the method comprising:

obtaining information related to a resource pool;

obtaining a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration including information related to a SL DRX cycle and information related to a plurality of timers including a first timer for a first SL DRX active time and a second timer for a second SL DRX active time;

generating a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) related to groupcast communication; and

selecting at least one SL resource for a transmission of the MAC PDU among a plurality of candidate resources in the resource pool, based on sensing,

wherein a first SL resource included in the at least one SL resource is included in the first SL DRX active time,

wherein the first SL resource being selected outside the first SL DRX active time is not allowed, based on the MAC PDU being related to groupcast transmission,

wherein at least one second SL resource included in the at least one SL resource is included in the first SL DRX active time or the second SL DRX active time, and

wherein the second timer is not running at the time of selecting the at least one SL resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first timer includes an on duration timer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SL resource is a resource for an initial transmission of the MAC PDU.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a timer for the second SL DRX active time is started based on a destination layer (L)2 ID related to the MAC PDU.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second SL resource is a resource for a retransmission.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing is periodic based partial sensing (PBPS), and

wherein the PBPS is performed for at least one PBPS sensing occasion.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a number of the at least one PBPS sensing occasion is configured based on whether the first device performs an SL DRX operation.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the information related to the resource pool includes information related to the number of at least one PBPS sensing occasion.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing is contiguous partial sensing (CPS), and

wherein the CPS is performed for at least one CPS sensing slot.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a number of the at least one CPS sensing slot is configured based on whether the first device performs an SL DRX operation.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the information related to the resource pool includes information related to the number of the at least one CPS sensing slot.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first timer for the first SL DRX active time is running at the time of selecting the at least one SL resource.

13. A first device for performing wireless communication, the first device comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

obtain information related to a resource pool;

obtain a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration including information related to a SL DRX cycle and information related to a plurality of timers including a first timer for a first SL DRX active time and a second timer for a second SL DRX active time;

generate a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) related to groupcast communication; and

select at least one SL resource for a transmission of the MAC PDU among a plurality of candidate resources in the resource pool, based on sensing,

wherein a first SL resource included in the at least one SL resource is included in the first SL DRX active time,

wherein the first SL resource being selected outside the first SL DRX active time is not allowed, based on the MAC PDU being related to groupcast transmission,

wherein at least one second SL resource included in the at least one SL resource is included in the first SL DRX active time or the second SL DRX active time, and

wherein the second timer is not running at the time of selecting the at least one SL resource.

14. A device adapted to control a first user equipment (UE), the device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

obtain information related to a resource pool;

obtain a sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration including information related to a SL DRX cycle and information related to a plurality of timers including a first timer for a first SL DRX active time and a second timer for a second SL DRX active time;

generate a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) related to groupcast communication; and

select at least one SL resource for a transmission of the MAC PDU among a plurality of candidate resources in the resource pool, based on sensing,

wherein a first SL resource included in the at least one SL resource is included in the first SL DRX active time,

wherein the first SL resource being selected outside the first SL DRX active time is not allowed, based on the MAC PDU being related to groupcast transmission,

wherein at least one second SL resource included in the at least one SL resource is included in the first SL DRX active time or the second SL DRX active time, and

wherein the second timer is not running at the time of selecting the at least one SL resource.

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