Granted Patent B2

US 12,324,002 · App. 17/763,321 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Inventors: Yun Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W72/30H04L1/1642H04L5/0053H04L27/2605

Abstract

Claims (316)

1. A method for determining a physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by a second terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving multicast information from a first terminal device;

determining, based on a total quantity of terminal devices in a multicast group and a resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, a physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to a second terminal device, wherein the resource group is determined based on the total quantity of terminal devices and a sorting result; and

sending feedback information to the first terminal device based on the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

2. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device further comprises:

determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices, a quantity Ni of physical resource blocks (PRBs) occupied by the resource group, and an identifier of the second terminal device, a PRB occupied by the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

3. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein after Ni≥2M, an i th terminal device in M terminal devices corresponds to an i th PRB and an (i+1) th PRB, and M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

4. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 3 , wherein determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device further comprises:

after M represents the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1,

generating, by the second terminal device, a temporary number of the second terminal device based on a number of the first terminal device in the multicast; and

determining, by the second terminal device based on the total quantity of terminal devices, the resource group of the physical sidelink feedback channel resources, and the temporary number of the second terminal device, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device; or

after M represents the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1,

sorting, by the second terminal device, the remaining terminal devices in the multicast based on a number of the first terminal device in the multicast; and

determining, by the second terminal device based on the total quantity of terminal devices, the resource group of the physical sidelink feedback channel resources, and a sorting result, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

5. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein after Ni≥2M, an i th terminal device in M terminal devices corresponds to an i th PRB and an (Ni−i+1) th PRB, and M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

6. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein after Ni<2M, and Ni is an even number, Ni/2 PRBs with the first Ni/2 PRB sequence numbers carry an ACK, and Ni/2 PRBs with the remaining Ni/2 PRB sequence numbers carry a NACK; or Ni/2 PRBs with the first Ni/2 PRB sequence numbers carry a NACK, and Ni/2 PRBs with the remaining Ni/2 PRB sequence numbers carry an ACK; or

after Ni<2M, and Ni is an odd number, [N i /2] PRBs with the first [N i /2] PRB sequence numbers carry an ACK, [N i /2] PRBs with the remaining [N i /2] PRB sequence numbers carry a NACK, and one PRB with an ([N i /2]+1) th PRB sequence number carries an ACK and a NACK; or [N i /2] PRBs with the first [N i /2] PRB sequence numbers carry a NACK, [N i /2] PRBs with the remaining [N i /2] PRB sequence numbers carry an ACK, and one PRB with an ([N i /2]+1) th PRB sequence number carries an ACK and a NACK, wherein M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

7. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device further comprises:

determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the quantity Ni of PRBs occupied by the resource group, a minimum sequence interval corresponding to the resource group; or

receiving, by the second terminal device, indication information from a network device or another terminal device, wherein the indication information indicates the minimum sequence interval corresponding to the resource group, the minimum sequence interval corresponding to the resource group is a minimum value in minimum sequence intervals corresponding to all of the N i PRBs, and the minimum sequence interval corresponding to each PRB is a minimum value in intervals of any two sequences in each PRB; and

determining, based on the minimum sequence interval corresponding to the resource group and the identifier of the second terminal device, a sequence corresponding to the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

8. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein after Ni≥2M, the minimum sequence interval is N sc , N sc represents a total quantity of sequences, and M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

9. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein after Ni<2M, a minimum sequence interval corresponding to each of x PRBs is the minimum sequence interval Δ 1 corresponding to the resource group, and a minimum sequence interval corresponding to each of the remaining (Ni-x) PRBs is Δ 2 , wherein

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2

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sc

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,

or

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x

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,

wherein

x is a positive integer, M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1, and N sc represents a total quantity of sequences.

10. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 9 , wherein after Ni<2M, a minimum sequence interval corresponding to each of

(

2

×

M

-

N

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×

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PRBs is the minimum sequence interval

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corresponding to the resource group, and a minimum sequence interval corresponding to each of the remaining

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wherein

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11. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the resource group, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device further comprises:

after Ni<2M, and a product of a first sequence quantity

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

and Ni is not equal to 2M, determining that the first sequence quantity is

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

and a second sequence quantity is

⌈

2

×

M

N

i

⌉

;

determining, based on the first sequence quantity, the second sequence quantity, and a mapping relationship between a sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination, a sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the second sequence quantity; and

determining, based on the identifier of the second terminal device, the sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity, and the sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the second sequence quantity, a sequence corresponding to the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device; or

after Ni<2M, and a product of a first sequence quantity

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

and Ni is equal to 2M, determining that the first sequence quantity is

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

;

determining, based on the first sequence quantity and a mapping relationship between a sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination, a sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity; and

determining, based on the identifier of the second terminal device and the sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity, a sequence corresponding to the physical sidelink channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device, wherein

Ni represents the quantity of PRBs occupied by the resource group, and M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

12. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the mapping relationship between a sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination further comprises:

after the sequence quantity is 2, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0 and 6; or

after the sequence quantity is 3, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 4, and 8; or

after the sequence quantity is 4, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 3, 6, and 9; or

after the sequence quantity is 5, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, and 9; or

after the sequence quantity is 6, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 7, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 8, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 9, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 10, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 11, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 12, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

13. The method for determining the physical sidelink feedback channel resource performed by the second terminal device according to claim 12 , wherein the mapping relationship between the sequence quantity and the sequence cyclic shift index combination further comprises:

after the sequence quantity is 2, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0 and 6; or

after the sequence quantity is 3, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 4, and 8; or

after the sequence quantity is 4, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 3, 6, and 9; or

after the sequence quantity is 5, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 3, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 6, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 7, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11; or

after the sequence quantity is 8, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11; or

after the sequence quantity is 9, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; or

after the sequence quantity is 10, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; or

after the sequence quantity is 11, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11; or

after the sequence quantity is 12, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

14. A device comprising a transceiver, a processor, and a memory, the memory stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed, the device is configured to perform the steps:

receiving multicast information from a first terminal device;

determining based on a total quantity of terminal devices in a multicast group and a resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, a physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device, wherein the resource group is determined based on the total quantity of terminal devices and a sorting result; and

sending feedback information to the first terminal device based on the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device further comprises:

determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices, a quantity Ni of physical resource blocks (PRBs) occupied by the resource group, and an identifier of the second terminal device, a PRB occupied by the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein after Ni≥2M, an i th terminal device in M terminal devices corresponds to an i th PRB and an (i+1) th PRB, and M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

17. The device according to claim 14 , wherein determining, by the second terminal device based on a total quantity of terminal devices and a resource group, a physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device comprises:

after Ni<2M, and a product of a first sequence quantity

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

and Ni is not equal to 2M,

determining, by the second terminal device, that the first sequence quantity is

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

and a second sequence quantity is

⌈

2

×

M

N

i

⌉

;

determining, by the second terminal device based on the first sequence quantity, the second sequence quantity, and a mapping relationship between a sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination, a sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the second sequence quantity; and

determining, by the second terminal device based on the identifier of the second terminal device, the sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity, and the sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the second sequence quantity, a sequence corresponding to the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device; or

after Ni<2M, and a product of a first sequence quantity

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

and Ni is equal to 2M,

determining, by the second terminal device, that the first sequence quantity is

⌊

2

×

M

N

i

⌋

;

determining, by the second terminal device based on the first sequence quantity and a mapping relationship between a sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination, a sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity; and

determining, by the second terminal device based on the identifier of the second terminal device and the sequence cyclic shift index combination corresponding to the first sequence quantity, a sequence corresponding to the physical sidelink channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device, wherein Ni represents the quantity of PRBs occupied by the resource group, and M represents the total quantity of terminal devices or the total quantity of terminal devices minus 1.

18. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the mapping relationship between a sequence quantity and a sequence cyclic shift index combination comprises:

after the sequence quantity is 2, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0 and 6; or

after the sequence quantity is 3, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 4, and 8; or

after the sequence quantity is 4, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 3, 6, and 9; or

after the sequence quantity is 5, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, and 9; or

after the sequence quantity is 6, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 7, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 8, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 9, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 10, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 11, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10; or

after the sequence quantity is 12, the sequence cyclic shift index combination is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises program instructions, and when the program instructions are run on a device, the device is configured to:

receiving multicast information from a first terminal device;

determining based on a total quantity of terminal devices in a multicast group and a resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, a physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device, wherein the resource group is determined based on the total quantity of terminal devices and a sorting result; and

sending feedback information to the first terminal device based on the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19 , wherein determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices and the resource group of physical sidelink feedback channel resources, the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device further comprises:

determining, based on the total quantity of terminal devices, a quantity Ni of physical resource blocks (PRBs) occupied by the resource group, and an identifier of the second terminal device, a PRB occupied by the physical sidelink feedback channel resource corresponding to the second terminal device.

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