Granted Patent B2

US 12,382,430 · App. 17/666,040 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Inventors: Dariush Mohammad Soleymani (Erlangen, DE); Khaled Shawky Hassan Hussein (Erlangen, DE); Elke Roth-Mandutz (Erlangen, DE); Shubhangi Bhadauria (Erlangen, DE); Martin Leyh (Erlangen, DE)

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

H04W72/02H04L1/0038H04L1/08H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/20

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system, wherein the UE comprises:

one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors configure the UE to establish a sidelink communication with one or more further UEs in the wireless communication system, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources, wherein the one or more processors further configure the UE to identify the first-stage sidelink control message and the second-stage sidelink control message for the UE; and

to decode the first-stage sidelink control message for the UE to derive control information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message, wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, and wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

2. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the time and frequency resources for the first-stage sidelink control message and the time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message are one or more of

adjacent in time domain, or

non-adjacent in the time domain, with or without a time gap between the time and frequency resources for the first-stage sidelink control message and the time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message, or

adjacent in the frequency domain, or

non-adjacent in the frequency domain, or

in the same resource pool, or

in different resource pools.

3. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates one or more of

a number of symbols in the time domain,

whether a transmission is a unicast transmission, a groupcast transmission or a broadcast transmission,

indicates a time offset of the second-stage sidelink control message from the first-stage sidelink control message,

a pointer to a physical channel associated with the second-stage sidelink control message.

4. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates one or more of:

a priority of a transmission associated with the first-stage sidelink control message,

a new data indicator, NDI, or a retransmission indicator indicating whether a transmission associated with the first-stage sidelink control message comprises new data and is a retransmission,

a retransmission gap indicating whether a retransmission is a non-autonomous retransmission or that an autonomous retransmission is active with a configured retransmission gap,

a DMRS pattern for the second-stage sidelink control message,

a CDM group and/or ports for the second-stage sidelink control message and the sidelink data channel, like the PSSCH,

a timing advance indicator,

a reservation periodicity.

5. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the UE is to derive from the information in the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage control message whether the sidelink control message is intended for the UE.

6. The user device of claim 1 , comprising: one or more of a mobile terminal, or stationary terminal, or cellular IoT-UE, or a vehicular UE, or an IoT or narrowband IoT, NB-IoT, device, or a ground based vehicle, or an aerial vehicle, or a drone, or a moving base station, or a road side unit, or a building, or any other item or device provided with network connectivity enabling the item/device to communicate using the wireless communication network, or

a base station comprising one or more of a macro cell base station, or a small cell base station, or a central unit of a base station, or a distributed unit of a base station, or a road side unit, or a UE, or a remote radio head, or an AMF, or an SMF, or a core network entity, or a network slice as in the NR or 5G core context, or any transmission/reception point, TRP, enabling an item or a device to communicate using the wireless communication network, the item or device being provided with network connectivity to communicate using the wireless communication network.

7. A network entity for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication comprising one or more user devices (UEs) to be connected to one or more further UEs for a sidelink communication with the one or more further UEs, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources,

wherein the network entity comprises: one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors configure the network entity to signal to a receiving UE or a group of receiving UEs the first-stage sidelink control message, wherein information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

8. A wireless communication system comprising:

a user device (UE) comprising one or more processors,

wherein the one or more processors configure the UE to establish a sidelink communication with one or more further UEs in the wireless communication system, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources,

wherein the one or more processors further configure the UE to identify the first-stage sidelink control message and the second-stage sidelink control message for the UE; and

to decode the first-stage sidelink control message for the UE to derive control information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message, wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity, and/or

a network entity comprising one or more processors,

wherein the one or more processors configure the network entity to signal to a receiving UE or a group of receiving UEs a first-stage sidelink control message, wherein information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of a second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated,

wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

9. The wireless communication system of claim 8 , comprising one or more base stations, wherein the base station comprises one or more of a macro cell base station, or a small cell base station, or a central unit of a base station, or a distributed unit of a base station, or a road side unit, or a UE, or a remote radio head, or an AMF, or an SMF, or a core network entity, or a network slice as in the NR or 5G core context, or any transmission/reception point, TRP, enabling an item or a device to communicate using the wireless communication network, the item or device being provided with network connectivity to communicate using the wireless communication network.

10. A method for a wireless communication system, the method comprising: connecting a user device (UE) to one or more further UEs in the wireless communication system for a sidelink communication with the one or more further UEs, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources;

identifying, by the UE, a first-stage sidelink control message and the second-stage control message for the UE; and

decoding, by the UE, the first-stage sidelink control message for the UE to derive control information embedded the first-stage sidelink control message, wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

11. A method for operating a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising one or more user devices (UEs) to be connected to one or more further UEs for a sidelink communication with the one or more further UEs, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources, the method comprising:

signaling, by a network entity, to a receiving UE or a group of receiving UEs the first-stage sidelink control message, wherein information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

12. A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform, when the computer program is run by a computer, a method for operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

connecting a user device (UE) to one or more further UEs in the wireless communication system for a sidelink communication with the one or more further UEs, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources;

identifying, by the UE, the first-stage sidelink control message and the second-stage control message for the UE; and

decoding, by the UE, the first-stage sidelink control message for the UE to derive control information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and

wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

13. A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform, when the computer program is run by a computer, a method for operating a wireless communication system, the wireless communication comprising one or more user devices (UEs) to be connected to one or more further UEs for a sidelink communication with the one or more further UEs, the sidelink communication comprising a first-stage sidelink control message and a second-stage sidelink control message to be transmitted on sidelink resources, the method comprising: signaling, by a network entity, to a receiving UE or a group of receiving UEs the first-stage sidelink control message, wherein information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message indicates time and frequency resources for the second-stage sidelink control message and a configuration of the second-stage sidelink control message,

wherein the information embedded in the first-stage sidelink control message includes a periodicity with which the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message are repeated, wherein the periodicity is signaled or selected by a variable number of bits, wherein the variable number of bits represent an entry into a list of periodicities selected from a set of predefined periodicities, and

wherein at least one of the predefined periodicities is a predefined value for the periodicity which signals a single-shot transmission of the first-stage sidelink control message and/or the second-stage sidelink control message without any periodicity.

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