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US 12,432,608 · App. 18/403,275 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Method and apparatus for configuring sidelink data bearer in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyunjeong Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W28/0252H04W4/40H04W72/56H04W76/27H04L5/001H04W72/23H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,432,608
App. No.
18/403,275
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method of a first sidelink terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The communication method includes obtaining sidelink radio bearer configuration information, identifying default sidelink radio bearer information in the sidelink radio bearer configuration information, and transmitting data to a base station or a second sidelink terminal based on the default sidelink radio bearer information.

Claims (34)

1. A communication method of a first sidelink terminal in a wireless communication system, the communication method comprising:

receiving sidelink radio bearer configuration information and priority information for sidelink data transmission, wherein the sidelink radio bearer configuration information includes default sidelink radio bearer information indicating a default sidelink radio bearer for a sidelink QoS flow; and

transmitting, to a second sidelink terminal, sidelink data prior to uplink data to be transmitted to a base station, based on the sidelink radio bearer configuration information and priority information for an uplink data transmission, in case that a priority of the sidelink data determined based on the priority information for the sidelink data transmission is higher than a priority threshold for a sidelink, wherein the uplink data does not include emergency uplink data,

wherein the priority information for the uplink data transmission and the priority threshold for the sidelink are configured by using a radio resource control (RRC) signal.

2. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink radio bearer configuration information is received from one of a response message to a configuration request message of the first sidelink terminal, system information received from the base station, or preconfigured configuration information.

3. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sidelink radio bearer configuration information comprises, if the first sidelink terminal is in an RRC_CONNECTED MODE:

requesting, by the first sidelink terminal, to the base station, the sidelink radio bearer configuration information, and

receiving the sidelink radio bearer configuration information through a response message in response to the requesting.

4. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sidelink radio bearer configuration information comprises, if the first sidelink terminal is in an RRC_IDLE MODE or an RRC_INACTIVE MODE, receiving the sidelink radio bearer configuration information through system information received from the base station.

5. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the sidelink radio bearer configuration information comprises, if the first sidelink terminal is in an Out-Of-Coverage state, receiving the sidelink radio bearer configuration information from preconfigured information.

6. The communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining new sidelink radio bearer configuration information during a state transition or coverage change of the first sidelink terminal; and

applying the obtained new sidelink radio bearer configuration information.

7. The communication method of claim 1 ,

wherein the transmitting of the sidelink data is further based on a determination, by the first sidelink terminal, that the uplink data and the sidelink data are unable to be simultaneously transmitted.

8. The communication method of claim 1 ,

wherein the sidelink data is based on New Radio (NR) communication and the uplink data is based on Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) communication, or the sidelink data is based on the E-UTRA communication and the uplink data is based on the NR communication.

9. A first sidelink terminal of a wireless communication system, the first sidelink terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

receive sidelink radio bearer configuration information and priority information for sidelink data transmission, wherein the sidelink radio bearer configuration information includes default sidelink radio bearer information indicating a default sidelink radio bearer for a sidelink QoS flow; and

transmit, to a second sidelink terminal, sidelink data prior to uplink data to be transmitted to a base station, based on the sidelink radio bearer configuration information and priority information for an uplink data transmission, in case that a priority of the sidelink data determined based on the priority information for the sidelink data transmission is higher than a priority threshold for a sidelink, wherein the uplink data does not include emergency uplink data,

wherein the priority information for the uplink data transmission and the priority threshold for the sidelink are configured by using a radio resource control (RRC) signal.

10. The first sidelink terminal of claim 9 , wherein the sidelink radio bearer configuration information is received from one of a response message to a configuration request message of the first sidelink terminal, system information received from the base station, or preconfigured configuration information.

11. The first sidelink terminal of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in case that the first sidelink terminal is in an RRC_CONNECTED MODE:

request, by the first sidelink terminal, to the base station, the sidelink radio bearer configuration information, and

receive the sidelink radio bearer configuration information through a response message in response to the request.

12. The first sidelink terminal of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in case that the first sidelink terminal is in an RRC_IDLE MODE or an RRC_INACTIVE MODE, receive the sidelink radio bearer configuration information through system information received from the base station.

13. The first sidelink terminal of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to, in case that the first sidelink terminal is in an Out-Of-Coverage state, receive the sidelink radio bearer configuration information from preconfigured information.

14. The first sidelink terminal of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain new sidelink radio bearer configuration information during a state transition or coverage change of the first sidelink terminal, and

apply the obtained new sidelink radio bearer configuration information.

15. The first sidelink terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein the sidelink data is based on New Radio (NR) communication and the uplink data is based on Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) communication, or the sidelink data is based on the E-UTRA communication and the uplink data is based on the NR communication.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0079706 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18074936 · Dec 5, 2022
Continuation 16918279 · Jul 1, 2020
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