IP Library Granted Patent US 12,477,377
Granted Patent B2
US 12,477,377 · App. 18/109,051 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Enhanced congestion control mechanism for sidelink

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (San Diego, CA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W28/0236H04B17/318H04L5/006
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Patent No.
US 12,477,377
App. No.
18/109,051
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive one or more configuration messages indicating a plurality of resource pools. The wireless device may further measure a plurality of channel busy ratios (CBRs) for the plurality of resource pools based on a CBR measurement window size. The wireless device may also compare the measured CBRs between resource pools by applying a weighting factor. In an embodiment, the weighting factor may be determined based on a relative size of each resource pool of the plurality of resource pools. The wireless device may further select a resource pool for a sidelink transmission among the plurality of resource pools based on the comparing and transmit one or more transport blocks based on a determined transmission parameter.

Claims (64)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration messages indicating a plurality of resource pools;

measuring a plurality of channel busy ratios (CBRs) for the plurality of resource pools based on a CBR measurement window size;

comparing the measured CBRs between the plurality of resource pools by applying a weighting factor, wherein the weighting factor is determined based on a relative size of each of the plurality of resource pools;

selecting a resource pool for a sidelink transmission among the plurality of resource pools based on the comparing;

determining a transmission parameter based on a CBR associated with the selected resource pool, wherein the transmission parameter is further determined based on a filtered CBR, and wherein the filtered CBR is based on:

the CBR associated with the selected resource pool; and

an L3 filtering coefficient; and

transmitting, via one or more resources of the resource pool, one or more transport blocks based on the transmission parameter.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the CBR measurement window size is determined based on a subcarrier spacing of a sidelink bandwidth part.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of CBRs is measured as a portion of sub-channels in a resource pool whose sidelink received signal strength indicator (S-RSSI) measured by the wireless device exceeds a threshold sensed over the CBR measurement window.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the S-RSSI is measured as a linear average of a total received power per OFDM symbol observed by the wireless device only in a sub-channel in OFDM symbols.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the CBR is further based on:

a latest measurement of the plurality of CBRs; and

an old filtered measurement of the plurality of CBRs.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device from a base station, at least one or more ranges of transmission parameters per a CBR measurement range, wherein:

the plurality of CBRs is divided into a plurality of CBR measurement ranges; and

a range of transmission parameters for each CBR measurement range is configured by the base station.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission parameter further comprises at least one of:

a modulation and coding scheme;

a transmission power;

a resource block size; or

a number of layers.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission parameter further comprises a number of retransmissions.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a time-domain layer 3 (L3) filtering coefficient based on the CBR measurement window size.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more configuration messages are received via at least one of:

a radio resource control signal; or

a system information block.

11 . A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more configuration messages indicating a plurality of resource pools;

measure a plurality of channel busy ratios (CBRs) for the plurality of resource pools based on a CBR measurement window size;

compare the measured CBRs between the plurality of resource pools by applying a weighting factor, wherein the weighting factor is determined based on a relative size of each of the plurality of resource pools;

select a resource pool for a sidelink transmission among the plurality of resource pools based on the comparing;

determine a transmission parameter based on a CBR associated with the selected resource pool, wherein the transmission parameter is further determined based on a filtered CBR, and wherein the filtered CBR is based on:

the CBR associated with the selected resource pool; and

an L3 filtering coefficient; and

transmit, via one or more resources of the resource pool, one or more transport blocks based on the transmission parameter.

12 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the CBR measurement window size is determined based on a subcarrier spacing of a sidelink bandwidth part.

13 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of CBRs is measured as a portion of sub-channels in a resource pool whose sidelink received signal strength indicator (S-RSSI) measured by the wireless device exceeds a threshold sensed over the CBR measurement window.

14 . The wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the S-RSSI is measured as a linear average of a total received power per OFDM symbol observed by the wireless device only in a sub-channel in OFDM symbols.

15 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the CBR is further based on:

a latest measurement of the plurality of CBRs; and

an old filtered measurement of the plurality of CBRs.

16 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from a base station, at least one or more ranges of transmission parameters per a CBR measurement range, wherein:

the plurality of CBRs is divided into a plurality of CBR measurement ranges; and

a range of transmission parameters for each CBR measurement range is configured by the base station.

17 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the transmission parameter further comprises at least one of:

a modulation and coding scheme;

a transmission power;

a resource block size; or

a number of layers.

18 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the transmission parameter further comprises a number of retransmissions.

19 . The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to determine a time-domain layer 3 (L3) filtering coefficient based on the CBR measurement window size.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more configuration messages indicating a plurality of resource pools;

measure a plurality of channel busy ratios (CBRs) for the plurality of resource pools based on a CBR measurement window size;

compare the measured CBRs between the plurality of resource pools by applying a weighting factor, wherein the weighting factor is determined based on a relative size of each of the plurality of resource pools;

select a resource pool for a sidelink transmission among the plurality of resource pools based on the comparing;

determine a transmission parameter based on a CBR associated with the selected resource pool, wherein the transmission parameter is further determined based on a filtered CBR, and wherein the filtered CBR is based on:

the CBR associated with the selected resource pool; and

an L3 filtering coefficient; and

transmit, via one or more resources of the resource pool, one or more transport blocks based on the transmission parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2023
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; YI, YUNJUNG
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 063249/0970 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16994839 · Aug 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62888351 · Aug 16, 2019
Related Publication 20230189052A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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