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Granted Patent B2
US 12,513,773 · App. 17/760,287 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Method and apparatus for supporting sidelink DRX in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyunjeong Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/28H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,513,773
App. No.
17/760,287
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing, by a terminal, sidelink (SL) discontinuous reception (DRX) may include obtaining SL DRX configuration information, monitoring SL data availability signaling, which is a signal indicating whether SL data is available, based on the SL DRX configuration information; and receiving, from another terminal, data on a resource or resource pool used for SL, based on the SL data availability signaling.

Claims (40)

1 . A method performed by a first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station (BS), sidelink UE information including information on a sidelink flow, a PC5 quality of service (QOS) identifier (PQI) for the sidelink flow, information on a frequency on which the first UE is interested to receive sidelink communication, and a destination identity associated with a service in which the first UE is interested, wherein the service is associated with a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX);

receiving, from the BS, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information on the sidelink DRX for groupcast or broadcast communication, wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX includes information about an on-duration, information about an inactivity timer, information about a DRX cycle, and information about QoS parameter; and

receiving, from a second UE, sidelink data based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX further includes information about a retransmission timer.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a BS, UE capability information including information indicating support of DRX on the sidelink,

wherein a PC5-S message is received based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX, the PC5-S message being used for establishing a unicast link.

4 . A method performed by a second user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station (BS), sidelink UE information including information on a sidelink flow, a PC5 quality of service (QOS) identifier (PQI) for the sidelink flow, information on a frequency on which a first UE is interested to receive sidelink communication, and a destination identity associated with a service in which the second UE is interested, wherein the service is associated with a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX);

receiving, from the BS, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information on the sidelink DRX for groupcast or broadcast communication, wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX includes information about an on-duration, information about an inactivity timer, information about a DRX cycle, and information about QOS parameter; and

transmitting, to a first UE, sidelink data based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX.

5 . The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX further includes information about a retransmission timer.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a BS, UE capability information including information indicating support of DRX on the sidelink,

wherein a PC5-S message is received based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX, the PC5-S message being used for establishing a unicast link.

7 . A first user equipment (UE) performed in a wireless communication system, the first UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a base station (BS), sidelink UE information including information on a sidelink flow, a PC5 quality of service (QOS) identifier (PQI) for the sidelink flow, information on a frequency on which the first UE is interested to receive sidelink communication, and a destination identity associated with a service in which the first UE is interested, wherein the service is associated with a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX),

receive, from the BS, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information on the sidelink DRX for groupcast or broadcast communication, wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX includes information about an on-duration, information about an inactivity timer, information about a DRX cycle, and information about QoS parameter, and

receive, from a second UE, sidelink data based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX.

8 . The first UE of claim 7 ,

wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX further includes information about a retransmission timer.

9 . The first UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to a BS, UE capability information including information indicating support of DRX on the sidelink,

wherein a PC5-S message is received based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX, the PC5-S message being used for establishing a unicast link.

10 . A second user equipment (UE) performed in a wireless communication system, the second UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a base station (BS), sidelink UE information including information on a sidelink flow, a PC5 quality of service (QOS) identifier (PQI) for the sidelink flow information on a frequency on which a first UE is interested to receive sidelink communication, and a destination identity associated with a service in which the second UE is interested, wherein the service is associated with a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX),

receive, from the BS, a radio resource control (RRC) message including configuration information on the sidelink DRX for groupcast or broadcast communication, wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX includes information about an on-duration, information about an inactivity timer, information about a DRX cycle and information about QoS parameter, and

transmit, to a first UE, sidelink data based on the configuration information on the sidelink DRX.

11 . The second UE of claim 10 ,

wherein the configuration information on the sidelink DRX further includes information about a retransmission timer.

12 . The second UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit, to a BS, UE capability information including information indicating support of DRX on the sidelink,

wherein a PC5-S message is received based on the sidelink DRX configuration information on the sidelink DRX, the PC5-S message being used for establishing a unicast link.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: KANG, HYUNJEONG; AGIWAL, ANIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 060737/0727 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0013960 · Feb 5, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0123924 · Sep 24, 2020 · national
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