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US 12,588,040 · App. 17/591,661 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Feedback channel allocation and transmission method and device

Inventors: Weimin Xing (Shenzhen, CN); Boyuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Youxiong Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Jin Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/40H04L1/1812H04L5/0055H04W72/02H04W72/04H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/20H04W72/25H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 12,588,040
App. No.
17/591,661
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for configuring feedback channel allocation and transmission during sidelink communication are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an example wireless communication method includes: configuring, by a wireless communication node, a plurality of resource pools for sidelink communications. The method further includes configuring, by the wireless communication node, a first list indicating a first subset of the plurality of resource pools and a second list indicating a second subset of the plurality of resource pools. Each of the plurality of resource pools includes at least one of a first type of resources that are each configured for a plurality of wireless communication devices to communicate control information in the sidelink communications, a second type of resources that are each configured for the plurality of wireless communication devices to communicate data in the sidelink communications, and a third type of resources that are each configured for the plurality of wireless communication devices to communicate feedback in the sidelink communications.

Claims (47)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication device, configurations of a plurality of resource pools for sidelink communications;

wherein the configurations of the plurality of resource pools comprise a first list indicating a first subset of the plurality of resource pools and a second list indicating a second subset of the plurality of resource pools;

wherein a resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for a wireless communication device to transmit control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type have a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools,

wherein a resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type has a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools;

determining, by the wireless communication device, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively, a time interval between the resources of the second type and the resources of the third type to be A time slots, wherein A is equal to or bigger than a minimum time interval M time slots; and

calculating, by the wireless communication device, the A time slots based on respective slots that are identified as belonging to the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively.

2 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first subset of resource pools indicated in the first list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one of: transmitting the control information, transmitting the data, or receiving the feedback, and wherein each of the second subset of resource pools indicated in the second list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one of: receiving the control information, receiving the data, or transmitting the feedback.

3 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the wireless communication device, a control information on the resources of the first type on the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools and a data information on the resources of the second type on the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools; and

receiving, by the wireless communication device, with respect to the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools, a feedback information on the resources of the third type which are associated with the resources of the second type.

4 . The wireless communication method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining, by the wireless communication device, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, a respective frequency bandwidth of the resources of the third type to be within a corresponding bandwidth of the resources of the second type.

5 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the feedback is configured to be enabled, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, in response to the resources of the third type being available, or to be disabled in response to the resources of the third type being unavailable.

6 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset comprises a periodicity of N slots for the resources of the third type, wherein Nis configured on a per resource pool basis, and wherein the N slots are calculated based on a slot that is identified as belonging to a respective resource pool.

7 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining candidate time slots for sidelink communication as a subset of physical time slots;

determining first time slots identified as belonging to the resource pool of the first subset as a first subset of the candidate time slots; and

determining second time slots identified as belonging to the resource pool of the second subset as a second subset of the candidate time slots.

8 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a wireless communication node, configurations of a plurality of resource pools for sidelink communications;

wherein the configurations of the plurality of resource pools comprise a first list indicating a first subset of the plurality of resource pools and a second list indicating a second subset of the plurality of resource pools;

wherein a resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for a wireless communication device to transmit control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type have a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools,

wherein a resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type has a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools,

wherein the wireless communication device determines, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively, a time interval between the resources of the second type and the resources of the third type to be A time slots, wherein A is equal to or bigger than a minimum time interval M time slots,

wherein the wireless communication device calculates the A time slots based on respective slots that are identified as belonging to the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively.

9 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein each of the first subset of resource pools indicated in the first list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one of: transmitting the control information, transmitting the data, or receiving the feedback, and wherein each of the second subset of resource pools indicated in the second list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one: receiving the control information, receiving the data, or transmitting the feedback.

10 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the feedback is configured to be enabled, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, in response to the resources of the third type being available, or to be disabled in response to the resources of the third type being unavailable.

11 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset comprises a periodicity of N slots for the resources of the third type, wherein Nis configured on a per resource pool basis, and wherein the N slots are calculated based on a slot that is identified as belonging to a respective resource pool.

12 . A communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

receive configurations of a plurality of resource pools for sidelink communications;

wherein the configurations of the plurality of resource pools comprise a first list indicating a first subset of the plurality of resource pools and a second list indicating a second subset of the plurality of resource pools;

wherein a resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for a wireless communication device to transmit control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type have a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools,

wherein a resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type has a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools;

determine, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively, a time interval between the resources of the second type and the resources of the third type to be A time slots, wherein A is equal to or bigger than a minimum time interval M time slots; and

calculate the A time slots based on respective slots that are identified as belonging to the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively.

13 . The communication apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each of the first subset of resource pools indicated in the first list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one of: transmitting the control information, transmitting the data, or receiving the feedback, and wherein each of the second subset of resource pools indicated in the second list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one of: receiving the control information, receiving the data, or transmitting the feedback.

14 . The communication apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the feedback is configured to be enabled, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, in response to the resources of the third type being available, or to be disabled in response to the resources of the third type being unavailable.

15 . The communication apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset comprises a periodicity of N slots for the resources of the third type, wherein N is configured on a per resource pool basis, and wherein the N slots are calculated based on a slot that is identified as belonging to a respective resource pool.

16 . A communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

send configurations of a plurality of resource pools for sidelink communications;

wherein the configurations of the plurality of resource pools comprise a first list indicating a first subset of the plurality of resource pools and a second list indicating a second subset of the plurality of resource pools;

wherein a resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for a wireless communication device to transmit control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type have a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the first subset of the plurality of resource pools,

wherein a resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools includes: resources of a first type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive control information in the sidelink communications; resources of a second type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to receive data in the sidelink communications; and resources of a third type that are each configured for the wireless communication device to transmit feedback in the sidelink communications, wherein the resources of the third type has a time-domain correspondence with the resources of the second type in the resource pool of the second subset of the plurality of resource pools,

wherein the wireless communication device determines, for each of the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively, a time interval between the resources of the second type and the resources of the third type to be A time slots, wherein A is equal to or bigger than a minimum time interval M time slots,

wherein the wireless communication device calculates the A time slots based on respective slots that are identified as belonging to the resource pool of the first subset and the resource pool of the second subset, respectively.

17 . The communication apparatus of claim 16 , wherein each of the first subset of resource pools indicated in the first list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one of: transmitting the control information, transmitting the data, or receiving the feedback, and wherein each of the second subset of resource pools indicated in the second list is configured for the wireless communication device to perform at least one: receiving the control information, receiving the data, or transmitting the feedback.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2022
From: XING, WEIMIN; ZHANG, BOYUAN; LU, YOUXIONG; YANG, JIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058871/0145 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019099786 · Aug 8, 2019
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