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Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,522 · App. 19/040,149 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Sidelink radio link management

Inventors: Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Jongwoo Hong (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); SungDuck Chun (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA); Jian Xu (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W36/0079H04L1/1812H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,598,522
App. No.
19/040,149
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first wireless device receives, from a base station, one or more messages indicating a threshold number of radio link control (RLC) packet retransmissions associated with a sidelink radio link failure, wherein: the first wireless device has a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a second wireless device; a first logical channel is associated with one or more first carrier frequencies; and a second logical channel is associated with one or more second carrier frequencies. After a number of retransmissions of an RLC packet associated with the first logical channel reaches a threshold number, the first wireless device determines a connection failure of the RRC connection and transmits, to a base station, an indication of the connection failure.

Claims (51)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, one or more messages indicating a threshold number of radio link control (RLC) packet retransmissions associated with a sidelink radio link failure, wherein:

the first wireless device has a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a second wireless device;

a first logical channel is associated with one or more first carrier frequencies; and

a second logical channel is associated with one or more second carrier frequencies;

transmitting by the first wireless device to the second wireless device:

first packets associated with the first logical channel via the one or more first carrier frequencies; and

second packets associated with the second logical channel via the one or more second carrier frequencies, wherein the second packets are duplications of the first packets;

after a number of retransmissions of an RLC packet associated with the first logical channel reaches the threshold number, determining, by the first wireless device, a connection failure of the RRC connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

transmitting, to the base station, an indication of the connection failure associated with the second wireless device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection failure of the RRC connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device comprises the sidelink radio link failure.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the connection failure is based on the threshold number being reached for at least one logical channel of at least one carrier frequency.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one carrier frequency comprises the one or more first carrier frequencies and the one or more second carrier frequencies.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one logical channel of every carrier frequency comprises the first logical channel and the second logical channel.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device communicates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or a sidelink control information (SCI) with the second wireless device.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the HARQ feedback and/or the SCI is:

communicated via a primary carrier frequency; or

not communicated via a non-primary carrier frequency.

8 . A first wireless device comprising one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, one or more messages indicating a threshold number of radio link control (RLC) packet retransmissions associated with a sidelink radio link failure, wherein:

the first wireless device has a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a second wireless device;

a first logical channel is associated with one or more first carrier frequencies; and

a second logical channel is associated with one or more second carrier frequencies;

transmit, to the second wireless device:

first packets associated with the first logical channel via the one or more first carrier frequencies; and

second packets associated with the second logical channel via the one or more second carrier frequencies, wherein the second packets are duplications of the first packets;

after a number of retransmissions of an RLC packet associated with the first logical channel reaches the threshold number, determine a connection failure of the RRC connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

transmit, to the base station, an indication of the connection failure associated with the second wireless device.

9 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the connection failure of the RRC connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device is the sidelink radio link failure.

10 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein determining the connection failure is based on the threshold number being reached for at least one logical channel of at least one carrier frequency.

11 . The first wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one carrier frequency comprises the one or more first carrier frequencies and the one or more second carrier frequencies.

12 . The first wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one logical channel of every carrier frequency comprises the first logical channel and the second logical channel.

13 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the first wireless device communicates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or a sidelink control information (SCI) with the second wireless device.

14 . The first wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the HARQ feedback and/or the SCI is:

communicated via a primary carrier frequency; or

not communicated via a non-primary carrier frequency.

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

receive, from a base station, one or more messages indicating a threshold number of radio link control (RLC) packet retransmissions associated with a sidelink radio link failure, wherein:

the first wireless device has a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a second wireless device;

a first logical channel is associated with one or more first carrier frequencies; and

a second logical channel is associated with one or more second carrier frequencies;

transmit, to the second wireless device:

first packets associated with the first logical channel via the one or more first carrier frequencies; and

second packets associated with the second logical channel via the one or more second carrier frequencies, wherein the second packets are duplications of the first packets;

after a number of retransmissions of an RLC packet associated with the first logical channel reaches the threshold number, determine a connection failure of the RRC connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

transmit, to the base station, an indication of the connection failure associated with the second wireless device.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the connection failure of the RRC connection between the first wireless device and the second wireless device is the sidelink radio link failure.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein determining the connection failure is based on the threshold number being reached for at least one logical channel of at least one carrier frequency.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the at least one carrier frequency comprises the one or more first carrier frequencies and the one or more second carrier frequencies.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the at least one logical channel of every carrier frequency comprises the first logical channel and the second logical channel.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first wireless device communicates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or a sidelink control information (SCI) with the second wireless device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2025
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; HONG, JONGWOO; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; CHUN, SUNGDUCK; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; KIM, TAEHUN; XU, JIAN
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2023029836 · Aug 9, 2023
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