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US 12,604,300 · App. 17/755,486 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Prioritization between uplink and sidelink communications

Inventors: Yuqin Chen (Beijing, CN); Vijay Venkataraman (San Jose, CA); Fangli Xu (Beijing, CN); Haijing Hu (Los Gatos, CA); Srirang A. Lovlekar (Fremont, CA); Murtaza A. Shikari (Mountain View, CA); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy (San Ramon, CA); Sree RaM Kodali (San Jose, CA); Longda Xing (San Jose, CA); Clive E. Rodgers (Palo Alto, CA); Srinivasan Nimmala (San Jose, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W72/542H04W72/56H04W76/19H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,604,300
App. No.
17/755,486
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) configured with an uplink and a sidelink. The method includes determining that a first set of data is to be transmitted in the uplink, assigning a priority value to the first set of data, determining that a second set of data is to be transmitted in the sidelink, assigning a priority value to the second set of data, determining that the first and second set of data are to be transmitted using a same resource at a same time, selecting one of the first set of data or the second set of data to be transmitted first based on at least the first priority value and the second priority value and when the first set of data that is to be transmitted in the uplink is selected, transmitting the first set of data prior to transmitting the second set of data.

Claims (44)

1 . A method, comprising:

at a user equipment (UE) configured with an uplink and a sidelink:

determining that a first set of data is to be transmitted in the uplink, wherein the first set of data comprises at least a buffer status report (BSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE);

assigning a first priority value to the first set of data, wherein the first priority value is associated with a first threshold;

determining that a second set of data is to be transmitted in the sidelink;

assigning a second priority value to the second set of data, wherein the second priority value is associated with a second threshold;

determining that the first set of data and the second set of data are to be transmitted using a same resource at a same time, wherein the UE is configured to prioritize the second set of data when (i) the first priority value assigned to the first set of data is equal to or greater than a first threshold and (ii) the second priority value assigned to the second set of data is less than a second threshold;

prioritizing the first set of data based on the BSR MAC CE that is to be transmitted in the uplink regardless of whether (i) the first priority value assigned to the first set of data is equal to or greater than the first threshold and whether (ii) the second priority value assigned to the second set of data is less than the second threshold; and

transmitting the first set of data prior to transmitting the second set of data, based on prioritizing the first set of data.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is associated with a 5G quality of service (QOS) identifier.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is associated with a logical channel priority configured for data radio bearers (DRBs).

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a value of the first threshold is received from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) control function.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second threshold is associated with a PC5 QOS identifier.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second threshold is associated with a logical channel priority configured for sidelink radio bearers (SLRBs).

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a value of the second threshold is received from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) control function.

8 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate via an uplink and a sidelink; and

a processor configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:

determining that a first set of data is to be transmitted in the uplink, wherein the first set of data comprises at least a buffer status report (BSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE);

assigning a first priority value to the first set of data, wherein the first priority value is associated with a first threshold;

determining that a second set of data is to be transmitted in the sidelink;

assigning a second priority value to the second set of data, wherein the second priority value is associated with a second threshold;

determining that the first set of data and the second set of data are to be transmitted using a same resource at a same time, wherein the UE is configured to prioritize the second set of data when (i) the first priority value assigned to the first set of data is equal to or greater than a first threshold and (ii) the second priority value assigned to the second set of data is less than a second threshold;

prioritizing the first set of data based on the BSR MAC CE that is to be transmitted in the uplink regardless of whether (i) the first priority value assigned to the first set of data is equal to or greater than the first threshold and whether (ii) the second priority value assigned to the second set of data is less than the second threshold; and

transmitting the first set of data prior to transmitting the second set of data, based on prioritizing the first set of data.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the first threshold is associated with a 5G quality of service (QOS) identifier.

10 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the first threshold is associated with a logical channel priority configured for data radio bearers (DRBs).

11 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the second threshold is associated with a PC5 QoS identifier.

12 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the second threshold is associated with a logical channel priority associated configured for sidelink radio bearers (SLRBs).

13 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein a value of the first threshold is received from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) control function.

14 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein a value of the second threshold is received from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) control function.

15 . An integrated circuit, comprising:

circuitry configured to determine that a first set of data is to be transmitted in an uplink, wherein the first set of data comprises at least a buffer status report (BSR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE);

circuitry configured to assign a first priority value to the first set of data, wherein the first priority value is associated with a first threshold;

circuitry configured to determine that a second set of data is to be transmitted in a sidelink;

circuitry configured to assign a second priority value to the second set of data, wherein the second priority value is associated with a second threshold;

circuitry configured to determine that the first set of data and the second set of data are to be transmitted using a same resource at a same time, wherein a user equipment (UE) is configured to prioritize the second set of data when (i) the first priority value assigned to the first set of data is equal to or greater than a first threshold and (ii) the second priority value assigned to the second set of data is less than a second threshold;

circuitry configured to prioritize the first set of data based on the BSR MAC CE that is to be transmitted in the uplink regardless of whether (i) the first priority value assigned to the first set of data is equal to or greater than the first threshold and whether (ii) the second priority value assigned to the second set of data is less than the second threshold; and

transmitting the first set of data prior to transmitting the second set of data, based on prioritizing the first set of data.

16 . The integrated circuit of claim 15 , wherein the first threshold is associated with a 5G quality of service (QOS) identifier.

17 . The integrated circuit of claim 15 , wherein the second threshold is associated with a PC5 QoS identifier.

18 . The integrated circuit of claim 15 , wherein the first threshold is associated with a logical channel priority configured for data radio bearers (DRBs).

19 . The integrated circuit of claim 15 , wherein the second threshold is associated with a logical channel priority configured sidelink radio bearers (SLRBs).

20 . The integrated circuit of claim 15 , wherein a value of the first threshold and a value of the second threshold is received from a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) control function.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: CHEN, YUQIN; VENKATARAMAN, VIJAY; XU, FANGLI; HU, HAIJING; LOVLEKAR, SRIRANG A.; SHIKARI, MURTAZA A.; GURUMOORTHY, SETHURAMAN; KODALI, SREE RAM; XING, LONGDA; RODGERS, CLIVE E.; NIMMALA, SRINIVASAN; ZHANG, DAWEI
To: APPLE INC.
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