IP Library Granted Patent US 12,610,359
Granted Patent B2
US 12,610,359 · App. 17/917,975 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Method and apparatus for operating HARQ process in NR V2X

Inventor: Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/1263H04L1/1812H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,610,359
App. No.
17/917,975
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Proposed is a method by which a first device performs wireless communication. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first dynamic grant through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); transmitting, to a second device, a transport block on the basis of a sidelink resource allocated by the first dynamic grant; receiving, from the second device, sidelink hybrid automatic repeat request negative acknowledgment (SL HARQ NACK) information related to the transport block; and transmitting, to the base station, the SL HARQ NACK information through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). For example, on the basis of transmitting the SL HARQ NACK information to the base station, a timer related to the first dynamic grant may be initiated. For example, on the basis of the timer expiring, a buffer related to the transport block may be flushed.

Claims (49)

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first device from a base station, a first dynamic grant;

transmitting, by the first device to a second device, data based on a resource allocated by the first dynamic grant;

receiving, by the first device from the second device, negative acknowledgment (NACK) information related to the data; and

transmitting, by the first device to the base station, NACK information through an uplink control channel,

wherein a timer related to the first dynamic grant is started after a time offset from a time when the NACK information is transmitted through the uplink control channel.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a value of the timer is configured based on at least one of a quality of service (QoS) requirement, a feedback option, or a cast type.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on an expiration of the timer, a buffer related to the data is flushed.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time offset is configured based on at least one of a time required for the base station to decode the uplink control channel, a time required for processing a second dynamic grant related to a resource for retransmitting the data, or a time required to transmit the second dynamic grant related to the resource for retransmitting the data.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reporting, to the base station, information related to the expiration of the timer.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a value of the timer is configured based on at least one of an absolute time, a number of sidelink slots, or a number of Uu slots.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a start reference timing related to the timer is configured based on a time when a system frame number (SFN) is 0 or a time when a direct frame number (DFN) is 0.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a maximum number of times the timer is restarted is pre-signaled from the base station or a network to the first device.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the first device from the base station, a second dynamic grant before the timer expires; and

retransmitting, by the first device to the second device, the data based on a resource allocated by the second dynamic grant,

wherein, based on the reception of the second dynamic grant, the timer is stopped.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the timer expires based on that the first device receives positive acknowledgment (ACK) information related to the retransmitted data from the second device.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving, by the first device from the second device, NACK information related to the retransmitted data; and

transmitting, by the first device to the base station, NACK information related to the second dynamic grant,

wherein, based on the transmission of the NACK information related to the second dynamic grant, the timer is restarted.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein, for an uplink control channel related to the second dynamic grant, based on that a priority of uplink transmission is higher than a priority of sidelink transmission related to the data, the transmission of the NACK information related to the second dynamic grant is omitted, and

wherein, based on that the transmission of the NACK information related to the second dynamic grant is omitted, the timer is restarted.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein, for an uplink control channel related to the second dynamic grant, based on that a priority of uplink transmission is higher than a priority of sidelink transmission related to the data, transmission of positive acknowledgment (ACK) information related to the second dynamic grant is omitted, and

wherein, based on that the transmission of the ACK information related to the second dynamic grant is omitted, the timer expires.

14 . A first device, comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, cause the first device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a first dynamic grant;

transmitting, to a second device, data based on a resource allocated by the first dynamic grant;

receiving, from the second device, negative acknowledgment (NACK) information related to the data; and

transmitting, to the base station, NACK information through an uplink control channel,

wherein a timer related to the first dynamic grant is started after a time offset from a time when the NACK information is transmitted through the uplink control channel.

15 . The first device of claim 14 , wherein a value of the timer is configured based on at least one of a quality of service (QoS) requirement, a feedback option, or a cast type.

16 . The first device of claim 14 , wherein, based on an expiration of the timer, a buffer related to the data is flushed.

17 . The first device of claim 16 , wherein the time offset is configured based on at least one of a time required for the base station to decode the uplink control channel, a time required for processing a second dynamic grant related to a resource for retransmitting the data, or a time required to transmit the second dynamic grant related to the resource for retransmitting the data.

18 . A processing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, cause a first device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a first dynamic grant;

transmitting, to a second device, data based on a resource allocated by the first dynamic grant;

receiving, from the second device, negative acknowledgment (NACK) information related to the data; and

transmitting, to the base station, NACK information through an uplink control channel,

wherein a timer related to the first dynamic grant is started after a time offset from a time when the NACK information is transmitted through the uplink control channel.

19 . The processing device of claim 18 , wherein a value of the timer is configured based on at least one of a quality of service (QoS) requirement, a feedback option, or a cast type.

20 . The processing device of claim 18 , wherein, based on an expiration of the timer, a buffer related to the data is flushed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2023
From: LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 063178/0405 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63027307 · May 19, 2020
Provisional Application 63008496 · Apr 10, 2020
Related Publication 20230319815A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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