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Granted Patent B2
US 12,660,037 · App. 18/280,736 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Methods, architectures, apparatuses and systems for performing discontinuous reception on sidelink

Inventors: Martino Freda (Laval, CA); Tuong Hoang (Montreal, CA); Tao Deng (Roslyn, NY); Moon Il Lee (Melville, NY); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W76/28H04W76/23
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Patent No.
US 12,660,037
App. No.
18/280,736
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure pertains to methods and apparatus using V2X enhancements to perform discontinuous reception. In an embodiment, a method implemented by a first WTRU, for a device-to-device (D2D) communication between the first WTRU and a second WTRU, the method may include any of comprising receiving, from the second WTRU, D2D control information comprising: (1) first information indicating one or more first transmission resources reserved for transmission of the D2D communication and (2) second information indicating if at least one second transmission resource is reserved for retransmission of the D2D communication; determining a sleeping period for the first WTRU that ends prior to a reception time of the retransmission of the D2D communication, wherein the sleeping period is based on the second information; and receiving the retransmission of the D2D communication, after an end of the determined sleeping period.

Claims (20)

1 . A method implemented by a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), for a sidelink between the first WTRU and a second WTRU, the method comprising:

transmitting, to the second WTRU, sidelink control information comprising: (1) first information indicating at least a first transmission resource reserved for an initial transmission and (2) second information indicating if at least one second transmission resource is reserved for a sidelink retransmission of the initial transmission; and

determining an active time of the second WTRU based on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer configured for the second WTRU, wherein:

the HARQ RTT timer has different durations depending on whether HARQ feedback is enabled or disabled; and

the HARQ RTT timer has different starting times depending on whether or not the second information indicates that at least one second transmission resource is reserved for the sidelink retransmission.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving network configuration information indicating the different durations.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein, on condition that the HARQ feedback is enabled, the HARQ RTT timer starts in a time slot that follows a reception of the HARQ feedback.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein on condition that the HARQ feedback is disabled, and on condition that the second information indicates that at least one second transmission resource is reserved for the sidelink retransmission, the HARQ RTT timer starts in a time slot that follows the at least first transmission resource.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein on condition that the HARQ feedback is disabled, and on condition that the second information indicates that no second transmission resource is reserved for the sidelink retransmission, the HARQ RTT timer starts in a time slot that follows a resource reserved for a transmission of the HARQ feedback.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the HARQ RTT timer is started at a predetermined time instance, at a first time instance indicated in the sidelink control information, or at a second time instance based on a sidelink cast type.

7 . A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), for a sidelink between the first WTRU and a second WTRU, the first WTRU comprising circuitry, including a transmitter, a receiver, a processor, and memory, configured to:

transmit, to the second WTRU, sidelink control information comprising: (1) first information indicating at least a first transmission resource reserved for an initial transmission and (2) second information indicating if at least one second transmission resource is reserved for a sidelink retransmission of the initial transmission; and

determine an active time of the second WTRU based on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer configured for the second WTRU, wherein:

the HARQ RTT timer has different durations depending on whether HARQ feedback is enabled or disabled; and

the HARQ RTT timer has different starting times depending on whether or not the second information indicates that at least one second transmission resource is reserved for the sidelink retransmission.

8 . The first WTRU of claim 7 , further configured to receive network configuration information indicating the different durations.

9 . The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein, on condition that the HARQ feedback is enabled, the HARQ RTT timer starts in a time slot that follows a reception of the HARQ feedback.

10 . The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein on condition that the HARQ feedback is disabled and on condition that the second information indicates that at least one second transmission resource is reserved for the sidelink retransmission, the HARQ RTT timer starts in a time slot that follows the at least first transmission resource.

11 . The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein on condition that the HARQ feedback is disabled and on condition that the second information indicates that no second transmission resource is reserved for the sidelink retransmission, the HARQ RTT timer starts in a time slot that follows a resource reserved for a transmission of the HARQ feedback.

12 . The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the HARQ RTT timer is started at a predetermined time instance, at a first time instance indicated in the sidelink control information, or at a second time instance based on a sidelink cast type.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: FREDA, MARTINO; HOANG, TUONG; DENG, TAO; LEE, MOON IL; MARINIER, PAUL
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064828/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064835/0242 →
Continuity (3)
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