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PHYSICAL SIDELINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION DETERMINING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE
20220360413 · 2022-11-10 · ·

A physical sidelink feedback information determining method and a communication device are provided. The method includes: determining target physical sidelink feedback information according to a target sidelink channel transmission resource associated with a target uplink channel, where the target sidelink channel transmission resource is determined according to a first time interval, and the first time interval is a time interval between the target sidelink channel transmission resource and the target uplink channel.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING SL HARQ FEEDBACK REPORT RESOURCE IN NR V2X
20230045750 · 2023-02-09 ·

A method for performing wireless communication by a first device includes: receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a sidelink (SL) resource, the DCI including information related to time between a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and information related to the PUCCH resource; transmitting, to a second device, a plurality of physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) and a plurality of physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs) based on the DCI; determining a plurality of PSFCH resources based on an index of a slot and a sub channel related to the plurality of PSSCHs and a source ID of the first device; receiving a plurality of pieces of SL HARQ feedback related to the plurality of PSSCHs; and transmitting, to the base station, one piece of SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback on one PUCCH resource.

Uplink resource sharing for sidelink devices
11576161 · 2023-02-07 · ·

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described to support allocation of a group-based configured uplink resource for idle mode uplink transmissions. User equipments (UEs) may be grouped geographically and/or functionally and may have sidelink communications among themselves, and may be in an inactive mode or an idle mode. A base station may allocation one or multiple configured uplink resources to the group of UEs, where the base station may be aware of the group based on signaling from a UE of the group. The group of UEs may determine which UE of the group may use the allocated resources, and in which occasions. Based on the determination, one or more UEs of the group may transmit an uplink message to the base station using the configured uplink resource assigned to the group.

RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR CLIENTS OF MULTIPLE CO-HOSTED VAPS
20230095005 · 2023-03-30 ·

Implementations of the present disclosure relate to resource allocation for clients of multiple co-hosted virtual access points (VAPs). A method comprises determining, by an access point (AP), a plurality of trigger frames for a plurality of clients connected to a plurality of VAPs of the AP based at least in part on respective workload levels of the plurality of clients. A trigger frame indicates a resource unit of one of the plurality of VAPs available for at least one corresponding client to access to the VAP. The method also comprises transmitting, by the AP, the plurality of trigger frames in parallel to the plurality of clients. By transmitting separate trigger frames for different clients in parallel, the efficiency of trigger frames can be improved and higher quality of service and lower collision will be provided.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING LOCATION OF TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
20220346000 · 2022-10-27 · ·

An embodiment is a method for a terminal to perform an operation in a wireless communication system, the method including the steps of: transmitting a participation request message to peripheral anchor nodes (ANs); receiving participation response messages from candidate ANs among the peripheral ANs; selecting final ANs to be used for measuring the location of the terminal from among the candidate ANs; and measuring the location of the terminal using the final ANs.

Methods Providing Resource Selection for D2D Communications and Related Communication Devices
20230084524 · 2023-03-16 ·

A method is provided that includes selecting a resource within a resource selection window for an initial transmission of a first Medium Access Control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) of a plurality of periodic MAC PDUs to be transmitted by a first communication device (TX UE) over a device-to-device, D2D, link to a second communication device (RX UE). The method further includes selecting a period (P) for periodic transmission of the plurality of periodic MAC PDUs so that initial transmissions of all MAC PDUs of the plurality of periodic MAC PDUs other than the first MAC PDU occur in resources after the resource selection window. Communication devices (RX UE) and computer program products are also provided.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING POWER RELATED TO SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN NR V2X
20230078557 · 2023-03-16 · ·

A method for performing wireless communication by a first apparatus is proposed. The method may comprise the steps of: determining power related to a sidelink (SL) transmission, on the basis of a downlink pathloss, wherein the SL transmission includes at least one from among a sidelink-synchronization signal/physical sidelink broadcast channel (S-SS/PSBCH) block transmission, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission, and a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmission; and performing the SL transmission on the basis of the power related to the SL transmission. For example, on the basis of being configured to monitor a downlink control information (DCI) format 0_0, the downlink pathloss may be determined on the basis of a first reference signal (RS) used for control of power related to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission to be scheduled by the DCI format 0_0. For example, on the basis of not being configured to monitor the DCI format 0_0, the downlink pathloss may be determined on the basis of a second RS related to a synchronization signal block (SSB) for acquiring a master information block (MIB).

REDUCING LATENCY FOR CLOSED LOOP SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS

Methods, systems, and devices for reducing latency for closed loop sidelink communications for non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are described. In some examples, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a network entity, a message requesting an allocation of sidelink resources for the first UE and an allocation of sidelink resources for a second UE. The first UE may receive, from the network entity in response to the request message, an indication of a first set of sidelink resources for the first UE. In some examples, the first UE may transmit one or more data messages to the second UE, including an indication of a second set of sidelink resources, an indication that the network entity may directly allocate the second set of sidelink resources, or both. In some example, the first UE may receive one or more data messages from the second UE on the second set of sidelink resources.

Methods and apparatuses for collision control of sidelink communications in wireless communication systems

A method performed by a wireless communication device includes determining whether to transmit a first Sidelink Synchronization Signal (SLSS) according to a priority parameter when an occasion of the first SLSS collides with a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) that carries Sidelink Feedback Control Information (SFCI). The priority parameter is associated with a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) that corresponds to the PSFCH.

Collision handling for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) repetition
11483092 · 2022-10-25 · ·

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more slots in which an aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) report communication on a multi-slot physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) overlaps with a second communication on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The UE may select for a slot of the one or more slots, an uplink communication from the A-CSI report communication or the second communication based at least in part on a first priority assigned to the A-CSI report communication and a second priority assigned to the second communication. The UE may determine whether to transmit the uplink communication on the multi-slot PUSCH or the PUCCH in the slot. The UE may transmit the uplink communication in the slot. Numerous other aspects are provided.