METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION OF SIDELINK TRANSMISSION AND UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF TERMINAL IN NR V2X

Abstract

A method for performing wireless communication by a first device is proposed. The method may comprise a step of comparing, on the basis that multiple sidelink transmissions and uplink transmission are overlapped in a time domain, a first priority related to the multiple sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to the uplink transmission, wherein the first priority is the highest priority among priorities respectively related to the multiple sidelink transmissions, and preferentially assigning transmit power to transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

Claims

1. A method for performing, by a first apparatus, wireless communication, the method comprising: comparing a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and allocating transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmit power is preferentially allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions, based on that the first priority is higher than the second priority.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein among transmit power related to the first apparatus, remaining transmit power excluding the transmit power preferentially allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions is allocated to the uplink transmission.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein transmit power is allocated to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions, and wherein a priority related to one sidelink transmission among the plurality of sidelink transmissions is lower than the second priority.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmit power is preferentially allocated to the uplink transmission, based on that the second priority is higher than the first priority.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein among transmit power related to the first apparatus, remaining transmit power excluding the transmit power preferentially allocated to the uplink transmission is allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the remaining transmit power is allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions in a descending order of priority related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of sidelink transmissions are omitted.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a frequency region related to the uplink transmission is different from a frequency region related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein transmit power is equally allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein transmit power required for the plurality of sidelink transmissions is one of allowable power configured in a frequency region related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions or maximum transmit power of the first apparatus.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein transmit power required for the plurality of sidelink transmissions is configured based on transmit power required for a sidelink transmission with the first priority.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of sidelink transmissions are a plurality of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmissions, and wherein a priority related to the plurality of PSFCH transmissions is a priority of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the plurality of PSFCH transmissions.

14. A first apparatus for performing wireless communication, the first apparatus comprising: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

15. An apparatus configured to control a first user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

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Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 is a drawing for describing V2X communication based on NR, compared to V2X communication based on RAT used before NR.

[0018] FIG. 2 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0019] FIG. 3 shows a functional division between an NG-RAN and a 5GC, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0020] FIG. 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0021] FIG. 5 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0022] FIG. 6 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0023] FIG. 7 shows an example of a BWP, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0024] FIG. 8 shows a radio protocol architecture for a SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0025] FIG. 9 shows a UE performing V2X or SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0026] FIG. 10 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UE based on a transmission mode, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0027] FIG. 11 shows three cast types, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0028] FIG. 12 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE performs communication based on a priority related to SL transmission and a priority related to UL transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0029] FIG. 13 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE allocates power based on a priority related to SL transmission and a priority related to UL transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0030] FIG. 14 shows an example in which a plurality of sidelink transmissions and one uplink transmission overlap at the same time, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0031] FIG. 15 shows a method of allocating transmit power by a first apparatus based on a priority related to sidelink transmission and a priority related to uplink transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0032] FIG. 16 shows a method for a first apparatus to perform any one of sidelink transmission and uplink transmission based on a priority related to sidelink transmission and a priority related to uplink transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0033] FIG. 17 shows a communication system 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0034] FIG. 18 shows wireless devices, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0035] FIG. 19 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0036] FIG. 20 shows a wireless device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0037] FIG. 21 shows a hand-held device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0038] FIG. 22 shows a car or an autonomous vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

[0039] In the present specification, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B” or “both A and B.” In other words, in the present specification, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B”. For example, in the present specification, “A, B, or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, C”.

[0040] A slash (/) or comma used in the present specification may mean “and/or”. For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.

[0041] In the present specification, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. In addition, in the present specification, the expression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” may be interpreted as “at least one of A and B”.

[0042] In addition, in the present specification, “at least one of A, B, and C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”. In addition, “at least one of A, B, or C” or “at least one of A, B, and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.

[0043] In addition, a parenthesis used in the present specification may mean “for example”. Specifically, when indicated as “control information (PDCCH)”, it may mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”. In other words, the “control information” of the present specification is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDCCH” may be proposed as an example of the “control information”. In addition, when indicated as “control information (i.e., PDCCH)”, it may also mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”.

[0044] A technical feature described individually in one figure in the present specification may be individually implemented, or may be simultaneously implemented.

[0045] The technology described below may be used in various wireless communication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. The CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rate for GSM evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and so on. IEEE 802.16m is an evolved version of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with a system based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is part of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTE uses the OFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE.

[0046] 5G NR is a successive technology of LTE-A corresponding to a new Clean-slate type mobile communication system having the characteristics of high performance, low latency, high availability, and so on. 5G NR may use resources of all spectrum available for usage including low frequency bands of less than 1 GHz, middle frequency bands ranging from 1 GHz to 10 GHz, high frequency (millimeter waves) of 24 GHz or more, and so on.

[0047] For clarity in the description, the following description will mostly focus on LTE-A or 5G NR. However, technical features according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will not be limited only to this.

[0048] FIG. 2 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0049] Referring to FIG. 2, a next generation-radio access network (NG-RAN) may include a BS 20 providing a UE 10 with a user plane and control plane protocol termination. For example, the BS 20 may include a next generation-Node B (gNB) and/or an evolved-NodeB (eNB). For example, the UE 10 may be fixed or mobile and may be referred to as other terms, such as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a mobile terminal (MT), wireless device, and so on. For example, the BS may be referred to as a fixed station which communicates with the UE 10 and may be referred to as other terms, such as a base transceiver system (BTS), an access point (AP), and so on.

[0050] The embodiment of FIG. 2 exemplifies a case where only the gNB is included. The BSs 20 may be connected to one another via Xn interface. The BS 20 may be connected to one another via 5th generation (5G) core network (5GC) and NG interface. More specifically, the BSs 20 may be connected to an access and mobility management function (AMF) 30 via NG-C interface, and may be connected to a user plane function (UPF) 30 via NG-U interface.

[0051] FIG. 3 shows a functional division between an NG-RAN and a 5GC, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0052] Referring to FIG. 3, the gNB may provide functions, such as Inter Cell Radio Resource Management (RRM), Radio Bearer (RB) control, Connection Mobility Control, Radio Admission Control, Measurement Configuration & Provision, Dynamic Resource Allocation, and so on. An AMF may provide functions, such as Non Access Stratum (NAS) security, idle state mobility processing, and so on. A UPF may provide functions, such as Mobility Anchoring, Protocol Data Unit (PDU) processing, and so on. A Session Management Function (SMF) may provide functions, such as user equipment (UE) Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation, PDU session control, and so on.

[0053] Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network can be classified into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), and a third layer (L3) based on the lower three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communication system. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service by using a physical channel, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layer serves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. For this, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.

[0054] FIG. 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 4(a) shows a radio protocol architecture for a user plane, and FIG. 4(b) shows a radio protocol architecture for a control plane. The user plane corresponds to a protocol stack for user data transmission, and the control plane corresponds to a protocol stack for control signal transmission.

[0055] Referring to FIG. 4, a physical layer provides an upper layer with an information transfer service through a physical channel. The physical layer is connected to a medium access control (MAC) layer which is an upper layer of the physical layer through a transport channel. Data is transferred between the MAC layer and the physical layer through the transport channel. The transport channel is classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted through a radio interface.

[0056] Between different physical layers, i.e., a physical layer of a transmitter and a physical layer of a receiver, data are transferred through the physical channel. The physical channel is modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and utilizes time and frequency as a radio resource.

[0057] The MAC layer provides services to a radio link control (RLC) layer, which is a higher layer of the MAC layer, via a logical channel. The MAC layer provides a function of mapping multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. The MAC layer also provides a function of logical channel multiplexing by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. The MAC layer provides data transfer services over logical channels.

[0058] The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of Radio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU). In order to ensure diverse quality of service (QoS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLC layer provides three types of operation modes, i.e., a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM). An AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request (ARQ).

[0059] A radio resource control (RRC) layer is defined only in the control plane. The RRC layer serves to control the logical channel, the transport channel, and the physical channel in association with configuration, reconfiguration and release of RBs. The RB is a logical path provided by the first layer (i.e., the physical layer or the PHY layer) and the second layer (i.e., the MAC layer, the RLC layer, and the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer) for data delivery between the UE and the network.

[0060] Functions of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include user data delivery, header compression, and ciphering. Functions of a PDCP layer in the control plane include control-plane data delivery and ciphering/integrity protection.

[0061] A service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer is defined only in a user plane. The SDAP layer performs mapping between a Quality of Service (QoS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and QoS flow ID (QFI) marking in both DL and UL packets.

[0062] The configuration of the RB implies a process for specifying a radio protocol layer and channel properties to provide a particular service and for determining respective detailed parameters and operations. The RB can be classified into two types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and a data RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting an RRC message in the control plane. The DRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.

[0063] When an RRC connection is established between an RRC layer of the UE and an RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state, and, otherwise, the UE may be in an RRC_IDLE state. In case of the NR, an RRC_INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a UE being in the RRC_INACTIVE state may maintain its connection with a core network whereas its connection with the BS is released.

[0064] Data is transmitted from the network to the UE through a downlink transport channel. Examples of the downlink transport channel include a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information and a downlink-shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. Traffic of downlink multicast or broadcast services or the control messages can be transmitted on the downlink-SCH or an additional downlink multicast channel (MCH). Data is transmitted from the UE to the network through an uplink transport channel. Examples of the uplink transport channel include a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initial control message and an uplink SCH for transmitting user traffic or control messages.

[0065] Examples of logical channels belonging to a higher channel of the transport channel and mapped onto the transport channels include a broadcast channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), a multicast traffic channel (MTCH), etc.

[0066] The physical channel includes several OFDM symbols in a time domain and several sub-carriers in a frequency domain. One sub-frame includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in a time region. A resource block is a unit of resource allocation, and consists of a plurality of OFDM symbols and a plurality of sub-carriers. Further, each subframe may use specific sub-carriers of specific OFDM symbols (e.g., a first OFDM symbol) of a corresponding subframe for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), i.e., an L1/L2 control channel. A transmission time interval (TTI) is a unit time of subframe transmission.

[0067] FIG. 5 shows a structure of an NR system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0068] Referring to FIG. 5, in the NR, a radio frame may be used for performing uplink and downlink transmission. A radio frame has a length of 10 ms and may be defined to be configured of two half-frames (HFs). A half-frame may include five 1 ms subframes (SFs). A subframe (SF) may be divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within a subframe may be determined in accordance with subcarrier spacing (SCS). Each slot may include 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols according to a cyclic prefix (CP).

[0069] In case of using a normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols. In case of using an extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, a symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and a Single Carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).

[0070] Table 1 shown below represents an example of a number of symbols per slot (N.sup.slot.sub.symb), a number slots per frame (N.sup.frame,u.sub.slot), and a number of slots per subframe (N.sup.subframe,u.sub.slot) in accordance with an SCS configuration (u), in a case where a normal CP is used.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 SCS (15*2.sup.u) N.sub.symb.sup.slot N.sub.slot.sup.frame, u N.sub.slot.sup.subframe, u  15 KHz (u = 0) 14 10 1  30 KHz (u = 1) 14 20 2  60 KHz (u = 2) 14 40 4 120 KHz (u = 3) 14 80 8 240 KHz (u = 4) 14 160 16

[0071] Table 2 shows an example of a number of symbols per slot, a number of slots per frame, and a number of slots per subframe in accordance with the SCS, in a case where an extended CP is used.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 SCS (15*2.sup.u) N.sub.symb.sup.slot N.sub.slot.sup.frame, u N.sub.slot.sup.subframe, u 60 KHz (u = 2) 12 40 4

[0072] In an NR system, OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on) between multiple cells being integrate to one UE may be differently configured. Accordingly, a (absolute time) duration (or section) of a time resource (e.g., subframe, slot or TTI) (collectively referred to as a time unit (TU) for simplicity) being configured of the same number of symbols may be differently configured in the integrated cells.

[0073] In the NR, multiple numerologies or SCSs for supporting diverse 5G services may be supported. For example, in case an SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area of the conventional cellular bands may be supported, and, in case an SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz a dense-urban, lower latency, wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. In case the SCS is 60 kHz or higher, a bandwidth that is greater than 24.25 GHz may be used in order to overcome phase noise.

[0074] An NR frequency band may be defined as two different types of frequency ranges. The two different types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2. The values of the frequency ranges may be changed (or varied), and, for example, the two different types of frequency ranges may be as shown below in Table 3. Among the frequency ranges that are used in an NR system, FR1 may mean a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may mean an “above 6 GHz range” and may also be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Frequency Range Corresponding Subcarrier Spacing designation frequency range (SCS) FR1  450 MHz-6000 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250 MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

[0075] As described above, the values of the frequency ranges in the NR system may be changed (or varied). For example, as shown below in Table 4, FR1 may include a band within a range of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. More specifically, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher being included in FR1 mat include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used for diverse purposes, e.g., the unlicensed band for vehicle-specific communication (e.g., automated driving).

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Frequency Range Corresponding Subcarrier Spacing designation frequency range (SCS) FR1  410 MHz-7125 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250 MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

[0076] FIG. 6 shows a structure of a slot of an NR frame, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0077] Referring to FIG. 6, a slot includes a plurality of symbols in a time domain. For example, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 14 symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 12 symbols. Alternatively, in case of a normal CP, one slot may include 7 symbols. However, in case of an extended CP, one slot may include 6 symbols.

[0078] A carrier includes a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. A Resource Block (RB) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain. A Bandwidth Part (BWP) may be defined as a plurality of consecutive (Physical) Resource Blocks ((P)RBs) in the frequency domain, and the BWP may correspond to one numerology (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on). A carrier may include a maximum of N number BWPs (e.g., 5 BWPs). Data communication may be performed via an activated BWP. Each element may be referred to as a Resource Element (RE) within a resource grid and one complex symbol may be mapped to each element.

[0079] Meanwhile, a radio interface between a UE and another UE or a radio interface between the UE and a network may consist of an L1 layer, an L2 layer, and an L3 layer. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the L1 layer may imply a physical layer. In addition, for example, the L2 layer may imply at least one of a MAC layer, an RLC layer, a PDCP layer, and an SDAP layer. In addition, for example, the L3 layer may imply an RRC layer.

[0080] Hereinafter, a bandwidth part (BWP) and a carrier will be described.

[0081] The BWP may be a set of consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a given numerology. The PRB may be selected from consecutive sub-sets of common resource blocks (CRBs) for the given numerology on a given carrier.

[0082] When using bandwidth adaptation (BA), a reception bandwidth and transmission bandwidth of a UE are not necessarily as large as a bandwidth of a cell, and the reception bandwidth and transmission bandwidth of the BS may be adjusted. For example, a network/BS may inform the UE of bandwidth adjustment. For example, the UE receive information/configuration for bandwidth adjustment from the network/BS. In this case, the UE may perform bandwidth adjustment based on the received information/configuration. For example, the bandwidth adjustment may include an increase/decrease of the bandwidth, a position change of the bandwidth, or a change in subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth.

[0083] For example, the bandwidth may be decreased during a period in which activity is low to save power. For example, the position of the bandwidth may move in a frequency domain. For example, the position of the bandwidth may move in the frequency domain to increase scheduling flexibility. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may be changed. For example, the subcarrier spacing of the bandwidth may be changed to allow a different service. A subset of a total cell bandwidth of a cell may be called a bandwidth part (BWP). The BA may be performed when the BS/network configures the BWP to the UE and the BS/network informs the UE of the BWP currently in an active state among the configured BWPs.

[0084] For example, the BWP may be at least any one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and/or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitor downlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than an active DL BWP on a primary cell (PCell). For example, the UE may not receive PDCCH, PDSCH, or CSI-RS (excluding RRM) outside the active DL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger a channel state information (CSI) report for the inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may not transmit PUCCH or PUSCH outside an active UL BWP. For example, in a downlink case, the initial BWP may be given as a consecutive RB set for an RMSI CORESET (configured by PBCH). For example, in an uplink case, the initial BWP may be given by SIB for a random access procedure. For example, the default BWP may be configured by a higher layer. For example, an initial value of the default BWP may be an initial DL BWP. For energy saving, if the UE fails to detect DCI during a specific period, the UE may switch the active BWP of the UE to the default BWP.

[0085] Meanwhile, the BWP may be defined for SL. The same SL BWP may be used in transmission and reception. For example, a transmitting UE may transmit an SL channel or an SL signal on a specific BWP, and a receiving UE may receive the SL channel or the SL signal on the specific BWP. In a licensed carrier, the SL BWP may be defined separately from a Uu BWP, and the SL BWP may have configuration signaling separate from the Uu BWP. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the SL BWP from the BS/network. The SL BWP may be (pre-)configured in a carrier with respect to an out-of-coverage NR V2X UE and an RRC_IDLE UE. For the UE in the RRC_CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated in the carrier.

[0086] FIG. 7 shows an example of a BWP, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. It is assumed in the embodiment of FIG. 7 that the number of BWPs is 3.

[0087] Referring to FIG. 7, a common resource block (CRB) may be a carrier resource block numbered from one end of a carrier band to the other end thereof. In addition, the PRB may be a resource block numbered within each BWP. A point A may indicate a common reference point for a resource block grid.

[0088] The BWP may be configured by a point A, an offset N.sup.start.sub.BWP from the point A, and a bandwidth N.sup.size.sub.BWP. For example, the point A may be an external reference point of a PRB of a carrier in which a subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by a network on that carrier) is aligned. For example, the offset may be a PRB interval between a lowest subcarrier and the point A in a given numerology. For example, the bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in the given numerology.

[0089] Hereinafter, V2X or SL communication will be described.

[0090] FIG. 8 shows a radio protocol architecture for a SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 8 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. More specifically, FIG. 8(a) shows a user plane protocol stack, and FIG. 8(b) shows a control plane protocol stack.

[0091] Hereinafter, a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) and synchronization information will be described.

[0092] The SLSS may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as an SL-specific sequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example, length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 gold sequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSS for initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. For example, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition of detailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signal ID.

[0093] A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel for transmitting default (system) information which must be first known by the UE before SL signal transmission/reception. For example, the default information may be information related to SLSS, a duplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration, information related to a resource pool, a type of an application related to the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcast information, or the like. For example, for evaluation of PSBCH performance, in NR V2X, a payload size of the PSBCH may be 56 bits including 24-bit CRC.

[0094] The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format (e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter, sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodical transmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CP length) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth may exist within a (pre-)configured sidelink (SL) BWP. For example, the S-SSB may have a bandwidth of 11 resource blocks (RBs). For example, the PSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. In addition, a frequency position of the S-SSB may be (pre-)configured. Accordingly, the UE does not have to perform hypothesis detection at frequency to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.

[0095] FIG. 9 shows a UE performing V2X or SL communication, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0096] Referring to FIG. 9, in V2X or SL communication, the term ‘UE’ may generally imply a UE of a user. However, if a network equipment such as a BS transmits/receives a signal according to a communication scheme between UEs, the BS may also be regarded as a sort of the UE. For example, a UE 1 may be a first apparatus 100, and a UE 2 may be a second apparatus 200.

[0097] For example, the UE 1 may select a resource unit corresponding to a specific resource in a resource pool which implies a set of series of resources. In addition, the UE 1 may transmit an SL signal by using the resource unit. For example, a resource pool in which the UE 1 is capable of transmitting a signal may be configured to the UE 2 which is a receiving UE, and the signal of the UE 1 may be detected in the resource pool.

[0098] Herein, if the UE 1 is within a connectivity range of the BS, the BS may inform the UE 1 of the resource pool. Otherwise, if the UE 1 is out of the connectivity range of the BS, another UE may inform the UE 1 of the resource pool, or the UE 1 may use a pre-configured resource pool.

[0099] In general, the resource pool may be configured in unit of a plurality of resources, and each UE may select a unit of one or a plurality of resources to use it in SL signal transmission thereof.

[0100] Hereinafter, resource allocation in SL will be described.

[0101] FIG. 10 shows a procedure of performing V2X or SL communication by a UE based on a transmission mode, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, the transmission mode may be called a mode or a resource allocation mode. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, in LTE, the transmission mode may be called an LTE transmission mode. In NR, the transmission mode may be called an NR resource allocation mode.

[0102] For example, FIG. 10(a) shows a UE operation related to an LTE transmission mode 1 or an LTE transmission mode 3. Alternatively, for example, FIG. 10(a) shows a UE operation related to an NR resource allocation mode 1. For example, the LTE transmission mode 1 may be applied to general SL communication, and the LTE transmission mode 3 may be applied to V2X communication.

[0103] For example, FIG. 10(b) shows a UE operation related to an LTE transmission mode 2 or an LTE transmission mode 4. Alternatively, for example, FIG. 10(b) shows a UE operation related to an NR resource allocation mode 2.

[0104] Referring to FIG. 10(a), in the LTE transmission mode 1, the LTE transmission mode 3, or the NR resource allocation mode 1, a BS may schedule an SL resource to be used by the UE for SL transmission. For example, the BS may perform resource scheduling to a UE 1 through a PDCCH (more specifically, downlink control information (DCI)), and the UE 1 may perform V2X or SL communication with respect to a UE 2 according to the resource scheduling. For example, the UE 1 may transmit a sidelink control information (SCI) to the UE 2 through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and thereafter transmit data based on the SCI to the UE 2 through a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).

[0105] Referring to FIG. 10(b), in the LTE transmission mode 2, the LTE transmission mode 4, or the NR resource allocation mode 2, the UE may determine an SL transmission resource within an SL resource configured by a BS/network or a pre-configured SL resource. For example, the configured SL resource or the pre-configured SL resource may be a resource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select or schedule a resource for SL transmission. For example, the UE may perform SL communication by autonomously selecting a resource within a configured resource pool. For example, the UE may autonomously select a resource within a selective window by performing a sensing and resource (re)selection procedure. For example, the sensing may be performed in unit of subchannels. In addition, the UE 1 which has autonomously selected the resource within the resource pool may transmit the SCI to the UE 2 through a PSCCH, and thereafter may transmit data based on the SCI to the UE 2 through a PSSCH.

[0106] FIG. 11 shows three cast types, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 11(a) shows broadcast-type SL communication, FIG. 11(b) shows unicast type-SL communication, and FIG. 11(c) shows groupcast-type SL communication. In case of the unicast-type SL communication, a UE may perform one-to-one communication with respect to another UE. In case of the groupcast-type SL transmission, the UE may perform SL communication with respect to one or more UEs in a group to which the UE belongs. In various embodiments of the present disclosure, SL groupcast communication may be replaced with SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, or the like.

[0107] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a transmitting UE (i.e., TX UE) may be a UE which transmits data to (target) receiving UE(s) (i.e., RX UE(s)). For example, the TX UE may be a UE which performs PSCCH transmission and/or PSSCH transmission. And/or, for example, the TX UE may be a UE which transmits SL CSI-RS(s) and/or a SL CSI report request indication to (target) RX UE(s). For example, the TX UE may be a UE which transmits a (control) channel (e.g., PSCCH, PSSCH, etc.) and/or reference signal(s) (e.g., DM-RS(s), CSI-RS(s), etc.) through the (control) channel, which is/are used for SL radio link monitoring (RLM) operation(s) and/or SL radio link failure (RLF) operation(s) of (target) RX UE(s).

[0108] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a receiving UE (i.e., RX UE) may be a UE which transmits SL HARQ feedback to transmitting UE(s) (i.e., TX UE(s)), based on whether or not data transmitted by TX UE(s) is decoded successfully and/or whether or not a PSCCH (related to PSSCH scheduling) transmitted by TX UE(s) is detected/decoded successfully. For example, the RX UE may be a UE which performs SL CSI transmission to TX UE(s) based on SL CSI-RS(s) and/or a SL CSI report request indication received from TX UE(s). For example, the RX UE may be a UE which transmits, to TX UE(s), an SL (L1) RSRP measurement value measured based on (pre-defined) reference signal(s) and/or SL (L1) RSRP report request indication received from TX UE(s). For example, the RX UE may be a UE which transmits its own data to TX UE(s). For example, the RX UE may be a UE which performs SL RLM operation(s) and/or SL RLF operation(s) based on a (pre-configured) (control) channel and/or reference signal(s) through the (control) channel received from TX UE(s).

[0109] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, when a receiving UE transmits SL HARQ feedback information for a PSSCH and/or a PSCCH received from a transmitting UE, the following method may be considered or partly considered. Here, for example, the corresponding scheme or some schemes may be limitedly applied only when a receiving UE successfully decodes/detects a PSCCH for scheduling a PSSCH. [0110] (1) Groupcast Option 1: transmit NACK information to a TX UE, only when an RX UE fails to decode/receive a PSSCH received from the TX UE. [0111] (2) Groupcast Option 2: transmit ACK information to a TX UE when an RX UE succeeds to decode/receive a PSSCH, or if it fails to decode/receive a PSSCH, transmit NACK information to a TX UE.

[0112] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, a TX UE may transmit at least one of the following information to an RX UE through SCI. Here, for example, a TX UE may transmit at least one of the following information to an RX UE through first SCI and/or second SCI. [0113] PSSCH (and/or PSCCH) related resource allocation information (e.g., location/number of time/frequency resources, resource reservation information (e.g., period)) [0114] SL CSI report request indicator or SL (L1) RSRP (and/or SL (L1) RSRQ and/or SL (L1) RSSI) report request indicator [0115] (on PSSCH) SL CSI transmission indicator (or SL (L1) RSRP (and/or SL (L1) RSRQ and/or SL (L1) RSSI) information transmission indicator) [0116] Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) information [0117] transmit power information [0118] L1 destination ID information and/or L1 source ID information [0119] SL HARQ process ID information [0120] new data indicator (NDI) information [0121] redundancy version (RV) information [0122] (transmission traffic/packet related) QoS information (e.g., priority information) [0123] SL CSI-RS transmission indicator or the number of (transmitted) SL CSI-RS antenna ports information [0124] location information of TX UE or location (or distance region) information of a target RX UE (where SL HARQ feedback is required) [0125] information on decoding of data transmitted through PSSCH and/or a reference signal (e.g., DM-RS, etc.) related to channel estimation. For example, the information on a reference signal may be information related to the pattern of the (time-frequency) mapping resource of a DM-RS, RANK information, antenna port index information, antenna port number information, etc.

[0126] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, since a TX UE can transmit SCI, first SCI and/or second SCI to an RX UE through PSCCH, a PSCCH may be replaced/substituted with at least one of a SCI, a first SCI (1.sup.st-stage SCI), and/or a second SCI (2.sup.nd-stage SCI), or vice versa. For example, a SCI may be replaced/substituted with at least one of a PSCCH, a first SCI, and/or a second SCI, or vice versa. For example, a PSSCH may be replaced/substituted with a second SCI and/or a PSCCH, or vice versa, since a transmitting UE may transmit second SCI to a receiving UE through PSSCH.

[0127] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, if SCI configuration fields are divided into two groups in consideration of a (relatively) high SCI payload size, an SCI including a first SCI configuration field group may be referred to as a first SCI or a 1.sup.st SCI, and an SCI including a second SCI configuration field group may be referred to as a second SCI or a 2.sup.nd SCI. For example, the 1.sup.st SCI and the 2.sup.nd SCI may be transmitted through different channels. For example, the transmitting UE may transmit the first SCI to the receiving UE through the PSCCH. For example, the second SCI may be transmitted to the receiving UE through an (independent) PSCCH, or may be transmitted in a piggyback manner together with data through the PSSCH.

[0128] On the other hand, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, “configuration” or “definition” may mean (resource pool specific) (pre-)configuration (through predefined signaling (e.g., SIB, MAC, RRC, etc.)) from a base station or a network.

[0129] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, since “RLF” may be interpreted as mutually extended to at least one of out of synch (OOS) and in synch (IS), “RLF” may be replaced/substituted with OOS of IS.

[0130] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, a resource block (RB) may be replaced/substituted with a subcarrier, or vice versa. For example, a packet or a traffic may be replaced/substituted with a transport block (TB) or a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) according to a transmission layer, or vice versa.

[0131] For example, a code block group (CBG) may be replaced/substituted with a TB, or vice versa.

[0132] For example, a source ID may be replaced/substituted with a destination ID, or vice versa. For example, an L1 ID may be replaced/substituted with an L2 ID, or vice versa. For example, the L1 ID may be an L1 source ID or an L1 destination ID. For example, the L2 ID may be an L2 source ID or an L2 destination ID.

[0133] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, operation(s) of a TX UE to reserve/select/determine retransmission resource(s) may include operation(s) of the TX UE to reserve/select/determine potential retransmission resource(s) in which actual use is determined based on SL HARQ feedback information received from RX UE(s).

[0134] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a sub-selection window may be replaced/substituted with a selection window and/or a pre-configured number of resource sets within the selection window, or vice versa.

[0135] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, SL MODE 1 may refer to a resource allocation method or a communication method in which a base station directly schedules SL transmission resource(s) for a TX UE through pre-defined signaling (e.g., DCI or RRC message). For example, SL MODE 2 may refer to a resource allocation method or a communication method in which a UE independently selects SL transmission resource(s) in a resource pool pre-configured or configured from a base station or a network. For example, a UE performing SL communication based on SL MODE 1 may be referred to as a MODE 1 UE or MODE 1 TX UE, and a UE performing SL communication based on SL MODE 2 may be referred to as a MODE 2 UE or MODE 2 TX UE.

[0136] Meanwhile, in the present disclosure, for example, a dynamic grant (DG) may be replaced/substituted with a configured grant (CG) and/or a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant, or vice versa. For example, the DG may be replaced/substituted with a combination of the CG and the SPS grant, or vice versa. For example, the CG may include at least one of a configured grant (CG) type 1 and/or a configured grant (CG) type 2. For example, in CG type 1, the grant may be provided by RRC signaling and may be stored as a configured grant. For example, in CG type 2, a grant may be provided by PDCCH, it may be stored or deleted as a configured grant based on L1 signaling indicating activation or deactivation of the grant.

[0137] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a channel may be replaced/substituted with a signal, or vice versa. For example, transmission/reception of a channel may include transmission/reception of a signal. For example, transmission/reception of a signal may include transmission/reception of a channel.

[0138] For example, cast may be replaced/substituted with at least one of unicast, groupcast, and/or broadcast, or vice versa. For example, a cast type may be replaced/substituted with at least one of unicast, groupcast, and/or broadcast, or vice versa.

[0139] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a resource may be replaced/substituted with a slot or a symbol, or vice versa. For example, the resource may include a slot and/or a symbol.

[0140] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, blind retransmission may mean that a TX UE performs retransmission without receiving SL HARQ feedback information from an RX UE. For example, retransmission based on SL HARQ feedback may mean that a TX UE determines whether to perform retransmission based on SL HARQ feedback information received from an RX UE. For example, when a TX UE receives NACK and/or DTX information from an RX UE, a TX UE may perform retransmission to an RX UE.

[0141] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, for convenience of description, a (physical) channel used when a RX UE transmits at least one of the following information to a TX UE may be referred to as a PSFCH. [0142] SL HARQ feedback, SL CSI, SL (L1) RSRP

[0143] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a Uu channel may include a UL channel and/or a DL channel. For example, a UL channel may include PUSCH, PUCCH, SRS, and the like. For example, the DL channel may include PDCCH, PDSCH, PSS/SSS, and the like. For example, an SL channel may include PSCCH, PSSCH, PSFCH, PSBCH, PSSS/SSSS, and the like.

[0144] Meanwhile, in various embodiments of the present disclosure, a sidelink information may include at least one of a sidelink message, a sidelink packet, a sidelink services, a sidelink data, sidelink control information, and/or a sidelink transport block (TB). For example, sidelink information may be transmitted through PSSCH and/or PSCCH.

[0145] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a UL transmission (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS) on a UL carrier of a UE and an SL transmission on an SL carrier of the UE partially or all overlap on a time resource region and/or a frequency resource region, a UE may omit transmission of some channels and/or some signals. For example, a UE may omit transmission of a relatively low priority. For example, a UE may omit transmission of a service having a relatively low priority. For example, a UE may omit transmission of a specific channel and/or a specific signal. For example, a specific channel and/or a specific signal may be pre-configured for a UE.

[0146] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a UL transmission (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS) on a UL carrier of a UE and an SL transmission on an SL carrier of the UE partially or all overlap on a time resource region and/or a frequency resource region, a UE may distribute transmit power among corresponding transmissions. For example, when a UL transmission on a UL carrier of a UE and an SL transmission on an SL carrier of the UE partially or all overlap on a time resource region and/or a frequency resource region, a UE may distribute its maximum transmit power among corresponding transmissions. For example, a UE may first allocate required power to transmission of a relatively high priority, and allocate the remaining power in a descending order of priority. For example, a UE may first allocate required power to transmission of a relatively high priority, and then sequentially allocate the remaining power of the UE in a descending order of priority. For example, a UE may first allocate required power for transmission of a service having a relatively high priority, and allocate the remaining power in a descending order of priority. For example, a UE may first allocate power required for transmission of a service having a relatively high priority, and then sequentially allocate the remaining power of the UE in a descending order of priority.

[0147] Here, for example, a UL carrier and an SL carrier may be different carriers. Or, for example, a UL carrier and an SL carrier may be the same carrier.

[0148] Hereinafter, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, when a UE needs to simultaneously perform a plurality of PSFCH transmissions on an SL carrier and UL channel/signal transmission on a UL carrier in a time region, a method for efficiently handling the transmission by a UE is proposed.

[0149] Also, hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be extended and applied to a case of in-device coexistence of NR SL and LTE SL, and a case where NR SL transmission and/or NR SL reception and LTE SL transmission and/or LTE SL reception overlap in the time region. For example, in the case of in-device coexistence of NR SL and LTE SL, various embodiments of the present disclosure may also be extended and applied to when NR SL transmission and/or NR SL reception and LTE SL transmission and/or LTE SL reception partially overlap in time region on different adjacent LTE SL channels/bands and/or NR SL channels/bands. For example, when a UE performs a plurality of PSFCH transmissions having different priorities on an NR SL channel/band, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be extended and applied. Specifically, for example, a UE may preferentially perform an NR SL operation or an LTE SL operation based on the highest priority on different LTE SL channels/bands and/or NR SL channels/bands.

[0150] For example, whether some or all of the rules proposed below are applied may be configured differently or independently for a UE, according to at least one of a resource pool configured for a UE, a type of service related to a transmission of a UE, a priority of a service, a cast type performed by a UE, a destination UE, (L1 or L2) destination identifier, (L1 or L2) source identifier, groupcast HARQ feedback option configured/enabled for a UE (e.g., option 1, option 2), QoS parameters (e.g., reliability (reliability), latency (latency))), etc.), (resource pool) congestion level, and/or SL MODE (e.g., resource allocation mode 1 or resource allocation mode 2).

[0151] For example, parameters related to the rule proposed below may be configured to a UE differently of independently according to at least one of a resource pool configured for a UE, a type of service related to a transmission of a UE, a priority of a service, a cast type performed by a UE, a destination UE, (L1 or L2) destination identifier, (L1 or L2) source identifier, groupcast HARQ feedback option configured/enabled for a UE (e.g., option 1, option 2), QoS parameters (e.g., reliability (reliability), latency (latency))), etc.), (resource pool) congestion level, and/or SL MODE (e.g., resource allocation mode 1 or resource allocation mode 2).

[0152] Here, for example, some or all of the rules proposed below may be limitedly applied only when transmit power is equally distributed among a plurality of PSFCHs simultaneously transmitted by a UE.

[0153] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is assumed that a plurality of (e.g., M) PSFCHs transmitted by a UE on an SL carrier have different priorities. For example, it is assumed that TBs linked to a plurality of PSFCHs transmitted by a UE on an SL carrier have different priorities. And/or, for example, it is assumed that PSSCHs linked to a plurality of PSFCHs transmitted by a UE on an SL carrier have different priorities. And/or, for example, it is assumed that PSCCHs linked to a plurality of PSFCHs transmitted by a UE on an SL carrier have different priorities. Hereinafter, rule A and/or rule B will be described on a premise of the above-mentioned assumptions.

[0154] 1) Rule A

[0155] 1.1) Case A

[0156] Under the above assumption, a UE may compare the highest value (hereinafter, HPRI_PF) among a plurality of PSFCH transmission related priorities with a UL channel/signal transmission related priority (hereinafter, ULRI_PF). Thereafter, if HPRI_PF is higher than ULRI_PF, a UE may preferentially allocate power required for transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs, and then allocate the remaining power of the UE to UL channel/signal transmission. And/or, for example, a UE may omit a UL channel/signal transmission.

[0157] 1.2) Case B

[0158] Under the above assumption, a UE may compare HPRI_PF with ULRI_PF. If ULRI_PF is higher than HPRI_PF, a UE may allocate power required for UL channel/signal transmission preferentially and then allocate the remaining power of the UE to transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs. And/or, for example, a UE may omit transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs. For example, a UE may omit some PSFCH transmissions from among a plurality of PSFCH transmissions and perform only some PSFCH transmissions.

[0159] For example, in case of CASE A, required power required for a UE to transmit a plurality of PSFCHs may be determined or considered as allowable power configured on an SL carrier. For example, an allowable power configured on an SL carrier may be an allowable power or a maximum allowable power related to PSFCH transmission configured on an SL carrier. For example, an allowable power configured on an SL carrier may be an allowable power or a maximum allowable power related to an SL channel/signal transmission configured on an SL carrier. For example, in case of CASE A, power required for a UE to transmit a plurality of PSFCHs may be determined or considered as a maximum transmit power of a UE.

[0160] For example, in case of CASE A, required power required for a UE to transmit a plurality of (e.g., M) PSFCHs may be determined or considered as M times PSFCH-related required transmit power. For example, in case of CASE A, power required for a UE to transmit a plurality of (e.g., M) PSFCHs may be determined or considered as M times required transmit power related to the highest priority PSFCH. For example, in case of CASE A, required power required for a UE to transmit a plurality of (e.g., M) PSFCHs may be determined or considered as M times pre-configured PSFCH-related required transmit power.

[0161] For example, for CASE B, after a UE preferentially allocates power required for UL channel/signal transmission, the remaining power may be allocated from a PSFCH having a relatively high priority in a descending order of priority. It can be considered. For example, for CASE B, after a UE preferentially allocates power required for UL channel/signal transmission, the remaining power of a UE may be sequentially allocated from a PSFCH having a relatively high priority in the descending order of priority.

[0162] 2) Rule B

[0163] Under the above assumption, a UE may allocate/distribute transmit power for PSFCH transmission and/or UL channel/signal transmission by comparing priorities of each PSFCH with a priority of a UL channel/signal. For example, a UE may preferentially allocate required power from a relatively high priority transmission. For example, a UE may preferentially allocate required power in a descending order of priority from transmission of a relatively high priority.

[0164] Here, for example, in a situation in which a UE preferentially allocates required power (hereinafter, PW_HI) to high-priority PSFCH transmission, when the UE allocates power (hereinafter, PW_LO) to low-priority PSFCH transmission, if the difference value between PW_HI and PW_LO exceeds a pre-configured threshold, the UE may omit transmission of the low-priority PSFCH. For example, a UE may not perform low-priority PSFCH transmission. For example, a UE may allocate transmit power to UL channel/signal transmission having the next priority. For example, in a situation in which a UE preferentially allocates required power (PW_HI) to a PSFCH transmission of a relatively high priority, when the UE allocates the remaining or required power (hereinafter, PW_LO) to PSFCH transmission of a relatively low priority, if the difference value between PW_HI and PW_LO exceeds a pre-configured threshold, the UE may omit transmission of a PSFCH having a relatively low priority. For example, a UE may not perform PSFCH transmission of a relatively low priority. For example, a UE may allocate transmit power to UL channel/signal transmission having the next priority.

[0165] And/or, for example, in a situation in which a UE preferentially allocates required power (hereinafter, PW_HI) to high-priority PSFCH transmission, when the UE allocates power (hereinafter, PW_LO) to low-priority PSFCH transmission, if the difference value between PW_HI and PW_LO exceeds a pre-configured threshold, the UE may allocate transmit power to another PSFCH transmission having a lower priority in which a difference value between the required power and PW_HI does not exceed a pre-configured threshold. For example, in a situation in which a UE preferentially allocates required power (PW_HI) to PSFCH transmission of a relatively high priority, when a UE allocates the remaining or required power (PW_LO) to PSFCH transmission of a relatively low priority, if the difference value between PW_HI and PW_LO exceeds a pre-configured threshold, the UE may allocate transmit power to another PSFCH transmission having a relatively low priority in which a difference value between the required power and PW_HI does not exceed a pre-configured threshold.

[0166] According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce a UE implementation complexity related to an operation of determining priority between sidelink and uplink, in addition, an uplink transmission having a low decoding success probability with some symbol transmission omitted or an increased number of transient periods may not be performed. That is, a UE can reduce consumption of a battery. Additionally, interference caused by loss of CDM functions with other uplink transmissions due to omission of transmission of some symbols (e.g., RS) may also be mitigated.

[0167] For example, when one or more sidelink transmissions overlap with a plurality of uplink transmissions that do not overlap each other in a time region, if at least one sidelink transmission has a high priority for all uplink transmissions according to a UE's process timeline for a first sidelink transmission and a first uplink transmission, the UE may have to perform sidelink transmissions.

[0168] For example, when one or more uplink transmissions overlap with a plurality of sidelink transmissions that do not overlap each other in a time region, if at least one uplink transmission has a high priority for all sidelink transmissions according to a UE's process timeline for a first sidelink transmission and a first uplink transmission, the UE may have to perform uplink transmissions.

[0169] For example, a UE may reuse a priority related rule for dropping as a rule related to priority between uplink transmission and sidelink transmission for power sharing.

[0170] Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a UE may simultaneously transmit a plurality of PSFCHs to a counterpart UE. That is, a UE that has received one or more PSSCHs (and/or PSCCHs) may transmit HARQ feedback information to one or more counterpart UEs through a plurality of PSFCHs through a resource (e.g., the same slot or the same symbol) in the same time region. At this time, for example, if at least one of the following conditions #1 to #3 is met, problems such as weakening of PAPR characteristics for a plurality of PSFCHs transmitted by a UE, degradation of error vector magnitude (EVM) performance, degradation of spectrum emission performance, and/or increase of required MPR (Maximum Power Reduction) value may occur.

[0171] [Condition #1] When the difference in transmit power between transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs is relatively large

[0172] [Condition #2] When the separation distance in a frequency region between transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs is large

[0173] [Condition #3] When the number of PSFCHs requiring simultaneous transmission is large

[0174] Meanwhile, for example, a plurality of different UEs may transmit a PSFCH in a resource on the same time region. Specifically, for example, a plurality of different UEs may transmit a PSFCH in FDMed resources. In this case, when a difference in transmit power between PSFCH transmissions transmitted by a plurality of different UEs is large, an in-band emission problem occurring between PSFCH transmissions may be exacerbated.

[0175] Hereinafter, methods or rules for effectively alleviating or solving the above problems are proposed. For example, whether some or all of the proposed methods/rules below apply may be configured or determined differently of independently according to at least one of a resource pool configured for a UE, a type of service related to a transmission of a UE, a priority of a service, a cast type performed by a UE, a destination UE, (L1 or L2) destination identifier, (L1 or L2) source identifier, groupcast HARQ feedback option configured/enabled for a UE (e.g., option 1, option 2), QoS parameters (e.g., reliability (reliability), latency (latency))), etc.), (resource pool) congestion level, and/or SL MODE (e.g., resource allocation mode 1 or resource allocation mode 2). And/or, for example, a parameter (e.g., a threshold value) related to the following proposed method/rule may be configured or determined differently of independently according to at least one of a resource pool configured for a UE, a type of service related to a transmission of a UE, a priority of a service, a cast type performed by a UE, a destination UE, (L1 or L2) destination identifier, (L1 or L2) source identifier, groupcast HARQ feedback option configured/enabled for a UE (e.g., option 1, option 2), QoS parameters (e.g., reliability (reliability), latency (latency))), etc.), (resource pool) congestion level, and/or SL MODE (e.g., resource allocation mode 1 or resource allocation mode 2).

[0176] Here, for example, some or all of the methods/rules proposed below may be applied only when a UE equally distributes/determines/allocates transmit power between a plurality of PSFCHs transmitted simultaneously, i.e., on resources in the same time region (e.g., the same slot or the same symbol).

[0177] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, for example, the number (hereinafter, MAX_PFNUM) of PSFCHs for which (nominal) simultaneous transmission is allowed for a UE may be pre-configured. In this case, for example, MAX_PFNUM may be the maximum number of PSFCHs allowing simultaneous transmission or the minimum number of PSFCHs allowing simultaneous transmission. For example, a UE may determine transmit power for a plurality of PSFCHs that are actually transmitted based on MAX_PFNUM. Here, for example, even when the number of PSFCHs for which simultaneous transmission is actually required for a UE is smaller than MAX_PFNUM, a UE may allocate or determine transmit power of each PSFCH that is actually simultaneously transmitted, based on a value of dividing a value corresponding to at least one of its own transmit power, a pre-configured allowable power for SL communication, and/or a pre-configured allowable power for PSFCH transmission (hereinafter, UE_PW), by MAX_PFNUM. In this case, for example, transmit power of each PSFCH that a UE actually transmits at the same time may correspond to a result value of the equation UE_PW/MAX_PFNUM. Here, for example, transmit power may include the maximum transmit power. For example, an allowable power may include a maximum allowable power.

[0178] Here, for example, the proposed method/rule may be applied only when the number of PSFCHs for which simultaneous transmission is required is greater than a pre-configured threshold. Or, for example, the proposed method/rule may be applied only when the number of PSFCHs for which simultaneous transmission is required is smaller than a pre-configured threshold.

[0179] Here, for example, in a case that transmission of a UL channel/signal (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS, etc.) on an uplink carrier of a UE and transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs on a sidelink carrier (SL carrier) overlap in time resource region, in order to distribute/determine/allocate transmit power for each transmission, a UE may assume/calculate/determine power required for transmission of the plurality of PSFCHs based on MAX_PFNUM value. For example, when transmission of a UL channel/signal (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS, etc.) on a UL carrier of a UE and transmission of a plurality of PSFCHs on a sidelink carrier (SL carrier) overlap in a time resource region, in order to distribute/determine/allocate transmit power for each transmission based on priority, a UE may assume/calculate/determine power required for transmission of the plurality of PSFCHs based on MAX_PFNUM value. At this time, for example, even when the number of PSFCHs required for actual simultaneous transmission on an SL carrier for a UE is less than MAX_PFNUM, a UE may assume/calculate/determine transmit power required for each PSFCH transmission as a value corresponding to the equation UE_PW/MAX_PFNUM.

[0180] Here, for example, the MAX_PFNUM value and/or a UE_PW value may be configured or determined differently of independently according to at least one of a resource pool configured for a UE, a type of service related to a transmission of a UE, a priority of a service, a cast type performed by a UE, a destination UE, (L1 or L2) destination identifier, (L1 or L2) source identifier, groupcast HARQ feedback option configured/enabled for a UE (e.g., option 1, option 2), QoS parameters (e.g., reliability (reliability), latency (latency))), etc.), (resource pool) congestion level, and/or SL MODE (e.g., resource allocation mode 1 or resource allocation mode 2).

[0181] FIG. 12 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE performs communication based on a priority related to SL transmission and a priority related to UL transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 12 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0182] Referring to FIG. 12, in step S1210, when one or more sidelink transmission-related resources overlap with UL transmission-related resources, a transmitting UE may compare a priority related to one or more sidelink transmissions with a priority related to uplink transmission. For example, a transmitting UE may determine a higher priority between a highest priority among priorities related to each of one or more sidelink transmissions and a priority related to uplink transmission. For example, resources related to one or more sidelink transmissions and resources related to uplink transmissions may overlap in a time region. For example, one or more resources related to sidelink transmission and resources related to uplink transmission may overlap in a frequency region. For example, resources related to one or more sidelink transmissions and resources related to uplink transmissions may overlap in a time region and a frequency region.

[0183] In step S1220, a transmitting UE may perform any one of one or more sidelink transmissions or uplink transmissions based on the compared priorities. For example, a transmitting UE may perform one or more sidelink transmissions and may omit uplink transmission, based on that the highest priority among priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions is higher than a priority related to an uplink transmission. For example, a transmitting UE may perform an uplink transmission and may omit one or more sidelink transmissions, based on that a priority related to an uplink transmission is higher than the highest priority among priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions. For example, when it is impossible for a transmitting UE to simultaneously transmit one or more sidelink transmissions and an uplink transmission, the transmitting UE may perform any one of one or more sidelink transmissions or an uplink transmission based on the determined high priority.

[0184] For example, when a transmitting UE performs one or more sidelink transmissions, the transmitting UE may equally allocate transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions. For example, when a transmitting UE performs one or more sidelink transmissions, the transmitting UE may allocate transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions in a descending order of priority related to the one or more sidelink transmissions.

[0185] For example, transmit power required for one or more sidelink transmissions may be an allowable power configured in a frequency region related to one or more sidelink transmissions or a transmit power of a transmitting UE. For example, an allowable power may be the maximum allowable power. For example, transmit power of a transmitting UE may be the maximum transmit power of the transmitting UE. For example, a frequency region may be a carrier related to sidelink transmission. For example, transmit power required for one or more sidelink transmissions may be configured based on transmit power required for sidelink transmission having the highest priority among priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions. For example, transmit power required for three sidelink transmissions may be configured to a power that is three times transmit power required for a sidelink transmission having the highest priority among priorities related to the three sidelink transmissions.

[0186] For example, one or more sidelink transmissions may be one or more PSFCH transmissions. In this case, a priority related to transmissions of one or more PSFCHs may be a priority of PSCCH or PSSCH related to transmissions of one or more PSFCHs.

[0187] FIG. 13 shows a procedure in which a transmitting UE allocates power based on a priority related to SL transmission and a priority related to UL transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0188] Referring to FIG. 13, in step S1310, when one or more resources related to sidelink transmission overlap with a resource related to an uplink transmission, a transmitting UE may compare priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions and a priority related to an uplink transmission. For example, a transmitting UE may determine a higher priority between the highest priority among priorities related to each of one or more sidelink transmissions and a priority related to an uplink transmission. For example, one or more resources related to sidelink transmission and a resource related to an uplink transmission may overlap in a frequency region. For example, resources related to one or more sidelink transmissions and a resource related to an uplink transmission may overlap in a time region. For example, resources related to one or more sidelink transmissions and a resource related to uplink transmission may overlap in a time region and a frequency region.

[0189] In step S1320, a transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to any one of one or more sidelink transmissions or an uplink transmission based on the compared high priority. For example, when it is possible for a transmitting UE to simultaneously transmit one or more sidelink transmissions and uplink transmissions, the transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to any one of one or more sidelink transmissions or uplink transmissions based on the determined high priority.

[0190] For example, a transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions, based on that the highest priority among priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions is higher than a priority related to an uplink transmission. For example, a transmitting UE may allocate the remaining transmit power to an uplink transmission except for transmit power preferentially allocated to one or more sidelink transmissions among the transmit power related to the transmitting UE.

[0191] For example, a transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to uplink transmission, based on that a priority related to an uplink transmission is higher than the highest priority among priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions. For example, a transmitting UE may allocate the remaining transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions except for transmit power preferentially allocated to one or more sidelink transmissions among the transmit power related to the transmitting UE. For example, a transmitting UE may allocate the remaining transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions in a descending order of priority related to one or more sidelink transmissions.

[0192] For example, transmit power required for one or more sidelink transmissions may be an allowable power configured in a frequency region related to one or more sidelink transmissions or a transmit power of a transmitting UE. For example, an allowable power may be the maximum allowable power. For example, transmit power of a transmitting UE may be the maximum transmit power of the transmitting UE. For example, a frequency region may be a carrier related to sidelink transmission. For example, transmit power required for one or more sidelink transmissions may be configured based on transmit power required for sidelink transmission having the highest priority among priorities related to one or more sidelink transmissions. For example, transmit power required for three sidelink transmissions may be configured to a power that is three times transmit power required for a sidelink transmission having the highest priority among priorities related to the three sidelink transmissions.

[0193] For example, one or more sidelink transmissions may be one or more PSFCH transmissions. In this case, priorities related to transmissions of one or more PSFCHs may be priorities of PSCCHs or PSSCHs related to transmissions of one or more PSFCHs.

[0194] In step S1330, a transmitting UE may perform at least one of one or more sidelink transmissions or uplink transmissions through allocated transmit power. For example, when a transmitting UE preferentially allocates transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions and allocates the remaining transmit power to uplink transmission, the transmitting UE may perform one or more sidelink transmissions and uplink transmissions through the allocated transmit power. For example, when a transmitting UE preferentially allocates transmit power to uplink transmission and allocates the remaining transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions, the transmitting UE may perform one or more sidelink transmissions and uplink transmissions through the allocated transmit power.

[0195] For example, when a transmitting UE preferentially allocates transmit power to one or more sidelink transmissions and omits uplink transmission, the transmitting UE may perform one or more sidelink transmissions using the allocated transmit power. For example, when a transmitting UE preferentially allocates transmit power to uplink transmission and omits one or more sidelink transmissions, the transmitting UE may perform uplink transmission using the allocated transmit power.

[0196] FIG. 14 shows an example in which a plurality of sidelink transmissions and one uplink transmission overlap at the same time, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 14 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0197] Referring to FIG. 14, a transmitting UE may have to perform uplink transmission and a plurality of sidelink transmissions in the same time resource region. For example, a transmitting UE may have to perform uplink transmission, first sidelink transmission, and second sidelink transmission in the same slot. In this case, all or part of a resource related to uplink transmission, a resource related to a first sidelink transmission, and a resource related to a second sidelink transmission may overlap in a time resource region. In this case, a transmitting UE may compare a higher priority among a priority related to a first sidelink transmission and a priority related to a second sidelink transmission with a priority related to an uplink transmission.

[0198] For example, if a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is higher than a priority related to a second sidelink transmission, a transmitting UE may determine a higher priority among the priority related to the first sidelink transmission and a priority related to an uplink transmission. In this case, for example, when a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is higher than a priority related to an uplink transmission, a transmitting UE may perform the first sidelink transmission and a second sidelink transmission. For example, if a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is higher than a priority related to an uplink transmission, although a priority related to a second sidelink transmission is lower than the priority related to the uplink transmission, a transmitting UE may perform the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission.

[0199] Or, for example, when a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is higher than a priority related to an uplink transmission, a transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to a first sidelink transmission and a second sidelink transmission. In this case, a transmitting UE may allocate transmit power to a first sidelink transmission and a second sidelink transmission, and then allocate the remaining transmit power to an uplink transmission. For example, if a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is higher than a priority related to an uplink transmission, although a priority related to a second sidelink transmission is lower than the priority related to the uplink transmission, a transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission.

[0200] For example, if priority related to a first sidelink transmission is higher than a priority related to a second sidelink transmission, the transmitting UE may determine a higher priority among a priority related to a first sidelink transmission and a priority related to an uplink transmission. In this case, for example, when a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is lower than a priority related to an uplink transmission, the transmitting UE may perform the uplink transmission. Or, for example, if a priority related to a first sidelink transmission is lower than a priority related to an uplink transmission, the transmitting UE may preferentially allocate transmit power to uplink transmission. In this case, a transmitting UE may allocate transmit power to an uplink transmission preferentially and then allocate the remaining transmit power to a first sidelink transmission and a second sidelink transmission. For example, a transmitting UE may equally allocate the remaining transmit power to a first sidelink transmission and a second sidelink transmission. For example, a transmitting UE may allocate the remaining transmit power in descending order of priority based on a priority related to a first sidelink transmission and a priority related to a second sidelink transmission.

[0201] FIG. 15 shows a method of allocating transmit power by a first apparatus based on a priority related to sidelink transmission and a priority related to uplink transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0202] Referring to FIG. 15, in step S1510, a first apparatus 100 may, compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region. For example, the first priority may be a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, a frequency region related to the uplink transmission may be different from a frequency region related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be a plurality of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmissions. For example, a priority related to the plurality of PSFCH transmissions may be a priority of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the plurality of PSFCH transmissions.

[0203] In step S1520, a first apparatus 100 may allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority. For example, transmit power may be preferentially allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions, based on that the first priority is higher than the second priority. For example, among transmit power related to the first apparatus 100, remaining transmit power excluding the transmit power preferentially allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions is allocated to the uplink transmission. For example, transmit power may be preferentially allocated to the uplink transmission, and the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be omitted, based on that the second priority is higher than the first priority. For example, transmit power may be equally allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions, based on that the first priority is higher than the second priority. For example, transmit power may be allocated to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions, based on that the first priority is higher than the second priority. For example, a priority related to one sidelink transmission among the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be lower than the second priority.

[0204] For example, transmit power required for the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be one of allowable power configured in a frequency region related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions or maximum transmit power of the first apparatus 100. For example, transmit power required for the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be configured based on transmit power required for a sidelink transmission with the first priority.

[0205] For example, transmit power may be preferentially allocated to the uplink transmission, based on that the second priority is higher than the first priority. For example, among transmit power related to the first apparatus 100, remaining transmit power excluding the transmit power preferentially allocated to the uplink transmission is allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, the remaining transmit power may be allocated to the plurality of sidelink transmissions in a descending order of priority related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, transmit power is preferentially allocated to the uplink transmission, based on that the second priority is higher than the first priority, and the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be omitted.

[0206] The above-described embodiment may be applied to various devices to be described below. For example, a processor 102 of a first apparatus 100 may compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region. And, a processor 102 of a first apparatus 100 may allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

[0207] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first apparatus for performing wireless communication may be proposed. For example, the first apparatus may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. The one or more processors may execute the instructions to: compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

[0208] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus configured to control a first user equipment (UE) may be proposed. For example, the apparatus may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

[0209] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions may be proposed. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a first apparatus to: compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission, based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and allocate transmit power preferentially to a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

[0210] FIG. 16 shows a method for a first apparatus to perform any one of sidelink transmission and uplink transmission based on a priority related to sidelink transmission and a priority related to uplink transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 16 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0211] Referring to FIG. 16, in step S1610, a first apparatus 100 may compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region and the frequency domain. For example, the first priority may be a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, a frequency region related to the uplink transmission may be different from a frequency region related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be a plurality of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) transmissions. For example, a priority related to the plurality of PSFCH transmissions may be a priority of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) related to the plurality of PSFCH transmissions.

[0212] In step S1620, a first apparatus 100 may perform a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority. For example, the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be performed, based on that the first priority is higher than the second priority. For example, based on that the first priority is higher than the second priority, the uplink transmission may be omitted. For example, to perform a plurality of sidelink transmissions, a first apparatus 100 may allocate transmit power of the first apparatus 100 for the plurality of sidelink transmissions in a descending order of priority related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions. For example, to perform a plurality of sidelink transmissions, a first apparatus 100 may equally allocate transmit power to the plurality of sidelink transmissions.

[0213] For example, based on that a second priority is higher than a first priority, the uplink transmission may be performed. For example, based on that a second priority is higher than a first priority, the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be omitted.

[0214] For example, transmit power required for the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be one of allowable power configured in a frequency region related to the plurality of sidelink transmissions or maximum transmit power of the first apparatus 100. For example, transmit power required for the plurality of sidelink transmissions may be configured based on transmit power required for a sidelink transmission with the first priority.

[0215] The above-described embodiment may be applied to various apparatuses to be described below. For example, a processor 102 of a first apparatus 100 may compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region and the frequency domain. And, a processor 102 of a first apparatus 100 may control a transceiver 106 to perform a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

[0216] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first apparatus for performing wireless communication may be proposed. For example, the first apparatus may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions; one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: compare a first priority related to a plurality of sidelink transmissions and a second priority related to an uplink transmission based on that the plurality of sidelink transmissions and the uplink transmission overlap in a time region and the frequency domain, wherein the first priority is a highest priority among priorities related to each of the plurality of sidelink transmissions; and perform a transmission related to a higher priority among the first priority and the second priority.

[0217] Hereinafter, an apparatus to which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied will be described.

[0218] The various descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts of the present disclosure described in this document may be applied to, without being limited to, a variety of fields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) between devices.

[0219] Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the same reference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.

[0220] FIG. 17 shows a communication system 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0221] Referring to FIG. 17, a communication system 1 to which various embodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes wireless devices, Base Stations (BSs), and a network. Herein, the wireless devices represent devices performing communication using Radio Access Technology (RAT) (e.g., 5G New RAT (NR)) or Long-Term Evolution (LTE)) and may be referred to as communication/radio/5G devices. The wireless devices may include, without being limited to, a robot 100a, vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2, an eXtended Reality (XR) device 100c, a hand-held device 100d, a home appliance 100e, an Internet of Things (IoT) device 100f, and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) device/server 400. For example, the vehicles may include a vehicle having a wireless communication function, an autonomous vehicle, and a vehicle capable of performing communication between vehicles. Herein, the vehicles may include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (e.g., a drone). The XR device may include an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR)/Mixed Reality (MR) device and may be implemented in the form of a Head-Mounted Device (HMD), a Head-Up Display (HUD) mounted in a vehicle, a television, a smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance device, a digital signage, a vehicle, a robot, etc. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), and a computer (e.g., a notebook). The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, and a washing machine. The IoT device may include a sensor and a smartmeter. For example, the BSs and the network may be implemented as wireless devices and a specific wireless device 200a may operate as a BS/network node with respect to other wireless devices.

[0222] Here, wireless communication technology implemented in wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present disclosure may include Narrowband Internet of Things for low-power communication in addition to LTE, NR, and 6G. In this case, for example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology and may be implemented as standards such as LTE Cat NB1, and/or LTE Cat NB2, and is not limited to the name described above. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present disclosure may perform communication based on LTE-M technology. In this case, as an example, the LTE-M technology may be an example of the LPWAN and may be called by various names including enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC), and the like. For example, the LTE-M technology may be implemented as at least any one of various standards such as 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-Bandwidth Limited (non-BL), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine Type Communication, and/or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the name described above. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present disclosure may include at least one of Bluetooth, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), and ZigBee considering the low-power communication, and is not limited to the name described above. As an example, the ZigBee technology may generate personal area networks (PAN) related to small/low-power digital communication based on various standards including IEEE 802.15.4, and the like, and may be called by various names.

[0223] The wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the network 300 via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100a to 100f and the wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. Although the wireless devices 100a to 100f may communicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices 100a to 100f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the BSs/network. For example, the vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V)/Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices 100a to 100f.

[0224] Wireless communication/connections 150a, 150b, or 150c may be established between the wireless devices 100a to 100f/BS 200, or BS 200/BS 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may be established through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150a, sidelink communication 150b (or, D2D communication), or inter BS communication (e.g. relay, Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs/the wireless devices may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communication/connections 150a and 150b. For example, the wireless communication/connections 150a and 150b may transmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a part of various configuration information configuring processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/demapping), and resource allocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.

[0225] FIG. 18 shows wireless devices, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0226] Referring to FIG. 18, a first wireless device 100 and a second wireless device 200 may transmit radio signals through a variety of RATs (e.g., LTE and NR). Herein, {the first wireless device 100 and the second wireless device 200} may correspond to {the wireless device 100x and the BS 200} and/or {the wireless device 100x and the wireless device 100x} of FIG. 17.

[0227] The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102 may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process information within the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the first information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signals including second information/signals through the transceiver 106 and then store information obtained by processing the second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, the memory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with Radio Frequency (RF) unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

[0228] The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202 and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s) 202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process information within the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the third information/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, the memory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.

[0229] Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 will be described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may be implemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and 202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Unit (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document and provide the generated signals to the one or more transceivers 106 and 206. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.

[0230] The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to as controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmware or software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202 or stored in the one or more memories 104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.

[0231] The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured by Read-Only Memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives, registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be located at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies such as wired or wireless connection.

[0232] The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methods and/or operational flowcharts of this document, to one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, from one or more other devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and transmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one or more other devices. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signals from one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more antennas 108 and 208 and the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, through the one or more antennas 108 and 208. In this document, the one or more antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF band signals into baseband signals in order to process received user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the base band signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/or filters.

[0233] FIG. 19 shows a signal process circuit for a transmission signal, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0234] Referring to FIG. 19, a signal processing circuit 1000 may include scramblers 1010, modulators 1020, a layer mapper 1030, a precoder 1040, resource mappers 1050, and signal generators 1060. An operation/function of FIG. 19 may be performed, without being limited to, the processors 102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 18. Hardware elements of FIG. 19 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 and/or the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 18. For example, blocks 1010 to 1060 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 18. Alternatively, the blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented by the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 18 and the block 1060 may be implemented by the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 18.

[0235] Codewords may be converted into radio signals via the signal processing circuit 1000 of FIG. 19. Herein, the codewords are encoded bit sequences of information blocks. The information blocks may include transport blocks (e.g., a UL-SCH transport block, a DL-SCH transport block). The radio signals may be transmitted through various physical channels (e.g., a PUSCH and a PDSCH).

[0236] Specifically, the codewords may be converted into scrambled bit sequences by the scramblers 1010. Scramble sequences used for scrambling may be generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of a wireless device. The scrambled bit sequences may be modulated to modulation symbol sequences by the modulators 1020. A modulation scheme may include pi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-Phase Shift Keying (m-PSK), and m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (m-QAM). Complex modulation symbol sequences may be mapped to one or more transport layers by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped (precoded) to corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040. Outputs z of the precoder 1040 may be obtained by multiplying outputs y of the layer mapper 1030 by an N*M precoding matrix W. Herein, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transport layers. The precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT) for complex modulation symbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.

[0237] The resource mappers 1050 may map modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources may include a plurality of symbols (e.g., a CP-OFDMA symbols and DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in a time region and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generators 1060 may generate radio signals from the mapped modulation symbols and the generated radio signals may be transmitted to other devices through each antenna. For this purpose, the signal generators 1060 may include Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) modules, Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserters, Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), and frequency up-converters.

[0238] Signal processing procedures for a signal received in the wireless device may be configured in a reverse manner of the signal processing procedures 1010 to 1060 of FIG. 19. For example, the wireless devices (e.g., 100 and 200 of FIG. 18) may receive radio signals from the exterior through the antenna ports/transceivers. The received radio signals may be converted into baseband signals through signal restorers. To this end, the signal restorers may include frequency downlink converters, Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), CP remover, and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) modules. Next, the baseband signals may be restored to codewords through a resource demapping procedure, a postcoding procedure, a demodulation processor, and a descrambling procedure. The codewords may be restored to original information blocks through decoding. Therefore, a signal processing circuit (not illustrated) for a reception signal may include signal restorers, resource demappers, a postcoder, demodulators, descramblers, and decoders.

[0239] FIG. 20 shows another example of a wireless device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The wireless device may be implemented in various forms according to a use-case/service (refer to FIG. 17).

[0240] Referring to FIG. 20, wireless devices 100 and 200 may correspond to the wireless devices 100 and 200 of FIG. 18 and may be configured by various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules. For example, each of the wireless devices 100 and 200 may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, and additional components 140. The communication unit may include a communication circuit 112 and transceiver(s) 114. For example, the communication circuit 112 may include the one or more processors 102 and 202 and/or the one or more memories 104 and 204 of FIG. 18. For example, the transceiver(s) 114 may include the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and/or the one or more antennas 108 and 208 of FIG. 18. The control unit 120 is electrically connected to the communication unit 110, the memory 130, and the additional components 140 and controls overall operation of the wireless devices. For example, the control unit 120 may control an electric/mechanical operation of the wireless device based on programs/code/commands/information stored in the memory unit 130. The control unit 120 may transmit the information stored in the memory unit 130 to the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface or store, in the memory unit 130, information received through the wireless/wired interface from the exterior (e.g., other communication devices) via the communication unit 110.

[0241] The additional components 140 may be variously configured according to types of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O) unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may be implemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100a of FIG. 17), the vehicles (100b-1 and 100b-2 of FIG. 17), the XR device (100c of FIG. 17), the hand-held device (100d of FIG. 17), the home appliance (100e of FIG. 17), the IoT device (100f of FIG. 17), a digital broadcast terminal, a hologram device, a public safety device, an MTC device, a medicine device, a fintech device (or a finance device), a security device, a climate/environment device, the AI server/device (400 of FIG. 17), the BSs (200 of FIG. 17), a network node, etc. The wireless device may be used in a mobile or fixed place according to a use-example/service.

[0242] In FIG. 20, the entirety of the various elements, components, units/portions, and/or modules in the wireless devices 100 and 200 may be connected to each other through a wired interface or at least a part thereof may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. For example, in each of the wireless devices 100 and 200, the control unit 120 and the communication unit 110 may be connected by wire and the control unit 120 and first units (e.g., 130 and 140) may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110. Each element, component, unit/portion, and/or module within the wireless devices 100 and 200 may further include one or more elements. For example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of one or more processors. As an example, the control unit 120 may be configured by a set of a communication control processor, an application processor, an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), a graphical processing unit, and a memory control processor. As another example, the memory 130 may be configured by a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Dynamic RAM (DRAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM)), a flash memory, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and/or a combination thereof.

[0243] Hereinafter, an example of implementing FIG. 20 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0244] FIG. 21 shows a hand-held device, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The hand-held device may include a smartphone, a smartpad, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch or a smartglasses), or a portable computer (e.g., a notebook). The hand-held device may be referred to as a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS), a Subscriber Station (SS), an Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), or a Wireless Terminal (WT).

[0245] Referring to FIG. 21, a hand-held device 100 may include an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, a power supply unit 140a, an interface unit 140b, and an I/O unit 140c. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communication unit 110. Blocks 110 to 130/140a to 140c correspond to the blocks 110 to 130/140 of FIG. 20, respectively.

[0246] The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling constituent elements of the hand-held device 100. The control unit 120 may include an Application Processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the hand-held device 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information. The power supply unit 140a may supply power to the hand-held device 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The interface unit 140b may support connection of the hand-held device 100 to other external devices. The interface unit 140b may include various ports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection with external devices. The I/O unit 140c may input or output video information/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or information input by a user. The I/O unit 140c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.

[0247] As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O unit 140c may acquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video) input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert the information/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmit the converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to a BS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from other wireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signals into original information/signals. The restored information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types (e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140c.

[0248] FIG. 22 shows a vehicle or an autonomous vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The vehicle or autonomous vehicle may be implemented by a mobile robot, a car, a train, a manned/unmanned Aerial Vehicle (AV), a ship, etc.

[0249] Referring to FIG. 22, a vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 may include an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a driving unit 140a, a power supply unit 140b, a sensor unit 140c, and an autonomous driving unit 140d. The antenna unit 108 may be configured as a part of the communication unit 110. The blocks 110/130/140a to 140d correspond to the blocks 110/130/140 of FIG. 20, respectively.

[0250] The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from external devices such as other vehicles, BSs (e.g., gNBs and road side units), and servers. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling elements of the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may include an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The driving unit 140a may cause the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 to drive on a road. The driving unit 140a may include an engine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, a brake, a steering device, etc. The power supply unit 140b may supply power to the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140c may acquire a vehicle state, ambient environment information, user information, etc. The sensor unit 140c may include an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, a slope sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, a vehicle forward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedal position sensor, etc. The autonomous driving unit 140d may implement technology for maintaining a lane on which a vehicle is driving, technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control, technology for autonomously driving along a determined path, technology for driving by automatically setting a path if a destination is set, and the like.

[0251] For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic information data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous driving unit 140d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving plan from the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140a such that the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 may move along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving, the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recent traffic information data from the external server and acquire surrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In the middle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140c may obtain a vehicle state and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous driving unit 140d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving plan based on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110 may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomous driving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. The external server may predict traffic information data using AI technology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles or autonomous vehicles and provide the predicted traffic information data to the vehicles or the autonomous vehicles.

[0252] Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. For instance, technical features in method claims of the present description can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method.