Techniques for relaying in sidelink communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11445529-B2
Application number	US-202016986048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2020
Priority date	Aug 5, 2020
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may receive, from a second UE and on a first set of resources, a first control information associated with sidelink communication. The first UE may also receive, from the second UE and on a second set of resources, a first shared channel information associated with the sidelink communication. In some examples, the first UE may identify a third set of resources associated with a retransmission of the first control information and a fourth set of resources associated with a retransmission of the first shared channel information. The first UE may then transmit the retransmission of the first control information on the third set of resources and the retransmission of the first shared channel information on the fourth set of resources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a second UE and on a first set of resources, a first control information associated with sidelink communication;
receiving, from the second UE and on a second set of resources, a first shared channel information associated with the sidelink communication;
identifying a third set of resources associated with relaying the first control information received form the second UE and a fourth set of resources associated with relaying of the first shared channel information received from the second UE;
relaying, to a third UE and on the third set of resources, the first control information associated with the sidelink communication; and
relaying, to the third UE and on the fourth set of resources, the first shared channel information associated with the sidelink communication, wherein the third UE is different from the second UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying sidelink control information included in a sidelink control channel, wherein receiving the first control information comprises receiving the sidelink control channel on the first set of resources and during a first time period;
determining, based at least in part on the sidelink control information, a gap between the first time period and a second time period allocated by the second UE for the relaying of the first control information; and
identifying the third set of resources associated with the relaying of the first control information based at least in part on the first set of resources and the determined gap.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein relaying the first control information comprises:
transmitting an indication of the sidelink control information in the relaying of the first control information.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
identifying a first set of attributes associated with the first shared channel information based at least in part on the sidelink control information; and
identifying a second set of attributes associated with the relaying of the first shared channel information based at least in part on the first set of attributes.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
determining that the first shared channel information is associated with a first redundancy version based at least in part on the first set of attributes;
identifying a transport block payload associated with the first shared channel information; and
determining the relaying of the first shared channel information including the identified transport block payload, wherein relaying the first shared channel information comprises relaying the first shared channel information associated with a second redundancy version.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a number of bits included in a circular buffer associated with the first redundancy version is different from a number of bits included in a circular buffer associated with the second redundancy version.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first set of attributes and the second set of attributes comprise at least one of a physical sidelink shared channel scrambling parameter, a group hopping parameter, an orthogonal code, a cyclic shift, or any combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
including a bit in the relaying of the first control information, wherein a value of the bit indicates that the transmission on the third set of resources is an echo of the first control information.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the first control information is associated with a first redundancy version, wherein relaying the first control information comprises relaying the first control information associated with a second redundancy version.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a first cyclic shift associated with the first redundancy version and a second cyclic shift associated with the second redundancy version are randomly selected.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first redundancy version and the second redundancy version are associated with the same cyclic shift.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein a first cyclic shift associated with the first redundancy version is different from a second cyclic shift associated with the second redundancy version.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE comprises a capability to transmit echo of a transmission.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the capability is based at least in part on a number of previous transmissions in a subframe, an amount of gap supported by the first UE, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UE and the second UE are included in a first coverage area and the second UE and a third UE are included in a second coverage area.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control information comprises a physical sidelink control channel and the first shared channel information comprises a physical sidelink shared channel.

17. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a processor,
memory coupled with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a second apparatus and on a first set of resources, a first control information associated with sidelink communication;
receive, from the second apparatus and on a second set of resources, a first shared channel information associated with the sidelink communication;
identify a third set of resources associated with relaying the first control information received from the second apparatus and a fourth set of resources associated with relaying of the first shared channel information received from the second apparatus;
relay, to a third apparatus and on the third set of resources, the first control information associated with the sidelink communication; and
relay, to a third apparatus and on the fourth set of resources, the first shared channel information associated with the sidelink communication, wherein the third apparatus is different from the second apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
identify sidelink control information included in a sidelink control channel, wherein the instructions to receive the first control information are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to receive the sidelink control channel on the first set of resources and during a first time period;
determine, based at least in part on the sidelink control information, a gap between the first time period and a second time period allocated by the second apparatus for the relaying of the first control information; and
identify the third set of resources associated with the relaying of the first control information based at least in part on the first set of resources and the determined gap.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions to relay the first control information are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit an indication of the sidelink control information in the relaying of the first control information.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
identify a first set of attributes associated with the first shared channel information based at least in part on the sidelink control information; and
identify a second set of attributes associated w

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Uziel Lior
• Mamo Omri

Classifications

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W72/1263 Primary

  Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04L2001/0097

  Relays · CPC title

• H04L1/1819 Primary

  with retransmission of additional or different redundancy · CPC title