Discontinuous reception (DRX) with sidelink (SL)

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11849396-B2
Application number	US-202117448665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2021
Priority date	Sep 24, 2020
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

Systems and method for configuring and providing discontinuous reception (DRX) operations in sidelink (SL) mode 1 and mode 2 are disclosed. A first user equipment (UE) may operate in DRX communications with a second UE over a SL while concurrently maintaining DRX communications with a base station. In some embodiments, DRX operations may include the first UE monitoring for either one or both of transmissions in a downlink from a base station and in the SL from the second UE during an active period of a DRX cycle of the DRX configuration. In embodiments, the UE may extend the active period associated with the DRX cycle when control information from either the base station or the second UE is received. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
receiving, by a first user equipment (UE) in communication with a base station and in communication with a second UE over a sidelink, a wakeup signal (WUS) from the base station, wherein the first UE is operating in discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, and wherein the WUS is received by the first UE during an inactive period of a DRX cycle of the first UE;
receiving, by the first UE in association with receiving the WUS from the base station, sidelink control information in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from the second UE, wherein the PSCCH is received by the first UE during an active period of a DRX cycle of the first UE; and
extending, in response to receiving the sidelink control information in the PSCCH from the second UE, the active period of the DRX cycle in which the sidelink control information in the PSCCH is received from the second UE when the PSCCH indicates a subsequent data transmission over the sidelink from the second UE to the first UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein extending the active period of the DRX cycle includes one of:
starting an inactivity timer associated with the DRX cycle upon an end of reception of the sidelink control information in the PSCCH from the second UE; and
restarting the inactivity timer associated with the DRX cycle upon the end of the reception of the sidelink control information in the PSCCH from the second UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink control information in the PSCCH is transmitted by the second UE to the first UE in response to the second UE receiving a transmission grant from a base station, the transmission grant including configuration for the subsequent data transmission over the sidelink.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transmission grant sent from the base station to the second UE includes an indication that the subsequent data transmission over the sidelink is intended for the first UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
activating the first UE for reception during the active period of the DRX cycle in response to receiving the WUS from the base station.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
monitoring, by the first UE, in response to receiving the WUS from the base station, the sidelink between the first UE and the second UE for transmission of the sidelink control information from the second UE.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WUS is transmitted from the base station in response to the base station granting a transmission grant to the second UE, the transmission grant including configuration for the subsequent data transmission received by the first UE over the sidelink.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first UE, downlink control information (DCI) from the base station during the extended active period of the DRX cycle, the DCI received by the first UE subsequent to receiving the sidelink control information in the PSCCH from the second UE.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the second UE, sidelink (SL) DRX configuration specifying an SL DRX mode of the first UE with respect to the sidelink, wherein the SL DRX mode of the first UE includes at least one SL DRX cycle with an active period for reception over the sidelink and an inactive period of reception over the sidelink.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first UE is further configured for Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) and UE (Uu) DRX mode with respect to communications with the base station, wherein the Uu DRX mode of the first UE includes at least one Uu DRX cycle with an active period for reception over a link between the first UE and the base station and an inactive period of reception over the link.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the processing system being configured to cause the apparatus to:
send, by a first user equipment (UE) in communication with a base station and in communication with a second UE over a sidelink, a request to the base station for a transmission grant for transmission over the sidelink, wherein sending the request for the transmission grant to the base station causes the base station to send a wakeup signal (WUS) to the second UE prior to the first UE transmitting sidelink control information (SCI) in a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) to the second UE;
receive, by the first UE, the transmission grant from the base station serving the first UE and the second UE; and
transmit, by the first UE in response to receiving the transmission grant from the base station, SCI in the PSCCH to the second UE, wherein the second UE is operating in discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, wherein the SCI in the PSCCH is received by the second UE during an active period of a DRX cycle of the second UE, the SCI including configuration for a subsequent data transmission from the first UE to the second UE over the sidelink, wherein transmitting the SCI in the PSCCH to the second UE causes the second UE to extend the active period of the DRX cycle of the second UE in which the SCI in the PSCCH is received when the PSCCH indicates the subsequent data transmission over the sidelink from the first UE to the second UE.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein causing the second UE to extend the active period of the DRX cycle includes one of:
causing the second UE to start an inactivity timer associated with the DRX cycle upon an end of reception of the sidelink control information in the PSCCH from the first UE; and
causing the second UE to restart the inactivity timer associated with the DRX cycle upon the end of the reception of the sidelink control information in the PSCCH from the first UE.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the transmission grant received by the first UE includes an indication that the subsequent data transmission is intended for the second UE.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein the request for the transmission grant includes an indication that the subsequent data transmission is intended for the second UE.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the WUS is sent to the second UE upon granting of the transmission grant by the base station.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the WUS is configured to activate the second UE for reception during the active period of the DRX cycle in response to receiving the WUS from the base station.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein causing the base station to send the WUS to the second UE causes the second UE to, in response to receiving the WUS from the base station, monitor the sidelink between the first UE and the second UE for transmission of the SCI from the first UE.

18. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
sending, by a first user equipment (UE) in communication with a base station and in communication with a second UE over a sidelink (SL), a request to the base station for a transmission grant for transmission over the sidelink, wherein sending the request for the transmission grant to the base station causes the base station to send a wakeup signal (WUS) to the second UE prior to the first UE transmitting SL control information (SCI) in a physical SL control channel (PSCCH) to the second UE;
receiving, by the first UE, the transmission grant from the base station serving the first UE and the second UE;
transmitting, by the first UE in response to receiving the

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Ryu Jung Ho
• Akkarakaran Sony
• Luo Tao
• Li Junyi
• Damnjanovic Jelena
• Sun Jing
• Ozturk Ozcan
• Gaal Peter
• Montojo Juan
• Zhang Xiaoxia

Classifications

• H04W52/0232 Primary

  according to average transmission signal activity · CPC title

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W76/23

  Manipulation of direct-mode connections · CPC title