User equipment and base station apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12063603-B2
Application number	US-201817257885-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2018
Priority date	Jul 9, 2018
Publication date	Aug 13, 2024
Grant date	Aug 13, 2024

Abstract

A user equipment communicates with a first user equipment or a base station apparatus, the user equipment including a receiving unit configured to receive a synchronization signal or a reference signal used in sidelink transmitted from the first user equipment; a control unit configured to measure a channel state of sidelink, based on the synchronization signal or the reference signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus or the first user equipment, information indicating the channel state of sidelink.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal comprising:
a transmitter that transmits a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) for Device-to-Device communication to a group including a plurality of terminals; and
a receiver that receives a response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH, from each of the plurality of terminals,
wherein the transmitter transmits, to a base station, information corresponding to the response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH,
wherein before transmission of the PSSCH, the transmitter transmits a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) associated with the transmission of the PSSCH, and
wherein the retransmission control of the PSSCH is scheduled by sidelink control information (SCI).

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits the PSSCH using an identifier indicating the group.

3. A communication method executed by a terminal, the communication method comprising:
transmitting a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) for Device-to-Device communication to a group including a plurality of terminals;
receiving, from each of the plurality of terminals, a response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH;
transmitting, to a base station, information corresponding to the response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH; and
before transmission of the PSSCH, transmitting a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) associated with the transmission of the PSSCH,
wherein the retransmission control of the PSSCH is scheduled by sidelink control information (SCI).

4. A wireless communication system comprising:
a plurality of terminals that comprises a first terminal and a plurality of second terminals; and
a base station, wherein
the first terminal:
transmits a Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH) for Device-to-Device communication to a group including the plurality of second terminals;
receives, from each of the plurality of second terminals, a response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH;
transmits, to the base station, information corresponding to the response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH; and
before transmission of the PSSCH, transmits a Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) associated with the transmission of the PSSCH,
wherein the retransmission control of the PSSCH is scheduled by sidelink control information (SCI), and

the base station receives, from the first terminal, the information corresponding to the response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH.

5. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives a response related to retransmission control of the PSSCH based on a transmission result of the PSSCH.

Assignees

• Ntt Docomo Inc

Inventors

• Osawa Ryosuke
• Kakishima Yuichi
• Wang Huan

Classifications

• H04W72/12

  Wireless traffic scheduling · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W72/54

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04L5/0055

  Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861) · CPC title