Discontinuous reception configuration and sidelink operation with mode-1 and mode-2 scheduling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12207338-B2
Application number	US-202318504933-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2023
Priority date	Feb 11, 2020
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

Example implementations include a method, apparatus and computer-readable medium of wireless communication over a sidelink between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE. The first UE may receive, from a base station, a sidelink resource configuration indicating physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) occasions on which to monitor a PSCCH for a grant from a second UE. The first UE may determine an active time for monitoring the PSCCH based on a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode for a link with the base station, the DRX mode including an active state in which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored and an inactive state in which the PDCCH is not monitored. The first UE may monitor the PSCCH during one or more of the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions that coincide with the active time.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of wireless communication for a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a sidelink resource configuration indicating physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) occasions on which to monitor a PSCCH for a grant from a second UE;
determining an active time for monitoring the PSCCH based on a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode for a link with the base station, the DRX mode including an active state in which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored and an inactive state in which the PDCCH is not monitored; and
monitoring the PSCCH during one or more of the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions that coincide with the active time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the active time for monitoring the PSCCH includes the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is not capable of receiving over both a sidelink and the link with the base station concurrently, wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring the PSCCH and not the PDCCH during the one or more of the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions that coincide with the active time.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a grant from the base station during the active time;
starting an inactivity timer in response to receiving the grant; and
transmitting an awake indication to the second UE in response to the inactivity timer.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a ping request from one of the base station or the second UE during the active time; and
transmitting an awake indication to the second UE in response to receiving the ping request.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ping request from the base station originates from the second UE.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting a sidelink grant to the second UE on the PSCCH for a sidelink transmission from the first UE, wherein the sidelink resource configuration indicates resources for transmitting on the PSCCH that are considered the active time for the DRX mode.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first UE may sleep on the resources for transmitting on the PSCCH if the first UE has no data to transmit.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the resources for transmitting on the PSCCH are specified at a mini-slot level, wherein a portion of a slot including the resources for transmitting includes resources on which to monitor the PSCCH, further comprising monitoring the PSCCH during the resources on which to monitor PSCCH.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting a sidelink grant to the second UE on the PSCCH for a sidelink transmission from the first UE, wherein the sidelink resource configuration indicates resources for transmitting on the PSCCH; and
selecting resources to transmit the sidelink grant that are within the active time of the DRX mode.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving an awake indication from the base station indicating that the second UE is in an active time of a DRX mode for a link between the second UE and the base station, wherein transmitting the sidelink grant is in response to the awake indication.

12. An apparatus for wireless communication for a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer- executable instructions to:
receive, from a base station, a sidelink resource configuration indicating physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) occasions on which to monitor a PSCCH for a grant from a second UE;
identify an active time for monitoring the PSCCH based on a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode for a link with the base station, the DRX mode including an active state in which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored and an inactive state in which the PDCCH is not monitored; and
monitor the PSCCH during one or more of the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions that coincide with the active time.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the active time for monitoring the PSCCH includes the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first UE is not capable of receiving over both a sidelink and the link with the base station concurrently, wherein the at least one processor is configured to monitor the PSCCH and not the PDCCH during the one or more of the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions that coincide with the active time.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive a grant from the base station during the active time;
start an inactivity timer in response to receiving the grant; and
transmit an awake indication to the second UE in response to the inactivity timer.

16. The apparatus of any of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive a ping request from one of the base station or the second UE during the active time; and
transmit an awake indication to the second UE in response to receiving the ping request.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the ping request from the base station originates from the second UE.

18. The apparatus of any of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to transmit a sidelink grant to the second UE on the PSCCH for a sidelink transmission from the first UE, wherein the sidelink resource configuration indicates resources for transmitting on the PSCCH that are considered the active time for the DRX mode.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the first UE may sleep on the resources for transmitting on the PSCCH if the first UE has no data to transmit.

20. An apparatus for wireless communication for a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
means for receiving, from a base station, a sidelink resource configuration indicating physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) occasions on which to monitor a PSCCH for a grant from a second UE;
means for identifying an active time for monitoring the PSCCH based on a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode for a link with the base station, the DRX mode including an active state in which a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is monitored and an inactive state in which the PDCCH is not monitored; and
means for monitoring the PSCCH during one or more of the PSCCH/PSSCH occasions that coincide with the active time.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Akkarakaran Sony
• Ding Ling
• Li Junyi
• Luo Tao
• Ryu Jung Ho
• Damnjanovic Jelena
• Gulati Kapil
• Cheng Hong

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W76/28 Primary

  Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] · CPC title

• H04W76/14 Primary

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title