Groupcast procedures for V2X

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12279183-B2
Application number	US-202418731325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2024
Priority date	Jan 18, 2019
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

A wireless communication system includes a plurality of user devices, UEs, and at least one logical group defined in accordance with one or more logical group criteria. The logical group includes a plurality of member UEs to be connected via sidelink for sidelink communication with each other, and all member UEs of the logical group have assigned the same destination identification, ID, the destination ID being unique for the logical group.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wireless communication system, comprising
a plurality of user devices, UEs, and
a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other,
wherein the plurality of member UEs of the logical group have the same destination identification, ID, and
wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:
a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the one or more logical group criteria, and
a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

2. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the logical group is managed by an application server, the application server assigning the destination ID for the logical group, and wherein the application server is located outside or inside the wireless communication system, or one or more of the plurality of UEs hosts the application server.

3. The wireless communication system of claim 2 , wherein the application server handles joining of a new UE to the logical group and the assignment of the destination ID to the new UE, and leaving of a member UE of the member UEs and revocation of the destination ID from the leaving of the member UE.

4. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the logical group is managed by one or more of the plurality of member UEs configured with rules for generating the destination ID for the logical group.

5. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein, in case one of the plurality of member UEs is to perform a transmission within the logical group, the transmitting member UE is configured to generate a source ID, and wherein, for generating the source ID, the transmitting member UE is configured to consider source IDs of current or existing transmitting member UEs so as to generate or select a different source ID.

6. The wireless communication system of claim 5 , wherein, in case two transmitting member UEs generate or select the same source ID, the conflict in the source IDs
is detected and resolved by the application layer, or
responsive to a request for transmitting resources by the transmitting member UEs, an entity of the wireless communication system for allocating and scheduling resources including gNB is configured to detect the conflict based on the source ID of a source UE and/or cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) or the conflict is reported by a member UE of the logical group, and to signal to at least one of the transmitting member UEs a notification about the source ID conflict, and
is detected by a member UE in out-of-coverage case,

wherein at least one transmitting member UE of the two transmitting member UEs is configured to generate or select a new source ID.

7. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the layer 2 ID structure further comprises a part that refers to or implies a geographical or zone ID indicating a geographical region where one of the plurality of member UEs is located.

8. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein a groupcast transmission to the plurality of member UEs of the logical group comprises
a sidelink (SL) groupcast originating from one of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group, or
a SL groupcast originating from a UE outside the logical group, or
a groupcast originating from a base station.

9. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the member UEs are located in different zones of a base station coverage area, and wherein the base station is configured to provide a resource set, which is one of a resource pool, RP, or a mini-RP, for the sidelink (SL) communication within the logical group for the different zones.

10. A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, wherein
the UE is a member UE of a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other,
wherein the UE has assigned the same destination identification, ID, as all other member UEs of the logical group, and
wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:
a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and
a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

11. A base station for a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, wherein
the base station is configured to serve one of a plurality of member UEs of a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising the plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other,
wherein each of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group have assigned the same destination identification, ID, and
wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:
a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and
a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

12. A method in a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, the method comprising:
defining a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other, and
assigning to each of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group the same destination identification, ID,
wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:
a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and
a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

13. A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform, when the computer program is run by the computer, a method in a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of user devices, UEs, the method comprising:
defining a logical group for a groupcast communication, the logical group comprising a plurality of member UEs to be connected via a sidelink for a sidelink communication with each other, and
assigning to each of the plurality of member UEs of the logical group the same destination identification, ID,
wherein the destination ID is a layer 2 ID, the layer 2 ID comprising a structure comprising:
a part that refers to or implies a logical group ID for the logical group or as inferred from the logical group criteria, and
a part that refers to or implies a layer 1 ID.

14. The wireless communication system of claim 1 , wherein the unique destination ID is unique for the logical group.

15. The user device, UE, of claim 10 , wherein the unique destination ID is unique for the logical group.

Assignees

• Fraunhofer Ges Forschung

Inventors

• Selvanesan Sarun
• Fehrenbach Thomas
• Ebrahim Rezagah Roya
• Hellge Cornelius
• Wirth Thomas
• Schierl Thomas
• Thomas Robin
• Göktepe Baris
• Seidel Eiko

Classifications

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04L61/5092

  by self-assignment, e.g. picking addresses at random and testing if they are already in use · CPC title

• H04L61/5069

  for group communication, multicast communication or broadcast communication · CPC title

• H04W72/121

  for groups of terminals or users · CPC title