Electronic device, wireless communication method, and computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418364-B2
Application number	US-202418672082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2024
Priority date	Feb 13, 2019
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. According to one embodiment, the electronic device used for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send data and information related to retransmission of the data to a target user equipment by means of a sidelink. The processing circuit is further configured to control operation for the retransmission of the data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, the electronic device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
transmit data to a target user equipment via a sidelink;
transmit information on a retransmission of the data to the target user equipment,
wherein the information on the retransmission of the data indicates time and frequency resources for receiving feedback information relating to feedback of the data,
wherein the time and frequency resources include a first time in a first time slot and a second time in a second time slot sequential to the first time slot, and
wherein the first time is one of a time domain position or a time window within the first time slot, and the second time is one of a time domain position or a time window within the second time slot;
receive the feedback information in the time and frequency resources of the first and second time slots; and
perform a retransmission of the data based on the feedback information.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the information on the retransmission of the data further comprises a time gap between an initial transmission of the data and the retransmission of the data; and
the circuitry is further configured to perform the retransmission of the data according to the time gap.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the information on the retransmission of the data includes information indicating a retransmission unit; and
the circuitry is further configured to receive the feedback information and perform the retransmission of the data in units of a transmission block (TB) or a code block group (CBG) based on the information indicating the retransmission unit.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the retransmission of the data further comprises one or more of:
a resource reservation, a source user equipment identification, a target user equipment identification, a frequency domain position for an initial transmission and the retransmission of the data, a frequency domain position for the initial transmission and a transmission of the feedback information, a modulation and coding scheme, a retransmission index, code block group (CBG) transmission information, or a service priority of the data.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
perform the retransmission of the data only in a case that the feedback information comprises NACK information and not in a case that the feedback information comprises ACK information or no feedback information.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information on the retransmission of the data includes information indicating a retransmission unit,
wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive the feedback information and determine whether the information indicating a retransmission unit indicates that the retransmission of the data is to be in units of a transmission block (TB) or in units of a code block group (CBG),
upon determining that the retransmission of the data is to be in units of the TB, perform the retransmission of the data of a specific TB corresponding to a HARQ NACK, and
upon determining that the retransmission of the data is to be in units of the CBG, receive information about a feedback codebook and perform the retransmission of the data of a CBG upon determining, via the feedback codebook, that feedback for the CBG is NACK.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein
the feedback information indicates information on retransmission resources for data; and
the circuitry is further configured to:
perform the retransmission of the data by utilizing the retransmission resources.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first time is the time domain position within the first time slot, and the second time is the time window within the second time slot, or
wherein the first time is the time window within the first time slot, and the second time is the time domain position within the second time slot.

9. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, the electronic device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
receive data from a source user equipment via a sidelink;
receive information on a retransmission of the data from the source user equipment;
wherein the information on the retransmission of the data indicates time and frequency resources for transmitting feedback information relating to feedback of the data,
wherein the time and frequency resources include a first time in a first time slot and a second time in a second time slot sequential to the first time slot, and
wherein the first time is one of a time domain position or a time window within the first time slot, and the second time is one of a time domain position or a time window within the second time slot;
transmit the feedback information multiple times in the time and frequency resources of the first and second time slots; and
receive a retransmission of the data based on the feedback information.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the information on the retransmission of the data further comprises a time gap between an initial transmission of the data and the retransmission of the data; and
the circuitry is further configured to receive the retransmission of the data according to the time gap.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the information on the retransmission of the data includes information indicating a retransmission unit; and
the circuitry is further configured to transmit the feedback information and receive the retransmission of the data in units of a transmission block (TB) or a code block group (CBG) based on the information indicating the retransmission unit.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the information on the retransmission of the data further comprises a service priority of the data; and
the circuitry is further configured to:
transmit the feedback information and receive other data based on the service priority; or
transmit the feedback information for a plurality of links based on the service priority.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
select according to the service priority, a link for which the feedback information is to be transmitted, in a case where a number of the plurality of links exceeds a predetermined threshold.

14. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
distinguish the feedback information for the plurality of links from each other by at least one of:
including identification information of a corresponding source user equipment in the feedback information; or
scrambling the feedback information with a scrambling codebook.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the feedback information indicates information on retransmission resources for the data; and
the circuitry is further configured to:
receive the retransmission of the data by utilizing the retransmission resources.

16. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first time is the time domain position within the first time slot, and the second time is the time window within the second time slot, or
wherein the first time is the time window within the first time slot, and the second time is the time domain position within the second time slot.

17. A method performed by a wireless

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Hou Yanzhao
• Zhu Min
• Gao Lei
• Guo Xin
• Sun Chen
• Wang Bing
• Tao Xiaofeng

Classifications

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04L1/1812

  Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] · CPC title

• H04L5/0055

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

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L1/1854

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title