Sidelink parameter configuration method and user equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12490255-B2
Application number	US-202318335414-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2023
Priority date	Jan 14, 2021
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are sidelink (SL) parameter configuration method and user equipment (UE). The method comprises: determining a recommended discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration of the first UE, the recommended DRX configuration depending on implementation of the first UE; sending the recommended DRX configurations to a second UE; receiving a configuration response from the second UE; determining a first DRX configuration of the first UE according to the configuration response; and discontinuously receiving, according to the first DRX configuration, data sent by the second UE.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A sidelink (SL) parameter configuration method, applied to a first user equipment (UE), comprising:
determining a recommended discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration of the first UE, the recommended DRX configuration depending on implementation of the first UE; sending the recommended DRX configurations to a second UE; receiving a configuration response from the second UE; determining a first DRX configuration of the first UE according to the configuration response; and discontinuously receiving, according to the first DRX configuration, data sent by the second UE, wherein determining the recommended DRX configuration of the first UE comprises: finding at least one corresponding DRX configuration in a first correspondence according to geographic location information of the first UE, and determining, according to a cycle or a priority of a received service, the recommended DRX configuration from the at least one DRX configuration; or finding at least one corresponding DRX configuration in a second correspondence according to cell ID of the first UE, and determining the recommended DRX configuration from the at least one DRX configuration; wherein the first correspondence comprises a correspondence between the geographic location information and the DRX configuration, and the second correspondence comprises a correspondence between the cell ID and the DRX configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration response is sent by using a PC5 radio resource control (PC5 RRC) connection.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the recommended DRX configuration is sent by using a PC5 radio resource control (PC5 RRC) connection.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the configuration response from the second UE comprises:
receiving the first DRX configuration which is generated by the second UE according to at least one of the recommended DRX configuration or a second DRX configuration.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the second DRX configuration is pre-configured or configured by a network device.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the DRX configuration comprises at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, a third parameter, a fourth parameter, a fifth parameter, or a sixth parameter, wherein
the first parameter is used to indicate a first time length, and the first time length is a time length during which the first UE listens to at least one of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); the second parameter is used to indicate a second time length, and the second time length is a time length during which the first UE needs to continuously listen to at least one of the PSCCH or the PSSCH after listening to at least one of the PSCCH or the PSSCH; the third parameter is used to indicate at least one of a third time length or a first offset, the third time length is a time length of a long DRX cycle (LDC), and the first offset is a time offset relative to a time-domain reference point 1; and the fourth parameter is used to indicate a second offset, and the second offset is a timeslot-level offset of at least one of the LDC or a short DRX cycle (SDC).

7 . A sidelink (SL) parameter configuration method, applied to a second user equipment (UE), comprising:
determining a first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration of the first UE and generating a configuration response; and sending the configuration response to the first UE, such that the first UE discontinuously receives, according to the first DRX configuration determined by the configuration response, data sent by the second UE, wherein determining the first DRX configuration of the first UE comprises: finding at least one corresponding DRX configuration in a first correspondence according to geographic location information of the second UE, and determining, according to a cycle or a priority of a sent service, the first DRX configuration from the at least one DRX configuration; or finding at least one corresponding DRX configuration in a second correspondence according to cell ID of the second UE, and determining the first DRX configuration from the at least one DRX configuration; wherein the first correspondence comprises a correspondence between the geographic location information and the DRX configuration, and the second correspondence comprises a correspondence between the cell ID and the DRX configuration.

8 . A first user equipment (UE) comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to perform operations of:
determining a recommended discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration of the first UE, the recommended DRX configuration depending on implementation of the first UE; sending the recommended DRX configurations to a second UE; receiving a configuration response from the second UE; determining a first DRX configuration of the first UE according to the configuration response; and discontinuously receiving, according to the first DRX configuration, data sent by the second UE, wherein determining the recommended DRX configuration of the first UE comprises: finding at least one corresponding DRX configuration in a first correspondence according to geographic location information of the first UE, and determining, according to a cycle or a priority of a received service, the recommended DRX configuration from the at least one DRX configuration; or finding at least one corresponding DRX configuration in a second correspondence according to cell ID of the first UE, and determining the recommended DRX configuration from the at least one DRX configuration; wherein the first correspondence comprises a correspondence between the geographic location information and the DRX configuration, and the second correspondence comprises a correspondence between the cell ID and the DRX configuration.

9 . The first UE of claim 8 , wherein the configuration response is sent by using a PC5 radio resource control (PC5 RRC) connection.

10 . The first UE of claim 8 , wherein the recommended DRX configuration is sent by using a PC5 radio resource control (PC5 RRC) connection.

11 . The first UE of claim 8 , wherein receiving the configuration response from the second UE comprises:
receiving the first DRX configuration which is generated by the second UE according to at least one of the recommended DRX configuration or a second DRX configuration.

12 . The first UE of claim 11 , wherein the second DRX configuration is pre-configured or configured by a network device.

13 . The first UE according to claim 8 , wherein the DRX configuration comprises at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, a third parameter, a fourth parameter, a fifth parameter, or a sixth parameter, wherein
the first parameter is used to indicate a first time length, and the first time length is a time length during which the first UE listens to at least one of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH); the second parameter is used to indicate a second time length, and the second time length is a time length during which the first UE needs to continuously listen to at least one of the PSCCH or the PSSCH after listening to at least one of the PSCCH or the PSSCH; the third parameter is used to indicate at least one of a third time length or a first offset, the third time length is a time length of a long DRX cycle (LDC), and the first offset is a time offset relative to a time-domain reference point 1;

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Ding Yi
• Zhang Shichang

Classifications

• H04W72/25

  between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink · CPC title

• H04W76/28 Primary

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

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W92/18

  between terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title