Discontinuous reception DRX method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12501512-B2
Application number	US-202118043235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2021
Priority date	Aug 29, 2020
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A method includes that a first terminal device sends a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter of a second terminal device or indication information to a network device such that the network device determines a first time period based on the sidelink DRX parameter or the indication information, where the first time period belongs to sidelink DRX active time of the second terminal device. The first terminal device receives a sidelink grant sent by the network device, where the sidelink grant is used to indicate the first terminal device to send a resource of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and/or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a time domain position of the resource is in the first time period. The first terminal device sends a PSCCH and/or a PSSCH based on the sidelink grant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method implemented by a first terminal device, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, from a second terminal device, first sidelink control information (SCI); determining, based on the first SCI, whether the SCI indicates at least two resources or only one resource, wherein the at least two resources comprise a first resource and a second resource; when the first SCI indicates the at least two resources, determining that a duration of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer of a sidelink process corresponding to the first SCI is a first duration, wherein the first duration is based on time domain positions of the at least two resources indicated by the first SCI; and when the first SCI indicates only one resource, determining that the duration of the HARQ RTT timer is a second duration, wherein the second terminal device or a network device configures the second duration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a first symbol or a slot after the HARQ RTT timer is started and runs for the first duration is a first time domain position of the second resource, or wherein the first duration is equal to an offset of the first time domain position relative to a second time domain position that starts the HARQ RTT timer.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second time domain position comprises:
the first symbol or the slot after transmission that carries a sidelink HARQ feedback ends, wherein the sidelink HARQ feedback is for transmission of the first SCI, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH,), or a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) that corresponds to the first SCI; or the first symbol or the slot after transmission of the first SCI, a PSCCH, a PSSCH, or a MAC PDU that corresponds to the first SCI ends.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising starting the HARQ RTT timer in a second time domain position when the first terminal device does not receive, in a first time domain position of the second resource indicated by the first SCI, a second SCI from the second terminal device, wherein the second SCI and the first SCI correspond to a same sidelink process or schedule same data, wherein the second time domain position is a first symbol or a slot after either a sidelink HARQ feedback resource ends or the first time domain position ends, and wherein the sidelink HARQ feedback resource comprises a sidelink HARQ feedback for the second resource.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein before staring the HARQ RTT timer, the method further comprises determining that the duration of the HARQ RTT timer is a third duration, wherein the first symbol or the slot after the HARQ RTT timer is started at the second time domain position and runs for the third duration is a third time domain position of the third resource indicated by the first SCI, or wherein the third duration is equal to an offset of the third time domain position relative to the second time domain position.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising starting or restarting a discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer of the sidelink process in a first time domain position of the first resource after the first resource indicated by the first SCI when failing to decode data of the sidelink process before a second time domain position of any resource after the first resource indicated by the first SCI.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising starting a DRX retransmission timer in a first time domain position of the first resource after the first resource indicated by the first SCI when the DRX retransmission timer of the sidelink process expires before the time domain position.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising restarting the DRX retransmission timer in a first time domain position of the first resource after the first resource indicated by the first SCI when the DRX retransmission timer of the sidelink process is running before the first time domain position.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when failing to decode data of the sidelink process, the method further comprises:
starting the HARQ RTT timer; and starting or restarting a DRX retransmission timer of the sidelink process in a first symbol or a slot after the HARQ RTT timer expires.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising starting or restarting a DRX retransmission timer of the sidelink process in a first symbol or a slot after the HARQ RTT timer expires and when failing to decode data of the sidelink process.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the duration of the HARQ RTT timer is the first duration comprises determining that the duration of the HARQ RTT timer is the first duration when any resource indicated by the first SCI is not preempted by another terminal device.

12 . A first terminal device, comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive, from a second terminal device, first sidelink control information (SCI) sent, wherein the second terminal device performs sidelink communication with the first terminal device;
determine, based on the first SCI, whether the SCI indicates at least two resources or only one resource, wherein the at least two resources comprise a first resource and a second resource;
when the first SCI indicates the at least two resources, determine that a duration of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT) timer of a sidelink process corresponding to the first SCI is a first duration, wherein the first duration is based on time domain positions of the at least two resources indicated by the first SCI; and
when the first SCI indicates only one resource, determine that the duration of the HARQ RTT timer is a second duration, wherein the second terminal device or a network device configures the second duration.

13 . The first terminal device of claim 12 , wherein a first symbol or a slot after the HARQ RTT timer is started and runs for the first duration is a first time domain position of the second resource indicated by the first SCI, or wherein the first duration is equal to an offset of the first time domain position relative to a second time domain position that starts the HARQ RTT timer.

14 . The first terminal device of claim 13 , wherein the second time domain position comprises:
the first symbol or the slot after transmission that carries a sidelink HARQ feedback ends, wherein the sidelink HARQ feedback is for transmission of the first SCI, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), or a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) that corresponds to the first SCI; or the first symbol or the slot after transmission of the first SCI, a PSCCH, a PSSCH, or a MAC PDU that corresponds to the first SCI ends.

15 . The first terminal device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to start the HARQ RTT timer in a second time domain position when the first terminal device does not receive, in a first time domain position of the second resource indicated by the first SCI, a second SCI from the second terminal device, wherein the second SCI and the first SCI correspond to a same sidelink process or schedule same data, wherein the second time domain position is a first symbol or a slot after either a sidelink HARQ feedback resource ends or the first time domain position ends, and wherein the sidelink HARQ feedback resource comprises a sidelink HARQ feedback for the second resource.

16 . The

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cai Yu
• Xu Haibo
• Xue Lixia

Classifications

• H04W72/0446

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

• H04L1/1887

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title

• H04W72/40 Primary

  Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink · CPC title

• H04W72/542

  using measured or perceived quality · CPC title

• H04W72/25

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