Method and device for sidelink communication for supporting multiple beams

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020359366-A1
Application number	US-201816757576-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2018
Priority date	Oct 19, 2017
Publication date	Nov 12, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and a device for a sidelink in a wireless communication system are provided. A transmission terminal supporting a sidelink performs transmission/reception beam pairing by using control information for a sidelink. The transmission terminal and a reception terminal can find an optimum transmission/reception beam pair on the basis of a method of repeatedly transmitting/receiving control information by the sidelink. Therefore, an appropriate transmission/reception beam pair can be found without repeatedly transmitting a synchronization signal. The reception terminal can provide feedback information on the received control information to the transmission terminal. The transmission terminal can determine an optimum transmission/reception beam pair on the basis of the feedback information.

First claim

1 . A method for a transmitting user equipment supporting sidelink, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the transmitting user equipment, synchronization for the sidelink; transmitting, by the transmitting user equipment, control information for the sidelink to a receiving user equipment through the sidelink, based on a plurality of transmit (TX) beams, wherein the control information is transmitted to the receiving user equipment through the plurality of receive (RX) beams of the receiving user equipment; receiving, by the transmitting user equipment, TX beam information related to at least one of the plurality of TX beams from the receiving user equipment; and transmitting, by the transmitting user equipment, sidelink data to the receiving user equipment through at least one of the plurality of TX beams, based on the TX beam information.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the TX beam information includes beam pair information, and wherein the beam pair information includes information on at least one of the plurality of TX beams and at least one of the plurality of RX beams.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the TX beam information includes ACKnowledgement (ACK)/Negative-ACKnowledgement (NACK) information of control information transmitted through at least one of the plurality of TX beams and at least one of the plurality of RX beams.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control information includes a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the control information includes first information identifying the transmitting user equipment, second information identifying the receiving user equipment, and third information on a radio resource for the TX beam information.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the transmitting user equipment, information on one TX beam selected based on the TX beam information from among the plurality of TX beams to the receiving user equipment.

7 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the control information for the sidelink is transmitted through a subframe, wherein the subframe includes a first part, a TX/RX switching part contiguous to the first part, and a second part contiguous to the TX/RX switching part, wherein each symbol of the first part is allocated to a combination of one of the plurality of TX beams and one of the plurality of RX beams, wherein the number of symbols included in the first part is determined based on the number of the plurality of TX beams and the number of the plurality of RX beams, and wherein the second part is allocated to receive the TX beam information from the receiving user equipment.

8 . An apparatus for a transmitting user equipment supporting sidelink, the apparatus comprising:
a transceiver transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and a processor coupled to the transceiver to perform data processing for the sidelink, wherein the processor is configured to: control the transceiver to obtain synchronization for the sidelink; control the transceiver to transmit control information for the sidelink to a receiving user equipment through the sidelink, based on a plurality of transmit (TX) beams, wherein the control information is transmitted to the receiving user equipment through the plurality of receive (RX) beams of the receiving user equipment; control the transceiver to receive TX beam information related to at least one of the plurality of TX beams from the receiving user equipment; and control the transceiver to transmit sidelink data to the receiving user equipment through at least one of the plurality of TX beams, based on the TX beam information.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 ,
wherein the TX beam information includes beam pair information, and wherein the beam pair information includes information on at least one of the plurality of TX beams and at least one of the plurality of RX beams.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the TX beam information includes ACKnowledgement (ACK)/Negative-ACKnowledgement (NACK) information of control information transmitted through at least one of the plurality of TX beams and at least one of the plurality of RX beams.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the control information includes a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the control information includes first information identifying the transmitting user equipment, second information identifying the receiving user equipment, and third information on a radio resource for the TX beam information.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor controls the transceiver to transmit information on one TX beam selected based on the TX beam information from among the plurality of TX beams to the receiving user equipment.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 ,
wherein the control information for the sidelink is transmitted through a subframe, wherein the subframe includes a first part, a TX/RX switching part contiguous to the first part, and a second part contiguous to the TX/RX switching part, wherein each symbol of the first part is allocated to a combination of one of the plurality of TX beams and one of the plurality of RX beams, wherein the number of symbols included in the first part is determined based on the number of the plurality of TX beams and the number of the plurality of RX beams, and wherein the second part is allocated to receive the TX beam information from the receiving user equipment.

15 . A method for a receiving user equipment supporting sidelink, the method comprising:
obtaining, in the receiving user equipment, synchronization for the sidelink; receiving, in the receiving user equipment, control information for the sidelink to a transmitting user equipment through the sidelink, based on a plurality of receive (RX) beams, wherein the control information is received from the transmitting user equipment through the plurality of transmit (TX) beams of the transmitting user equipment; transmitting, in the receiving user equipment, TX beam information related to at least one of the plurality of TX beams to the transmitting user equipment; and receiving, in the receiving user equipment, sidelink data from the transmitting user equipment through at least one TX beam selected based on the TX beam information.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting user equipment is configured to communicate with at least one of a wireless communication server and/or an autonomous vehicle.

17 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to communicate with at least one of a wireless communication server and/or an autonomous vehicle.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the receiving user equipment is configured to communicate with at least one of a wireless communication server and/or an autonomous vehicle.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Heejin
• Seo Hanbyul
• Lee Seungmin
• Kim Youngtae

Classifications

• H04W72/25 Primary

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

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04B7/06954

  Sidelink beam training with support from third instance, e.g. the third instance being a base station · CPC title

• H04W76/14

  Direct-mode setup · CPC title

• H04W16/28

  using beam steering · CPC title