Patent Application
20240334453
This disclosure relates to a wireless communication system.
Sidelink (SL) communication is a communication scheme in which a direct link is established between User Equipments (UEs) and the UEs exchange voice and data directly with each other without intervention of an evolved Node B (eNB) SL communication is under consideration as a solution to the overhead of an eNB caused by rapidly increasing data traffic. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) refers to a communication technology through which a vehicle exchanges information with another vehicle, a pedestrian, an object having an infrastructure (or infra) established therein, and so on. The V2X may be divided into 4 types, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P). The V2X communication may be provided via a PC5 interface and/or Uu interface.
Meanwhile, as a wider range of communication devices require larger communication capacities, the need for mobile broadband communication that is more enhanced than the existing Radio Access Technology (RAT) is rising. Accordingly, discussions are made on services and user equipment (UE) that are sensitive to reliability and latency. And, a next generation radio access technology that is based on the enhanced mobile broadband communication, massive Machine Type Communication (MTC), Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication (URLLC), and so on, may be referred to as a new radio access technology (RAT) or new radio (NR). Herein, the NR may also support vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.
As an embodiment, an operation method of a first device 100 in wireless communication system is proposed. The method may comprise: selecting a set of candidate resources within a selection window; randomly selecting a first SL resource among the set of candidate resources; selecting at least one SL resource within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after selecting the first SL resource; transmitting SCI, to a second device 200, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource; and transmitting, to the second device 200, a MAC PDU, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource.
The user equipment (UE) may efficiently perform SL communication.
In the present disclosure, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B” or “both A and B.” In other words, in the present disclosure, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B”. For example, in the present disclosure, “A, B, or C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, C”.
A slash (/) or comma used in the present disclosure may mean “and/or”. For example, “A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.
In the present disclosure, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”. In addition, in the present disclosure, the expression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” may be interpreted as “at least one of A and B”.
In addition, in the present disclosure, “at least one of A, B, and C” may mean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B, and C”. In addition, “at least one of A. B, or C” or “at least one of A. B, and/or C” may mean “at least one of A, B, and C”.
In addition, a parenthesis used in the present disclosure may mean “for example”. Specifically, when indicated as “control information (PDCCH)”, it may mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”. In other words, the “control information” of the present disclosure is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDCCH” may be proposed as an example of the “control information”. In addition, when indicated as “control information (i.e., PDCCH)”, it may also mean that “PDCCH” is proposed as an example of the “control information”.
In the following description, “when, if, or in case of may be replaced with based on”.
A technical feature described individually in one figure in the present disclosure may be individually implemented, or may be simultaneously implemented.
In the present disclosure, a higher layer parameter may be a parameter which is configured, pre-configured or pre-defined for a UE. For example, a base station or a network may transmit the higher layer parameter to the UE. For example, the higher layer parameter may be transmitted through radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control (MAC) signaling.
The technology described below may be used in various wireless communication systems such as code division multiple access (CDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and so on. The CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA-2000. The TDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as global system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet ratio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rate for GSM evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may be implemented with a radio technology, such as institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and so on. IEEE 802.16m is an evolved version of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with a system based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is part of an evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using the E-UTRA. The 3GPP LTE uses the OFDMA in a downlink and uses the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced (LTE-A) is an evolution of the LTE.
5G NR is a successive technology of LTE-A corresponding to a new Clean-slate type mobile communication system having the characteristics of high performance, low latency, high availability, and so on. 5G NR may use resources of all spectrum available for usage including low frequency bands of less than 1 GHz, middle frequency bands ranging from 1 GHz to 10 GHZ, high frequency (millimeter waves) of 24 GHz or more, and so on.
For clarity in the description, the following description will mostly focus on LTE-A or 5G NR. However, technical features according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will not be limited only to this.
For terms and techniques not specifically described among terms and techniques used in this specification, a wireless communication standard document published before the present specification is filed may be referred to.
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Layers of a radio interface protocol between the UE and the network can be classified into a first layer (layer 1, L1), a second layer (layer 2, L2), and a third layer (layer 3, L3) based on the lower three layers of the open system interconnection (OSI) model that is well-known in the communication system. Among them, a physical (PHY) layer belonging to the first layer provides an information transfer service by using a physical channel, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer belonging to the third layer serves to control a radio resource between the UE and the network. For this, the RRC layer exchanges an RRC message between the UE and the BS.
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Between different physical layers, i.e., a physical layer of a transmitter and a physical layer of a receiver, data are transferred through the physical channel. The physical channel is modulated using an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and utilizes time and frequency as a radio resource.
The MAC layer provides services to a radio link control (RLC) layer, which is a higher layer of the MAC layer, via a logical channel. The MAC layer provides a function of mapping multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. The MAC layer also provides a function of logical channel multiplexing by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel. The MAC layer provides data transfer services over logical channels.
The RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of Radio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU). In order to ensure diverse quality of service (QOS) required by a radio bearer (RB), the RLC layer provides three types of operation modes, i.e., a transparent mode (TM), an unacknowledged mode (UM), and an acknowledged mode (AM). An AM RLC provides error correction through an automatic repeat request (ARQ).
A radio resource control (RRC) layer is defined only in the control plane. The RRC layer serves to control the logical channel, the transport channel, and the physical channel in association with configuration, reconfiguration and release of RBs. The RB is a logical path provided by the first layer (i.e., the physical layer or the PHY layer) and the second layer (i.e., a MAC layer, an RLC laver, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) laver, and a service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer) for data delivery between the UE and the network.
Functions of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer in the user plane include user data delivery, header compression, and ciphering. Functions of a PDCP layer in the control plane include control-plane data delivery and ciphering/integrity protection.
A service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) layer is defined only in a user plane. The SDAP layer performs mapping between a Quality of Service (QOS) flow and a data radio bearer (DRB) and QoS flow ID (QFI) marking in both DL and UL packets.
The configuration of the RB implies a process for specifying a radio protocol layer and channel properties to provide a specific service and for determining respective detailed parameters and operations. The RB can be classified into two types, i.e., a signaling RB (SRB) and a data RB (DRB). The SRB is used as a path for transmitting an RRC message in the control plane. The DRB is used as a path for transmitting user data in the user plane.
When an RRC connection is established between an RRC layer of the UE and an RRC layer of the E-UTRAN, the UE is in an RRC_CONNECTED state, and, otherwise, the UE may be in an RRC_IDLE state. In case of the NR, an RRC_INACTIVE state is additionally defined, and a UE being in the RRC_INACTIVE state may maintain its connection with a core network whereas its connection with the BS is released.
Data is transmitted from the network to the UE through a downlink transport channel. Examples of the downlink transport channel include a broadcast channel (BCH) for transmitting system information and a downlink-shared channel (SCH) for transmitting user traffic or control messages. Traffic of downlink multicast or broadcast services or the control messages can be transmitted on the downlink-SCH or an additional downlink multicast channel (MCH). Data is transmitted from the UE to the network through an uplink transport channel. Examples of the uplink transport channel include a random access channel (RACH) for transmitting an initial control message and an uplink SCH for transmitting user traffic or control messages.
Examples of logical channels belonging to a higher channel of the transport channel and mapped onto the transport channels include a broadcast channel (BCCH), a paging control channel (PCCH), a common control channel (CCCH), a multicast control channel (MCCH), a multicast traffic channel (MTCH), etc.
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In case of using a normal CP, each slot may include 14 symbols. In case of using an extended CP, each slot may include 12 symbols. Herein, a symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol) and a Single Carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).
Table 1 shown below represents an example of a number of symbols per slot (Nslotsymb), a number slots per frame (Nframe,uslot), and a number of slots per subframe (Nsubframe,uslot) based on an SCS configuration (u), in a case where a normal CP is used.
Table 2 shows an example of a number of symbols per slot, a number of slots per frame, and a number of slots per subframe based on the SCS, in a case where an extended CP is used.
In an NR system. OFDM(A) numerologies (e.g., SCS, CP length, and so on) between multiple cells being integrate to one UE may be differently configured. Accordingly, a (absolute time) duration (or section) of a time resource (e.g., subframe, slot or TTI) (collectively referred to as a time unit (TU) for simplicity) being configured of the same number of symbols may be differently configured in the integrated cells.
In the NR, multiple numerologies or SCSs for supporting diverse 5G services may be supported. For example, in case an SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area of the conventional cellular bands may be supported, and, in case an SCS is 30 KHz/60 kHz a dense-urban, lower latency, wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. In case the SCS is 60 KHz or higher, a bandwidth that is greater than 24.25 GHz may be used in order to overcome phase noise.
An NR frequency band may be defined as two different types of frequency ranges. The two different types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2. The values of the frequency ranges may be changed (or varied), and, for example, the two different types of frequency ranges may be as shown below in Table 3. Among the frequency ranges that are used in an NR system, FR1 may mean a “sub 6 GHz range”, and FR2 may mean an “above 6 GHz range” and may also be referred to as a millimeter wave (mmW).
As described above, the values of the frequency ranges in the NR system may be changed (or varied). For example, as shown below in Table 4, FR1 may include a band within a range of 410 MHz to 7125 MHz. More specifically, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher. For example, a frequency band of 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, and so on) and higher being included in FR1 mat include an unlicensed band. The unlicensed band may be used for diverse purposes, e.g., the unlicensed band for vehicle-specific communication (e.g., automated driving).
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A carrier may include a maximum of N number BWPs (e.g., 5 BWPs). Data communication may be performed via an activated BWP. Each element may be referred to as a Resource Element (RE) within a resource grid and one complex symbol may be mapped to each element.
Hereinafter, a bandwidth part (BWP) and a carrier will be described.
The BWP may be a set of consecutive physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a given numerology. The PRB may be selected from consecutive sub-sets of common resource blocks (CRBs) for the given numerology on a given carrier
For example, the BWP may be at least any one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and/or a default BWP. For example, the UE may not monitor downlink radio link quality in a DL BWP other than an active DL BWP on a primary cell (PCell). For example, the UE may not receive PDCCH, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) (excluding RRM) outside the active DL BWP. For example, the UE may not trigger a channel state information (CSI) report for the inactive DL BWP. For example, the UE may not transmit physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) outside an active UL BWP. For example, in a downlink case, the initial BWP may be given as a consecutive RB set for a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET) (configured by physical broadcast channel (PBCH)). For example, in an uplink case, the initial BWP may be given by system information block (SIB) for a random access procedure. For example, the default BWP may be configured by a higher layer. For example, an initial value of the default BWP may be an initial DL BWP. For energy saving, if the UE fails to detect downlink control information (DCI) during a specific period, the UE may switch the active BWP of the UE to the default BWP.
Meanwhile, the BWP may be defined for SL. The same SL BWP may be used in transmission and reception. For example, a transmitting UE may transmit an SL channel or an SL signal on a specific BWP, and a receiving UE may receive the SL channel or the SL signal on the specific BWP. In a licensed carrier, the SL BWP may be defined separately from a Uu BWP, and the SL BWP may have configuration signaling separate from the Uu BWP. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the SL BWP from the BS/network. For example, the UE may receive a configuration for the Uu BWP from the BS/network. The SL BWP may be (pre-)configured in a carrier with respect to an out-of-coverage NR V2X UE and an RRC_IDLE UE. For the UE in the RRC_CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated in the carrier.
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The BWP may be configured by a point A, an offset NstartBWP from the point A, and a bandwidth NsizeBWP. For example, the point A may be an external reference point of a PRB of a carrier in which a subcarrier 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by a network on that carrier) is aligned. For example, the offset may be a PRB interval between a lowest subcarrier and the point A in a given numerology. For example, the bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in the given numerology.
Hereinafter. V2X or SL communication will be described.
A sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) may include a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS) and a secondary sidelink synchronization signal (SSSS), as an SL-specific sequence. The PSSS may be referred to as a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), and the SSSS may be referred to as a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS). For example, length-127 M-sequences may be used for the S-PSS, and length-127 gold sequences may be used for the S-SSS. For example, a UE may use the S-PSS for initial signal detection and for synchronization acquisition. For example, the UE may use the S-PSS and the S-SSS for acquisition of detailed synchronization and for detection of a synchronization signal ID.
A physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) may be a (broadcast) channel for transmitting default (system) information which must be first known by the UE before SL signal transmission/reception. For example, the default information may be information related to SLSS, a duplex mode (DM), a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration, information related to a resource pool, a type of an application related to the SLSS, a subframe offset, broadcast information, or the like. For example, for evaluation of PSBCH performance, in NR V2X, a payload size of the PSBCH may be 56 bits including 24-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
The S-PSS, the S-SSS, and the PSBCH may be included in a block format (e.g., SL synchronization signal (SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter, sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB)) supporting periodical transmission. The S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CP length) as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in a carrier, and a transmission bandwidth may exist within a (pre-)configured sidelink (SL) BWP. For example, the S-SSB may have a bandwidth of 11 resource blocks (RBs). For example, the PSBCH may exist across 11 RBs. In addition, a frequency position of the S-SSB may be (pre-)configured. Accordingly, the UE does not have to perform hypothesis detection at frequency to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.
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For example, the first UE may receive information related to dynamic grant (DG) resource(s) and/or information related to configured grant (CG) resource(s) from the base station. For example, the CG resource(s) may include CG type 1 resource(s) or CG type 2 resource(s). In the present disclosure, the DG resource(s) may be resource(s) configured/allocated by the base station to the first UE through a downlink control information (DCI). In the present disclosure, the CG resource(s) may be (periodic) resource(s) configured/allocated by the base station to the first UE through a DCI and/or an RRC message. For example, in the case of the CG type 1 resource(s), the base station may transmit an RRC message including information related to CG resource(s) to the first UE. For example, in the case of the CG type 2 resource(s), the base station may transmit an RRC message including information related to CG resource(s) to the first UE, and the base station may transmit a DCI related to activation or release of the CG resource(s) to the first UE.
In step S610, the first UE may transmit a PSCCH (e.g., sidelink control information (SCI) or 1st-stage SCI) to a second UE based on the resource scheduling. In step S620, the first UE may transmit a PSSCH (e.g., 2nd-stage SCI, MAC PDU, data, etc.) related to the PSCCH to the second UE. In step S630, the first UE may receive a PSFCH related to the PSCCH/PSSCH from the second UE. For example, HARQ feedback information (e.g., NACK information or ACK information) may be received from the second UE through the PSFCH. In step S640, the first UE may transmit/report HARQ feedback information to the base station through the PUCCH or the PUSCH. For example, the HARQ feedback information reported to the base station may be information generated by the first UE based on the HARQ feedback information received from the second UE. For example, the HARQ feedback information reported to the base station may be information generated by the first UE based on a pre-configured rule. For example, the DCI may be a DCI for SL scheduling. For example, a format of the DCI may be a DCI format 3_0 or a DCI format 3_1.
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Hereinafter, an example of SCI format 1-A will be described.
SCI format 1-A is used for the scheduling of PSSCH and 2nd-stage-SCI on PSSCH.
The following information is transmitted by means of the SCI format 1-A.
Hereinafter, an example of SCI format 2-A will be described.
SCI format 2-A is used for the decoding of PSSCH, with HARQ operation when HARQ-ACK information includes ACK or NACK, when HARQ-ACK information includes only NACK, or when there is no feedback of HARQ-ACK information.
The following information is transmitted by means of the SCI format 2-A:
Hereinafter, an example of SCI format 2-B will be described.
SCI format 2-B is used for the decoding of PSSCH, with HARQ operation when HARQ-ACK information includes only NACK, or when there is no feedback of HARQ-ACK information.
The following information is transmitted by means of the SCI format 2-B:
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In resource allocation mode 2, the higher layer can request the UE to determine a subset of resources from which the higher layer will select resources for PSSCH/PSCCH transmission. To trigger this procedure, in slot n, the higher layer provides the following parameters for this PSSCH/PSCCH transmission:
The following higher layer parameters affect this procedure:
The resource reservation interval, Prsvp_TX, if provided, is converted from units of msec to units of logical slots, resulting in P′rsvp_TX.
For example, a UE may select a set of candidate resources (Sa) based on Table 8. For example, when resource (re)selection is triggered, a UE may select a candidate resource set (Sa) based on Table 8. For example, when re-evaluation or pre-emption is triggered, a UE may select a candidate resource set (Sa) based on Table 8.
Meanwhile, partial sensing may be supported for power saving of the UE. For example, in LTE SL or LTE V2X, the UE may perform partial sensing based on Tables 9 and 10.
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Meanwhile, SL communication needs to be performed based on aggregated resources (e.g., burst resources) in NR V2X. For example, an aggregated resource be a contiguous set of resources (e.g., a contiguous set of resources in the time domain and/or frequency domain). For example, an aggregated resources may be a set of resources with an interval within a threshold (e.g., a set of resources spaced apart within a threshold in the time domain and/or frequency domain). Hereinafter, the reason why aggregated resource-based SL communication is required in NR V2X will be described in detail.
For example, unlike LTE V2X, aperiodic transmission is supported in NR V2X. Compared to periodic transmission, aperiodic transmission has a high possibility of transmission failure due to channel congestion or the like within a packet delay budget (PDB) of a packet from the time of packet generation. Accordingly, a UE may perform burst transmission by selecting aggregated resources for aperiodic transmission, thereby maximizing the transmission success probability within the PDB.
For example, unlike LTE V2X, in NR V2X, packets with strict delay requirements need to be transmitted. Table 11 shows the mapping between Standardized PQI and QoS characteristics.
Referring to Table 11, the PDB corresponding to PQI 91 is 3 ms. In this case, in the case of 15 kHz, a UE must transmit the corresponding packet within 3 slots. If aggregated resources are not supported, a UE can transmit a packet corresponding to PQI 91 using only one slot, and if the transmission fails, the UE's retransmission opportunity may not be guaranteed. However, if aggregated transmission is supported, a UE can transmit packets corresponding to PQI 91 using 3 consecutive slots, and through this, the transmission success probability can be increased. For convenience of description, the description is based on PQI 91, but the same problem may occur in packets having tight delay requirements, such as PQI 55 and PQI 21.
Meanwhile, aggregated resource selection/reservation may be required to reduce UE power consumption. For example, a UE performing partial sensing or random resource selection (e.g., a power-saving UE) may perform full sensing for a short period of time prior to the selected transmission resource timing (hereinafter referred to as short-term sensing (STS)) in order to avoid resource collision due to aperiodic transmission. For example, since the STS is performed before each selected transmission resource, power consumption of a UE by the STS may increase when the selected resource is temporally distant.
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For example, in order to minimize power consumption of the UE by such an STS, when the UE selects resources based on partial sensing or random selection, the UE selects resources adjacent to each other within a resource selection window. Referring to (b) of
Due to the above reasons, aggregated resource-based SL transmission needs to be allowed in order to reduce power consumption of a UE, ensure reliability of SL communication, and increase resource use efficiency.
In this specification, the wording “configuration or definition” may be interpreted as being configured (in advance) by a base station or network (e.g., through predefined signaling (e.g., SIB, MAC signaling, RRC signaling). For example, “A may be configured” may include “a base station or network (pre)configures/defines or advertises A to a UE”. Alternatively, the wording “configuration or definition” may be interpreted as being configured or defined in advance by system. For example, “A may be configured” may include “A is configured/defined in advance by system”.
Referring to the standard document, some procedures and technical specifications relevant to this disclosure are as follows.
the number of sub-channels to be used for the PSSCH
Prsvp_TX and prio TX are all provided by higher layers
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UE selection of T2 shall fulfil the latency requirement. The total
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On the other hand, the existing SL resource selection window and candidate resource selection method are not suitable for the resource re-evaluation and pre-emption of power-saving UEs.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource selection window and candidate resource selection method and device for supporting the same are proposed that minimize the power consumption required for a power saving UE to perform resource reevaluation and pre-emption.
For example, for (or, for each of) at least one among elements/parameters of service type (and/or (LCH or service) priority and/or QOS requirements (e.g., latency, reliability, minimum communication range) and/or PQI parameters) (and/or HARQ feedback enabled (and/or disabled) LCH/MAC PDU (transmission) and/or CBR measurement value of a resource pool and/or SL cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, broadcast) and/or SL groupcast HARQ feedback option (e.g., NACK only feedback. ACK/NACK feedback, NACK only feedback based on TX-RX distance) and/or SL mode 1 CG type (e.g., SL CG type 1/2) and/or SL mode type (e.g., mode 1/2) and/or resource pool and/or PSFCH resource configured resource pool and/or source (L2) ID (and/or destination (L2) ID) and/or PC5 RRC connection/link and/or SL link and/or (with base station) connection state (e.g., RRC connected state, IDLE state, inactive state) and/or whether an SL HARQ process (ID) and/or (of a transmitting UE or a receiving UE) performs an SL DRX operation and/or whether it is a power saving (transmitting or receiving) UE and/or (from the perspective of a specific UE) case when PSFCH transmission and PSFCH reception (and/or a plurality of PSFCH transmissions (exceeding UE capability)) overlap (and/or a case where PSFCH transmission (and/or PSFCH reception) is omitted) and/or a case where a receiving UE actually (successfully) receives a PSCCH (and/or PSSCH) (re)transmission from a transmitting UE, etc.), whether the rule is applied (and/or the proposed method/rule-related parameter value of the present disclosure) may be specifically (or differently or independently) configured/allowed. In addition, in the present disclosure, “configuration” (or “designation”) wording may be extended and interpreted as a form in which a base station informs a UE through a predefined (physical layer or higher layer) channel/signal (e.g., SIB, RRC, MAC CE) (and/or a form provided through pre-configuration and/or a form in which a UE informs other UEs through a predefined (physical layer or higher layer) channel/signal (e.g., SL MAC CE, PC5 RRC)), etc. In addition, in this disclosure, the “PSFCH” wording may be extended and interpreted as “(NR or LTE) PSSCH (and/or (NR or LTE) PSCCH) (and/or (NR or LTE) SL SSB (and/or UL channel/signal))”. And, the methods proposed in the present disclosure may be used in combination with each other (in a new type of manner).
For example, a “specific threshold” may mean a threshold predefined or (pre-)configured by a higher layer (including an application layer) of the network or base station or UE. The term “specific configuration value” may mean a value predefined or (pre-)configured by the network or higher layers (including application layers) of the base station or UE. The term “configured by the network/base station” may refer to an operation that a base station (pre-)configures to a UE by upper layer RRC signaling, configures/signals to a UE via MAC CE, or signals to a UE via DCI.
For example, when resource re-evaluation or pre-emption checking is allowed in an SL resource pool and/or when contiguous partial sensing (CPS) for resource re-evaluation or pre-emption checking is allowed in an SL resource pool, when CPS for resource re-evaluation or pre-emption checking is performed after a power-saving UE (P-UE) selects transmission resources, the larger the time interval between the previously selected transmission resources, the longer the CPS interval that needs to be performed with respect to each selected transmission resource, and consequently, the higher the power consumption for performing CPS. To solve the above problem, a P-UE may select the transmission resources in a burst type, wherein the transmission resources are temporally adjacent to each other and/or the time interval occupied by the entire transmission resource is short. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a burst type transmission resource may be selected in the following three ways. For example, the term “burst” in this disclosure may be interpreted interchangeably with the term “cluster”.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a P-UE may determine the length and position of the resource selection window as follows.
For example, the length of a resource selection window may be expressed in physical slots (or symbols), or UL logical slots (or symbols) available for SL transmissions, or the number of SL logical slots (or symbols) included in an SL resource pool.
For example, the length of the resource selection window may be determined by a UE implementation in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold representing a minimum value, and less than or equal to a specific threshold representing a maximum value. For example, the specific threshold representing the minimum value and the specific threshold representing the maximum value may be configured differently depending on whether the HARQ feedback enabled (or disabled) MAC PDUs are transmitted and/or the congestion/interference level within a resource pool and/or QoS requirements such as reliability/latency and/or service/packet priority.
For example, the length of the resource selection window may be determined by a UE implementation in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold meaning the minimum value and less than or equal to a specific threshold meaning the maximum value, wherein the number of slots (or symbols) within the resource selection window having at least one valid candidate frequency resource (hereinafter referred to as an idle resource) that remains unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure is greater than or equal to the maximum number of retransmissions of the packet to be transmitted.
For example, the reference start time point n of the resource selection window, having a length within the specific threshold, may be one of a time point when the resource (re)selection is triggered, a time point when the resource (re)selection is triggered plus a UE processing time T_proc,1, a time point when the transmission packet is generated and delivered to the AS layer, or a time point when the transmission packet is generated and delivered to the AS layer plus a UE processing time T_proc,1.
For example, the resource selection window may be configured such that a resource (slot or symbol) randomly selected from among resources (slots or symbols) within a packet delay budget (PDB) from a reference start time point n of the resource selection window, and having a length within the specific threshold, may be configured. In this case, the resource (slot, or symbol) within the PDB may be one of a physical slot (or symbol), a UL logical slot (or symbol) available for SL transmission, or an SL logical slot (or symbol) included in an SL resource pool.
For example, the resource selection window having a length within the specific threshold and having the earliest resource (slot or symbol) as a starting point among the resources (slots or symbols) within a packet delay budget (PDB) from a reference starting time point n of the resource selection window may be configured. In this case, the resource (slot, or symbol) within the PDB may be one of a physical slot (or symbol), a UL logical slot (or symbol) available for SL transmission, or an SL logical slot (or symbol) included in an SL resource pool.
For example, a resource selection window having a length within a specific threshold and having a randomly selected resource (slot or symbol) as a starting point among resources (slots or symbols) within a specific configuration value less than a packet delay budget (PDB) from a reference starting time point n of the resource selection window may be configured. In this case, the resource (slot, or symbol) within a specific configuration value less than the packet delay budget (PDB) may be one of a physical slot (or symbol), a UL logical slot (or symbol) available for SL transmission, or an SL logical slot (or symbol) included in an SL resource pool.
For example, after selecting one or more candidate resource selection windows within a packet delay budget (PDB) from a reference start time point n of the resource selection window, one of the one or more candidate resource selection windows may be selected as a final resource selection window based on the results of performing periodic partial sensing (PPS) on the selected candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate resource selection window.
Here, for example, the length of the candidate resource selection window may be expressed as a number of physical slots (or symbols), UL logical slots (or symbols) available for SL transmissions, or SL logical slots (or symbols) included in an SL resource pool.
In addition, for example, the length of the candidate resource selection window may be determined by a UE implementation, in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold representing a minimum value and less than or equal to a specific threshold representing a maximum value. The specific threshold representing the minimum value and the specific threshold representing the maximum value may be configured differently per service/packet priority and/or QoS requirements such as congestion level/interference level and/or reliability/delay within a resource pool and/or whether to transmit MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or disabled).
In addition, for example, the length of the candidate resource selection window may be determined by a UE implementation to be in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold meaning the minimum value and less than or equal to a specific threshold meaning the maximum value, wherein the number of slots (or, symbols) within the candidate resource selection window having at least one valid candidate frequency resource (hereinafter, an idle resource) that remains unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure is greater than or equal to a maximum number of retransmissions of the packet to be transmitted.
In addition, for example, the final resource selection window may be selected based on a PPS result for a candidate resource (slot, or symbol) within each candidate resource selection window, in association with an RSRP value for idle resources and/or busy resources (resources excluded from the transmission resource selection process) within the candidate resource. For example, the candidate resource selection window having the smallest average RSRP for the idle and/or busy resources within the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate resource selection window may be selected as the final resource selection window. For example, a candidate resource selection window having an average RSRP below a specific threshold may be randomly selected as the final resource selection window.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the above PPS, the candidate resource selection window with the highest number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining that remain unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate resource selection window may be determined to be the final resource selection window.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the above PPS, one candidate resource selection window may be randomly determined to be the final resource selection window among the candidate resource selection windows in which the number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate resource selection window is greater than a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the locations of the plurality of candidate resource selection windows may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by a UE implementation in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold representing a minimum value and less than or equal to a specific threshold representing a maximum value. For example, different candidate resource selection windows may be configured/determined not to overlap each other, or may be configured/determined to partially overlap. For example, the specific threshold representing minimum value and the specific threshold representing maximum value may be configured differently depending on whether MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or disabled) to be transmitted, congestion level/interference within a resource pool, QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or a service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, the PPS (which is performed for a selected candidate resource within each candidate resource selection window after selecting one or more candidate resource selection windows within the PDB from a reference start time point n of the resource selection window) may be configured and performed separately from the PPS associated with the candidate resource within the final resource selection window. For example, only a part of the PPS associated with the candidate resource in the resource selection window may be performed in the PPS. For example, among the transmission periods configured in a resource pool, a part of the transmission periods associated with the PPS associated with the candidate resource in the resource selection window may be configured to a specific configuration value, or otherwise determined by a UE implementation, and used for the PPS. For example, a bitmap used for a specific resource transmission period associated with a PPS associated with a candidate resource in the final resource selection window, or a subset of a number of partial sensing slots corresponding to an integer multiple of the resource transmission period may be used for the PPS.
For example, after selecting one or more of the candidate resource selection windows within a packet delay budget (PDB) from a reference start time point n of the resource selection window, one of the candidate resource selection windows may be selected as the final resource selection window based on a result of performing a CPS on a candidate resource within each of the candidate resource selection windows.
Here, for example, the CPS may be performed prior to the starting time point of each candidate resource selection window, or prior to the starting time point of each candidate resource selection window by a UE processing time (T_proc,0)+T_proc,1), prior to each candidate resource time point within each candidate resource selection window, or prior to each candidate resource time point within each candidate resource selection window by a UE processing time (T_proc,0+T_proc,1).
In addition, for example, the final resource selection window may be selected based on a CPS result for candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate resource selection window, in association with RSRP values for idle resources and/or busy resources (resources excluded from the transmission resource selection procedure) within the candidate resources. For example, a candidate resource selection window having the smallest average RSRP for idle and/or busy resources within candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate resource selection window may be selected as the final resource selection window. For example, a final resource selection window may be randomly selected from among candidate resource selection windows having an average RSRP below a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the above CPS, a candidate resource selection window with the greatest number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate resource selection window may be determined to be the final resource selection window.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the above CPS, one candidate resource selection window may be randomly determined to be the final resource selection window among the candidate resource selection windows in which the number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate resource selection window is greater than a specific threshold.
For example, the resource selection window may be determined based on RSSI or RSRP information obtained based on the results of a PPS or CPS performed for the transmission of a packet other than the packet at issue, among resources (slots or symbols) within a packet delay budget (PDB) from a reference start time point n of the resource selection window.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, after determining a resource selection window based on a specific configuration value or by a UE implementation, a P-UE may configure the number and location of candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within the resource selection window as follows.
For example, the total time region (time interval from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource) that may be occupied by the candidate resources may be determined by a UE implementation to be less than or equal to a specific threshold. For example, the specific threshold may be configured differently per whether a MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or, disabled) is transmitted, per congestion level/interference level within a resource pool, per QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or per service/packet priority.
For example, a specific threshold for the total time region that may be occupied by the candidate resource (slot, or symbol) may be expressed as the number of physical slots (or symbols), UL logical slots (or symbols) available for SL transmission, or SL logical slots (or symbols) included in an SL resource pool. In this case, the candidate resource may be a resource (slot, or symbol) included in an SL transmission resource pool.
For example, the number of candidate resources may be determined by a UE implementation to be in the range that the number of slots (or, symbols) within a resource selection window that have at least one valid candidate frequency resource (hereinafter, an idle resource) that remains unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure is greater than or equal to the maximum number of retransmissions of the packet to be transmitted.
For example, an interval between the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) in the resource selection window may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by a UE implementation within a specific threshold.
For example, the total time region (the time region including from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource) that may be occupied by the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by a UE implementation within a specific threshold.
For example, the time region covering the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource, which may be signaled by one SCI, may be configured to a specific configuration value or determined by a UE implementation within a specific threshold.
For example, for selection of the candidate resources, a CPS of a specific configuration value length may be performed prior to the start of the resource selection window, or prior to the start of the resource selection window by a UE processing time (T_proc,0)+T_proc,1), and the candidate resources may be selected based on the results of the CPS. For example, the length of the CPS window may be configured to a value greater than or equal to a time region including from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource, which can be signaled by one SCI.
For example, the candidate resources may be randomly selected from among resources (slots, or symbols) belonging to an SL resource pool, insofar as the candidate resources satisfy a condition that the candidate resources occupy a total time region that may be occupied by the candidate resources within the resource selection window. For example, the location of the candidate resource may be randomly selected within a total time region that may be occupied by the candidate resource from the temporally earliest candidate resource from the starting point of a resource selection window (or from the time point that is T_proc,1 later after the starting point). For example, the candidate resource may be selected from the temporally fastest candidate resource as a contiguous resource from among the resources belonging to an SL resource pool.
For example, within the resource selection window, a UE implementationally determined number of candidate burst occasions configured to a specific configuration value or within a specific threshold may be selected, and after PPS is performed for each candidate burst occasion, one of the candidate burst occasions may be selected as the burst occasion comprising the final candidate resource based on the PPS result. In this case, for example, the candidate burst occasions may refer to a unit comprising candidate resources for SL transmission.
Here, for example, a specific configuration value or a specific threshold associated with the number of candidate burst occasions may be configured differently depending on whether a MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or, disabled) is transmitted, the congestion level/interference within a resource pool, QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, the total time region (time interval from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource) that may be occupied by the candidate resources within each of the candidate burst occasions may be determined by a UE implementation to be less than or equal to a specific threshold. For example, the specific threshold may be configured differently depending on whether a MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or, disabled) is transmitted, congestion level/interference within a resource pool, QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, the specific threshold for the total time region that may be occupied by the candidate resource (slot, or symbol) within each of the candidate burst occasions may be expressed as a number of physical slots (or symbols), UL logical slots (or symbols) available for SL transport, or SL logical slots (or symbols) included in an SL resource pool. In this case, the candidate resource may be a resource (slot, or symbol) included in an SL transmission resource pool.
In addition, for example, the number of candidate resources within each of the candidate burst occasions may be determined by the UE implementation to be in the range that the number of slots (or, symbols) having one or more valid candidate frequency resources (hereinafter, idle resources) that remain unexcluded during the candidate transmission resource selection procedure is greater than or equal to the maximum number of retransmissions of the packet to be transmitted.
In addition, for example, an interval between the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each of the candidate burst occasions may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by the UE implementation within a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the total time region (the time region including from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource) that may be occupied by the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each of the candidate burst occasions may be configured to a specific configuration value, or determined by the UE implementation within a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the burst occasion comprising the final candidate resource among the candidate burst occasions may be selected based on RSRP values for idle resources and/or busy resources (resources excluded from the transmission resource selection process) within the candidate resources, based on the PPS results for the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate burst occasion. For example, a candidate resource selection window having the smallest average RSRP for idle resources and/or busy resources within the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate resource selection window may be selected as the final resource selection window. For example, a final resource selection window may be randomly selected from among candidate resource selection windows having an average RSRP below a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the average RSRP may be an average of the RSRPs for a representative candidate frequency resource (e.g., a subchannel or resource element) within each candidate resource (slot, or symbol). For example, the representative candidate frequency resource may be the frequency resource with the lowest RSRP within each candidate slot, or may be a frequency resource randomly selected from among frequency resources with RSRPs below a specific threshold. For example, a specific threshold associated with the average RSRP and a specific threshold associated with the representative candidate frequency resource RSRP may be configured differently and separately.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the above PPS, a candidate burst occasion with the highest number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate burst occasion may be determined to be the final burst occasion.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the above PPS, one candidate burst occasion may be randomly determined to be the final burst occasion among the candidate burst occasions in which the number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate burst occasion is greater than a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the plurality of candidate burst occasion locations may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by a UE implementation in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold representing a minimum value and less than or equal to a specific threshold representing a maximum value. For example, different candidate burst occasions may be configured/determined not to overlap each other, or may be configured/determined to partially overlap. For example, a specific threshold representing minimum value and a specific threshold representing maximum value may be configured differently depending on whether MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or disabled) is transmitted, congestion level/interference within a resource pool, QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, the PPS may be separately configured and performed from a PPS associated with a candidate resource in the final resource selection window. For example, the PPS may perform only a part of the PPS associated with the candidate resource in a resource selection window: For example, among the transmission periods configured in a resource pool, a part of the transmission periods associated with the PPS associated with the candidate resource in the resource selection window may be configured to a specific configuration value or otherwise determined by the UE implementation and used for the PPS. For example, a bitmap used for a specific resource transmission period associated with a PPS associated with a candidate resource in the final resource selection window, or a subset of a number of partial sensing slots corresponding to integer multiples of the resource transmission period may be used for the PPS.
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For example, within the resource selection window, a UEly UE implementationally determined number of candidate burst occasions which is configured to a specific configuration value or within a specific threshold may be selected, and after CPS is performed on each candidate burst occasion, one of the candidate burst occasions may be selected as the burst occasion comprising the final candidate resource based on the results of the CPS.
Here, for example, the CPS may be performed prior to the starting time point of the resource selection window, or prior to the starting time point of the resource selection window by a UE processing time (T_proc,0+T_proc,1), prior to each candidate resource time point within each candidate burst occasion, or prior to each candidate resource time point within each candidate burst occasion by a UE processing time (T_proc,0+T_proc,1).
In addition, for example, a specific configuration value or a specific threshold associated with the number of candidate burst occasions may be configured differently depending on whether a MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or, disabled) is transmitted, congestion level/interference within a resource pool, QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, the total time region (time interval from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource) that may be occupied by candidate resources within each of the candidate burst occasions may be determined by a UE implementation to be less than or equal to a specific threshold. The specific threshold may be configured differently per whether a MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback enabled (or, disabled) is transmitted, congestion level/interference within a resource pool, QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, the number of candidate resources within each of the candidate burst occasions may be determined by a UE implementation to be in the range that the number of slots (or, symbols) having one or more valid candidate frequency resources (hereinafter, idle resources) that remain unexcluded during the candidate transmission resource selection procedure is greater than or equal to the maximum number of retransmissions of the packet to be transmitted.
In addition, for example, an interval between the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each of the candidate burst occasions may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by a UE implementation within a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the total time region (the time region including from the first candidate resource to the last candidate resource) that may be occupied by the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each of the candidate burst occasions may be configured to a specific configuration value, or determined by a UE implementation within a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the burst occasion comprising the final candidate resource among the candidate burst occasions may be selected based on the RSRP values for idle resources and/or busy resources (resources excluded from the transmission resource selection procedure) within the candidate resources, based on the CPS results for the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate burst occasion. For example, a candidate resource selection window having the smallest average RSRP for idle resources and/or busy resources within the candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within each candidate resource selection window may be selected as the final resource selection window. For example, the final resource selection window may be randomly selected from among candidate resource selection windows having an average RSRP below a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the average RSRP may be an average value over the RSRPs for a representative candidate frequency resource (e.g., subchannel or resource element) within each candidate resource (slot, or symbol). For example, the representative candidate frequency resource may be the frequency resource with the lowest RSRP within each candidate slot, or may be a frequency resource randomly selected from among frequency resources with RSRPs below a specific threshold. For example, a specific threshold associated with the average RSRP and a specific threshold associated with the representative candidate frequency resource RSRP may be configured differently and separately.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the CPS, a candidate burst occasion with the highest number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate burst occasion may be determined to be the final burst occasion.
In addition, for example, as a result of performing the CPS, one candidate burst occasion may be randomly determined to be the final burst occasion among the candidate burst occasions in which the number of valid candidate resources (idle resources) remaining unexcluded from the candidate transmission resource selection procedure within each candidate burst occasion is greater than a specific threshold.
In addition, for example, the plurality of candidate burst occasion locations may be configured to a specific configuration value, or may be determined by a UE implementation in a range greater than or equal to a specific threshold meaning a minimum value and less than or equal to a specific threshold meaning a maximum value. For example, different candidate burst occasions may be configured/determined not to overlap each other, or may be configured/determined to partially overlap. For example, a specific threshold meaning a minimum value and a specific threshold meaning a maximum value may be configured differently depending on whether a MAC PDU with a HARQ feedback is enabled (or, disabled) is transmitted, the congestion level/interference within a resource pool. QoS requirements such as reliability/latency, and/or service/packet priority.
In addition, for example, a specific threshold associated with an average RSRP of the burst occasion and a specific threshold associated with an RSRP of the representative frequency resource may be configured separately, the same, or one may be configured in association with the other.
In addition, for example, the candidate burst occasions may or may not overlap with each other.
In addition, for example, among the candidate burst occasions, a final burst occasion may be determined based on RSSI or RSRP information obtained as a result of sensing performed for the transmission of a packet other than the packet in issue.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a P-UE may determine a resource selection window based on a specific configuration value or by a UE implementation, and may determine candidate resources (slots, or symbols) within the resource selection window based on a specific configuration value or by a UE implementation. And, from among the candidate resources reported to the MAC layer based on sensing, a final transmission resource may be selected at the MAC layer as follows.
For example, in order to select a number of transmission resources configured to a specific configuration value at a MAC layer, a resource may be determined sequentially among the candidate resources reported above. For example, in the process of determining the resources sequentially, when selecting the next resource after one resource has been selected, if there is a resource among the already selected resources that is temporally adjacent (contiguous) to any of the resources, that resource may be preferentially selected.
For example, in order to select a number of transmission resources configured to a specific configuration value at a MAC layer, resources may be determined sequentially among the candidate resources reported above. For example, when selecting the next resource after one resource has been selected in the above sequential resource selection process, a resource may be preferentially selected if it has a time interval within a specific threshold from any of the already selected resources
For example, in order to select a number of transmission resources configured to a specific configuration value at a MAC layer, resources may be determined sequentially among the candidate resources reported above. For example, when selecting the next resource after one resource has been selected in the above sequential resource selection process, if any of the already selected resources falls within the time interval from the temporally first resource point to the temporally last resource point, that resource may be preferentially selected.
For example, in order to select a number of transmission resources configured to a specific configuration value at a MAC layer, resources may be determined sequentially among the candidate resources reported above. For example, when selecting the next resource after one resource has been selected in the above sequential resource selection process, if any of the already selected resources falls within a specific threshold interval from the first resource in time, that resource may be preferentially selected.
For example, in order to select a number of transmission resources configured to a specific configuration value at a MAC layer, resources may be determined sequentially among the candidate resources reported above. For example, when selecting the next resource after one resource has been selected in the above sequential resource selection process, if there is any resource whose time interval from the time of the first resource to the time of the last resource is less than or equal to a specific threshold among the resource to be selected and the resources that have already been selected, that resource may be preferentially selected.
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In step S1230, the UE may randomly select a first SL transmission resource from the set of candidate resources In step S1240, the UE may select a second SL transmission resource from the first SL transmission resource that is within a specific time threshold. That is, the operation of selecting the second SL transmission resource may be an operation of selecting a clustered (burst) transmission resource. For example, the specific time threshold may be determined according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
For example, when the UE performs partial sensing based on an SL transmission resource selected based on the procedure of
Since the clustered (burst) transmission method can reduce the amount of time that a power-saving UE operates as an active time even if it performs partial sensing, the proposed clustered transmission method has the effect of minimizing power consumption of operations performed by a power-saving UE in an NR-V2X system supporting aperiodic transmission, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other.
The following describes devices to which various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied.
Although not limited thereto, the various descriptions, features, procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or flowcharts of operation disclosed herein may be applied to various fields requiring wireless communication/connectivity (e.g., 5G) between devices.
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For example, the at least one SL resource may be included within the set of candidate resources.
For example, selecting the at least one SL resource may include: selecting a third SL resource temporally adjacent to an already selected second SL resource.
For example, selecting the at least one SL resource may include: selecting a third SL resource within a second time threshold from an already selected second SL resource.
For example, the second SL resource may be a temporally first resource among the at least one SL resource.
For example, selecting the at least one SL resource may include: selecting a second SL resource between a temporally first resource and a temporally last resource, among already selected SL resources.
For example, the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource may be selected by a medium access control (MAC) layer of the first device.
For example, a time interval between a first resource and a last resource among the set of candidate resources may be smaller than a second time threshold.
For example, the second time threshold may be determined based on at least one of whether a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback of the MAC PDU is enabled, congestion level within a resource pool, quality of service (QOS), or a priority.
For example, additionally, the first device may perform resource re-evaluation or pre-emption checking for the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource. For example, performing the resource re-evaluation and the pre-emption checking may include: selecting at least one candidate selection window within packet delay budget (PDB) related to the MAC PDU; performing partial sensing for a candidate resource included within the at least one candidate selection window; and selecting final selection window among the at least one candidate selection window based on the partial sensing.
For example, the sensing for the at least one slot and the partial sensing may be periodic partial sensing (PPS), and a first transmission period used in PPS performed for a candidate resource included within the at least one candidate selection window may be different from a second transmission period used in PPS performed for at least one slot related to the selection window.
For example, as PPS performed for a candidate resource included within the at least one candidate selection window, only a part of PPS performed for the at least one slot related to the selection window may be performed.
For example, additionally, the first device may obtain length of a contiguous partial sensing (CPS) window for CPS. For example, CPS related to the resource re-evaluation or the pre-emption checking may be enabled within the resource pool, the partial sensing may be CPS, and the CPS may be performed, based on the length of the CPS window, until at least one of i) a starting time point of the at least one candidate selection window, ii) before processing time of the first device from the at least one candidate selection window, iii) a candidate resource included within the at least one candidate selection window, or iv) before the processing time of the first device from a candidate resource included within the at least one candidate selection window.
The embodiments described above can be applied to various devices described below. First, a processor 102 of a first device 100 may determine a selection window. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may select a set of candidate resources within the selection window, based on sensing for at least one slot related to the selection window. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may randomly select a first sidelink (SL) resource among the set of candidate resources. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may select at least one SL resource within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after selecting the first SL resource. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may control a transceiver 106 to transmit, to a second device 200, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may control the transceiver 106 to transmit, to the second device 200, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a first device for performing wireless communication may be proposed. For example, the first device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions: one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: determine a selection window: select a set of candidate resources within the selection window, based on sensing for at least one slot related to the selection window: randomly select a first sidelink (SL) resource among the set of candidate resources: select at least one SL resource within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after selecting the first SL resource: transmit, to a second device, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource; and transmit, to the second device, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a device adapted to control a first user equipment (UE) may be proposed. For example, the device may comprise: one or more processors; and one or more memories operably connectable to the one or more processors and storing instructions. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: determine a selection window; select a set of candidate resources within the selection window, based on sensing for at least one slot related to the selection window: randomly select a first sidelink (SL) resource among the set of candidate resources: select at least one SL resource within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after selecting the first SL resource: transmit, to a second UE, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource; and transmit, to the second UE, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions may be proposed. For example, the instructions, when executed, may cause a first device to: determine a selection window; select a set of candidate resources within the selection window, based on sensing for at least one slot related to the selection window: randomly select a first sidelink (SL) resource among the set of candidate resources: select at least one SL resource within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after selecting the first SL resource: transmit, to a second device, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource; and transmit, to the second device, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource.
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For example, the at least one SL resource may be included within the set of candidate resources.
The embodiments described above can be applied to various devices described below. First, a processor 202 of a second device 200 may control a transceiver 206 to receive, from a first device 100, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on a first SL resource and at least one SL resource. Second, the processor 202 of the second device 200 may control the transceiver 206 to receive, from the first device 100, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource. For example, the first SL resource may be randomly selected among a set of candidate resources, the at least one SL resource may be selected among resources within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after the first SL resource is selected, and the set of candidate resources may be selected within a selection window, based on sensing for at least one slot related to the selection window.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a second device for performing wireless communication may be proposed. For example, the second device may comprise: one or more memories storing instructions: one or more transceivers; and one or more processors connected to the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers. For example, the one or more processors may execute the instructions to: receive, from a first device, sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), based on a first SL resource and at least one SL resource; and receive, from the first device, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) through the PSSCH, based on the first SL resource and the at least one SL resource, wherein the first SL resource may be randomly selected among a set of candidate resources, wherein the at least one SL resource may be selected among resources within a first time threshold from the first SL resource, after the first SL resource is selected, and wherein the set of candidate resources may be selected within a selection window, based on sensing for at least one slot related to the selection window.
For example, the at least one SL resource may be included within the set of candidate resources.
Hereinafter, a description will be given in more detail with reference to the drawings. In the following drawings/description, the same reference symbols may denote the same or corresponding hardware blocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless described otherwise.
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Here, wireless communication technology implemented in wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present disclosure may include Narrowband Internet of Things for low-power communication in addition to LTE. NR, and 6G. In this case, for example, NB-IoT technology may be an example of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technology and may be implemented as standards such as LTE Cat NB1, and/or LTE Cat NB2, and is not limited to the name described above. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present disclosure may perform communication based on LTE-M technology. In this case, as an example, the LTE-M technology may be an example of the LPWAN and may be called by various names including enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC), and the like. For example, the LTE-M technology may be implemented as at least any one of various standards such as 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-Bandwidth Limited (non-BL), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine Type Communication, and/or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the name described above. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present disclosure may include at least one of Bluetooth, Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), and ZigBee considering the low-power communication, and is not limited to the name described above. As an example, the ZigBee technology may generate personal area networks (PAN) related to small/low-power digital communication based on various standards including IEEE 802.15.4, and the like, and may be called by various names.
The wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the network 300 via the BSs 200. An AI technology may be applied to the wireless devices 100a to 100f and the wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the AI server 400 via the network 300. The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g., LTE) network, or a 5G (e.g., NR) network. Although the wireless devices 100a to 100f may communicate with each other through the BSs 200/network 300, the wireless devices 100a to 100f may perform direct communication (e.g., sidelink communication) with each other without passing through the BSs/network. For example, the vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V)/Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication). The IoT device (e.g., a sensor) may perform direct communication with other IoT devices (e.g., sensors) or other wireless devices 100a to 100f.
Wireless communication/connections 150a, 150b, or 150c may be established between the wireless devices 100a to 100f/BS 200, or BS 200/BS 200. Herein, the wireless communication/connections may be established through various RATs (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150a, sidelink communication 150b (or, D2D communication), or inter BS communication (e.g. relay, Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB)). The wireless devices and the BSs/the wireless devices may transmit/receive radio signals to/from each other through the wireless communication/connections 150a and 150b. For example, the wireless communication/connections 150a and 150b may transmit/receive signals through various physical channels. To this end, at least a part of various configuration information configuring processes, various signal processing processes (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and resource mapping/demapping), and resource allocating processes, for transmitting/receiving radio signals, may be performed based on the various proposals of the present disclosure.
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The first wireless device 100 may include one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108. The processor(s) 102 may control the memory(s) 104 and/or the transceiver(s) 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 102 may process information within the memory(s) 104 to generate first information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the first information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106. The processor(s) 102 may receive radio signals including second information/signals through the transceiver 106 and then store information obtained by processing the second information/signals in the memory(s) 104. The memory(s) 104 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 102. For example, the memory(s) 104 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 102 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 102 and the memory(s) 104 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR) The transceiver(s) 106 may be connected to the processor(s) 102 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 108. Each of the transceiver(s) 106 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 106 may be interchangeably used with Radio Frequency (RF) unit(s) In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.
The second wireless device 200 may include one or more processors 202 and one or more memories 204 and additionally further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208. The processor(s) 202 may control the memory(s) 204 and/or the transceiver(s) 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. For example, the processor(s) 202 may process information within the memory(s) 204 to generate third information/signals and then transmit radio signals including the third information/signals through the transceiver(s) 206. The processor(s) 202 may receive radio signals including fourth information/signals through the transceiver(s) 106 and then store information obtained by processing the fourth information/signals in the memory(s) 204. The memory(s) 204 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and may store a variety of information related to operations of the processor(s) 202. For example, the memory(s) 204 may store software code including commands for performing a part or the entirety of processes controlled by the processor(s) 202 or for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. Herein, the processor(s) 202 and the memory(s) 204 may be a part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement RAT (e.g., LTE or NR). The transceiver(s) 206 may be connected to the processor(s) 202 and transmit and/or receive radio signals through one or more antennas 208. Each of the transceiver(s) 206 may include a transmitter and/or a receiver. The transceiver(s) 206 may be interchangeably used with RF unit(s). In the present disclosure, the wireless device may represent a communication modem/circuit/chip.
Hereinafter, hardware elements of the wireless devices 100 and 200 will be described more specifically. One or more protocol layers may be implemented by, without being limited to, one or more processors 102 and 202. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC. RLC, PDCP, RRC, and SDAP). The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Unit (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) including PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document and provide the generated signals to the one or more transceivers 106 and 206. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may receive the signals (e.g., baseband signals) from the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 and acquire the PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data, or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document.
The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be referred to as controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As an example, one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), one or more Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), one or more Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), one or more Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software and the firmware or software may be configured to include the modules, procedures, or functions. Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be included in the one or more processors 102 and 202 or stored in the one or more memories 104 and 204 so as to be driven by the one or more processors 102 and 202. The descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of code, commands, and/or a set of commands.
The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, code, instructions, and/or commands. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be configured by Read-Only Memories (ROMs), Random Access Memories (RAMs), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memories (EPROMs), flash memories, hard drives, registers, cash memories, computer-readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be located at the interior and/or exterior of the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more memories 104 and 204 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 through various technologies such as wired or wireless connection.
The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the methods and/or operational flowcharts of this document, to one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, from one or more other devices. For example, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more processors 102 and 202 and transmit and receive radio signals. For example, the one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may transmit user data, control information, or radio signals to one or more other devices. The one or more processors 102 and 202 may perform control so that the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may receive user data, control information, or radio signals from one or more other devices. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to the one or more antennas 108 and 208 and the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be configured to transmit and receive user data, control information, and/or radio signals/channels, mentioned in the descriptions, functions, procedures, proposals, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document, through the one or more antennas 108 and 208. In this document, the one or more antennas may be a plurality of physical antennas or a plurality of logical antennas (e.g., antenna ports). The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert received radio signals/channels etc. from RF band signals into baseband signals in order to process received user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. using the one or more processors 102 and 202. The one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may convert the user data, control information, radio signals/channels, etc. processed using the one or more processors 102 and 202 from the base band signals into the RF band signals. To this end, the one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may include (analog) oscillators and/or filters.
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Specifically, the codewords may be converted into scrambled bit sequences by the scramblers 1010. Scramble sequences used for scrambling may be generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of a wireless device. The scrambled bit sequences may be modulated to modulation symbol sequences by the modulators 1020. A modulation scheme may include pi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying (pi/2-BPSK), m-Phase Shift Keying (m-PSK), and m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (m-QAM). Complex modulation symbol sequences may be mapped to one or more transport layers by the layer mapper 1030. Modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped (precoded) to corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040. Outputs z of the precoder 1040 may be obtained by multiplying outputs y of the layer mapper 1030 by an N+M precoding matrix W. Herein, N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transport layers. The precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (e.g., DFT) for complex modulation symbols. Alternatively, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.
The resource mappers 1050 may map modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources. The time-frequency resources may include a plurality of symbols (e.g., a CP-OFDMA symbols and DFT-s-OFDMA symbols) in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. The signal generators 1060 may generate radio signals from the mapped modulation symbols and the generated radio signals may be transmitted to other devices through each antenna. For this purpose, the signal generators 1060 may include Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) modules, Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserters, Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), and frequency up-converters.
Signal processing procedures for a signal received in the wireless device may be configured in a reverse manner of the signal processing procedures 1010 to 1060 of
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The additional components 140 may be variously configured according to types of wireless devices. For example, the additional components 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, input/output (I/O) unit, a driving unit, and a computing unit. The wireless device may be implemented in the form of, without being limited to, the robot (100a of
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from other wireless devices or BSs. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling constituent elements of the hand-held device 100. The control unit 120 may include an Application Processor (AP). The memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/code/commands needed to drive the hand-held device 100. The memory unit 130 may store input/output data/information. The power supply unit 140a may supply power to the hand-held device 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The interface unit 140b may support connection of the hand-held device 100 to other external devices. The interface unit 140b may include various ports (e.g., an audio I/O port and a video I/O port) for connection with external devices. The I/O unit 140c may input or output video information/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or information input by a user. The I/O unit 140c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.
As an example, in the case of data communication, the I/O) unit 140c may acquire information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, images, or video) input by a user and the acquired information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130. The communication unit 110 may convert the information/signals stored in the memory into radio signals and transmit the converted radio signals to other wireless devices directly or to a BS. The communication unit 110 may receive radio signals from other wireless devices or the BS and then restore the received radio signals into original information/signals. The restored information/signals may be stored in the memory unit 130 and may be output as various types (e.g., text, voice, images, video, or haptic) through the I/O unit 140c.
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The communication unit 110 may transmit and receive signals (e.g., data and control signals) to and from external devices such as other vehicles, BSs (e.g., gNBs and road side units), and servers. The control unit 120 may perform various operations by controlling elements of the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100. The control unit 120 may include an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). The driving unit 140a may cause the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 to drive on a road. The driving unit 140a may include an engine, a motor, a powertrain, a wheel, a brake, a steering device, etc. The power supply unit 140b may supply power to the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 and include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc. The sensor unit 140c may acquire a vehicle state, ambient environment information, user information, etc. The sensor unit 140c may include an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, a slope sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, a vehicle forward/backward sensor, a battery sensor, a fuel sensor, a tire sensor, a steering sensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, an illumination sensor, a pedal position sensor, etc. The autonomous driving unit 140d may implement technology for maintaining a lane on which a vehicle is driving, technology for automatically adjusting speed, such as adaptive cruise control, technology for autonomously driving along a determined path, technology for driving by automatically setting a path if a destination is set, and the like.
For example, the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic information data, etc. from an external server. The autonomous driving unit 140d may generate an autonomous driving path and a driving plan from the obtained data. The control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140a such that the vehicle or the autonomous vehicle 100 may move along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control). In the middle of autonomous driving, the communication unit 110 may aperiodically/periodically acquire recent traffic information data from the external server and acquire surrounding traffic information data from neighboring vehicles. In the middle of autonomous driving, the sensor unit 140c may obtain a vehicle state and/or surrounding environment information. The autonomous driving unit 140d may update the autonomous driving path and the driving plan based on the newly obtained data/information. The communication unit 110 may transfer information about a vehicle position, the autonomous driving path, and/or the driving plan to the external server. The external server may predict traffic information data using AI technology, etc., based on the information collected from vehicles or autonomous vehicles and provide the predicted traffic information data to the vehicles or the autonomous vehicles.
Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. For instance, technical features in method claims of the present description can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, and technical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in a method.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 10-2021-0029361 | Mar 2021 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/KR2022/003156 | 3/7/2022 | WO |
