Patent Application
20250212231
Embodiments of the present application generally relate to wireless communication technology, especially to a user equipment for sidelink transmission on unlicensed spectrum under 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) 5G new radio (NR).
With network developments of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR), sidelink transmission between user equipment is developed. For improving the utilization of the radio resource, technologies of sidelink transmission on unlicensed spectrum is introduced. However, for sidelink communication mode 2 (i.e., the mode that UEs may autonomously select resources for sidelink transmission), some issues of decreasing the resource utilization efficiency need to be solved.
Some embodiments of the present application provide a user equipment (UE). The UE includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: receive, via the transceiver, a resource pool configuration information from a network node, wherein the resource pool configuration information indicates a cyclic prefix (CP) extension having a length before a sidelink transmission in a resource pool; and perform a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure for a CP extension transmission with the length and the sidelink transmission in the resource pool on an unlicensed band.
Some embodiments of the present application provide a UE. The UE includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: determine a candidate resource set having a first number of candidate resources, wherein the first number of candidate resources is greater than a second number of candidate resources configured by a network node; report the candidate resource set from a physical layer of the UE to a higher layer of the UE; and determine at least one resource from the candidate resource set by the higher layer of the UE for a sidelink transmission on the unlicensed band.
Some embodiments of the present application provide a UE. The UE includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: report a candidate resource set from a physical layer of the UE to a higher layer of the UE; and determine a plurality of sets of resource from the candidate resource set by the higher layer of the UE for a sidelink transmission on the unlicensed band.
Some embodiments of the present application provide a UE. The UE includes a processor and a transceiver coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: determine a candidate resource set having a first number of candidate resources; determine the first number of candidate resources is less than a second number of candidate resources configured by a network node; increase a reference symbol received power (RSRP) threshold by a specific value; and determine whether the increased RSRP threshold is greater than an energy detection threshold. When the increased RSRP threshold is less than the energy detection threshold, the UE updates the candidate resource set according to the increased RSRP threshold. When the increased RSRP threshold is equal to or greater than the energy detection threshold, the UE reports the candidate resource set to a higher layer of the UE.
The details of one or more examples are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
In order to describe the manner in which advantages and features of the application can be obtained, a description of the application is rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended drawings. These drawings depict only example embodiments of the application and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope.
The detailed description of the appended drawings is intended as a description of preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to represent the only form in which the present application may be practiced. It should be understood that the same or equivalent functions may be accomplished by different embodiments that are intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the present application.
Reference will now be made in detail to some embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the present application may be provided in a network architecture that adopts various service scenarios, for example but is not limited to, 3GPP 3G, long-term evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), 3GPP 4G, 3GPP 5G NR (new radio), etc. It is contemplated that along with the 3GPP and related communication technology development, the terminologies recited in the present application may change, which should not affect the principle of the present application.
The BS 103 may be distributed over a geographic region. In certain embodiments of the present application, the BS 103 may also be referred to as an access point, an access terminal, a base, a base unit, a macro cell, a Node-B, an evolved Node B (eNB), a gNB, a Home Node-B, a relay node, or a device, or described using other terminology used in the art. The BS 103 is generally part of a radio access network that may include one or more controllers communicably coupled to one or more corresponding BS(s).
The UEs 101 and 102 may include, for example, but is not limited to, computing devices, such as desktop computers, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablet computers, smart televisions (e.g., televisions connected to the Internet), set-top boxes, game consoles, security systems (including security cameras), vehicle on-board computers, network devices (e.g., routers, switches, and modems), Internet of Thing (IoT) devices, or the like.
According to some embodiments of the present application, the UEs 101 and 102 may include, for example, but is not limited to, a portable wireless communication device, a smart phone, a cellular telephone, a flip phone, a device having a subscriber identity module, a personal computer, a selective call receiver, a wireless sensor, a monitoring device, or any other device that is capable of sending and receiving communication signals on a wireless network.
In some embodiments of the present application, the UEs 101 and 102 may include, for example, but is not limited to, wearable devices, such as smart watches, fitness bands, optical head-mounted displays, or the like. Moreover, the UEs 101 and 102 may be referred to as a subscriber unit, a mobile, a mobile station, a user, a terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a fixed terminal, a subscriber station, a user terminal, or a device, or described using other terminology used in the art. The UEs 101 and 102 may communicate with each other via sidelink transmission. The sidelink transmission may include a control information transmission on physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), a data transmission on physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or feedback transmission on physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH). The UE 101 and 102 may respectively communicate with the BS 103 via uplink communication signals.
The wireless communication system 100 is compatible with any type of network that is capable of sending and receiving wireless communication signals. For example, the wireless communication system 100 is compatible with a wireless communication network, a cellular telephone network, a time division multiple access
(TDMA)-based network, a code division multiple access (CDMA)-based network, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)-based network, an LTE network, a 3GPP-based network, a 3GPP 5G network, a satellite communications network, a high altitude platform network, and/or other communications networks.
According to existing agreements, the UEs 101 and 102 may perform sidelink transmission on unlicensed band, and the UE 101 (e.g., a transmitting (TX) UE) may perform listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure before the sidelink transmission. The LBT procedure may include LBT Cat4 or LBT Cat2. LBT Cat2 means that a LBT procedure is performed without random back-off, and the duration of time that the channel is sensed to be idle before the transmitter transmits is deterministic. LBT Cat4 means that a LBT procedure is performed with random back-off with a variable contention window size.
Regarding sidelink transmission mode 2 (i.e., the mode that the UEs may autonomously select resources for sidelink transmission), if a TX UE determines the LBT type (e.g., LBT Cat4 or LBT Cat2) by itself, the TX UE may detect a cyclic prefix (CP) extension transmission from the other TX UE in a sensing interval and drop it sidelink transmission in subsequent time slot, which may decrease the resource utilization efficiency.
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Accordingly, in the present disclosure, to increase the resource utilization efficiency, a common CP extension per resource pool may be introduced. More details on embodiments of the present disclosure will be further described hereinafter.
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In some embodiments, the resource pool configuration information 103A may include an index that indicates the CP extension for the resource pool. For example, a table 1 of index, number of symbols and delta value below can be (pre) configured in the UE 101. Accordingly, when the UE 101 receives the resource pool configuration information 103A including an index ‘1’ for a number of symbols ‘C1’ for CP extension transmission and a corresponding delta value ‘delta 1’, the UE 101 determines the CP extension based on the length of number of symbols ‘C1’ minus ‘delta 1’.
For another example, a table 2 of index and CP extension can be (pre) configured in the UE 101. Accordingly, when the UE 101 receives the resource pool configuration information 103A including an index ‘1’ for CP extension, the UE 101 determines the CP extension as 25·10−6.
In some embodiments, the resource pool configuration information 103A may include a mapping relation between the index and a priority of sidelink transmission. For example, an item (i.e., the mapping relation) of a table 3 of indexes of CP extensions and priority levels of sidelink transmissions can be included in the resource pool configuration information 103A. Accordingly, after receiving the resource pool configuration information 103A, the UE 101 obtains the mapping relation between the index of CP extension (e.g., ‘3’) and the priority level (e.g., ‘1’) of sidelink transmission. It should be noted that the prior level with lower number has higher priority and is configured with the CP extension having longer length for occupying channel access more efficiently.
In some embodiments, the resource pool configuration information 103A may indicate at least one sidelink channel access type for the resource pool. In other words, the resource pool configuration information 103A may indicate at least one sidelink channel access type for the CP extension transmission with the length and the sidelink transmission in the resource pool. For example, an item of a table 4 of indexes of CP extensions and channel access types of sidelink transmissions can be indicated by the resource pool configuration information 103A. Accordingly, when the UE 101 receives the resource pool configuration information 103A, the UE 101 determines the channel access types (e.g., ‘Typel-SLChannelAccess and Type2A-SLChannelAccess’) and the index of CP extension (e.g., ‘2’). It should be noted that the combinations of the channel access type and the index of the CP extension may be enumerated as below; it, however, is not intended to limit the combinations.
Therefore, after receiving the resource pool configuration information 103A, the UE 101 may perform the LBT procedure based on the at least one sidelink channel access type for the CP extension transmission with the corresponding length and the sidelink transmission in the resource pool on the unlicensed band.
In some embodiments, the resource pool configuration information 103A may be included in a radio resource control (RRC) configuration or a downlink control information (DCI) from the BS 103 to the UE 101.
In addition, regarding sidelink communication mode 2, when a UE performs autonomous resource selection and the number of candidate resources remaining in a set is smaller than a network configured value, a reference signal receiving power (RSRP) threshold should be increased for raising the number of candidate resources to the network configured value. In this way, the UE may select a resource after increasing the RSRP threshold while the selected resource is used by another UE. Accordingly, LBT failure may be caused and the resource re-selection may be trigger, which may decrease the resource utilization efficiency.
Accordingly, in the present disclosure, to increase the resource utilization efficiency, a candidate resource set having greater number of candidate resources may be introduced. More details on embodiments of the present disclosure will be further described hereinafter.
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In some embodiments, the number ‘N2’ may be indicated by the BS 103. Referring to
In some embodiments, the number ‘N2’ may be determined by the UE 101 itself. In some cases, the UE 101 may directly determine a number greater the number ‘N1’ as the number ‘N2’. In some cases, the UE 101 may calculate a number of LBT failure, and then may determine the number ‘N2’ of candidate resources according to the number of LBT failure. The greater number of LBT failure is calculated, the greater number of ‘N2’ is determined. The number of LBT failure may be calculated by the PHY layer of the UE 101 or by the higher layer of the UE 101.
In some embodiments, the number ‘N1’ may be X·Mtotal and a factor X′ used for determining X′·Mtotal as the number ‘N2’ may be indicated by the BS 103. Referring to
In some embodiments, the number ‘N1’ may be X·Mtotal and a factor X′ used for determining X′·Mtotal as the number ‘N2’ may be determined by the UE 101 itself. In some cases, the UE 101 may directly determine a number greater X as the factor X′. In some cases, the UE 101 may calculate a number of LBT failure, and then may determine the factor X′ according to the number of LBT failure. The greater number of LBT failure is calculated, the greater value of the factor X′ is determined. The number of LBT failure may be calculated by the PHY layer of the UE 101 or by the higher layer of the UE 101.
In addition, in the present disclosure, to increase the resource utilization efficiency, the utilization of a plurality of resource sets may be introduced. More details on embodiments of the present disclosure will be further described hereinafter.
In particular, the UE 101 may report a candidate resource set from the PHY layer of the UE 101 to a higher layer of the UE 101. Then, the higher layer of the UE 101 may determine a plurality of sets of resource from the candidate resource set for a sidelink transmission on the unlicensed band. In some embodiments, multiple initial transmissions may be continuous in time domain. Therefore, the plurality of sets of resource determined from the candidate resource may be used for same transport block.
In some embodiments, a number of the sets of resource may be indicated by the BS 103. Referring to
In some embodiments, the number of the sets of resource may be determined by the UE 101 itself. In some cases, the UE 101 may directly determine a number greater one as the number of the sets of resource. In some cases, the UE 101 may calculate a number of LBT failure, and then may determine the number of the sets of resource according to the number of LBT failure. The greater number of LBT failure is calculated, the greater number of the sets of resource is determined. The number of LBT failure may be calculated by the PHY layer of the UE 101 or by the higher layer of the UE 101.
In addition, regarding sidelink communication mode 2, when a UE performs autonomous resource selection and the number of candidate resources remaining in a set is smaller than a network configured value, an RSRP threshold should be increased for raising the number of candidate resources to the network configured value. However, the increase of the RSRP threshold should be limited appropriately.
Accordingly, in the present disclosure, to limit the increase of the RSRP threshold used for resource selection under sidelink communication mode 2, the consideration of the energy detection threshold used for a UE to determine whether the channel is available (e.g., when the UE may perform LBT procedure, if a detected energy of signal is less than the energy detection threshold, the channel is available for sidelink transmission) may be introduced. More details on embodiments of the present disclosure will be further described hereinafter.
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When the increased RSRP threshold is less than the energy detection threshold, the UE 101 may update the candidate resource set according to the increased RSRP threshold. In other words, the UE 101 may add resource(s), which satisfy the increased RSRP threshold, in the candidate set. When the increased RSRP threshold is equal to or greater than the energy detection threshold, the UE 101 may not update the candidate resource set and report the candidate resource set from the PHY layer of the UE 101 to the higher layer of the UE 101.
In some embodiments, the BS 103 may configure the UE 101 to report a number of LBT failure. Referring to
In some embodiments, the UE 101 may report a number of LBT failure by itself. Similarly, the UE 101 may report a number of LBT failure periodically based on the specific trigger mechanism. In some cases, the specific trigger mechanism may be time-based (e.g., 100 ms or 1000 ms). In some cases, the specific trigger mechanism may be event-based (e.g., 10 times or 100 times of LBT failures).
Although in this figure, elements such as processor 1011 and transceiver 1013 are described in the singular, the plural is contemplated unless limitation to the singular is explicitly stated. In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE 101 may further include an input device, a memory, and/or other components.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the non-transitory computer-readable medium may have stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause a processor to implement the procedure with respect to the UE 101 as described above. For example, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the processor 1011 interacting with transceiver 1013, so as to perform the operations with respect to the UE 101 depicted in
Those having ordinary skill in the art would understand that the operations of a method described in connection with the aspects disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. Additionally, in some aspects, the steps of a method may reside as one or any combination or set of codes and/or instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, which may be incorporated into a computer program product.
While this disclosure has been described with specific embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, and variations may be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, various components of the embodiments may be interchanged, added, or substituted in the other embodiments. Also, all of the elements of each figure are not necessary for operation of the disclosed embodiments. For example, one of ordinary skill in the art of the disclosed embodiments would be enabled to make and use the teachings of the disclosure by simply employing the elements of the independent claims. Accordingly, embodiments of the disclosure as set forth herein are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
In this document, the terms “includes”, “including”, or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by “a”, “an”, or the like does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element. Also, the term “another” is defined as at least a second or more. The term “having” and the like, as used herein, are defined as “including”.
In this document, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by “a,” “an,” or the like does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Also, the term “another” is defined as at least a second or more. The terms “including,” “having,” and the like, as used herein, are defined as “comprising.”
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2022/084575 | 3/31/2022 | WO |
