# US 11,310,808 B2 · Method and apparatus for configuring transmission priority for direct communication in wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,808 B2 - Document ID: US11310808B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/859,737 - Filed: 2020-04-27 - Published: 2020-10-29 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-25 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyunjeong Kang; Anil Agiwal; Sangyeob Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310808B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04W 28/0263: {involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT]} - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information} - H04W 76/40: for selective distribution or broadcast - H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system includes: obtaining sidelink logical channel configuration information corresponding to a logical channel and including a sidelink logical channel priority (sl-priority) parameter; selecting a destination associated with one of unicast, groupcast, and broadcast, based on the sidelink logical channel configuration information and sl-priority configured for each of at least one logical channel including sidelink data available for transmission; allocating sidelink resources to at least one logical channel corresponding to the destination based on the sl-priority configured for each of the at least one logical channel corresponding to the destination; multiplexing sidelink data included in the at least one logical channel corresponding to the destination to a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU); and transmitting the MAC PDU to another UE using the sidelink resources. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: obtaining sidelink logical channel configuration information corresponding to a logical channel and including a sidelink logical channel priority (sl-priority) information; selecting a destination associated with one of unicast, groupcast, or broadcast having a logical channel with a highest priority, based on the sl-priority information, for a sidelink grant, selecting at least one logical channel based on the selected destination; allocating sidelink resources for the sidelink grant to the selected at least one logical channel based on the sl-priority information; multiplexing sidelink data included in the selected at least one logical channel to a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU); and transmitting the MAC PDU to another UE using the sidelink resources. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the sidelink logical channel configuration information comprises: obtaining the sidelink logical channel configuration information from at least one of radio resource control (RRC)-dedicated signaling received from a base station, system information block (SIB) received from the base station, or configuration information pre-configured in the UE. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the sidelink logical channel configuration information further comprises: a configuredGrantType1Allowed parameter that indicates whether a configured grant Type 1 can be used for transmission, and an identifier of a logical channel group (LCG ID). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the selecting of the destination comprises: in case that the sidelink grant is a configured grant Type 1 selecting the destination that corresponds to a logical channel configured with a configuredGrantType1Allowed set to true. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the destination comprises: selecting the destination associated with one of the unicast, the groupcast, or the broadcast having the logical channel with the highest priority among at least one logical channel including sidelink data available for transmission. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the MAC PDU does not include sidelink data associated with a cast type different from the one of the unicast, the groupcast, or the broadcast associated with the destination and sidelink data associated with another destination different from the destination. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a priority of a logical channel and a logical channel group (LCG) for a first signaling radio bearer (SRB) for PC5-S message and a priority of a logical channel and a LCG for a second SRB for PC5-RRC message are configured with highest priority. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the first SRB and the second SRB are configured differently. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting, to a base station, a sidelinkUEInformation message including a sidelink quality-of-service (QoS) flow identifier and a PC5 QoS identifier (PQI), wherein the sidelink logical channel configuration information is configured based on the sidelink QoS flow identifier and the PQI. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: obtaining information of a transmission range corresponding to the logical channel; and selecting the destination based on a logical channel configured with a same transmission range as a transmission range configured for the sidelink resources. ### Claim 11 A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising: a transceiver; and at least one processor operably connected with the transceiver and configured to: obtain sidelink logical channel configuration information corresponding to a logical channel and including a sidelink logical channel priority (sl-priority) information, select a destination associated with one of unicast, groupcast, or broadcast having a logical channel with a highest priority, based on the sl-priority information, for a sidelink grant, select at least one logical channel based on the selected destination, allocate sidelink resources for the sidelink grant to the selected at least one logical channel based on the sl-priority information, multiplex sidelink data included in the selected at least one logical channel to a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), and transmit, by controlling the transceiver, the MAC PDU to another UE using the sidelink resources. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: obtain the sidelink logical channel configuration information from at least one of radio resource control (RRC)-dedicated signaling received from a base station, system information block (SIB) received from the base station, or configuration information pre-configured in the UE. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the sidelink logical channel configuration information further comprises: a configuredGrantType1Allowed parameter that indicates whether a configured grant Type 1 can be used for transmission, and an identifier of a logical channel group (LCG ID). ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The UE of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: in case that the sidelink grant is a configured grant Type 1 select the destination that corresponds to a logical channel configured with a configuredGrantType1Allowed set to true. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: select the destination associated with one of the unicast, the groupcast, or the broadcast having the logical channel with the highest priority among at least one logical channel including sidelink data available for transmission. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the MAC PDU does not include sidelink data associated with a cast type different from the one of the unicast, the groupcast, or the broadcast associated with the destination and sidelink data associated with another destination different from the destination. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein a priority of a logical channel and a logical channel group (LCG) for a first signaling radio bearer (SRB) for PC5-S message and a priority of a logical channel and a LCG for a second SRB for PC5-RRC message are configured with highest priority. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The UE of claim 17, wherein the first SRB and the second SRB are configured differently. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: transmit, to a base station, by controlling the transceiver, a sidelinkUEInformation message including a sidelink quality-of-service (QoS) flow identifier and a PC5 QoS identifier (PQI), wherein the sidelink logical channel configuration information is configured based on the sidelink QoS flow identifier and the PQI. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, the at least one processor is further configured to: obtain information of a transmission range corresponding to the logical channel, and select the destination based on a logical channel configured with a same transmission range as a transmission range configured for the sidelink resources.