# US 11,910,377 B2 · Method and apparatus for requesting scheduling sidelink resource, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,377 B2 - Document ID: US11910377B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/298,492 - Filed: 2018-11-30 - Published: 2022-01-27 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-30 - Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xing Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910377B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/121: for groups of terminals or users - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 76/20: Manipulation of established connections - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for requesting scheduling sidelink resources, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a terminal device, and includes: sending a sidelink terminal message to a network device, wherein the sidelink terminal message comprises a request initiated by the terminal device for performing sidelink resource scheduling by the terminal device; receiving a response message corresponding to the sidelink terminal message sent by the network device; in response to that the response message is a first response message indicating that the request from the terminal device is approved, obtaining assigned sidelink resource configuration information from the first response message; and performing sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within a user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for requesting scheduling sidelink resources, applicable to a terminal device, comprising: sending a sidelink terminal message to a network device, wherein the sidelink terminal message comprises a request initiated by the terminal device for performing sidelink resource scheduling by the terminal device; receiving a response message corresponding to the sidelink terminal message sent by the network device; in response to the response message being a first response message indicating that the request from the terminal device is approved, obtaining assigned sidelink resource configuration information from the first response message; and performing sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within a user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information; the method of claim further comprising: in response to the response message being a second response message indicating that the request of the terminal device is rejected, obtaining timer configuration information from the second response message; starting a timer based on the timer configuration information and suspending sending the sidelink terminal message to the network device before the timer expires. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the sidelink terminal message further comprises a group identifier of the user group, an identifier of each terminal device within the user group, and the number of scheduled terminal devices within the user group. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the performing the sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within the user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information comprises: obtaining a time range and a frequency range corresponding to assigned sidelink resources from the assigned sidelink resource configuration information; and performing the sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within the user group based on the time range and the frequency range. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein, each of the first response message and the second response message is selected from the group consisting of RRCConnectionReconfiguration; and RRCReconfiguration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the sidelink terminal message to the network device comprises: sending the sidelink terminal message to the network device based on a broadcast message received from the network device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining terminal devices for which sidelink resources need to be scheduled within the user group. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the determining the terminal devices for which the sidelink resources need to be scheduled within the user group comprises: sending querying information to another terminal device within the user group; and determining that the sidelink resource needs to be scheduled for the another terminal device when receiving return information indicating that the sidelink resource needs to be scheduled for the another terminal device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the determining the terminal devices for which the sidelink resources need to be scheduled within the user group comprises: determining that the sidelink resource needs to be scheduled for another terminal device when receiving a request for sidelink resources from the another terminal device. ### Claim 9 A device for requesting scheduling sidelink resources, comprising: a processor; and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; wherein the processor is configured to perform the method for requesting scheduling of side-link resources, comprising: sending a sidelink terminal message to a network device, wherein the sidelink terminal message comprises a request initiated by the terminal device for performing sidelink resource scheduling by the terminal device; receiving a response message corresponding to the sidelink terminal message sent by the network device; in response to the response message being a first response message indicating that the request from the terminal device is approved, obtaining assigned sidelink resource configuration information from the first response message; and performing sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within a user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information; wherein the processor is configured to further perform: in response to the response message being a second response message indicating that the request of the terminal device is rejected, obtaining timer configuration information from the second response message; starting a timer based on the timer configuration information and suspending sending the sidelink terminal message to the network device before the timer expires. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein the sidelink terminal message further comprises a group identifier of the user group, an identifier of each terminal device within the user group, and the number of scheduled terminal devices within the user group. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein the performing the sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within the user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information comprises: obtaining a time range and a frequency range corresponding to assigned sidelink resources from the assigned sidelink resource configuration information; and performing the sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within the user group based on the time range and the frequency range. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The device of claim 9, wherein, each of the first response message and the second response message is selected from the group consisting of RRCConnectionReconfiguration; and RRCReconfiguration. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein when instructions in the storage medium are executed by a processor, the processor is caused to perform the method for requesting scheduling of side-link resources, comprising: sending a sidelink terminal message to a network device, wherein the sidelink terminal message comprises a request initiated by the terminal device for performing sidelink resource scheduling by the terminal device; receiving a response message corresponding to the sidelink terminal message sent by the network device; in response to the response message being a first response message indicating that the request from the terminal device is approved, obtaining assigned sidelink resource configuration information from the first response message; and performing sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within a user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information; wherein the processor is further caused to perform: in response to the response message being a second response message indicating that the request of the terminal device is rejected, obtaining timer configuration information from the second response message; starting a timer based on the timer configuration information and suspending sending the sidelink terminal message to the network device before the timer expires. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the sidelink terminal message further comprises a group identifier of the user group, an identifier of each terminal device within the user group, and the number of scheduled terminal devices within the user group. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the performing the sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within the user group including the terminal device based on the assigned sidelink resource configuration information comprises: obtaining a time range and a frequency range corresponding to assigned sidelink resources from the assigned sidelink resource configuration information; and performing the sidelink resource scheduling for respective terminal devices within the user group based on the time range and the frequency range. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein, each of the first response message and the second response message is selected from the group consisting of RRCConnectionReconfiguration; and RRCReconfiguration.