# US 12,004,136 B2 · Method for determining sidelink resource and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,136 B2 - Document ID: US12004136B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/212,958 - Filed: 2021-03-25 - Published: 2021-09-30 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-27 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xiaodong Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004136B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04W 72/52: based on load - 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 for determining a sidelink resource and a device are provided. The method includes: determining, based on at least one of preset information and a preset parameter, a target sidelink SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources; where the preset information includes either of related information of a resource used by a Uu interface of the terminal device and an attribute of a carrier carrying the target SL resource; and the preset parameter includes at least one of a utilization rate of the candidate SL resources and a communication quality parameter of the candidate SL resources. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for determining a sidelink resource, applied to a terminal device, wherein the method comprises: determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target sidelink (SL) resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources; wherein wherein the preset information comprises a related information of the resource used by a Uu interface of the terminal device, and the related information comprises information indicating activation or deactivation of an SL resource used by the Uu interface and information about a radio access technologies (RAT) selected by the Uu interface; and wherein the preset parameter comprises at least one of a utilization rate of the candidate SL resources and a communication quality parameter of the candidate SL resources; determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface and is in an active state; determining, based on the preset information, a target RAT selected by the Uu interface; and determining the SL resource as the target SL resource from an SL resource pool that corresponds to the target RAT, in the candidate SL resources. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the candidate SL resources comprise SL resources that are located on a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier and a non-SUL carrier respectively and have same quality of service (QoS) parameters, the preset information comprises the related information of the resource used by the Uu interface, and the related information comprises information about an SL resource used by the Uu interface; and the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface and is in an active state comprises: determining, as the target SL resource, an SL resource corresponding to a secondary cell (Scell) or a bandwidth part (BWP) in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface and is in an active state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset information comprises the related information of the resource used by the Uu interface, and the related information comprises information about interference caused by the resource used by the Uu interface to the candidate SL resources; and the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource with a degree of interference that is caused by the resource used by the Uu interface and is less than a first threshold, in the candidate SL resources. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the candidate SL resources comprise resources in the SL resource pool corresponding to different radio access technologies (RAT) supported by the terminal device, the preset information comprises the related information of the resource used by the Uu interface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining, based on at least one of characteristic information of the terminal device and characteristic information of the target SL service, the attribute of the carrier carrying the target SL resource; wherein the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that has the attribute. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the characteristic information of the terminal device comprises a movement speed of the terminal device; the characteristic information of the target SL service comprises either of information about a priority of the target SL service and information about a logical channel carrying the target SL service; and the attribute is represented by a subcarrier spacing (SCS) or a BWP. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, based on preset information, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, based on the preset information, a first SL resource for the target SL service from the candidate SL resources; or wherein the determining, based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, based on the preset information, a first SL resource for the target SL service from the candidate SL resources, and determining, when a preset parameter of the first SL resource and a preset parameter of a second SL resource satisfy a first preset condition, the second SL resource as the target SL resource, wherein the second SL resource is an SL resource in the candidate SL resources. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the preset parameter comprises the utilization rate of the candidate SL resources; and the determining, when a preset parameter of the first SL resource and a preset parameter of a second SL resource satisfy a first preset condition, the second SL resource as the target SL resource comprises: when a utilization rate of the first SL resource is higher than a utilization rate of the second SL resource by a second threshold, determining the second SL resource as the target SL resource. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the preset parameter comprises the communication quality parameter of the candidate SL resources; and the determining, when a preset parameter of the first SL resource and a preset parameter of a second SL resource satisfy a first preset condition, the second SL resource as the target SL resource comprises: when a communication quality parameter of the first SL resource is lower than a communication quality parameter of the second SL resource by a third threshold, determining the second SL resource as the target SL resource. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources for which the preset parameter satisfies a second preset condition. ### Claim 12 A terminal device, comprising a memory, a processor, and a wireless communication program stored on the memory and running on the processor, wherein when the wireless communication program is executed by the processor, the processor is configured to implement: determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target sidelink (SL) resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources; wherein wherein the preset information comprises a related information of the resource used by a Uu interface of the terminal device, and the related information comprises information indicating activation or deactivation of an SL resource used by the Uu interface and information about a RAT selected by the Uu interface; and wherein the preset parameter comprises at least one of a utilization rate of the candidate SL resources and a communication quality parameter of the candidate SL resources; determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface and is in an active state; determining, based on the preset information, a target RAT selected by the Uu interface; and determining the SL resource as the target SL resource from an SL resource pool that corresponds to the target RAT, in the candidate SL resources. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the candidate SL resources comprise SL resources that are located on a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier and a non-SUL carrier respectively and have same quality of service (QoS) parameters, the preset information comprises the related information of the resource used by the Uu interface, and the related information comprises information about an SL resource used by the Uu interface; and the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the preset information comprises the related information of the resource used by the Uu interface, and the related information comprises information about interference caused by the resource used by the Uu interface to the candidate SL resources; and the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource with a degree of interference that is caused by the resource used by the Uu interface and is less than a first threshold, in the candidate SL resources. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the candidate SL resources comprise resources in the SL resource pool corresponding to different radio access technologies (RAT) supported by the terminal device, the preset information comprises the related information of the resource used by the Uu interface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein when the wireless communication program is executed by the processor, the processor is further configured to implement: determining, based on at least one of characteristic information of the terminal device and characteristic information of the target SL service, the attribute of the carrier carrying the target SL resource; wherein the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that has the attribute. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The terminal device according to claim 12, wherein the determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, based on the preset information, a first SL resource for the target SL service from the candidate SL resources; or wherein the determining, based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target SL resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources comprises: determining, based on the preset information, a first SL resource for the target SL service from the candidate SL resources, and determining, when a preset parameter of the first SL resource and a preset parameter of a second SL resource satisfy a first preset condition, the second SL resource as the target SL resource, wherein the second SL resource is an SL resource in the candidate SL resources. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium stores a wireless communication program, and when the wireless communication program is executed by a processor, the processor is configured to implement: determining, based on preset information or based on preset information and a preset parameter, a target sidelink (SL) resource for a target SL service from candidate SL resources; wherein wherein the preset information comprises a related information of the resource used by a Uu interface of the terminal device, and the related information comprises information indicating activation or deactivation of an SL resource used by the Uu interface and information about a RAT selected by the Uu interface; and wherein the preset parameter comprises at least one of a utilization rate of the candidate SL resources and a communication quality parameter of the candidate SL resources; determining, as the target SL resource based on the preset information, an SL resource in the candidate SL resources that is used by the Uu interface and is in an active state; determining, based on the preset information, a target RAT selected by the Uu interface; and determining the SL resource as the target SL resource from an SL resource pool that corresponds to the target RAT, in the candidate SL resources.