# US 12,015,997 B2 · Method and device for performing sidelink communication > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,997 B2 - Document ID: US12015997B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/436,975 - Filed: 2020-04-08 - Published: 2022-06-02 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-08 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Seungmin Lee; Hanbyul Seo; Daesung Hwang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015997B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 1/1893: {Physical mapping arrangements (physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00)} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04L 2001/0093: {Point-to-multipoint} - 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) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for performing SL communication by a first device is provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving information related to multiple resources from a second device; receiving, from the second device, a PSSCH and a PSCCH on a first resource among the multiple resources; on the basis of successful decoding of a transport block received through the PSSCH, determining, as a candidate resource for SL transmission by the first device, resources subsequent to the first resource among the multiple resources; and performing SL communication on the basis of the candidate resource for SL transmission by the first device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for performing sidelink (SL) communication by a first apparatus, the method including: receiving information related to a plurality of resources from a second apparatus; receiving a physical sidelink share channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from the second apparatus on a first resource among the plurality of resources; determining resources after the first resource among the plurality of resources as a candidate resource for SL transmission by the first apparatus based on a successful decoding of a transport block received through the PSSCH; and performing SL communication based on the candidate resource for the SL transmission by the first apparatus, wherein the resources after the first resource determined as the candidate resource are resources after a processing time required for the first apparatus to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information through a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) related to the PSSCH to the second apparatus has elapsed or after processing of the HARQ feedback information is completed by the second apparatus after the second apparatus receives the HARQ feedback information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the PSSCH is transmitted from the second apparatus to the first apparatus through a unicast connection established between the first apparatus and the second apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the HARQ feedback information includes HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) or HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK), and wherein the determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus includes: transmitting the HARQ ACK to the second apparatus through the PSFCH related to the PSSCH based on the successful decoding of the transport block by the first apparatus; and determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus based on the HARQ ACK being transmitted to the second apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the PSSCH is transmitted to a plurality of apparatuses performing groupcast communication with the second apparatus, wherein the plurality of apparatuses includes the first apparatus, and wherein the determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus includes: determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource based on the successful decoding of the transport block by the first apparatus, and based on whether the first apparatus is able to determine whether a decoding of the transport block by the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus is successful. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the HARQ feedback information includes HARQ ACK or HARQ NACK, and wherein the determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus based on the successful decoding of the transport block by the first apparatus, and based on whether the first apparatus is able to determine whether the decoding of the transport block by the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus is successful includes: transmitting the HARQ ACK to the second apparatus through the PSFCH related to the PSSCH based on the successful decoding of the transport block by the first apparatus; and determining to exclude the resources after the first resource from the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus based on that the first apparatus is not able to determine whether a decoding of the transport block by the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus is successful. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the HARQ feedback information includes HARQ NACK, and wherein the determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource based on the successful decoding of the transport block by the first apparatus, and based on whether the first apparatus is able to determine whether the decoding of the transport block by the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus is successful includes: determining whether at least one apparatus among the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus transmits the HARQ NACK to the second apparatus through the PSFCH related to the PSSCH based on that the first apparatus does not transmit HARQ ACK to the second apparatus by succeeding to the decoding of the transport block, and based on that the first apparatus is able to determine whether the decoding of the transport block by the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus is successful; and determining the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus based on the successful decoding of the transport block by the first apparatus and based on that the at least one apparatus among the plurality of apparatuses excluding the first apparatus is determined not to transmit the HARQ NACK to the second apparatus through the PSFCH. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a slot whose time resource overlaps with the plurality of resources is excluded from the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the first apparatus. ### Claim 8 A method for performing sidelink (SL) communication by a third apparatus, the method including: receiving information on a plurality of resources from a second apparatus; determining whether a decoding of a transport block for a PSSCH by a fourth apparatus is successful based on a PSFCH related to the PSSCH transmitted from the second apparatus to the fourth apparatus on a first resource among the plurality of resources; determining whether to use resources after the first resource among the plurality of resources as a candidate resource for SL transmission by the third apparatus based on whether the decoding by the fourth apparatus is successful; and performing SL communication based on the determination related to whether to use the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission by the third apparatus, wherein whether to use the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource is determined based on at least one of a congestion level, SL channel quality, service type or a QoS parameter related to a service. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining whether the decoding of the transport block by the fourth apparatus is successful includes: determining that the decoding of the transport block by the fourth apparatus is successful based on receiving HARQ ACK from the fourth apparatus through the PSFCH. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein determining whether to use the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission of the third apparatus includes: determining to use the resources after the first resource as the candidate resource for the SL transmission based on a measure reception power of the HARQ ACK being higher than a preconfigured threshold. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the resources after the first resource, which are determined to be used as the candidate resource, are resources after a time point in which a time required for the third apparatus to process the HARQ feedback information elapsed from a time point in which the third apparatus received the HARQ feedback information from the fourth apparatus through the PSFCH or a time point expected to receive the HARQ feedback information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining whether the decoding of the transport block by the fourth apparatus is successful includes: determining that the decoding of the transport block by the fourth apparatus is successful based on not receiving HARQ NACK on a resource area for the PSFCH from the fourth apparatus. ### Claim 13 A first apparatus for performing sidelink (SL) communication, the first apparatus including: at least one memory storing instructions; at least one transceiver; and at least one processor connecting the at least one memory and the at least one transceiver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the at least one transceiver to receive information related to a plurality of resources from a second apparatus, control the at least one transceiver to receive a physical sidelink share channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from the second apparatus on a first resource among the plurality of resources, determine resources after the first resource among the plurality of resources as a candidate resource for SL transmission by the first apparatus based on a successful decoding of a transport block received through the PSSCH, and perform SL communication based on the candidate resource for the SL transmission by the first apparatus, wherein the resources after the first resource determined as the candidate resource are resources after a a processing time required for the first apparatus to transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information through a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) related to the PSSCH to the second apparatus has elapsed or processing of the HARQ feedback information is completed by the second apparatus after the second apparatus receives the HARQ feedback information.