# US 12,193,010 B2 · Base station scheduling of sidelink feedback reporting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,010 B2 - Document ID: US12193010B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/842,862 - Filed: 2022-06-17 - Published: 2022-10-13 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-16 - Assignees: Ofinno, LLC - Applicants: Ofinno, LLC - Inventors: Hyukjin Chae; Esmael Hejazi Dinan; Yunjung Yi; Kyungmin Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193010B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04B 7/06954: {Sidelink beam training with support from third instance, e.g. the third instance being a base station} - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 56/003: {Arrangements to increase tolerance to errors in transmission or reception timing} - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/003: {Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 2001/0097: {Relays} - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 76/23: Manipulation of direct-mode connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A base station may transmit, to a first wireless device, a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource. The base station may receive, from the first wireless device and in an uplink slot, a sidelink feedback report. A first sidelink feedback resource within a sidelink slot may be at a time indicated by the offset from a second sidelink feedback resource for a sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device to a second wireless device. The uplink slot may overlap with the first sidelink feedback resource in time, and the uplink slot may be a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with the first sidelink feedback resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: transmitting, by a base station to a first wireless device, a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in a number of slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource for transmitting a sidelink feedback report; and receiving, by the base station from the first wireless device, the sidelink feedback report in an uplink slot, wherein: the uplink slot is a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with a first sidelink feedback resource, within a sidelink slot, in time; the first sidelink feedback resource is offset from a second sidelink feedback resource by the number of slots; and the second sidelink feedback resource is a feedback resource for a sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device to a second wireless device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the timing offset indicator is transmitted via a downlink control information (DCI). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the DCI comprises a field for the timing offset indicator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the timing offset indicator is transmitted via radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting, by the base station to the first wireless device, an indication of one or more sidelink transmission resources for the first wireless device to transmit the sidelink transport block to the second wireless device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the uplink feedback resource of the uplink slot comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first sidelink feedback resource comprises a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first wireless device operates under resource allocation mode 1 in which the base station schedules sidelink transmissions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the sidelink feedback report comprises at least one of: a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK); or a HARQ non-acknowledgment (NACK). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the offset, indicated by the timing offset indicator, is between a first time when the first wireless device receives a sidelink feedback from the second wireless device and a second time when the first wireless device transmits the sidelink feedback report to the base station. ### Claim 11 A base station comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to: transmit, to a first wireless device, a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in a number of slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource for transmitting a sidelink feedback report; and receive, from the first wireless device, the sidelink feedback report in an uplink slot, wherein: the uplink slot is a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with a first sidelink feedback resource, within a sidelink slot, in time; the first sidelink feedback resource is offset from a second sidelink feedback resource by the number of slots; and the second sidelink feedback resource is a feedback resource for a sidelink transport block transmitted by the first wireless device to a second wireless device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the timing offset indicator is transmitted via a downlink control information (DCI). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The base station of claim 12, wherein the DCI comprises a field for the timing offset indicator. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the timing offset indicator is transmitted via radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the base station to transmit, by the base station to the first wireless device, an indication of one or more sidelink transmission resources for the first wireless device to transmit the sidelink transport block to the second wireless device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the uplink feedback resource of the uplink slot comprises a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the first sidelink feedback resource comprises a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH). ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the first wireless device operates under resource allocation mode 1 in which the base station schedules sidelink transmissions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The base station of claim 11, wherein the sidelink feedback report comprises at least one of: a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK); or a HARQ non-acknowledgment (NACK). ### Claim 20 A system comprising: a base station comprising: one or more first processors and first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to: transmit a timing offset indicator indicating an offset, in a number of slots, between a sidelink feedback resource and an uplink feedback resource for transmitting a sidelink feedback report; and receive the sidelink feedback report in an uplink slot; a first wireless device comprising: one or more second processors and second memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the first wireless device to: receive, from the base station, the timing offset indicator; transmit a sidelink transport block; receive feedback for the sidelink transport block; and transmit, to the base station and in the uplink slot, the sidelink feedback report, comprising the feedback, wherein: the uplink slot is a last uplink feedback slot overlapping with a first sidelink feedback resource, within a sidelink slot, in time; the first sidelink feedback resource is offset from a second sidelink feedback resource by the number of slots; and the second sidelink feedback resource is a feedback resource of the feedback for the sidelink transport block; and a second wireless device comprising: one or more third processors and third memory storing third instructions that, when executed by the one or more third processors, cause the second wireless device to: receive, from the first wireless device, the sidelink transport block; and transmit, to the first wireless device and via the second sidelink feedback resource, the feedback for the sidelink transport block.