# US 12,193,074 B2 · Methods and apparatuses for handling conflict between sidelink data transmission and uplink small data transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,074 B2 - Document ID: US12193074B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/858,871 - Filed: 2022-07-06 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-08 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yung-Lan Tseng; Mei-Ju Shih; Hung-Chen Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193074B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information} - H04W 74/0841: {with collision treatment} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 74/0875: {with assigned priorities based access} - H04W 76/20: Manipulation of established connections - H04W 72/115: Grant-free or autonomous transmission - H04W 72/40: Resource management for direct mode communication, e.g. D2D or sidelink - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W 74/0836: with 2-step access - H04W 74/0838: using contention-free random access [CFRA] - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - 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) includes initiating a Small Data Transmission (SDT) procedure for transmitting a first set of data packets to a base station (BS) via an uplink (UL) transmission, determining, while the UE is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Inactive state, whether to prioritize the UL transmission over a sidelink (SL) transmission when there is a conflict between the UL transmission and the SL transmission during the SDT procedure, where the SL transmission is for transmitting a second set of data packets to another UE. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: initiating a Small Data Transmission (SDT) procedure for transmitting a first set of data packets to a base station (BS) via an uplink (UL) transmission; and determining, while the UE is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Inactive state, whether to prioritize the UL transmission over a sidelink (SL) transmission when there is a conflict between the UL transmission and the SL transmission during the SDT procedure, wherein the SL transmission is for transmitting a second set of data packets to another UE. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the SDT procedure is a Configured Grant SDT (CG-SDT) procedure, and the UL transmission is transmitted on a configured grant UL or a dynamic grant UL provided by the BS. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the SDT procedure is a Random Access SDT (RA-SDT) procedure, and the UL transmission is transmitted on a 2-step Random Access procedure, a 4-step Random Access procedure, or a dynamic grant UL provided by the BS during the RA-SDT procedure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the UL transmission is implemented on an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Uu interface or a New Radio (NR) Uu interface, the SL transmission is implemented on an E-UTRA PC5 interface or an NR PC5 interface, and the UE is in an E-UTRA RRC Inactive state or an NR RRC Inactive state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining to always prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission when the UL transmission is a configured grant (CG)-UL transmission. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the one or more priority thresholds comprise one or more SL transmission priority thresholds, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises prioritizing the SL transmission over the UL transmission or prioritizing the UL transmission over the SL transmission based on the one or more SL transmission priority thresholds and a priority value associated with the SL transmission. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the one or more priority thresholds comprise one or more UL transmission priority thresholds, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises prioritizing the SL transmission over the UL transmission or prioritizing the UL transmission over the SL transmission based on the one or more UL transmission priority thresholds and a priority value associated with the UL transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the UL transmission comprises a Random Access (RA)-UL transmission, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining whether to prioritize the RA-UL transmission over the SL transmission based on the one or more priority thresholds. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the UL transmission comprises a Configured Grant (CG)-UL transmission, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining to prioritize the CG-UL transmission over the SL transmission irrespective of the received one or more priority thresholds. ### Claim 11 A user equipment (UE), comprising: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: initiate a Small Data Transmission (SDT) procedure for transmitting a first set of data packets to a base station (BS) via an uplink (UL) transmission; and determine, while the UE is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Inactive state, whether to prioritize the UL transmission over a sidelink (SL) transmission when there is a conflict between the UL transmission and the SL transmission during the SDT procedure, wherein the SL transmission is for transmitting a second set of data packets to another UE. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein: the SDT procedure is a Configured Grant SDT (CG-SDT) procedure, and the UL transmission is transmitted on a configured grant UL or a dynamic grant UL provided by the BS. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein: the SDT procedure is a Random Access SDT (RA-SDT) procedure, and the UL transmission is transmitted on a 2-step Random Access procedure, a 4-step Random Access procedure, or a dynamic grant UL provided by the BS during the RA-SDT procedure. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein: the UL transmission is implemented on an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Uu interface or a New Radio (NR) Uu interface, the SL transmission is implemented on an E-UTRA PC5 interface or an NR PC5 interface, and the UE is in an E-UTRA RRC Inactive state or an NR RRC Inactive state. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining to always prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission when the UL transmission is a configured grant (CG)-UL transmission. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the one or more priority thresholds comprise one or more SL transmission priority thresholds, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises prioritizing the SL transmission over the UL transmission or prioritizing the UL transmission over the SL transmission based on the one or more SL transmission priority thresholds and a priority value associated with the SL transmission. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the one or more priority thresholds comprise one or more UL transmission priority thresholds, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises prioritizing the SL transmission over the UL transmission or prioritizing the UL transmission over the SL transmission based on the one or more UL transmission priority thresholds and a priority value associated with the UL transmission. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the UL transmission comprises a Random Access (RA)-UL transmission, wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining whether to prioritize the RA-UL transmission over the SL transmission based on the one or more priority thresholds. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The UE of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive one or more priority thresholds from at least one of the BS and another BS, wherein the UL transmission comprises a Configured Grant (CG)-UL transmission; wherein determining whether to prioritize the UL transmission over the SL transmission comprises determining to prioritize the CG-UL transmission over the SL transmission irrespective of the received one or more priority thresholds.