# US 12,225,554 B1 · Sidelink feedback information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,554 B1 - Document ID: US12225554B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/777,889 - Filed: 2024-07-19 - Published: 2025-02-13 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2023-08-10 - Assignees: Nokia Technologies Oy - Applicants: Nokia Technologies Oy - Inventors: Renato Barbosa Abreu; Jian Guo Liu; Yong Liu; Thomas Haaning Jacobsen; Nuno Manuel Kiilerich Pratas; Torsten Wildschek; Akshay Jaiswal - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225554B1 ## CPC - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04W 72/25: between terminals via a wireless link, e.g. sidelink - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - H04L 2001/0093: {Point-to-multipoint} - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution of transmitting sidelink (SL) feedback information on non-contiguous resource sets. In this solution, in accordance with a determination that a plurality of feedback transmission occasions for sidelink transmissions are mapped on non-contiguous resource sets, an apparatus determines a group of contiguous resource sets mapped with a subset of the plurality of feedback transmission occasions; and transmits feedback information on the group of contiguous resource sets. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: in accordance with a determination that a plurality of feedback transmission occasions for sidelink transmissions are mapped on non-contiguous resource sets, determine a group of contiguous resource sets mapped with a subset of the plurality of feedback transmission occasions; and transmit feedback information on the group of contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is not able to transmit physical sidelink feedback channel, PSFCH, in non-contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: prevent transmitting feedback information on one or more feedback transmission occasions which are not mapped on the group of contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: deprioritize transmitting feedback information on one or more feedback transmission occasions which are not mapped on the group of contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: select physical sidelink feedback channels, PSFCH, in the contiguous resource sets which maximize a function of priority values associated to the PSFCH. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: determine the group of contiguous resource sets based on one or more rules associated with at least one of the following: priority information of a sidelink transmission associated with feedback information carried on a resource set, priority information of a resource set. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: determine the group of contiguous resource sets based on one or more rules associated with at least one of the following: the amount of feedback information carried on a resource set of the non-contiguous resource sets, priority information of a sidelink transmission associated with feedback information carried on a resource set of the non-contiguous resource sets, priority information of a resource set of the non-contiguous resource sets, a feedback-type of feedback occasion of the plurality of feedback transmission occasions, a cast-type of feedback information carried on a resource set of the non-contiguous resource sets, listen before talk (LBT)-related information on the non-contiguous resource sets, or a receive power strength of a sidelink transmission associated with feedback information carried on a resource set of the non-contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: determine, based on the amount of feedback information, the group of contiguous resource sets so that it maximizes the amount of feedback information transmitted by using contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the feedback-type of feedback occasion is one of the following: a primary feedback transmission occasion of feedback information, or a secondary feedback transmission occasion of feedback information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the primary feedback transmission occasion and the secondary feedback transmission occasion are mapped on two different resource sets in a same slot, and wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: transmit feedback information on a target feedback occasion, wherein the target feedback occasion is the primary feedback transmission occasion or the secondary feedback transmission occasion and wherein the target feedback occasion is mapped on the group of contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the primary feedback transmission occasion and the secondary feedback transmission occasion are mapped on two different slots, and wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: in accordance with a determination of a transmission failure of feedback information on the primary feedback transmission occasion, determine the group of contiguous resource sets to comprise a resource set with the mapping of the secondary feedback transmission occasion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: determine, based on the LBT-related information, the group of contiguous resource sets which has a lower LBT failure probability. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: determine an LBT failure probability of the resource set is lower in response to at least one of the following: the resource set being associated with an initiated channel occupancy time (COT), the resource set being associated with a Type 2C LBT, a duration without LBT failure exceeding or equaling to a threshold duration, the resource set being not used by other radio access technology (RAT). ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the cast type of the SL transmissions is one of the following: a unicast or a groupcast. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: perform LBT procedures on at least the non-contiguous resource sets; and determine the at least one resource set further based on LBT monitoring results of the LBT procedures. ### Claim 16 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one memory and the at least one processor further cause the apparatus to: determine, by sequentially applying the one or more rules, the group of contiguous resource sets according to a rule order. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sidelink transmissions are received on unlicensed resources. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a terminal device or is comprised in a terminal device. ### Claim 19 A method for an apparatus comprising: in accordance with a determination that a plurality of feedback transmission occasions for sidelink transmissions are mapped on non-contiguous resource sets, determining a group of contiguous resource sets mapped with a subset of the plurality of feedback transmission occasions; and transmitting feedback information on the group of contiguous resource sets. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon for causing an apparatus at least to perform the method of claim 19.