Patent ID: 11877330
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for communications, comprising:
receiving, at a first terminal device and from a second terminal device, an indication whether a link identification field is to be included in sidelink control information; and
in response to a determination that the indication indicates that the link identification field is not to be included in the sidelink control information,
transmitting, to the second terminal device, first sidelink control information via a sidelink between the first terminal device and the second terminal device, the first sidelink control information including a device identification of the second terminal device, and
receiving, from the second terminal device, a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, feedback for the first sidelink control information, the first HARQ feedback including the device identification.