Patent Publication Number: US-11652581-B2

Title: Apparatus and method for managing soft buffer in wireless communication system

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) 
     This application is based on and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) of a Korean patent application number 10-2019-0100379, filed on Aug. 16, 2019, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     The disclosure relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for managing a soft buffer of a terminal in a wireless communication system. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     To meet the demand for wireless data traffic having increased since deployment of 4 th  generation (4G) communication systems, efforts have been made to develop an improved 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system. Therefore, the 5G or pre-5G communication system is also called a ‘Beyond 4G Network’ or a ‘Post long term evolution (LTE) System’. 
     The 5G communication system is considered to be implemented in higher frequency (millimeter (mm)Wave) bands, e.g., 60 gigahertz (GHz) bands, so as to accomplish higher data rates. To decrease propagation loss of the radio waves and increase the transmission distance, the beamforming, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), Full Dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, an analog beam forming, large scale antenna techniques are discussed in 5G communication systems. 
     In addition, in 5G communication systems, development for system network improvement is under way based on advanced small cells, cloud Radio Access Networks (RANs), ultra-dense networks, device-to-device (D2D) communication, wireless backhaul, moving network, cooperative communication, Coordinated Multi-Points (CoMP), reception-end interference cancellation and the like. 
     In the 5G system, hybrid frequency shift keying (FSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) (FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC) as an advanced coding modulation (ACM), and filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) as an advanced access technology have been developed. 
     As a wireless communication system, such as a 5G system evolves, it is expected that various services can be provided. Therefore, there is a need for seamlessly providing these services. 
     The above information is presented as background information only to assist with an understanding of the disclosure. No determination has been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable as prior art with regard to the disclosure. 
     SUMMARY 
     Aspects of the disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the disclosure is to provide an apparatus and a method for effectively operating a memory or a soft buffer of a receiver in a wireless communication system. 
     Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide a data-rate-matching method and apparatus in a wireless communication system. 
     Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide an apparatus and a method for limiting transmittable parity bits in a wireless communication system. 
     Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide an apparatus and a method for determining the range within which transmittable parity bits are limited in a wireless communication system. 
     Another aspect of the disclosure is to provide an apparatus and a method for determining parameters used in order to determine the range within which transmittable parity bits are limited in a wireless communication system. 
     Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the presented embodiments. 
     In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving configuration information related to sidelink communication from a base station, determining parameters required in order to perform limited-buffer rate-matching (LBRM) for the sidelink communication, determining a limited range of parity bits for the LBRM based on the parameters, and transmitting or receiving sidelink data based on the limited range. 
     In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The terminal includes a transceiver, and at least one processor connected to the transceiver. The at least one processor performs control to receive configuration information related to sidelink communication from a base station, determine parameters required in order to perform limited-buffer rate-matching (LBRM) for the sidelink communication, determine a limited range of parity bits for the LBRM based on the parameters, and transmit or receive sidelink data based on the limited range. 
     An apparatus and a method according to various embodiments of the disclosure enable efficient management of a soft buffer of a terminal when terminals communicate with each other, and enable a transmitting and a receiving terminal to have a common understanding therebetween, thereby enabling the terminals to communicate with each other. 
     Effects obtainable from the disclosure may not be limited to the above mentioned effects, and other effects which are not mentioned may be clearly understood, through the following descriptions, by those skilled in the art to which the disclosure pertains. 
     Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various embodiments of the disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other aspects, features, and advantages of certain embodiments of the disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG.  1    illustrates a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  2    illustrates a configuration of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  3    illustrates a configuration of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  4    illustrates a configuration of a communication unit in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  5    illustrates a time-frequency-domain resource structure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  6 A  illustrates an operation of assigning data according to a service to a frequency-time resource in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  6 B  illustrates an operation of assigning data according to a service to a frequency-time resource in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  7    illustrates a method of encoding data in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  8    illustrates mapping of a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  9    illustrates an operation of allocating a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  10 A  illustrates symbol positions in which an SSB is transmittable according to subcarrier spacing in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure, and  FIG.  10 B  illustrates symbol positions in which an SSB is transmittable according to subcarrier spacing in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  11    illustrates an operation of generation and transmission of parity bits in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  12 A  illustrates an operation of groupcasting transmission in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  12 B  illustrates an operation of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback transmission according to groupcasting in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  13    illustrates an operation of unicast transmission in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  14 A  illustrates an operation of sidelink data transmission according to scheduling of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  14 B  illustrates an operation of sidelink data transmission without scheduling of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  15    illustrates an operation of a channel structure of a slot used for sidelink communication in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  16 A  illustrates a first operation of feedback channel distribution in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG.  16 B  illustrates a second operation of feedback channel distribution in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure; and 
         FIG.  17    illustrates a flowchart of a terminal for transmitting or receiving sidelink data in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the same or similar elements, features, and structures. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of various embodiments of the disclosure as defined by the claims and their equivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in that understanding but these are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the various embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness. 
     The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the disclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that the following description of various embodiments of the disclosure is provided for illustration purpose only and not for the purpose of limiting the disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. 
     It is to be understood that the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a component surface” includes reference to one or more of such surfaces. 
     The terms used in the disclosure are only used to describe specific embodiments of the disclosure, and are not intended to limit the disclosure. A singular expression may include a plural expression unless they are definitely different in a context. Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as those commonly understood by a person skilled in the art to which the disclosure pertains. Such terms as those defined in a generally used dictionary may be interpreted to have the meanings equal to the contextual meanings in the relevant field of art, and are not to be interpreted to have ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the disclosure. In some cases, even the term defined in the disclosure should not be interpreted to exclude embodiments of the disclosure. 
     Hereinafter, various embodiments of the disclosure will be described based on an approach of hardware. However, various embodiments of the disclosure include a technology that uses both hardware and software, and thus the various embodiments of the disclosure may not exclude the perspective of software. 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for managing a soft buffer in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the disclosure describes a technology that is used, when a signal transmitted after channel coding has arrived at a receiver in a wireless communication system, to determine, by the receiver, a soft buffer for storing a reception signal or a modified reception signal, and to determine, by a transmission terminal, parity bits transmitted based on the determination on the soft buffer. 
     Terms indicating a signal, terms indicating a channel, terms indicating control information, terms indicating network entities, terms indicating a configuration element of an apparatus, and the like, which are used hereinafter, are selected for the convenience of description. Accordingly, the disclosure is not limited to the terms used below, and other terms having equivalent technical meanings may be used. 
     Hereinafter, the terms “physical channel” and “signal” may be interchangeably used with “data” or “control signal”. For example, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is a term used to indicate a physical channel through which data is transmitted, but PDSCH may be used to indicate data. 
     Hereinafter, in the disclosure, higher-layer signaling indicates a method of transmitting a signal from a base station to a terminal using a downlink data channel of a physical layer, or a method of transmitting a signal from a terminal to a base station using an uplink data channel of a physical layer. The higher-layer signaling may be understood to be radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a medium access control (MAC) control element (hereinafter, referred to as “CE”). 
     Further, in the disclosure, where the expression “more than” or “less than” is used in order to determine whether or not a specific condition is satisfied or fulfilled, this is merely intended to express an example, this does not exclude the meaning of “equal to or more than” or “equal to or less than”. A condition described using the expression “equal to or more than” can be replaced with the expression “more than”, a condition described using the expression “equal to or less than” can be replaced with the expression “less than”, and a condition described using the expression “equal to or more than and less than” can be replaced with the expression “more than and equal to or less than”. 
     Further, although the disclosure describes various embodiments using terms used in some communication standards (e.g., 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)), these are merely illustrative examples. Various embodiments can be easily modified and applied to other communication systems as well. 
       FIG.  1    illustrates a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  1    illustrates a base station  110 , a terminal  120 , and a terminal  130 , as some of nodes using a wireless channel in a wireless communication system.  FIG.  1    illustrates a single base station, but may further include a base station identical to the base station  110  or other base stations similar thereto. 
     Referring to  FIG.  1   , the base station  110  is a network infrastructure for providing radio access to the terminals  120  and  130 . The base station  110  has a coverage defined as a predetermined geographical region based on the distance within which a signal is capable of being transmitted. The base station  110  may be referred to as an “access point (AP)”, an “eNodeB (eNB)”, a “5th generation (5G) node”, a “gNodeB (next generation nodeB or gNB)”, a “wireless point”, a “transmission/reception point (TRP)”, or other terms having technical meanings equivalent to those of the above-described terms, in addition to “base station”. 
     Each of the terminal  120  and the terminal  130  is a device used by a user, and performs communication with the base station  110  through a wireless channel. A link from the base station  110  to the terminal  120  or the terminal  130  is referred to as a downlink (DL), and a link from the terminal  120  or the terminal  130  to the base station  110  is referred to as an uplink (UL). Further, the terminal  120  and the terminal  130  may communicate with each other through a wireless channel. In this case, a link between the terminal  120  and the terminal  130  (device-to-device link (D2D)) is referred to as a sidelink, and the sidelink may be interchangeably used with a PC5 interface. In some cases, at least one of the terminal  120  and the terminal  130  may be operated without a user&#39;s involvement. For example, at least one of the terminal  120  and the terminal  130  may be a device for performing machine-type communication (MTC), and may not be carried by a user. Each of the terminal  120  and the terminal  130  may be referred to as a “user equipment (UE)”, a “mobile station (MS)”, a “subscriber station”, a “remote terminal”, a “wireless terminal”, a “user device”, or other terms having technical meanings equivalent to those of the above-described terms, in addition “terminal”. 
     The base station  110 , the terminal  120 , and the terminal  130  may transmit and receive a wireless signal in a millimeter wave (mmWave) band (e.g., 28 GHz, 30 GHz, 38 GHz, and 60 GHz). In this case, to improve a channel gain, the base station  110 , the terminal  120 , and the terminal  130  may perform beamforming. Here, the beamforming may include transmission beamforming and reception beamforming. For example, the base station  110 , the terminal  120 , and the terminal  130  may assign directivity to a transmission signal and a reception signal. To this end, the base station  110  and the terminals  120  and  130  may select serving beams  112 ,  113 ,  121 , and  131  through a beam search and a beam management procedure. After the serving cells  112 ,  113 ,  121 , and  131  are selected, communication may be performed through resources having a quasi co-located (QCL) relationship with the resources that transmitted the serving beams  112 ,  113 ,  121 , and  131 . 
     When large-scale characteristics of a channel having transmitted symbols on a first antenna port are inferred based on a channel having transmitted symbols on a second antenna port, the first and the second antenna port may be determined to be in a QCL relationship. For example, the large-scale characteristics may include at least one of a delay spread, a Doppler spread, a Doppler shift, an average gain, an average delay, and a spatial receiver parameter. 
       FIG.  2    illustrates a configuration of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The configuration illustrated in  FIG.  2    may be understood as a configuration of the base station  110 . The term “unit”, “-or/er”, or the like, to be used below may indicate a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof. 
     Referring to  FIG.  2   , the base station includes a wireless communication unit  210 , a backhaul communication unit  220 , a storage unit  230 , and a controller  240 . 
     The wireless communication unit  210  performs functions for transmitting or receiving a signal through a wireless channel. For example, the wireless communication unit  210  may perform a function of conversion between a baseband signal and a bitstream according to a physical-layer standard of the system. For example, when transmitting data, the wireless communication unit  210  may encode and modulate a transmission bitstream to generate complex symbols. In addition, when receiving data, the wireless communication unit  210  may demodulate and decode a baseband signal to restore a reception bitstream. 
     In addition, the wireless communication unit  210  up-converts a baseband signal into a radio frequency (RF) band signal and then transmits the RF band signal through an antenna, and down-converts an RF band signal received through an antenna into a baseband signal. To this end, the wireless communication unit  210  may include a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, a mixer, an oscillator, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and the like. Further, the wireless communication unit  210  may also include multiple transmission/reception paths. Furthermore, the wireless communication unit  210  may include at least one antenna array including multiple antenna elements. 
     In terms of hardware, the wireless communication unit  210  may include a digital unit and an analog unit. The analog unit may include multiple sub-units according to operating power, operating frequency, and the like. The digital unit may be implemented by at least one processor (e.g., a digital signal processor (DSP)). 
     As described above, the wireless communication unit  210  transmits and receives a signal. Accordingly, some or the entirety of the wireless communication unit  210  may be referred to as a “transmitter”, a “receiver”, or a “transceiver”. In addition, hereinafter, transmission and reception performed through a wireless channel are used to have a meaning including the processing performed by the wireless communication unit  210  as described above. 
     The backhaul communication unit  220  provides an interface for performing communication with other nodes in the network. For example, the backhaul communication unit  220  converts a bitstream transmitted from the base station to another node, for example, another access node, another base station, a higher node, a core network, or the like, into a physical signal, and converts a physical signal received from another node into a bitstream. 
     The storage unit  230  stores a basic program for operating a base station, an application program, and data, such as configuration information. The storage unit  230  may include volatile memory, nonvolatile memory, and a combination of volatile memory and nonvolatile memory. The storage unit  230  provides data stored according to a request from the controller  240 . 
     The controller  240  controls the overall operation of the base station. For example, the controller  240  may transmit and receive a signal through the wireless communication unit  210  or the backhaul communication unit  220 . In addition, the controller  240  records data in the storage unit  230  and reads the recorded data therefrom. The controller  240  may perform the functions of a protocol stack required by a communication standard. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, the protocol stack may be included in the wireless communication unit  210 . To this end, the controller  240  may include at least one processor. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, the controller  240  may control the base station to perform operations according to various embodiments to be described below. 
       FIG.  3    illustrates a configuration of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. The configuration illustrated in  FIG.  3    may be understood to be a configuration of the terminal  120 . The term “unit”, “-or/er”, or the like, to be used below may indicate a unit for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination thereof. 
     Referring to  FIG.  3   , the terminal includes a communication unit  310 , a storage unit  320 , and a controller  330 . 
     The communication unit  310  performs functions for transmitting or receiving a signal through a wireless channel. For example, the communication unit  310  performs a function of conversion between a baseband signal and a bitstream according to a physical-layer standard of the system. For example, when transmitting data, the communication unit  310  encodes and modulates a transmission bitstream to generate complex symbols. In addition, when receiving data, the communication unit  310  demodulates and decodes a baseband signal to restore a reception bitstream. In addition, the communication unit  310  up-converts a baseband signal into an RF base signal and then transmits the RF band signal through an antenna, and down-converts an RF base signal received through an antenna into a baseband signal. For example, the communication unit  310  may include a transmission filter, a reception filter, an amplifier, a mixer, an oscillator, a DAC, an ADC, and the like. 
     In addition, the communication unit  310  may include multiple transmission/reception paths. Furthermore, the communication unit  310  may include at least one antenna array including multiple antenna elements. In terms of hardware, the communication unit  310  may include a digital circuit and an analog circuit (e.g., a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)). Here, the digital circuit and the analog circuit may be implemented in a single package. The communication unit  310  may also include multiple RF chains. Moreover, the communication unit  310  may perform beamforming. 
     As described above, the communication unit  310  transmits and receives a signal. Accordingly, some or all of the communication unit  310  may be referred to as a “transmitter”, a “receiver”, or a “transceiver”. In addition, hereinafter, transmission and reception performed through a wireless channel are used to have a meaning including the processing performed by the communication unit  310  as described above. 
     The storage unit  320  stores a basic program for operating the terminal, an application program, and data, such as configuration information. The storage unit  320  may include volatile memory, nonvolatile memory, and a combination of volatile memory and nonvolatile memory. The storage unit  320  provides data stored therein in response to a request from the controller  330 . 
     The controller  330  controls the overall operation of the terminal. For example, the controller  330  transmits and receives a signal through the communication unit  310 . In addition, the controller  330  records data in the storage unit  320  and reads the recorded data therefrom. The controller  330  may perform the functions of a protocol stack required by the communication standard. To this end, the controller  330  may include at least one processor or a micro-processor, or may be a part of a processor. Further, a part of the communication unit  310  and the controller  330  may be referred to as a communication processor (CP). According to various embodiments of the disclosure, the controller  330  may control the terminal to perform operations according to various embodiments to be described below. 
       FIG.  4    illustrates a configuration of a communication unit in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  4    illustrates an example of configuration of the wireless communication unit  210  of  FIG.  2    and the communication unit  310  of  FIG.  3   . Specifically,  FIG.  4    illustrates elements for performing beamforming as a part of the wireless communication unit  210  of  FIG.  2    or the communication unit  310  of  FIG.  3   . 
     Referring to  FIG.  4   , the wireless communication unit  210  or the communication unit  310  includes a coding and modulation unit  402 , a digital beamforming unit  404 , multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N, and an analog beamforming unit  408 . 
     The coding and modulation unit  402  performs channel encoding. For the channel encoding, at least one of a low-density parity check (LDPC) code, a convolution code, and a polar code may be used. The coding and modulation unit  402  performs constellation mapping to generate complex symbols. 
     The digital beamforming unit  404  performs beamforming on a digital signal (e.g., complex symbols). To this end, the digital beamforming unit  404  multiplies the modulated symbols by beamforming weights. Here, the beamforming weights are used to change the magnitude or the phase of a signal, and may be referred to as a “precoding matrix”, a “precoder”, and the like. The digital beamforming unit  404  outputs the modulated symbols having passed through the digital beamforming to the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N. In this case, according to a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission technique, the modulated symbols may be multiplexed, or the same modulated symbols may be provided to the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N. 
     The multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N convert the digital signals having passed through the digital beamforming into analog signals. To this end, each of the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N may include an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) calculator, a cyclic prefix (CP) inserter, a DAC, and an up-converter. The CP inserter is used for an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme, and may be excluded when another physical-layer scheme (e.g., a filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC) scheme) is applied. For example, the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N provide an independent signal-processing process with respect to multiple streams generated by the digital beamforming. However, depending on an implementation method, some of elements of the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N may be shared. 
     The analog beamforming unit  408  performs beamforming on an analog signal. To this end, the analog beamforming unit  408  multiplies analog signals by beamforming weights. Here, the beamforming weights are used to change the magnitude and the phase of a signal. Specifically, depending on the connection structure between the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N and antennas, the analog beamforming unit  408  may be configured in various ways. For example, each of the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N may be connected to one antenna array. In another example, the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N may be connected to one antenna array. In still another example, the multiple transmission paths  406 - 1  to  406 -N may be adaptively connected to one antenna array, or may be connected to two or more antenna arrays. 
     Wireless communication systems have expanded beyond the original role of providing voice-oriented service and have evolved into wideband wireless communication systems that provide a high-speed and high-quality packet data service according to, for example, communication standards, such as high-speed packet access (HSPA), long term evolution (LTE or evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA)), and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) of 3GPP, high-rate packet data (HRPD) and a ultra-mobile broadband (UMB) of 3GPP2, and 802.16e of IEEE. Furthermore, communication standards of 5G or new radio (NR) are being developed as 5th generation wireless communication systems. 
     A NR system adopts an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme in a downlink (DL) and an uplink. More specifically, a cyclic-prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM) scheme has been adopted in the downlink, and a discrete Fourier transform spreading OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) scheme has been adopted together with the CP-OFDM scheme in the uplink. The uplink is a wireless link through which data or a control signal is transmitted from a terminal to a base station, and the downlink is a wireless link through which data or a control signal is transmitted from a base station to a terminal. In a multiple-access scheme, normally, data or control information is distinguished according to users by assigning or managing time-frequency resources for carrying data or control information of each user, wherein the time-frequency resources do not overlap, that is, orthogonality is established. 
     An NR system adopts a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme of retransmitting corresponding data in a physical layer when decoding failure occurs upon initial transmission. According to the HARQ scheme, when a receiver fails to accurately decode data, the receiver may transmit negative acknowledgement (NACK), which is information indicating decoding failure, to a transmitter, wherein the transmitter retransmits the corresponding data in the physical layer. The receiver may combine data retransmitted by the transmitter with data that previously failed to be decoded, thereby increasing the performance of data reception. Furthermore, when the receiver accurately decodes data, the receiver may transmit acknowledgement (ACK), which is information indicating successful decoding, to the transmitter, whereby the transmitter transmits new data. 
       FIG.  5    illustrates a time-frequency-domain resource structure in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  5    illustrates the basic structure of a time-frequency domain that is a wireless resource area in which data or a control channel is transmitted in the downlink and the uplink. 
     Referring to  FIG.  5   , a horizontal axis represents a time domain, and a vertical axis represents a frequency domain. In the time domain, the minimum transmission unit is an OFDM symbol, and N symb  OFDM symbols  502  constitute one slot  506 . The length of a subframe is defined as 1.0 ms, and the length of a radio frame  514  is defined as 10 ms. In the frequency domain, the minimum transmission unit is a subcarrier, and a total of N BW  subcarriers  504  constitutes the entire system transmission bandwidth. 
     A basic unit of a resource in the time-frequency domain is a resource element (RE)  512 , and the resource element  512  may be indicated as an OFDM symbol index and a subcarrier index. A resource block (RB or a physical resource block (PRB))  508  is defined as N symb  consecutive OFDM symbols  502  in the time domain, and N RB  consecutive subcarriers  510  in the frequency domain. Therefore, one RB  508  includes N symb ×N RB  REs  512 . In general, the minimum transmission unit of data is the RB. In the NR system, generally, N symb =14 and N RB =12, and N BW  and N RB  are proportional to the bandwidth of a system transmission band. A data rate may increase in proportion to the number of RBs that are scheduled to the terminal. In the NR system, in the case of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system in which a downlink and an uplink are distinguished according to frequency, a downlink transmission bandwidth and an uplink transmission bandwidth may be different from each other. A channel bandwidth indicates a radio frequency (RF) bandwidth corresponding to a system transmission bandwidth. Table 1 indicates some of relationships among a system transmission bandwidth, subcarrier spacing (SCS), and a channel bandwidth, defined in an NR system in the frequency band of 6 GHz or lower. Table 2 indicates some of relationships among a system transmission bandwidth, subcarrier spacing (SCS), and a channel bandwidth, defined in an NR system in the frequency band of 6 GHz or higher. For example, in an NR system having a 100 MHz channel bandwidth with 30 kHz subcarrier spacing, a transmission bandwidth includes 273 RBs. In Table 1 and Table 2, “N/A” may be a combination of a bandwidth and a subcarrier not supported in the NR system. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Channel 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 bandwidth 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 [MHz] 
                 SCS 
                 5 
                 10 
                 20 
                 50 
                 80 
                 100 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 N RB  constituting 
                 15 kHz 
                 25 
                 52 
                 106 
                 207 
                 N/A 
                 N/A 
               
               
                 transmission 
                 30 kHz 
                 11 
                 24 
                 51 
                 133 
                 217 
                 273 
               
               
                 bandwidth 
                 60 kHz 
                 N/A 
                 11 
                 24 
                 65 
                 107 
                 135 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Channel 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 bandwidth 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 [MHz] 
                 SCS 
                 50 
                 100 
                 200 
                 400 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 N RB   
                  60 kHz 
                 66 
                 132 
                 264 
                 N/A 
               
               
                   
                 constituting 
                 120 kHz 
                 32 
                  66 
                 132 
                 264 
               
               
                   
                 transmission  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 bandwidth 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the NR system, scheduling information on downlink data or uplink data is transmitted from a base station to a terminal via downlink control information (DCI). The DCI may be defined in various formats, and whether the DCI is an uplink grant that is scheduling information on uplink data or a downlink grant that is scheduling information on downlink data, whether the DCI is compact DCI, the control information of which has a small size, whether spatial multiplexing using a multiplexing antenna is applied, whether the DCI is DCI for controlling power, and the like may be determined according to each format. For example, DCI format 1-1, which is scheduling control information on the downlink data, may include at least one of items shown in Table 3 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Item 
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Carrier indicator 
                 This indicates the frequency carrier on which data is 
               
               
                   
                 transmitted. 
               
               
                 DCI format indicator 
                 This is an indicator for indicating whether the DCI is for 
               
               
                   
                 a downlink or an uplink. 
               
               
                 Bandwidth part (BWP) 
                 This indicates BWP data from which transmission 
               
               
                 indicator 
                 commences. 
               
               
                 Frequency-domain resource 
                 This indicates an RB of a frequency domain assigned 
               
               
                 assignment 
                 for data transmission. A resource to be expressed is 
               
               
                   
                 determined according to a system bandwidth and a 
               
               
                   
                 resource assignment method. 
               
               
                 Time-domain resource 
                 This indicates in which OFDM symbol of which slot a 
               
               
                 assignment 
                 data-related channel is to be transmitted. 
               
               
                 VRB-to-PRB mapping 
                 This indicates how to map a virtual RB (VRB) index 
               
               
                   
                 and a physical RB (PRB) index. 
               
               
                 Modulation and coding 
                 This indicates a modulation scheme and a coding rate 
               
               
                 scheme (MCS) 
                 used in data transmission. In other words, a coding rate 
               
               
                   
                 value for indicating a transport block size (TBS) and 
               
               
                   
                 channel coding information may be indicated together 
               
               
                   
                 with information on whether the modulation scheme is 
               
               
                   
                 quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), 16 quadrature 
               
               
                   
                 amplitude modulation (16QAM), 64QAM, or 
               
               
                   
                 256QAM. 
               
               
                 Code block group (CBG) 
                 This indicates information on which CBG is 
               
               
                 transmission information 
                 transmitted when CBG retransmission is configured. 
               
               
                 HARQ process number 
                 This indicates a process number of HARQ. 
               
               
                 New data indicator (NDI) 
                 This indicates whether HARQ is initial transmission or 
               
               
                   
                 retransmission. 
               
               
                 Redundancy version (RV) 
                 This indicates a redundancy version of HARQ. 
               
               
                 Transmission power control 
                 This indicates a transmission power control command 
               
               
                 (TPC) command for physical 
                 for a PUCCH, which is an uplink control channel. 
               
               
                 uplink control channel 
                   
               
               
                 (PUCCH) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In Table 3, in the case of PDSCH transmission, the time-domain resource assignment may be expressed by information on a slot in which a PUSCH is transmitted, a start symbol position S in the corresponding slot, and the number L of symbols to which the PDSCH is mapped. Here, S may indicate a relative position from the start of the slot, L may indicate the number of consecutive symbols, and S and L may be determined by a start and length indicator value (SLIV) defined as shown in Table 4 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 4 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
                 if (L−1)≤7 then 
               
               
                   
                   
                  SLIV=14·(L−1)+S 
               
               
                   
                   
                 else 
               
               
                   
                   
                  SLIV=14·(14−L+11)+(14−1−S) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 where 0&lt;L≤14−S 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the NR system, in general, information on relationships among a SLIV, PDSCH or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) mapping type and information on a slot in which the PDSCH or PUSCH is transmitted may be configured in one row via RRC configuration. Then, the base station may transmit the SLIV value, the PDSCH or PUSCH mapping type, and the information on the slot in which the PDSCH or PUSCH is transmitted to the terminal by indicating an index value defined in the configured corresponding relationship, using the time-domain resource assignment of the DCI. 
     In the NR system, a PDSCH or PUSCH mapping type is defined as type A and type B. In the case of PDSCH or PUSCH mapping type A, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) symbol starts from a second or third OFDM symbol in a slot. In the case of PDSCH or PUSCH mapping type B, the DMRS symbol starts from a first OFDM symbol in the time-domain resource assigned via PUSCH transmission. 
     The DCI may be transmitted via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), which is a downlink control channel, after going through channel coding and modulation. The PDCCH may be used to refer to control information itself, not to a channel. In general, the DCI is scrambled to a specific radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) or a terminal identifier independently for each terminal, and is configured and transmitted as an independent PDCCH after cyclic redundancy check (CRC) addition and channel coding. The PDCCH is mapped to a control resource set (CORESET) configured for the terminal. 
     The downlink data may be transmitted via a PDSCH, which is a physical channel for downlink data transmission. The PDSCH may be transmitted after a control channel transmission interval, and scheduling information, such as a particular mapping position in a frequency domain and a modulation scheme, is indicated by the DCI transmitted via the PDCCH. Among the control information configuring the DCI, the base station notifies, via a MCS, the terminal of the size of data (e.g., a transport block size (TBS)) to be transmitted and the modulation scheme applied to the PDSCH to be transmitted. In an embodiment of the disclosure, the MCS may include 5 bits, or more or less than 5 bits. The TBS corresponds to a size before channel coding for error correction is applied to a transport block (TB), which is data to be transmitted by the base station. 
     In the disclosure, the TB may include a medium access control (MAC) header, a MAC control element (CE), one or more MAC service data units (SDUs), and padding bits. Alternatively, the TB may indicate a unit of data or a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) transmitted from a MAC layer to a physical layer. 
     The modulation schemes supported in the NR system are quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), 64QAM, and 256QAM, wherein modulation orders (Qm) thereof may correspond to 2, 4, 6, and 8, respectively. In other words, 2 bits per symbol for QPSK modulation, 4 bits per symbol for 16QAM, and 6 bits per symbol for 64QAM, 8 bits per symbol for 256QAM, and 10 bits per symbol for 1024 QAM may be transmitted. 
     In terms of service, the NR system is designed to allow various services to be freely multiplexed in time and frequency resources, and accordingly, waveform/numerology, a reference signal, and the like may be dynamically or freely adjusted as required. In order to provide optimal service to the terminal in wireless communication, optimization of data transmission by measuring channel quality and the amount of interference is important. Therefore, accurate channel state measurement is essential. However, unlike 4G communication, in which channel and interference characteristics do not significantly change according to a frequency resource, in the case of a 5G channel, channel and interference characteristics significantly change according to a service, and thus support of a subset at the level of a frequency resource group (FRG) capable of dividing and measuring the channel and interference characteristics is required. Meanwhile, a type of service supported in the NR system may be divided into services including enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine-type communications (mMTC), and ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC). The eMBB is a service targeting high-speed data transmission of voluminous data, the mMTC is a service targeting terminal power minimization and access to multiple terminals, and the URLLC is a service targeting high reliability and low latency. Different requirements may be applied depending on the type of service applied to the terminal. An example of resource distribution for each service is as shown in  FIGS.  6 A and  6 B  below. Referring to  FIGS.  6 A and  6 B  below, a method of assigning a frequency and a time resource in each system for information transmission is identified. 
       FIG.  6 A  illustrates an operation of assigning data according to a service to a frequency-time resource in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure, and  FIG.  6 B  illustrates an operation of assigning data according to a service to a frequency-time resource in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  6 A , resources are assigned for eMBB  622 , URLLCs  612 ,  614 , and  616 , and mMTC  632  in an entire system frequency bandwidth  610 . When URLLC data  612 ,  614 , and  616  is generated while eMBB data  622  and mMTC data  632  are assigned to a specific frequency band and transmitted, an area to which the eMBB  622  and the mMTC  632  are already assigned may be emptied or the eMBB  622  and the mMTC  632  may be not be transmitted, and URLLC data  612 ,  614 , and  616  may be transmitted. Since the URLLC requires reduction of a delay time, a resource for transmitting the URLLC data  612 ,  614 , and  616  may be assigned to a part of a resource to which the eMBB  622  is assigned. When the URLLC  612 ,  614 , and  616  is additionally assigned to a resource, to which the eMBB  622  is assigned, and transmitted, the eMBB data  622  may not be transmitted in overlapping time-frequency resources. Accordingly, the transmission performance of the eMBB data  622  may suffer. In other words, in the above case, transmission failure of the eMBB  622  data may occur due to assignment of resources for the URLLC  612 ,  614 , and  616 . The method as shown in  FIG.  6 A  may be referred to as a “preemption” method. 
       FIG.  6 B  illustrates another example of assigning data according to a service to a frequency-time resource in a wireless communication system according to various embodiments.  FIG.  6 B  illustrates an example of providing each service in each of sub-bands  662 ,  664 , and  666  obtained by dividing an entire system frequency band  660 . Specifically, a sub-band  662  is used for transmitting URLLC data  672 ,  674 , and  676 , a sub-band  664  is used for transmitting eMBB data  682 , and a sub-band  666  is used for transmitting mMTC data  692 . Information relating to configuration of sub-bands  662 ,  664 , and  666  may be pre-determined, and the information may be transmitted from a base station to a terminal via higher-layer signaling. Alternatively, the base station or a network node may arbitrarily divide information relating to sub-bands  662 ,  664 , and  666  and provide services without separately transmitting sub-band configuration information to the terminal. 
     In various embodiments of the disclosure, the length of a transmission time interval (TTI) used for URLLC transmission may be shorter than the length of a TTI used for eMBB or mMTC transmission. Further, a response to information relating to the URLLC may be transmitted faster than in the case of the eMBB or mMTC, and accordingly, the terminal using URLLC service may transmit or receive information with low latency. Structures of a physical layer channel, which are used for respective types to transmit the above three types of services or data, may differ from each other. For example, at least one of the length of a TTI, an assignment unit of a frequency resource, a structure of a control channel, and a method of mapping data may differ from one another. 
     Three types of services and three types of data have been described, but there may be more types of services and data corresponding to the services, and in this case, various embodiments to be described below may also be applied thereto. 
       FIG.  7    illustrates a method of encoding data in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  7    illustrates an example in which one TB is segmented into multiple codeblocks (CBs), and CRC is added thereto. 
     Referring to  FIG.  7   , the CRC  714  may be added at the front or back of one TB  712  to be transmitted in an uplink or a downlink. The CRC  714  may have 16 bits, 24 bits, or a previously set number of bits, or may have a bit number variable depending on a channel state, and may be used for determining whether channel coding is successful in a receiver. The TB  712  and a block to which the CRC  714  is added are divided into a plurality of CBs  722 - 1 ,  722 - 2 ,  722 -(N−1), and  722 -N. The TB  712  and a block to which the CRC  714  is added may be divided into CBs having predefined sizes, in which case the last CB  722 -N may be configured to have a size smaller than the other CBs, or to have the same length as the other CBs by appending 0s, a random value, or is thereto. CRCs  732 - 1 ,  732 - 2 ,  732 -(N−1), and  732 -N may be added to the segmented CBs, respectively. Each of the CRCs  732 - 1 ,  732 - 2 ,  732 -(N−1), and  732 -N may have 16 bits, 24 bits, or a previously set number of bits, and may be used for determining whether channel coding is successful in a receiver. 
     In order to generate the CRC  714 , the TB  712  and a cyclic generator polynomial may be used. The cyclic generator polynomial may be defined in various ways. For example, when the cyclic generator polynomial for a 24-bit CRC is g CRC24A (D) 32  D 24 +D 23 +D 18 +D 17 +D 14 +D 11 +D 10 +D 7 ±D 6 ±D 5 ±D 4 ±D 3 +D++1, and L=24, CRC p 1 , p 2 , . . . , p L-1  may be determined to be a value obtained by dividing a 0 D A+23 +a 1 D A+22 + . . . +a A-1 D 24 +p 1 D 23 +p 1 D 22 + . . . +p 22 D 1 +p 23  by g CRC24A (D) with a remainder of 0 with respect to TB data a 0 , a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , . . . , a A-1 . In the above-described example, although the CRC length L is described to be 24, the length L may be variously defined as  12 ,  16 ,  24 ,  32 ,  40 ,  48 ,  64 , and the like. 
     As described above, after adding the CRC to the TB, the sum of TB and CRC is divided into N number of CBs  722 - 1 ,  722 - 2 ,  722 -(N−1), and  722 -N. The CRCs  732 - 1 ,  732 - 2 ,  732 -(N−1), and  732 -N are added to CBs  722 - 1 ,  722 - 2 ,  722 -(N−1),  722 -N, respectively. The CRC added to each CB may be generated based on a CRC having a length different from that of the CRC added to the TB, or on a different cyclic generator polynomial from that used when generating the CRC added to the TB. However, according to another embodiment of the disclosure, the CRC  714  added to the TB and the CRCs  732 - 1 ,  732 - 2 ,  732 -(N−1), and  732 -N added to CBs  722 - 1 ,  722 - 2 ,  722 -(N−1), and  722 -N may be omitted according to the type of channel code to be applied to a CB. For example, when a low-density parity check (LDPC) code is applied to a CB instead of a turbo code, the CRCs  732 - 1 ,  732 - 2 ,  732 -(N−1), and  732 -N, which are added to CBs, respectively, may be omitted. However, even when the LDPC code is applied, the CRCs  732 - 1 ,  732 - 2 ,  732 -(N−1), and  732 -N may be added to the CBs  722 - 1 ,  722 - 2 ,  722 -(N−1), and  722 -N. Further, when a polar code is used, the CRC may be also added or omitted. 
     Referring to  FIG.  7   , in a TB, the maximum length of one CB is determined based on a type of channel coding to be applied, and a TB and a CRC added to the TB are segmented into CBs according to the maximum length of the CB. In an LTE system of the related art, a CRC for a CB is added to the segmented CB, a data bit of the CB and the CRC are encoded into a channel code to determine coded bits, and, for each of the coded bits, the number of bits to be rate-matched is determined as agreed upon in advance. 
       FIG.  8    illustrates mapping of a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  8    illustrates an example of a result of mapping of synchronization signals and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) to a frequency and time domain in a 3GPP NR system. 
     Referring to  FIG.  8   , a primary synchronization signal (PSS)  802 , a secondary synchronization signal (SSS)  806 , and a PBCH  804  are mapped over 4 OFDM symbols, the PSS  802  and the SSS  806  are mapped to 12 RBs, and the PBCH  804  is mapped to 20 RBs.  FIG.  8    illustrates frequency bandwidths of 20 RBs according to subcarrier spacing (SCS). A set of the PSS  802 , the SSS  806 , and the PBCH  804 , or a resource area for transmitting the PSS  802 , the SSS  806 , and the PBCH  804  may be referred to as a SS/PBCH block (SS block, or SSB). 
       FIG.  9    illustrates an operation of allocating a SSB in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  9    is an example of illustrating to which symbols one SSB is mapped in a slot, and illustrates an LTE system employing 15 kHz subcarrier spacing and an NR system employing 30 kHz subcarrier spacing. 
     Referring to  FIG.  9   , SSBs  910 ,  912 ,  914 , and  916  in the NR system are transmitted at positions  902 ,  904 ,  906 , and  908  in which the SSBs do not overlap cell-specific reference signals (CRSs) that are always transmitted in the LTE system. The design as shown in  FIG.  9    may be for allowing the LTE system and the NR system to coexist in one frequency band. 
       FIG.  10 A  illustrates symbol positions in which an SSB is transmittable according to subcarrier spacing in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure, and  FIG.  10 B  illustrates symbol positions in which an SSB is transmittable according to subcarrier spacing in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  10 A  illustrates symbol positions in which an SSB is transmittable at an interval of 1 ms, and  FIG.  10 B  illustrates symbol positions in which an SSB is transmittable at an interval of 5 ms. In an area in which an SSB is transmittable, as shown in  FIGS.  10 A and  10 B , the SSB is not always to be transmitted, and the SSB may or may not be transmitted depending upon the selection of a base station. 
     In a wireless communication system according to various embodiments of the disclosure, the size of the TB may be calculated through the following stages. 
     Stage 1: N′ RE , which is the number of REs assigned to the PDSCH mapping in one PRB in the allocated resource, is calculated. N′ RE  may be calculated according to N′ RE =N sc   RB ·N symb   sh −N DMRS   PRB −N oh   PRB . Here, N sc   RB  indicates the number (e.g., 12) of subcarriers included in one RB, N symb   sh  indicates the number of OFDM symbols allocated to the PDSCH, N DMRS   PRB  indicates the number of REs in one PRB, occupied by a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of the same code-division multiplexing (CDM) group, and N oh   PRB  indicates the number of REs (e.g., configured to be one of 0, 6, 12, and 18) occupied by overhead in one PRB configured by higher-layer signaling. Later, N RE , the total number of REs allocated to the PDSCH may be calculated. N RE  may be calculated according to N RE =min(156, N′ RE )·n PRB . n PRB  indicates the number of PRBs allocated to a terminal. 
     Stage 2: The number of temporary information bits, N info , may be calculated according to N info =N RE ·R·Q m ·v. Here, R indicates a code rate, Qm indicates a modulation order, and v indicates the number of allocated layers. The code rate and the modulation order may be transmitted based on a predetermined relationship with an MCS field included in control information. If N info ≤3824, the TBS may be calculated according to the following Stage 3. Otherwise, the TBS may be calculated according to the following Stage 4. 
     Stage 3: N′ info  may be calculated according to 
               N     inf   ⁢           ⁢   o     l     =         max   ⁡     (       2   ⁢   4     ,       2   n     ·     ⌊       N     inf   ⁢           ⁢   o         2   n       ⌋         )       ⁢           ⁢   and   ⁢           ⁢   n     =       max   ⁡     (     3   ,           ⁢       ⌊       log   2     ⁡     (     N     inf   ⁢           ⁢   o       )       ⌋     -   6       )       .             
Subsequently, the TBS may be determined to be the value closest to N′ info  among values not smaller than N′ info  in Table 7 below.
 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 7 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Index 
                 TBS 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 1 
                 24 
               
               
                   
                 2 
                 32 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 40 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 48 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 56 
               
               
                   
                 6 
                 64 
               
               
                   
                 7 
                 72 
               
               
                   
                 8 
                 80 
               
               
                   
                 9 
                 88 
               
               
                   
                 10 
                 96 
               
               
                   
                 11 
                 104 
               
               
                   
                 12 
                 112 
               
               
                   
                 13 
                 120 
               
               
                   
                 14 
                 128 
               
               
                   
                 15 
                 136 
               
               
                   
                 16 
                 144 
               
               
                   
                 17 
                 152 
               
               
                   
                 18 
                 160 
               
               
                   
                 19 
                 168 
               
               
                   
                 20 
                 176 
               
               
                   
                 21 
                 184 
               
               
                   
                 22 
                 192 
               
               
                   
                 23 
                 208 
               
               
                   
                 24 
                 224 
               
               
                   
                 25 
                 240 
               
               
                   
                 26 
                 256 
               
               
                   
                 27 
                 272 
               
               
                   
                 28 
                 288 
               
               
                   
                 29 
                 304 
               
               
                   
                 30 
                 320 
               
               
                   
                 31 
                 336 
               
               
                   
                 32 
                 352 
               
               
                   
                 33 
                 368 
               
               
                   
                 34 
                 384 
               
               
                   
                 35 
                 408 
               
               
                   
                 36 
                 432 
               
               
                   
                 37 
                 456 
               
               
                   
                 38 
                 480 
               
               
                   
                 39 
                 504 
               
               
                   
                 40 
                 528 
               
               
                   
                 41 
                 552 
               
               
                   
                 42 
                 576 
               
               
                   
                 43 
                 608 
               
               
                   
                 44 
                 640 
               
               
                   
                 45 
                 672 
               
               
                   
                 46 
                 704 
               
               
                   
                 47 
                 736 
               
               
                   
                 48 
                 768 
               
               
                   
                 49 
                 808 
               
               
                   
                 50 
                 848 
               
               
                   
                 51 
                 888 
               
               
                   
                 52 
                 928 
               
               
                   
                 53 
                 984 
               
               
                   
                 54 
                 1032 
               
               
                   
                 55 
                 1064 
               
               
                   
                 56 
                 1128 
               
               
                   
                 57 
                 1160 
               
               
                   
                 58 
                 1192 
               
               
                   
                 59 
                 1224 
               
               
                   
                 60 
                 1256 
               
               
                   
                 61 
                 1288 
               
               
                   
                 62 
                 1320 
               
               
                   
                 63 
                 1352 
               
               
                   
                 64 
                 1416 
               
               
                   
                 65 
                 1480 
               
               
                   
                 66 
                 1544 
               
               
                   
                 67 
                 1608 
               
               
                   
                 68 
                 1672 
               
               
                   
                 69 
                 1736 
               
               
                   
                 70 
                 1800 
               
               
                   
                 71 
                 1864 
               
               
                   
                 72 
                 1928 
               
               
                   
                 73 
                 2024 
               
               
                   
                 74 
                 2088 
               
               
                   
                 75 
                 2152 
               
               
                   
                 76 
                 2216 
               
               
                   
                 77 
                 2280 
               
               
                   
                 78 
                 2408 
               
               
                   
                 79 
                 2472 
               
               
                   
                 80 
                 2536 
               
               
                   
                 81 
                 2600 
               
               
                   
                 82 
                 2664 
               
               
                   
                 83 
                 2728 
               
               
                   
                 84 
                 2792 
               
               
                   
                 85 
                 2856 
               
               
                   
                 86 
                 2976 
               
               
                   
                 87 
                 3104 
               
               
                   
                 88 
                 3240 
               
               
                   
                 89 
                 3368 
               
               
                   
                 90 
                 3496 
               
               
                   
                 91 
                 3624 
               
               
                   
                 92 
                 3752 
               
               
                   
                 93 
                 3824 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Stage 4: N′ info  may be calculated according to 
               N   info   ′     =     max   ⁡     (     3840   ,       2   n     ×   round   ⁢           ⁢     (         N   info     -   24       2   n       )         )             
and n=└log 2 (N info −24)┘−5. Subsequently, the TBS may be determined according to the value of N′ info  and a pseudo-code as shown in Table 8 below.
 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 8 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 If R ≤1/4 
               
               
                   
                   
         TBS   =       8   *   C   *     ⌈         N   info   ′     +   24       8   *   C       ⌉       -   24       ,       where   ⁢         C     =     ⌈         N   info   ′     +   24     3816     ⌉           
 
               
               
                   
                  else 
               
               
                   
                   if N info   ′  &gt; 8424 
               
               
                   
                    
         TBS   =       8   *   C   *     ⌈         N   info   ′     +   24       8   *   C       ⌉       -   24       ,       where   ⁢         C     =     ⌈         N   info   ′     +   24     8424     ⌉           
 
               
               
                   
                   else 
               
               
                   
                    
       TBS   =       8   *     ⌈         N   info   ′     +   24     8     ⌉       -   24         
 
               
               
                   
                   end if 
               
               
                   
                  end if 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     When one CB is input to an LDPC encoder, the CB may be output after parity bits are added thereto. In this case, the size of each of the parity bits may change according to an LDPC base graph. Depending on the rate-matching scheme, all parity bits generated by LPDC coding may be transmittable, or only some thereof may be transmittable. A scheme of processing all parity bits generated by LDPC coding so as to make the same to be transmittable is referred to as “full-buffer rate-matching (FBRM)”, and a scheme of limiting the number of transmittable parity bits is referred to as “limited-buffer rate-matching (LBRM)”. When resources are allocated for data transmission, the output of the LDPC encoder is input to a circular buffer and a number of bits of the buffer corresponding to the size of the allocated resources are repeatedly transmitted. 
     When the length of the circular buffer is indicated by N cb , and the number of all parity bits generated by LDPC coding is indicated by N, in the case of the FBRM scheme, N cb =N. In the case of the LBRM scheme, N cb  may be determined according to N cb =min(N,N ref ), where 
               N   ref     =     ⌊       TBS   LBRM       CR   LBRM       ⌋           
and R LBRM =2/3. The above-described method of determining a TBS may be used to determine TBS LBRM . Here, C indicates the actual number of code blocks of a TB being scheduled. The number of layers may be assumed to be the maximum layer number supported by the terminal in the corresponding cell. A modulation order may be assumed to be the maximum modulation order configured in the terminal in the corresponding cell, or to be 64-QAM when no maximum modulation order is configured. A code rate may be assumed to be 948/1024, which is the maximum code rate. N RE  may be assumed to be N RE =156·n PRB . n PRB  may be assumed to be n PRB =n PRB,LBRM . n PRB,LBRM  may be defined as shown in Table 9 below.
 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 9 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Maximum  
                   
               
               
                   
                 number of PRBs  
                   
               
               
                   
                 across all configured 
                   
               
               
                   
                 BWPs of a carrier 
                 n PRB, LBRM   
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Less tan 33 
                  32 
               
               
                   
                 33 to 66 
                  66 
               
               
                   
                  67 to 107 
                 107 
               
               
                   
                 108 to 135 
                 135 
               
               
                   
                 136 to 162 
                 162 
               
               
                   
                 163 to 217 
                 217 
               
               
                   
                 Larger than 217 
                 273 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In a wireless communication system according to various embodiments of the disclosure, the maximum data rate supported by a terminal may be determined according to Equation 1 below. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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                     ⁢ 
                     
                         
                     
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     In Equation 1, J indicates the number of carriers grouped by carrier aggregation (CA), R max =948/1024, v Layers   (j)  cates the maximum layer number of a carrier of index j, Q m   (j)  indicates the maximum modulation order of a carrier of index j, f (j)  indicates a scaling factor of a carrier of index j, and μ indicates subcarrier spacing. f (j)  has a value among 1, 0.8, 0.75, and 0.4 and may be reported by a terminal. μ may be given as shown in Table 10 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 μ 
                 Δf = 2 μ  · 15[kHz] 
                 Cyclic prefix 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 0  
                  15  
                 Normal  
               
               
                 1  
                  30  
                 Normal  
               
               
                 2  
                  60  
                 Normal, Extended  
               
               
                 3  
                 120  
                 Normal  
               
               
                 4  
                 240  
                 Normal 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Here, T s   μ  indicates the average length of OFDM symbols, and may be calculated according to 
               T   s   μ     =         1   ⁢     0     -   3           14   ·     2   μ         ·     N   PRB       BW   ⁡     (   j   )       ,   μ               
indicates the maximum number of RBs in BW (j) . OH (j)  indicates an overhead value, and may be given by 0.14 in a downlink and 0.18 in an uplink of FR1 (e.g., a band of 6 GHz or 7.125 GHz or less), and may be given by 0.08 in a downlink and 0.10 in an uplink of FR2 (e.g., a band of 6 GHz or 7.125 GHz or higher). According to Equation 1, the maximum data rate in a downlink in a cell having a 100 MHz frequency bandwidth in 30 kHz subcarrier spacing may be calculated as shown in Table 11 below.
 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 11 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 f (j)   
                 v Layers   (j)   
                 Q m   (j)   
                 Rmax 
                 N PRB   SW(j),μ   
                 T S   μ   
                 OH (j)   
                 data rate 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 1 
                 4 
                 8 
                 0.92578125 
                 273 
                 3.57143E−05 
                 0.14 
                 2337.0 
               
               
                 0.8 
                 4 
                 8 
                 0.92578125 
                 273 
                 3.57143E−05 
                 0.14 
                 1869.6 
               
               
                 0.75 
                 4 
                 8 
                 0.92578125 
                 273 
                 3.57143E−05 
                 0.14 
                 1752.8 
               
               
                 0.4 
                 4 
                 8 
                 0.92578125 
                 273 
                 3.57143E−05 
                 0.14 
                 934.8 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Meanwhile, the actual data rate that can be measured in actual data transmission may be a value acquired by dividing the amount of data by the data transmission time. This may be a value acquired by dividing a TB size (TBS) in 1 TB transmission or a sum of TBSs in 2 TB transmissions by the length of a TTI. For example, the maximum actual data rate in a downlink in a cell having a 100 MHz frequency bandwidth in 30 kHz subcarrier spacing may be determined according to the allocated number of PDSCH symbols as shown in Table 12 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 12 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 N symb   sh   
                 N DMRS   PRB   
                 N′ RE   
                 N RE   
                 N info   
                 n 
                 N′ info   
                 C 
                 TBS 
                 TTI length (ms) 
                 data rate (Mbps) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 3 
                 8 
                 28 
                  7644 
                 226453.5 
                 12 
                   225,280 
                 27 
                   225,480 
                 0.107143 
                 2,104.48 
               
               
                 4 
                 8 
                 40 
                 10920 
                 323505.0 
                 13 
                   319,488 
                 38 
                   319,784 
                 0.142857 
                 2,238.49 
               
               
                 5 
                 8 
                 52 
                 14196 
                 420556.5 
                 13 
                   417,792 
                 50 
                   417,976 
                 0.178571 
                 2,340.67 
               
               
                 6 
                 8 
                 64 
                 17472 
                 517608.0 
                 13 
                   516,096 
                 62 
                   516,312 
                 0.214286 
                 2,409.46 
               
               
                 7 
                 8 
                 76 
                 20748 
                 614659.5 
                 14 
                   622,592 
                 74 
                   622,760 
                 0.250000 
                 2,491.04 
               
               
                 8 
                 8 
                 88 
                 24024 
                 711711.0 
                 14 
                   704,512 
                 84 
                   704.904 
                 0.285714 
                 2,467.16 
               
               
                 9 
                 8 
                 100 
                 27300 
                 808762.5 
                 14 
                   802,816 
                 96 
                   803,304 
                 0.321429 
                 2,499.17 
               
               
                 10 
                 8 
                 112 
                 30576 
                 905814.0 
                 14 
                   901,120 
                 107 
                   901,344 
                 0.357143 
                 2,523.76 
               
               
                 11 
                 8 
                 124 
                 33852 
                 1002865.5 
                 14 
                   999,424 
                 119 
                   999,576 
                 0.392857 
                 2,544.38 
               
               
                 12 
                 8 
                 136 
                 37128 
                 1099917.0 
                 15 
                 1,114,112 
                 133 
                 1,115,048 
                 0.428571 
                 2,601.78 
               
               
                 13 
                 8 
                 148 
                 40404 
                 1196968.5 
                 15 
                 1,212,416 
                 144 
                 1,213,032 
                 0.464286 
                 2,612.68 
               
               
                 14 
                 8 
                 160 
                 43680 
                 1294020.0 
                 15 
                 1,277,952 
                 152 
                 1,277,992 
                 0.500000 
                 2,555.98 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In Table 11, the maximum data rate supported by a terminal may be identified, and in Table 12, the actual data rate according to the allocated TBS may be identified. Here, in some cases, the actual data rate may be larger than the maximum data rate according to scheduling information. 
     In a wireless communication system, especially in a NR system, a data rate supportable by a terminal may be agreed upon between a base station and a terminal. The data rate may be calculated using the maximum frequency band, the maximum modulation order, the maximum layer number, which are supported by the terminal, and the like. However, the calculated data rate may be different from a value calculated by a transport block size (TBS) and a transmission time interval (TTI) used in actual data transmission. Accordingly, a TBS larger than a value corresponding to a data rate supported by a terminal may be allocated to the terminal. To prevent this, there may be a limit on a TBS capable of being scheduled, based on the data rate supported by a terminal. There may be a need to minimize the incidence of such a case and to define the operation of a terminal in such a case. Further, when LBRM is applied in a communication system defined in current NR systems, TBS LBRM  is determined based on the number or rank of layers supported by a terminal. However, processing thereof is inefficient, or parameter configuration thereof is ambiguous, which leads to a problem in that it is difficult to stably apply LBRM in a base station or a terminal. Hereinafter, in the disclosure, various embodiments will be described in order to address the issue. 
       FIG.  11    illustrates an operation of generation and transmission of parity bits in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  11    is an operation of a process of dividing data to be transmitted into code blocks (CBs), applying channel coding to the divided CBs, generating parity bits, determining parity bits to be transmitted, and transmitting the parity bits. 
     Referring to  FIG.  11   , one CB is transmitted to a channel encoder  1102 , and data bits  1112  and parity bits  1114  and  1116  are generated by the channel encoder  1102 . For example, the channel encoder  1102  may perform encoding using an LDPC code, a polar code, or another channel code. In this case, the generated amount of parity bits may change according to the details and the type of channel code. If the total length of bits  1110  generated by encoding of the channel encoder  1102  is N bits, in the case in which all parity bits  1114  and  1116  are transmitted, a soft buffer and a memory for storing reception information of the N bits may be needed in a receiver. If the receiver uses a soft buffer having a size smaller than N bits, the reception performance of the receiver may deteriorate. 
     In order to reduce the required size of the soft buffer, a method of determining parity bits  1116  which are not to be transmitted and of not transmitting the determined parity bits  1116  may be used. For example, only data bits  1112  and a part  1114  of the parity bits are input to a transmit buffer  1120  and transmitted after being transferred to a circular buffer (e.g., soft buffer)  1130 . In other words, the number of transmittable parity bits may be limited, and the amount to which to limit the same is based on the sum of the size of the data bits  1112  and the size of a part  1114  of the parity bits, and may be referred to as N cb . When N cb  is N, it means that the transmittable parity bits are not limited, and all parity bits generated by channel coding are capable of being transmitted. As described above, a method of processing all parity bits so as to make the same transmittable may be referred to as “full-buffer rate-matching (FBRM)”. Alternatively, the transmittable parity bits may be limited according to a method in which N cb  is calculated based on N cb =min(N,N ref ), where 
               N   ref     =       ⌊       TBS   LBRM       C   ·     R   LBRM         ⌋     .           
As described above, a method of limiting the number of transmittable parity bits is referred to as “limited-buffer rate-matching (LBRM)”.
 
     In the following embodiments of the disclosure, a base station is an entity for allocating a resource to a terminal, may be a base station supporting both V2X communication and normal cellular communication, or may be a base station supporting only V2X communication. In other words, the base station may indicate a gNB, an eNB, a road side unit (RSU), or a fixed station. The terminal may be not only a normal UE and a mobile station, but also one of a vehicle supporting vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, a vehicle or a handset (e.g., a smartphone) of a pedestrian supporting vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communication, a vehicle supporting vehicle-to-network (V2N) communication, or a vehicle supporting vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication, and an RSU equipped with a terminal function, an RSU equipped with a base station function, or an RSU equipped with a part of a base station function and a part of a terminal function. 
     In the V2X environment, data may be transmitted from one terminal to a plurality of terminals, from one terminal to another terminal, or from one base station to a plurality of terminals. However, the disclosure is not limited thereto, and may be applied to various cases. 
     In order for terminals to perform sidelink transmission or reception, the terminals are operated based on a resource pool pre-defined, configured, or pre-configured between the terminals. The resource pool may be a set of frequency- and time-domain resources which can be used for sidelink signal transmission or reception. For example, sidelink signal transmission or reception are to be performed in frequency-time resources predetermined for transmitting or receiving the sidelink signal. These resources are defined as a resource pool. The resource pool may be used by being defined for each of transmission and reception, or by being commonly defined for both transmission and reception. Further, one resource pool or multiple resource pools may be configured in the terminals so that the terminals may perform sidelink signal transmission or reception. Configuration information relating to a resource pool used for sidelink transmission or reception and other configuration information for sidelink may be preinstalled when the terminal is manufactured, may be configured by the current base station, may be pre-configured by another base station or another network unit before the terminal accesses the current base station, may be a fixed value, may be provisioned from a network, or may be independently self-constructed. 
     In order to indicate a frequency-domain resource of a resource pool, a base station may indicate a start index and the length of a PRB (e.g., the number of PRBs) belonging to a resource pool, but is not limited thereto, and may configure one resource pool by indicating PRBs using a bitmap. Further, in order to indicate a time-domain resource of a resource pool, the base station may indicate, in units of bitmaps, indices of an OFDM symbol or a slot belonging to a resource pool. Alternatively, in another method, a system may use a formula in a set for particular slots and define slots satisfying the formula so that the slots belong to a corresponding resource pool. In configuring a time-domain resource, for example, a base station may indicate which slots among slots during a particular time belong to a particular resource pool, by using the bitmap. In this case, at every particular time, whether the slot belongs to the resource pool of a time resource may be indicated according to the bitmap. 
     Meanwhile, a sub-channel may be defined in units of frequency resources including multiple RBs. In other words, the sub-channel may be defined as an integer multiple of an RB. The size of the sub-channel may be configured the same for all sub-channels or differently for respective sub-channels. In general, consecutive PRBs constitute one sub-channel, but there is no restriction that consecutive PRBs always constitute one sub-channel. The sub-channel may be a basic unit for resource allocation for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) or a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). Accordingly, the size of the sub-channel may be configured differently depending on whether the corresponding channel is a PSSCH or a PSCCH. Further, the term “sub-channel” may be interchangeably used with other terms, such as “resource block group (RBG)”, “set for RBGs”, or “set of PRBs”. 
     For example, “startRBSubchannel” in higher-layer signaling or configuration information may indicate a start position of a sub-channel in a frequency domain in a resource pool. For example, in an LTE V2X system, a resource block, which is a frequency resource belonging to a resource pool for a PSSCH, may be determined according to the method shown in Table 13 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 13 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 The resource block pool consists of N subCH  sub-channels where N subCH  is 
               
               
                 given by higher layer parameter numSubchannel. 
               
               
                 The sub-channel m for m = 0, 1, . . . ,  
               
               
                 N subCH -1 consists of a set of n subCHsize   
               
               
                 contiguous resource blocks with the physical resource block number 
               
               
                 n PRB  = n subCHRBstart  + m* n subCHsize  + j for j = 0, 1, . . . , N subCH  − 1  
               
               
                 where n subCHRBstart  and 
               
               
                 n subCHsize  are given by higher layer parameters startRBSubchannel 
               
               
                 and sizeSubchannel, respectively 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     For resource pool configuration, the granularity of resource allocation in the time domain may be a slot. In the disclosure, resource pools are illustrated as slots non-consecutively allocated in the time domain, but resource pools may be consecutively allocated in the time domain, or may be configured in units of symbols. 
     In another example, when “startSlot” in higher-layer signaling or configuration information indicates a start position of a slot in a time domain in a resource pool, subframes (t 0   SL , t 1   SL , . . . , t T     max     SL ( )) that are time resources belonging to a resource pool for a PSSCH in an LTE V2X system may be determined according to the method shown in Table 14. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 14 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                  ● 0 ≤ t i   SL  &lt; 10240, 
               
               
                  ● the subframe index is relative to subframe#0 of the radio frame 
               
               
                 corresponding to SFN 0 of the serving cell or DFN 0 (described in [11]), 
               
               
                  ● the set includes all the subframes except the following subframes, 
               
               
                   ▪ subframes in which SLSS resource is configured, 
               
               
                   ▪ downlink subframes and special subframes if the sidelink trans- 
               
               
                 mission occurs in a TDD cell, 
               
               
                   ▪ reserved subframes which are determined by the following steps: 
               
               
                    1) the remaining subframes excluding N slss  and N dssf  subframes 
               
               
                 from the set of all the subframes are denoted by (l 0 , l 1 , . . . ,  
               
               
                 l (10240−N     slss     −N     dssf     −1) ) arranged in increasing order of subframe index, 
               
               
                 where N slss  is the number of subframes in which SLSS resource is 
               
               
                 configured within 10240 subframes and N dssf  is the number of 
               
               
                 downlink subframes and special subframes within 10240 
               
               
                 subframes if the sidelink transmission occurs in a TDD cell. 
               
               
                    2) a subframe l r  (0 ≤ r &lt; (10240 − N slss  − N dssf )) belongs to the 
               
               
                 reserved subframes if  
               
               
                   
               
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         r 
                         = 
                         
                           ⌊ 
                           
                             
                               m 
                               · 
                               
                                 ( 
                                 
                                   10240 
                                   - 
                                   
                                     N 
                                     slss 
                                   
                                   - 
                                   
                                     N 
                                     dssf 
                                   
                                 
                                 ) 
                               
                             
                             
                               N 
                               reserved 
                             
                           
                           ⌋ 
                         
                             
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 where m = 0, . . . , N reserved  − 1 and N reserved  − 1 and 
               
               
                 N reserved  = (10240 − N slss  − N dssf ) mod L bitmap . Here, L bitmap  the length of 
               
               
                 the bitmap is configured by higher layers. 
               
               
                  ● the subframes are arranged in increasing order of subframe index. 
               
               
                  ● A bitmap (b 0 , b 1 , ... , b L     bitmap     −1 ) associated with the resource pool is 
               
               
                 used where L bitmap  the length of the bitmap is configured by higher layers. 
               
               
                  ● A subframe t k   SL  (0 ≤ k &lt; (10240 − N slss  − N dssf  − N reserved )) belongs 
               
               
                 to the subframe pool if b k , = 1 where k′ = k mod L bitmap . 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     According to a process in Table 14, at first, information on which slot is included in a resource pool, among slots (subframes in Table 14) during a particular period, except for at least one slot used for a downlink, is indicated by using a bitmap, and information on which slot belongs to the resource pool among the slots indicated to be included in the resource pool is indicated in bitmap information. 
     A sidelink control channel may be referred to as a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH), and a sidelink shared channel or data channel may be referred to as a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH). Further, a broadcast channel broadcasted together with a synchronization signal may be referred to as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), and a channel for feedback transmission may be referred to as a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH). However, the PSCCH or the PSSCH may be used for feedback transmission. According to a communication system, the above-described channels may be referred to as LTE-PSCCH, LTE-PSSCH, NR-PSCCH, NR-PSSCH, and the like. In the disclosure, “sidelink” indicates a link between terminals, and “Uu link” indicates a link between a base station and a terminal. 
     Information transmitted in the sidelink may include sidelink control information (SCI), sidelink feedback control information (SFCI), sidelink channel state information (SCSI), and a sidelink shared channel (SL-SCH) that is a transmission channel. 
     The above-described information and transmission channel may be mapped to a physical channel as shown in Table 15 and Table 16 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 15 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Transport channel (TrCH) 
                 Physical Channel 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 SL-SCH 
                 PSSCH 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 16 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Control information  
                 Physical Channel 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 SCI  
                 PSCCH  
               
               
                   
                 SFCI  
                 PSFCH  
               
               
                   
                 SCSI  
                 PSSCH 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Further, when the SCSI is transmitted via the PSFCH, transmission-channel/physical-channel mapping may be applied as shown in Table 17 and Table 18 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 17 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Transport channel (TrCH)  
                 Physical Channel 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 SL-SCH  
                 PSSCH 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 18 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Control information  
                 Physical Channel 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 SCI  
                 PSCCH  
               
               
                   
                 SFCI  
                 PSFCH  
               
               
                   
                 SCSI  
                 PSSCH, PSFCH 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Further, when the SCSI is transmitted to a higher layer, for example, is transmitted using a MAC CE, this corresponds to a SC-SCH. Accordingly, the SCSI may be transmitted via a PSSCH, and transmission channel-physical channel mapping may be applied as shown in Table 19 and Table 20 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 19 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (Transport channel (TrCH)  
                 Physical Channel 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 SL-SCH  
                 PSSCH 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 20 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Control information  
                 Physical Channel 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 SCI  
                 PSCCH  
               
               
                   
                 SFCI  
                 PSFCH  
               
               
                   
                 SCSI  
                 PSSCH, PSFCH 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     When CSI of sidelink is transmitted via a MAC CE, a reception terminal may also transmit at least one piece of additional information to a transmission terminal.
         Information of a slot in which a sidelink CSI-RS used when obtaining CSI is transmitted, that is, information relating to a time at which the sidelink CSI-RS is transmitted   Information relating to a frequency domain in which CSI is obtained, that is, information relating to a frequency domain in which a sidelink CSI-RS is transmitted, a sub-channel index, or the like may be included.   Information on a rank indicator (RI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI)   Information of a preferable precoding matrix   Information related to preferable beamforming   ID information of a reception terminal that received a sidelink CSI-RS   ID information of a transmission terminal that transmitted sidelink CSI-RS   ID information of a transmission terminal for transmitting sidelink CSI feedback information   ID information of a reception terminal for receiving sidelink CSI feedback information       

       FIG.  12 A  illustrates an operation of groupcasting transmission in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  12 A, a terminal  1220  transmits common data to a plurality of terminals  1221   a ,  1221   b ,  1221   c , and  1221   d , that is, transmits data in a groupcasting manner. The terminal  1220  and each of the terminals  1221   a ,  1221   b ,  1221   c , and  1221   d  may be mobile devices, such as vehicles. For the groupcasting, at least one piece of separate control information (e.g., sidelink control information (SCI)), physical control channel (e.g., a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)), and data may be further transmitted. 
       FIG.  12 B  illustrates an operation of HARQ feedback transmission according to groupcasting in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  12 B , terminals  1221   a ,  1221   b ,  1221   c , and  1221   d , which have received common data by groupcasting, transmit information indicating success or failure of data reception to the terminal  1220  that transmitted the data. The information may include HARQ-ACK feedback. The data transmission and feedback operations shown in  FIGS.  12 A and  12 B  are performed based on groupcasting. However, according to another embodiment of the disclosure, the data transmission and feedback operations shown in  FIGS.  12 A and  12 B  may be applied to transmission performed in a unicasting manner. 
       FIG.  13    illustrates an operation of unicast transmission in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG.  13   , a first terminal  1320   a  transmits data to a second terminal  1320   b . In another example, the direction in which the data is transmitted may be the other way round (e.g., from the second terminal  1320   b  to the first terminal  1320   a ). The other terminals  1320   c  and  1320   d  except for the first terminal  1320   a  and the second terminal  1320   b  may not receive data which is transmitted or received between the first terminal  1320   a  and the second terminal  1320   b  in a unicasting manner. In the data transmission or reception between the first terminal  1320   a  and the second terminal  1320   b  via the unicasting, data may be mapped to a resource predetermined between the first terminal  1320   a  and the second terminal  1320   b , may be scrambled using a value predetermined therebetween, or may be transmitted using a preconfigured value. Alternatively, control information relating to data transmission or reception between the first terminal  1320   a  and the second terminal  1320   b  via the unicasting may be mapped in a manner predetermined therebetween. Alternatively, the data transmission or reception between the first terminal  1320   a  and the second terminal  1320   b  via the unicasting may include an operation of mutually identifying a unique ID therebetween. Each of the terminals may be a mobile device, such as a vehicle. For the unicasting, at least one piece of separate control information, a physical control channel, and data may be further transmitted. 
       FIG.  14 A  illustrates an operation of sidelink data transmission according to scheduling of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  14 A  illustrates mode  1  indicating a method of transmitting sidelink data by a terminal that has received scheduling information from a base station. In the disclosure, the method of performing sidelink communication based on scheduling information is referred to as “mode  1 ”, but may be referred to using other terms. 
     Referring to  FIG.  14 A , a terminal  1420   a  (hereinafter, referred to as a “transmission terminal”) for transmitting data in sidelink receives scheduling information for sidelink communication from a base station  1410 . The transmission terminal  1420   a  that received the scheduling information transmits the sidelink data to another terminal  1420   b  (hereinafter, referred to as a “reception terminal”). The scheduling information for the sidelink communication is included in DCI, and the DCI may include at least one of the following items in Table 21 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 21 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Item  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Carrier Indicator  
                 This may be used for scheduling  
               
               
                   
                 sidelink of another carrier in the case  
               
               
                   
                 in which carrier aggregation (CA) is  
               
               
                   
                 applied.  
               
               
                 Lowest index of sub-channel  
                 This may be used for frequency  
               
               
                 assignment for initial  
                 resource assignment of initial  
               
               
                 transmission  
                 transmission.  
               
               
                 Information to be included in  
                 Frequency resource assignment  
               
               
                 sidelink control information  
                 information including information  
               
               
                   
                 on resource assignment or resource  
               
               
                   
                 reservation information for initial  
               
               
                   
                 transmission, retransmission, and  
               
               
                   
                 subsequent N-th transmission  
               
               
                   
                 Information on a time interval  
               
               
                   
                 between initial transmission and  
               
               
                   
                 retransmission  
               
               
                 Information on sidelink slot  
                 This may include information on  
               
               
                 structure  
                 which slot and which symbols may  
               
               
                   
                 be used for sidelink.  
               
               
                 HARQ-ACK/CSI feedback  
                 This may include timing information  
               
               
                 timing information  
                 for transmitting HARQ-ACK or CSI  
               
               
                   
                 feedback in sidelink to a base station.  
               
               
                 Receiver ID  
                 This indicates ID information on  
               
               
                   
                 terminals which are to perform  
               
               
                   
                 reception.  
               
               
                 Quality-of-Service (QoS)  
                 This indicates information on the  
               
               
                 information such as priority  
                 priority which data to be transmitted  
               
               
                   
                 has. 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Scheduling may be performed for one time of sidelink transmission, or may be performed for regular transmission or semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) or configured grant transmission. A scheduling method may be indicated by an indicator included in DCI, or may be indicated by an ID value or an RNTI scrambled to CRC to be added to DCI. DCI for sidelink transmission may further include padding bits (e.g., zeroes), wherein the DCI for sidelink transmission has different sizes from other DCI formats, such as DCI for downlink scheduling or DCI for uplink scheduling. 
     After receiving DCI for sidelink scheduling from the base station  1410 , the transmission terminal  1420   a  transmits a PSCCH including sidelink scheduling information, and then transmits a PSSCH which is data corresponding thereto. The PSCCH, which is sidelink scheduling information, may include SCI, and the SCI may include at least one of the following items in Table 22 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 22 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Item  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 HARQ process number  
                 This indicates an HARQ process ID for  
               
               
                   
                 HARQ-related operation of data to be  
               
               
                   
                 transmitted.  
               
               
                 New data indicator  
                 This indicates information on whether  
               
               
                 (NDI)  
                 currently transmitted data is new data.  
               
               
                 Redundancy version  
                 This indicates information on which parity  
               
               
                 (RV)  
                 bit is transmitted when data is mapped after  
               
               
                   
                 channel coding.  
               
               
                 Layer-1 source ID  
                 This indicates ID information in a physical  
               
               
                   
                 layer of a transmission terminal.  
               
               
                 Layer-1 destination ID  
                 This indicates ID information in a physical  
               
               
                   
                 layer of a reception terminal.  
               
               
                 Frequency-domain  
                 This indicates frequency-domain resource  
               
               
                 resource assignment  
                 configuration information of data to be  
               
               
                 for scheduling  
                 transmitted.  
               
               
                 PSSCH  
                   
               
               
                 MCS  
                 This indicates information on a modulation  
               
               
                   
                 order and a coding rate.  
               
               
                 QoS indication  
                 This may include a priority, targeting  
               
               
                   
                 latency/delay, a targeting distance, a  
               
               
                   
                 targeting rate, and the like.  
               
               
                 Antenna port(s)  
                 This indicates antenna port information for  
               
               
                   
                 data transmission.  
               
               
                 DMRS sequence  
                 This may include information such an ID  
               
               
                 initialization  
                 value for initialization of a DMRS  
               
               
                   
                 sequence.  
               
               
                 PTRS-DMRS  
                 This may include information on PTRS  
               
               
                 association  
                 mapping.  
               
               
                 CBGTI  
                 This may be utilized as an indicator for  
               
               
                   
                 CBG-unit retransmission.  
               
               
                 Resource reservation  
                 This indicates information for a resource  
               
               
                   
                 reservation.  
               
               
                 Time gap between  
                 This indicates time interval information  
               
               
                 initial transmission and  
                 between initial transmission and  
               
               
                 retransmission  
                 retransmission.  
               
               
                 Retransmission index  
                 This indicates an indicator for identifying  
               
               
                   
                 retransmission.  
               
               
                 Transmission  
                 This indicates an indicator for identifying a  
               
               
                 format/cast type  
                 transmission format or unicast/groupcast/  
               
               
                 indicator  
                 broadcast.  
               
               
                 Zone ID  
                 This indicates information on the position  
               
               
                   
                 of a transmission terminal.  
               
               
                 NACK distance  
                 This is a reference indicator for  
               
               
                   
                 determining whether a reception terminal is  
               
               
                   
                 to be transmitted HARQ-ACK or NACK.  
               
               
                 HARQ feedback  
                 This indicates whether HARQ feedback is  
               
               
                 indication  
                 to be transmitted or is being transmitted.  
               
               
                 Time-domain resource  
                 This indicates time-domain resource  
               
               
                 assignment for  
                 information of sidelink data to be  
               
               
                 scheduling PSSCH  
                 transmitted.  
               
               
                 Second SCI indication  
                 This is an indicator including mapping  
               
               
                   
                 information of second SCI in the case of  
               
               
                   
                 2-stage control information.  
               
               
                 DMRS pattern  
                 This indicates information on a DMRS  
               
               
                   
                 pattern (for example, the position of a  
               
               
                   
                 symbol to which a DMRS is mapped). 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Control information including at least one of the above-listed items in Table 22 may be included in one piece of SCI or two pieces of SCI in order to be transmitted to the reception terminal. A method in which the control information is divided into two pieces of SCI may be referred to as “2-stage SCI”. 
       FIG.  14 B  illustrates an operation of sidelink data transmission without scheduling of a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  14 B  illustrates mode  2 , indicating a method of transmitting sidelink data by a terminal without receiving scheduling information from a base station. In the disclosure, the method of performing sidelink communication without scheduling information is referred to as “mode  2 ”, but may be referred to using other terms. 
     Referring to  FIG.  14 B , a terminal  1420   a  for transmitting data in sidelink may transmit sidelink scheduling control information and sidelink data to a reception terminal  1420   b  based on the determination by the terminal  1420   a  itself, without scheduling on the part of a base station. In this case, for the sidelink scheduling control information, SCI having the same format as that of the SCI used in mode  1  sidelink communication may be used. For example, the scheduling control information may include at least one of the above-listed items in Table 22. 
       FIG.  15    illustrates an operation of a channel structure of a slot used for sidelink communication in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  15    illustrates physical channels mapped to a slot for sidelink communication. 
     Referring to  FIG.  15   , a preamble  1502  is mapped before the start of a slot, that is, is mapped to the back-end of a previous slot. Then, from the start of the slot, a PSCCH  1504 , a PSSCH  1506 , a gap  1508 , a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH)  1510 , and a gap  1512  are mapped. 
     Before transmitting a signal in the corresponding slot, a transmission terminal transmits the preamble  1502  in one or more symbols. The preamble may be used for correctly performing automatic gain control (AGC) for adjusting amplification strength when a reception terminal amplifies the power of a received signal. Further, the preamble may or may not be transmitted depending on whether a signal is transmitted in a previous slot of a transmission terminal. In other words, when the transmission terminal transmits a signal to the same terminal in a slot (e.g., slot #n−1) preceding the corresponding slot (e.g., slot #n), transmission of the preamble  1502  may be omitted. The preamble  1502  may be referred to as a “synchronization signal”, a “sidelink synchronization signal”, a “sidelink reference signal”, a “midamble”, an “initial signal”, a “wake-up signal”, or other terms having equivalent technical meanings to the above-described terms. 
     The PSCCH  1504  including control information may be transmitted using symbols transmitted in the beginning of the slot, and the PSSCH  1506  scheduled in control information of the PSCCH  1504  may be transmitted. At least a part of SCI, which is control information, may be mapped to the PSSCH  1504 . Then, the gap  1508  exists, and the PSFCH  1510 , which is a physical channel for transmitting feedback information, is mapped. 
     The terminal may be preconfigured to receive the position of a slot in which PSFCH transmission is allowed. The pre-configuration of receiving the position of the slot may be predetermined in the process of producing a terminal, may be transmitted when the terminal accesses a sidelink-related system, may be transmitted from a base station when the terminal accesses to the base station, or may be transmitted from other terminals. 
       FIG.  15    illustrates that the PSFCH  1510  is positioned at the end of the slot. By securing a gap  1508  indicating a predetermined empty time between the PSSCH  1504  and the PSFCH  1510 , the terminal that transmitted or received the PSSCH  1504  may prepare for reception or transmission of the PSFCH  1510  (e.g., transmission/reception switch). After the PSFCH  1510 , there is a gap  1512 , which is a predetermined empty interval. 
       FIG.  16 A  illustrates a first operation of feedback channel distribution in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  16 A  illustrates the case in which a resource capable of transmitting or receiving a PSFCH is assigned to every slot. In  FIG.  16 A , an arrow indicates a PSFCH slot from which HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to a PSSCH is transmitted. 
     Referring to  FIG.  16 A , the HARQ-ACK feedback information on a PSSCH  1612  transmitted in slot #n is transmitted from a PSFCH  1614  of slot #n+1. Since the PSFCH is assigned to every slot, the PSFCHs may correspond to the slots including the PSSCHs, respectively. For example, when configuring the periodicity of a resource capable of transmitting or receiving a PSFCH by a parameter, such as periodicity_PSFCH_resource, in  FIG.  16 A , periodicity_PSFCH_resource indicates 1 slot. Alternatively, the periodicity may be configured in unit of msec, and may be indicated as a value which is assigned for every slot according to subcarrier spacing. 
       FIG.  16 B  illustrates a second operation of feedback channel distribution in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  16 B  illustrates the case in which a resource is assigned to transmit or receive a PSFCH in every four slots. 
     Referring to  FIG.  16 B , an arrow indicates a PSFCH slot from which HARQ-ACK feedback information corresponding to a PSSCH is transmitted. 
     Referring to  FIG.  16 B , a PSFCH is included only in the last of four slots. Similarly, a PSFCH is included only in the last of the next four slots. Accordingly, the HARQ-ACK feedback information on a PSSCH  1622   a  of slot #n, a PSSCH  1622   b  of slot #n+1, a PSSCH  1622   c  of slot #n+2, and a PSSCH  1622   d  of slot #n+3 is transmitted from a PSFCH  1624  of slot #n+4. Here, an index of a slot may be an index for slots included in a resource pool. For example, the four slots are not actually physically consecutive slots, but may be consecutively enumerated slots among slots included in a resource pool (or a slot pool) used for sidelink communication between terminals. HARQ-ACK feedback information of a PSSCH transmitted in the fourth slot may not be transmitted from a PSFSH of the same slot. This may be because the processing time to be taken for the terminal to finish decoding the PSSCH transmitted in the slot and transmit the PSFCH in the same slot is not short. 
     When the terminal transmits or receives a PSFCH, the number of HARQ-ACK feedback bits included in the PSFCH is to be identified in order to correctly perform transmission or reception. The number of HARQ-ACK feedback bits included in the PSFCH and the PSSCH of which HARQ-ACK bits are to be included may be determined based on a combination of one or more or two or more of the items listed in Table 23 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 23 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Item 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Periodicity of a slot capable of transmitting or receiving a PSFCH by a  
               
               
                 parameter, such as periodicity_PSFCH_resource  
               
               
                 Whether HARQ-ACK is bundled. This may be a value acquired by  
               
               
                 determining, by an AND operation, HARQ-ACK bits of a PSFCH  
               
               
                 transmitted in a predetermined number of slots before PSFCH  
               
               
                 transmission or reception (i.e., if any one is NACK, it is determined as  
               
               
                 NACK).  
               
               
                 Number of transport blocks (TBs) included in a PSSCH  
               
               
                 Whether code block group (CBG)-unit retransmission is used or  
               
               
                 configured  
               
               
                 Whether HARQ-ACK feedback is activated  
               
               
                 Number of PSSCHs actually transmitted or received  
               
               
                 Minimum processing time required for a terminal to process a PSSCH  
               
               
                 and prepare PSFCH transmission 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     When a resource capable of transmitting a PSFCH is configured or given in slot #n+x, the terminal that received the PSSCH in slot #n transmits HARQ-ACK feedback information of the PSSCH by using the PSFCH of slot #n+x, wherein x is the smallest among integers equal to or greater than K. K may be a value preconfigured by a transmission terminal, or may be a value configured in a resource pool from which the PSSCH or the PSFCH is transmitted. In order to configure K, each terminal may exchange information on its capability with the transmission terminal in advance. For example, K may be determined according to at least one of subcarrier spacing, terminal capability, a value configured in the transmission terminal, or the configuration of a resource pool. 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure describes embodiments for applying LBRM to sidelink communication. In order to apply the LBRM to sidelink communication, it is required to determine parameters necessary for LBRM operation. A terminal performing sidelink communication may determine necessary parameters according to various embodiments below. 
       FIG.  17    illustrates a flowchart  1700  of a terminal for transmitting or receiving sidelink data in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.  FIG.  17    illustrates a method for operating a terminal  120 . 
     Referring to  FIG.  17   , in operation  1701 , a terminal receives configuration information related to a sidelink. The configuration information related to a sidelink may include at least one of information on a resource pool for sidelink communication, information on the structure of a channel, and parameters required for data transmission/reception. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the configuration information related to a sidelink may include information related to parameters required for performing LBRM. 
     In operation  1703 , the terminal determines parameters required for performing LBRM. For example, parameters required for performing LBRM may include an input variable of an equation for determining a configuration value required for an LBRM operation, or another variable for determining an input variable. For example, configuration information related to a sidelink may include at least one of the number of HARQ processes, the maximum layer number, a maximum modulation order, the total number of RBs, and the total number of PRBs. 
     In operation  1705 , the terminal may determine a range of transmittable parity bits according to LBRM. The LBRM corresponds to a technique which treats a part of parity bits as transmittable bits and transmits at least one buffer among the transmittable bits through a channel. For example, as described with reference to  FIG.  11   , bits within a limited range indicated by N ab , among parity bits generated from a code block are transmittable, and other remaining bits are not transmitted even through the RV thereof is changed. Accordingly, the terminal may determine the range within which to treat bits, among all parity bits, as transmittable or receivable bits. An operation of treating bits as transmittable bits may be performed by inputting the bits into a circular buffer. 
     In operation  1707 , the terminal transmits or receives sidelink data according to LBRM. In other words, in performing encoding and decoding, the terminal performs encoding and decoding based on parity bits within a limited range. When receiving data, the terminal may employ a buffer having a size corresponding to the limited range in order to buffer the received data. When transmitting data, the terminal may generate parity bits by encoding an information bit and may include at least one parity bit selected within the limited range, among the generated parity bits, in transmission data. 
     As described with reference to  FIG.  17   , the terminal may perform LBRM. In order to perform LBRM, the terminal determines a limited range for parity bits. To this end, it is required to determine a parameter required for determining the limited range. Hereinafter, embodiments for determining a parameter required for determining the limited range will be described. 
     (1) Determine the Number of HARQ Processes 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure describes embodiments for determining the number of HARQ processes of a terminal which performs sidelink communication. 
     There may be a need for a terminal to know the number of available HARQ processes when the terminal receives data. For example, when the terminal transmits one TB to another terminal through a PSSCH, a transmission terminal may include an HARQ process ID in SCI for scheduling the PSSCH. A reception terminal may decode the SCI, and then select a reception method, such as HARQ combining based on an HARQ process ID value indicating an HARQ process number, a new data indicator (NDI) indicating whether HARQ is initial transmission or retransmission, an HARQ redundancy version (RV) value, or the like, and attempt decoding of the PSSCH. 
     In this case, a bit field including information on an HARQ process number included in SCI may be determined according to the maximum number of HARQ processes or the total number of HARQ processes. For example, when the maximum number of HARQ processes is 16, a bit field of 4 bits may indicate the HARQ process number. Accordingly, in order to generate and analyze SCI, each of a transmission terminal and a reception terminal which perform sidelink communication needs to know information on the maximum number of HARQ processes, applied by the other. Configuration information relating to a resource pool used for sidelink communication and other configuration information for sidelink communication may be preinstalled when the terminal is manufactured, may be configured by the current base station, may be pre-configured from another base station or another network unit before the terminal accesses the current base station, may be a fixed value, may be provisioned from a network, or may be independently self-constructed. The total number of HARQ processes used for sidelink communication may be defined by one embodiment or a combination of two or more embodiments among the following embodiments.
         Embodiment 1: The total number of HARQ processes is determined according to a sidelink carrier, serving cell, or BWP. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, configuration information of the carrier, serving cell, or BWP may include a value indicating the number of HARQ processes. A terminal may identify the total number of HARQ processes corresponding to the carrier, serving cell, or BWP by identifying the value indicating the number of HARQ processes in the configuration information of the carrier, serving cell, or BWP. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, information on a relationship between the carrier, serving cell, or BWP and the number of HARQ processes may be provided as system information.   Embodiment 2: The total number of HARQ processes is defined according to a sidelink resource pool. In an embodiment of the disclosure, configuration information of a resource pool may include a value indicating the number of HARQ processes. A terminal may identify the total number of HARQ processes corresponding to the resource pool by identifying the value indicating the number of HARQ processes in the configuration information of the resource pool. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, as sidelink-related control information, information on a relationship between the resource pool and the number of HARQ processes may be provided as system information.   Embodiment 3: The total number of HARQ processes is defined according to a cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, or broadcast) operated in a resource pool. A terminal may distinguish between unicast, groupcast, and broadcast based on a SCI format, a particular bit field included in the SCI, or a resource pool to be used.   Embodiment 4: The requirement for the number of HARQ processes that can be used by a terminal in a sidelink carrier or BWP or a resource pool is defined.       

     Information on the above-defined total number of HARQ processes as well as the above-described configuration information relating to the resource pool may be preinstalled when the terminal is manufactured, may be configured by the current base station, may be pre-configured from another base station or another network unit before the terminal accesses the current base station, may be a fixed value, may be provisioned from a network, or may be independently self-constructed. 
     (2) Determine FBRM and LBRM 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure describes embodiments in which a PSSCH is mapped to a given resource when a terminal transmits or receives the PSSCH. When the length of a circular buffer is indicated by N cb , and the number of all parity bits generated by LDPC coding is indicated by N, N cb =N, in the case of a FBRM scheme. In the case of a LBRM scheme, N cb  may be determined according to N cb =min(N,N ref ), where 
               N   ref     =     ⌊       TBS   LBRM       C   ·     R   LBRM         ⌋           
and R LBRM =2/3. The above-described method of determining a TBS may be used to determine TBS LBRM . Here, C indicates the actual number of code blocks of the TB being scheduled. TBS LBRM  may be a value that a terminal needs to know when transmitting or receiving a data signal or a PSSCH. For example, in the case of transmission, the terminal determines the rate-matching method based on the value of TBS LBRM . For example, in the case of reception, the terminal may determine which particular code block to receive, and from which part to receive the same, and may perform decoding, based on the value of TBS LBRM . The number of layers may be assumed to be the maximum layer number supported by the terminal in the corresponding cell. The modulation order may be assumed to be the maximum modulation order configured in the terminal in the corresponding cell, or to be 64-QAM when no maximum modulation order is configured. The code rate may be assumed to be 948/1024, which is the maximum code rate. N RE  may be assumed to be N RE =156·n PRB . n PRB  may be assumed to be n PRB =n PRB,LBRM .
 
     In sidelink transmission, in order to determine whether to apply FBRM (i.e., a determination method based on N cb =N) or NBRM (i.e., a determination method based on N cb =min(N,N ref )), one of the following methods or a combination of two or more following methods may be used.
         Embodiment 1: Whether to use FBRM or LBRM is configured according to a resource pool. In this case, configuration information of the resource pool may include a value indicating whether to use LBRM. A terminal may identify the total number of HARQ processes corresponding to the resource pool by identifying the value indicating whether to use LBRM in the configuration information of the resource pool.   Embodiment 2: Whether to use FBRM or LBRM is determined according to a cast type (e.g., unicast, groupcast, or broadcast) of data to be transmitted or received. A terminal may distinguish between unicast, groupcast, and broadcast based on a SCI format, a particular bit included in the SCI, or a resource pool to be used.   Embodiment 3: For sidelink communication, LBRM is always used.       

     (3) Determine the Maximum Layer Number 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure describes embodiments for determining the maximum layer number, assumed when a parameter required for performing LBRM during sidelink signal transmission or reception is calculated. 
     The maximum layer number of a terminal, used to calculate TBS LBRM  applied in the process of sidelink data or PSSCH transmission or reception is used as a value configured or pre-configured by a base station or by another network or manufacturer. However, if no configured or pre-configured value exists, the maximum layer number supported by the terminal may be used as the maximum layer number for TBS LBRM  calculation. Further, when terminals have not exchanged UE capability parameters with each other, a default value may be used for the maximum layer number for TBS LBRM  calculation. In this case, the default value may need to be defined. In the case of a general terminal, a base station may assume the default value to be 1 in FR1 and 1 in FR2, or to be 2 in FR1 and 1 in FR2, and calculate TBS LBRM . Meanwhile, in the case of a terminal having low capability, the base station may assume the default value to be 2 in FR1 and 1 in FR2. 
     Various embodiments to be described below are for efficient sidelink LBRM (e.g., SL-SCH LBRM or PSSCH LBRM) in transmitting data. When PSSCH LBRM is applied, TBS LBRM  may be determined based on the following configuration. 
     X, the maximum layer number for one TB may be determined as follows (maximum number of layers for one TB for SL-SCH is given by X, where). 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 24 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Configuration  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 1  
                 If parameter maxMIMO-Layers included in higher-layer  
               
               
                   
                 signaling SL-PSSCH TxParameters for a resource pool in  
               
               
                   
                 a BWP of a serving cell is configured or pre-configured,  
               
               
                   
                 X is determined based on the maxMIMO-Layers for each  
               
               
                   
                 resource pool.  
               
               
                   
                 (If the higher layer parameter maxMIMO-Layers of SL-  
               
               
                   
                 PSSCH-TxParameters of the resource pools of the BWP  
               
               
                   
                 of the serving cell is (pre-) configured, X is given by that  
               
               
                   
                 parameter. Here, ‘that parameter’ may indicate ‘higher  
               
               
                   
                 layer parameter maxMIMO-Layers of SL-PSSCH-  
               
               
                   
                 TxParameters of the resource pools of the BWP of the  
               
               
                   
                 serving cell’.)  
               
               
                 2  
                 When not corresponding to configuration 1, it is  
               
               
                   
                 determined to be X = 1.  
               
               
                   
                 (otherwise, X is 1.) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As described above, configuration 2 may be changed as described below and applied according thereto. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 25 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Configuration  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 2  
                 If not corresponding to configuration 1, it is determined  
               
               
                   
                 to be X = 2 for FR1 operation, and X = 1 for FR2  
               
               
                   
                 operation. (otherwise, X is 2 for FR1 and 1 for FR2.) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     If retransmission in another resource pool for a given TB is allowed, different TBS LBRM s may be applied for each resource pool, and which may deteriorate transmission or reception performance. Accordingly, if retransmission in another resource pool for a given TB is allowed, the same TBS LBRM  is to be applied for all resource pools configured or pre-configured in one BWP. Accordingly, the above-described configuration 1 may be changed as described below and applied according thereto. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 26 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Configuration  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 1  
                 If parameter maxMIMO-Layers included in higher-layer  
               
               
                   
                 signaling SL-PSSCH-TxParameters for all resource pools  
               
               
                   
                 in a BWP of a serving cell is configured or  
               
               
                   
                 preconfigured, X is determined based on the maximum  
               
               
                   
                 value among maxMIMO-Layers for each of the resource  
               
               
                   
                 pools.  
               
               
                   
                 (If the higher layer parameters maxMIMO-Layers of SL-  
               
               
                   
                 PSSCH-TxParameters of all resource pools of the BWP  
               
               
                   
                 of the serving cell are configured, X is given by the  
               
               
                   
                 maximum value among maxMIMO-Layers of SL-  
               
               
                   
                 PSSCH-TxParameters of all the resource pools.) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In the embodiments of Table 24, Table 25, and Table 26, when the maximum layer number are configured for multiple resource pools, respectively, X is determined to be the maximum value among the maximum numbers of layers. According to another embodiment of the disclosure, X may be determined to be the minimum value among the maximum numbers of layers. According to still another embodiment of the disclosure, X may be determined to be a value (e.g., the mean value or the average value) determined based on the maximum numbers of layers. 
     (4) Determine the Maximum Modulation Order 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure describes embodiments for determining the maximum modulation order, which is assumed when a parameter required for performing LBRM during sidelink signal transmission or reception is calculated. 
     The maximum modulation order (Qm) of a terminal, used to calculate TBS LBRM  applied in the process of transmitting or receiving sidelink data or a PSSCH is used as a value configured or pre-configured from a base station or by another network or manufacturer. However, if no configured or pre-configured value exists, the maximum layer number supported by the terminal may be used for the maximum modulation order. Further, when terminals have not exchanged UE capability parameters with each other, a default value may be used as the maximum modulation order. In this case, the default value may need to be defined. In the case of a general terminal, a base station may assume the default value to be Qm=4, that is, 16QAM, and calculate TBS LBRM . 
     Various embodiments to be described below are for efficient sidelink LBRM (e.g., SL-SCH LBRM or PSSCH LBRM) in transmitting data. When PSSCH LBRM is applied, TBS LBRM  may be determined based on the following configuration. 
     Qm, the maximum modulation order for one TB may be determined as follows. (maximum modulation order) 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 27 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Configuration  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 1  
                 If parameter mcs-Table included in higher-layer  
               
               
                   
                 signaling SL-PSSCH-TxParameters for a resource poll in  
               
               
                   
                 a BWP of a serving cell is configured or preconfigured to  
               
               
                   
                 “qam256”, Qm is assumed to be 8. (If the higher layer  
               
               
                   
                 parameter mcs-Table given by SL-PSSCH-TxParameters  
               
               
                   
                 of the resource pools of the BWP of the serving cell  
               
               
                   
                 is set to ‘qam256’, the maximum modulation order Qm =  
               
               
                   
                 8 is assumed for SL-SCH.)  
               
               
                 2  
                 If parameter mcs-Table included in higher-layer  
               
               
                   
                 signaling SL-PSSCH-TxParameters for a resource pool  
               
               
                   
                 in a BWP of a serving cell is configured or pre-  
               
               
                   
                 configured to “qam64”, Qm is assumed to be 6. (Else If  
               
               
                   
                 the higher layer parameter mcs-Table given by SL-  
               
               
                   
                 PSSCH-TxParameters of the resource pools of the BWP  
               
               
                   
                 of the serving cell is set to ‘qam64’, the maximum  
               
               
                   
                 modulation order Qm = 6 is assumed for SL-SCH.)  
               
               
                 3  
                 Otherwise, the maximum modulation order Qm is  
               
               
                   
                 assumed to be 4. (otherwise, the maximum modulation  
               
               
                   
                 order Qm = 4 is assumed for SL-SCH.) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Configuration 1, configuration 2, and configuration 3 in Table 27 may be changed to configuration 1a, and configuration 2a as below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 28 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Configuration  
                 Description 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 1a  
                 If parameter mcs-Table included in higher-layer  
               
               
                   
                 signaling SL-PSSCH-TxParameters for a resource pool  
               
               
                   
                 in a BWP of a serving cell is configured or pre-  
               
               
                   
                 configured to “qam256”, Qm is assumed to be 8.  
               
               
                   
                 (If the higher layer parameter mcs-Table given by SL-  
               
               
                   
                 PSSCH-TxParameters of the resource pools of the BWP  
               
               
                   
                 of the serving cell is set to ‘qam256’, the maximum  
               
               
                   
                 modulation order Qm = 8 is assumed for SL-SCH.)  
               
               
                 2a  
                 Otherwise, the maximum modulation order Qm is  
               
               
                   
                 assumed to be 6. (otherwise, the maximum modulation  
               
               
                   
                 order Qm = 6 is assumed for SL-SCH.) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     (5) Determine the Total Number of Resource Elements (REs) 
     Hereinafter, the disclosure describes embodiments for determining the total number of REs, which is assumed when a parameter required for performing LBRM during sidelink transmission or reception is calculated. As described above, in the NR technology of the related art, N RE  may be assumed to be N RE =156·n PRB , and n PRB  may be assumed to be n PRB =n PRB,LBRM , for TBS LBRM  calculation. n PRB,LBRM  may be defined as shown in Table 9 above. 
     Unlike the NR technology of the related art, in the case of sidelink communication, not all 14 symbols in one slot may be used. When an extended CP is used, not all 12 symbols in one slot may be used.  FIG.  17    illustrates a general slot structure in sidelink. Referring to  FIG.  17   , it is identified that in addition to PSCCH/PSSCH transmission, at least one symbol is used at the end of a slot in order to secure a gap time for a time for transmission or reception switching by a terminal. Accordingly, in the equation of N RE =156·n PRB  used in the NR technology of the related art, 156 is to be replaced with a smaller value. 
     In the NR technology of the related art, the equation N RE =156·n PRB  may be applied when it is assumed that one symbol in a total of 168 REs existing in 14 symbols-1 PRB is used for a DMRS, and approximately 156 REs are used for PSSCH mapping in 14 symbols-1 PRB. However, in a sidelink operation, since one symbol among 14 symbols is used for the DMRS and at least one symbol may be additionally used for a gap, it is preferable to replace  156  to with another value in the equation N RE =156·n PRB . For example, N RE  may be determined to be Equation 2 below. For example, it may be assumed that data is mapped to a smaller number of REs for each PRB when LBRM is applied in a sidelink operation, compared to when LBRM is applied in an uplink and downlink operation between a terminal and a base station.
 
 N   RE =144· n   PRB   Equation 2
 
     In Equation 2, N RE  indicates the total number of REs, which is assumed when calculating a parameter required for performing LBRM, and n PRB  indicates the total number of PRBs, which is assumed when calculating a parameter required for performing LBRM. Here, n PRB  may be defined as shown in Table 29 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 29 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Total number of PRBs  
                   
               
               
                   
                 configured/allocated for a  
                   
               
               
                   
                 corresponding resource pool  
                 n PRB   
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
                 Less than 33  
                  32  
               
               
                   
                 33 to 66  
                  66  
               
               
                   
                  67 to 107  
                 107  
               
               
                   
                 108 to 135  
                 135  
               
               
                   
                 136 to 162  
                 162  
               
               
                   
                 163 to 217  
                 217  
               
               
                   
                 Larger than 217  
                 273 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The above-described method may be expressed as in Equation 3 below.
 
 N   RE   =X·n   PRB   Equation 3
 
     In Equation 3, N RE  indicates the total number of REs, which is assumed when calculating a parameter required for performing LBRM, and n PRB  indicates the total number of PRBs, which is assumed when calculating a parameter required for performing LBRM. Here, X may change depending on whether a PSFCH resource is configured. For example, if no PSFCH resource is configured for a sidelink slot, X may be determined to be 144, and if no PSFCH resource is configured for a sidelink slot, X may be determined to be 120. For example, X may be defined as the value smaller than the number of REs per PRB, which is assumed when LBRM is applied to a downlink or an uplink. In the description above, a value of X is exemplified as 144 and 120, but may be changed to another value. 
     As described above, in determining the total number of REs, which channel is configured to a resource pool may be considered. For example, the total number of REs may change depending on whether the PSFCH resource is configured, and whether the PSFCH resource is configured is dependent on whether ACK feedback is supported in the corresponding resource pool. 
     According to an embodiment of the disclosure, when a terminal uses multiple resource pools, the terminal may assume the total number of REs for each of the resource pools. In this case, the terminal may determine the total number of REs independently for each of the resource pools. A method of assuming the total number of REs for each of the resource pools enables an LBRM operation to be optimized for each of the resource pools. 
     When a terminal uses multiple resource pools, the terminal may assume the total number of REs, which is commonly applied to the multiple resources, or when the commonly-applied total number of REs is assumed, the terminal may determine the total number of REs for each of the resource pools, and may then commonly apply the minimum value among the determined values to the multiple resource pools. Alternatively, the terminal may determine the commonly applied total number of REs according to another rule or equation defined for the case where multiple resource pools are used. 
     Methods disclosed in the claims and/or methods according to various embodiments described in the specification of the disclosure may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. 
     When the methods are implemented by software, a computer-readable storage medium for storing one or more programs (software modules) may be provided. The one or more programs stored in the computer-readable storage medium may be configured for execution by one or more processors within the electronic device. The at least one program may include instructions that cause the electronic device to perform the methods according to various embodiments of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims and/or disclosed herein. 
     The programs (software modules or software) may be stored in nonvolatile memories including a random access memory and a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), a magnetic disc storage device, a compact disc-ROM (CD-ROM), digital versatile discs (DVDs), or other type optical storage devices, or a magnetic cassette. Alternatively, any combination of some or all of them may form a memory in which the program is stored. Further, a plurality of such memories may be included in the electronic device. 
     In addition, the programs may be stored in an attachable storage device which may access the electronic device through communication networks, such as the Internet, Intranet, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide LAN (WLAN), and Storage Area Network (SAN) or a combination thereof. Such a storage device may access the electronic device via an external port. Further, a separate storage device on the communication network may access a portable electronic device. 
     In the above-described detailed embodiments of the disclosure, an element included in the disclosure is expressed in the singular or the plural according to presented embodiments of the disclosure. However, the singular form or plural form is selected appropriately to the presented situation for the convenience of description, and the disclosure is not limited by elements expressed in the singular or the plural. Therefore, either an element expressed in the plural may also include a single element or an element expressed in the singular may also include multiple elements. 
     While the disclosure has been shown and described with reference to various embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.