Patent Description:
New radio (New Radio, NR) sidelink (SideLink, SL) supports two resource selection modes: one is based on base station scheduling (mode <NUM>), and the other is based on user equipment (User Equipment, UE, also referred to as terminal) autonomous selection (mode <NUM>). In the resource selection mode based on base station scheduling, a sidelink resource used by UE for data transmission is determined by a base station, and notified to transmit (TX) UE by using downlink signaling. In the resource selection mode based on UE autonomous selection, the UE selects an available transmission resource from a (pre-)configured resource pool; and the UE performs channel monitoring before resource selection, selects a candidate resource set (candidate resource set) with less interference based on a channel monitoring result, and then randomly selects, from the candidate resource set, a resource for transmission.

3GPP is on the point of discussing enhancements to the resource selection mode <NUM>. The following options are available: UE-A determines a recommended resource set and notifies UE-B of the recommended resource set, and UE-B may consider the recommended resource set notified by UE-A during resource selection in the mode <NUM>.

Because different candidate resource sets are obtained based on an existing resource selection mode <NUM> and an enhanced resource selection mode <NUM>, if the UE randomly uses the existing or enhanced resource selection mode for resource selection, transmission reliability cannot be ensured.

In addition, when the UE determines resource preemption and/or resource selection re-evaluation, there may be at least two different bases for determining whether to perform resource re-selection. In a case that the UE performs unnecessary resource re-selection after obtaining such ambiguous bases, overall transmission reliability of a system is compromised; or in a case that the UE fails to reselect resources in a timely manner when resource re-selection is needed, transmission performance of the system or another UE is deteriorated.

In addition, the UE may perform resource reservation. It is assumed that the UE uses the existing resource selection mode for resource selection, and selected resources are reserved. When transmitting a new transport block (TB), the UE may need to use the enhanced resource selection mode. In this case, the reserved resources may no longer be suitable for the new transmission, and therefore resource re-selection needs to be triggered.

<CIT> discloses a resource selection method in D2D communication, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a physical layer of a first terminal device listens to resources in a first resource pool on a first carrier within a time interval [n+T1, n+T2] to obtain a first resource set, wherein resources in the first resource set may be used for the first terminal device to transmit a target service, n is a time at which the target service arrives, or a time at which the first terminal device determines that it needs to listen to resources, and <NUM>≤T1.

<CIT> discloses a method and apparatus for flexible resource configuration for unicast vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in new radio access technology (NR). The wireless is configured with a monitoring channel busy ratio (CBR) threshold and an entering CBR threshold. While performing sidelink transmission in a first transmission mode by using a third resource pool among at least one first resource pool for the first transmission mode, the wireless device measures a CBR of the third resource pool, and monitors at least one second resource pool for a second transmission mode based on that the CBR of the third resource pool is higher than the monitoring CBR threshold. Upon satisfying a condition related to the entering CBR threshold, the wireless device can perform sidelink transmission in the first transmission mode by using both the third resource pool and a fourth resource pool among the at least second resource pool.

Embodiments of this application are intended to provide a sidelink resource selection method and a terminal to resolve a problem of how a resource selection mode is determined when both an existing resource selection mode and an enhanced resource selection mode are usable for resource selection, so as to ensure transmission reliability.

To resolve the foregoing technical problem, this application is implemented as follows.

In the embodiments of this application, it is clarified how a to-be-used resource selection mode is determined for the target operation in a case that both a conventional resource selection mode and an enhanced resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, instead of arbitrarily selecting an existing or enhanced resource selection mode. This avoids unnecessary resource selection or erroneously determining of resource re-selection, thereby ensuring transmission reliability. In addition, triggering conditions for resource re-selection are clarified so as to ensure that the terminal selects appropriate transmission resources, raising reliability and effectiveness of transmission.

The terms "first", "second", and the like in this specification and claims of this application are used to distinguish between similar objects instead of describing a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in such a way is interchangeable in appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of this application can be implemented in other orders than the order illustrated or described herein. Moreover, the objects distinguished by "first" and "second" are usually of one type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object may be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims represents at least one of connected objects, and the character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects have an "or" relationship.

It is worth noting that the technology described in the embodiments of this application is not only limited to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE)/LTE-Advanced (LTE-Advanced, LTE-A) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communications systems such as code division multiple access (Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), time division multiple access (Time Division Multiple Access, TDMA), frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access, FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access, OFDMA), single-carrier frequency division multiple access (Single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of this application are often used interchangeably, the technology described herein may be used in the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies as well as other systems and radio technologies. However, in the following descriptions, a new radio (New Radio, NR) system is described for illustration purposes, and NR terms are used in most of the following descriptions, although these technologies may also be applied to other applications than the NR system application, for example, <NUM>th generation (<NUM>th Generation, <NUM>) communications systems.

<FIG> is a block diagram of a wireless communications system to which the embodiments of this application may be applied. The wireless communications system includes a terminal <NUM> and a network-side device <NUM>. The terminal <NUM> may also be referred to as a terminal device or user equipment (User Equipment, UE). The terminal <NUM> may be a terminal-side device such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a laptop computer (Laptop Computer) or notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), a handheld computer, a netbook, an ultra-mobile personal computer (ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), a mobile internet device (Mobile Internet Device, MID), a wearable device (Wearable Device), a vehicle-mounted user equipment (VUE), or a pedestrian user equipment (PUE). The wearable device includes a bracelet, a headphone, glasses, and the like. It should be noted that a specific type of the terminal <NUM> is not limited in the embodiments of this application. The network-side device <NUM> may be a base station or a core network. The base station may be referred to as a NodeB, an evolved NodeB, an access point, a base transceiver station (Base Transceiver Station, BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a basic service set (Basic Service Set, BSS), an extended service set (Extended Service Set, ESS), a Node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home NodeB, a home evolved NodeB, a WLAN access point, a Wi-Fi node, a transmission and reception point (Transmission and Reception Point, TRP), or some other appropriate term in the art. The base station is not limited to a specific technical term as long as the same technical effect is achieved. It should be noted that the base station in the NR system is taken merely as an example in the embodiments of this application, but a specific type of the base station is not limited.

A brief introduction to NR SL resource allocation/selection is given below.

NR sidelink supports two resource selection modes: one is based on base station scheduling (mode <NUM>), and the other is based on user equipment (User Equipment, UE, also referred to as terminal) autonomous selection (mode <NUM>).

In mode <NUM>, a specific operating procedure is as follows: <NUM>. After triggering resource selection, a transmit terminal (TX UE) determines a resource selection window first. The lower boundary of the resource selection window is at time T1 after the resource selection is triggered, and the upper boundary of the resource selection window is at time T2 after the resource selection is triggered, where T2 is a value selected within a packet delay budget (packet delay budget, PDB) for TB transmission by using the UE implementation, and T2 is not earlier than T1. Before resource selection, the UE needs to determine a candidate resource set (candidate resource set) for the resource selection and perform comparison based on a reference signal received power (Reference Signal Received Power, RSRP) measured on a resource within the resource selection window and a corresponding RSRP threshold (threshold). In a case that the RSRP is higher than the RSRP threshold, the resource is excluded and cannot be included in the candidate resource set. Resources remaining in the resource selection window after the resource exclusion is performed form the candidate resource set. The resources in the candidate resource set should account for not less than X% (a value of X may be <NUM>, <NUM>, or <NUM>) of resources in the resource selection window. In a case that the resources account for less than X%, the RSRP threshold needs to be increased based on a step value (for example, <NUM> dB), and then the resource exclusion operation is performed until resources accounting for not less than X% can be selected. (<NUM>) After determining the candidate resource set, the UE randomly selects a transmission resource from the candidate resource set. In addition, the UE may reserve, during current transmission, transmission resources for next transmission.

For example, resource selection mode <NUM> is enhanced in various manners, for example, by using auxiliary information to limit a determining manner of the resource selection window [T1, T2], changing a measured RSRP value or an RSRP threshold value during resource selection, and distinguishing between probabilities of selecting candidate resources inside and outside a resource set. In particular, different candidate resource sets are obtained by using existing resource selection mode <NUM> and partially enhanced resource selection mode <NUM>.

The following describes in detail the sidelink resource selection method provided in the embodiments of this application through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Refer to <FIG>. An embodiment of this application provides a sidelink transmission resource selection method, applied to a terminal and including the following steps.

Step <NUM>: Determine a resource selection mode usable for a target operation, where the resource selection mode includes a first resource selection mode and a second resource selection mode, and resource selection assistance information is considered for use of the second resource selection mode.

In this embodiment of this application, optionally, the target operation includes at least one of the following:.

In this embodiment of this application, the first resource selection mode is a conventional resource selection mode, which is a resource selection mode not requiring consideration of resource selection auxiliary information, and the second resource selection mode is an enhanced resource selection mode. The resource selection assistance information is considered for use of the second resource selection mode.

In this embodiment of this application, optionally, the resource selection assistance information includes at least one of the following: indication information of a recommended resource set, interference of resources, usage of resources, collision of resources, reservation of resources, characteristics of transmission information on resources, and the like. The recommended resource set may include: discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle in time domain, resource set in time domain and/or in frequency domain, and the like. The resource assistance information may be transmitted by another terminal, or may be configured by a control node. Optionally, the another terminal may be a receive terminal (RX UE) or another non-receive terminal.

Step <NUM>: In a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, determine, in a first manner, a resource selection mode used for the target operation.

In this embodiment of this application, optionally, the first manner includes one of the following:.

the terminal implementation means terminal autonomous determining.

In some embodiments of this application, optionally, the configuration of the control node or the content indicated by another terminal includes the resource selection assistance information, and the resource selection assistance information includes at least one of the following: indication information of a recommended resource set, interference of resources, usage of resources, collision of resources, reservation of resources, characteristics of transmission information on resources, and the like. Optionally, the another terminal may be a receive terminal (RX UE) or another non-receive terminal.

In this embodiment of this application, optionally, the resource selection mode used for the target operation that is determined in the first manner includes one of the following:.

Step <NUM>: Perform the target operation by using the resource selection mode determined.

In this embodiment of this application, it is clarified how a to-be-used resource selection mode is determined for the target operation in a case that both a conventional resource selection mode and an enhanced resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, instead of arbitrarily selecting an existing or enhanced resource selection mode, thereby ensuring transmission reliability.

The sidelink transmission resource selection method in this embodiment of this application is described below with reference to different types of target operations.

In this embodiment of this application, the initial resource selection may include at least one of the following:.

In this embodiment of this application, one of the following manners may be used for determining whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the initial resource selection.

Optionally, the preset condition is specified by a protocol, configured by a control node, pre-configured by a control node, or indicated by another terminal.

Optionally, the preset condition includes at least one of the following:.

For example, the second resource selection mode is usable in an active period (for example, after a time window/a time point).

The active period may be activated by another terminal, for example, by receiving resource selection assistance information transmitted by the another terminal or by receiving activation indication information transmitted by the another terminal. (b) Frequency domain resource condition.

For example, the second resource selection mode is usable in some carrier frequencies, bandwidth parts (BWP), or resource pools (resource pool). (c) Characteristic of a to-be-transmitted medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) or transport block.

In a case that the UE transmits different types of TBs or MAC PDUs, the UE is suitable to use different (conventional/enhanced) resource selection modes for resource selection. Similarly, the UE may be unsuitable to transmit different types of TBs or MAC PDUs on resources reserved by using a single resource selection mode.

For example, the second resource selection mode can be used in a case that quality of service (QoS), priority (priority), latency (latency), and/or reliability (reliability) of the to-be-transmitted MAC PDUs satisfy preset requirements.

For another example, use of the second resource selection mode for a MAC PDU requires that the MAC PDU has failed to be transmitted x times before, where x is a positive integer greater than or equal to <NUM>. (d) Transmission type, where the transmission type includes at least one of unicast, groupcast, and broadcast.

For example, the second resource selection mode is suitable only for unicast (unicast) and/or groupcast (groupcast) and/or broadcast (broadcast) transmission.

For example, the second resource selection mode can be used in a case that a destination identifier (destination ID) of transmission points to a specific terminal or terminal group (group) (for example, a transmit or receive terminal or terminal group of the auxiliary information).

Different transmission types may be applied to the transmit or receive terminal of the resource selection assistance information. For example, when the receive terminal of the resource selection assistance information performs unicast transmission, the second resource selection mode is used; and when the transmit terminal of the resource selection assistance information performs unicast, groupcast, or broadcast transmission, the second resource selection mode is used. (e) Capability or type supported by the terminal and/or receive terminal.

The capability or type supported by the terminal and/or receive terminal requires support for a second resource management mode. The capability or type supported by the terminal and/or receive terminal is, for example, vehicle (vehicle) UE or pedestrian (pedestrian) UE.

(f) State of the terminal and/or the receive terminal being in a coverage area of a specified cell or in a coverage area of a specified sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS).

For example, the base station configures resources of a cell for UE-A, UE-A forwards the resources to UE-B, and UE-B performs transmission based on the resources. In this case, a resource selection mode used for the resources is valid only when UE-B is within a coverage area of the base station/within a coverage area of UE-A.

The terminal implementation means terminal autonomous determining.

In this embodiment of this application, optionally, in a case that the second resource selection mode is unusable for the initial resource selection, it is determined that the first resource selection mode is used for the initial resource selection. That the second resource selection mode is unusable for the initial resource selection may be determined based on the foregoing preset condition or may be determined by the terminal.

Optionally, in a case that the preset condition is not satisfied (or whether the preset condition is satisfied cannot be estimated), it is determined that the second resource selection mode is unusable for the initial resource selection.

Optionally, in a case that the preset condition is satisfied, it is determined that the second resource selection mode is usable for the initial resource selection, meaning that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the initial resource selection.

In this embodiment of this application, optionally, in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the initial resource selection, the resource selection mode used for the initial resource selection that is determined in the first manner includes one of the following:.

Optionally, the first manner is one of the following:.

In this embodiment of this application, the resource selection mode used for the initial resource selection is clarified, so as to avoid a problem that transmission reliability of a TB cannot be ensured due to arbitrary use of a conventional (namely, existing)/an enhanced resource selection mode.

The following first separately describes the resource selection re-evaluation and the resource preemption detection.

In resource selection mode <NUM>, a resource selection re-evaluation (re-evaluation) mechanism is supported. A brief description of the mechanism is as follows: In order for the UE to determine whether resources (PSCCH/PSSCH resource) selected but unreserved are in an idle state or in a low interference state, the UE performs the resource selection re-evaluation at least at time 'm-T3', where time 'm' is time at which reservation information of the resources is initially transmitted, and T3 includes at least duration for resource selection processing by the UE. The UE performs the steps of resource selection again at least at 'm-T3' to obtain a candidate resource set. In a case that the resources selected by the UE are in the candidate resource set, the UE does not need to perform resource re-selection; otherwise, the UE selects new transmission resources from the candidate resource set.

In resource selection mode <NUM>, a resource preemption mechanism is supported. A brief description of the mechanism is as follows: In a case that resources reserved by UE overlap (or partially overlap) with resources reserved or selected by another UE with a higher priority service, when a measured SL-RSRP value of the UE on related resources is greater than an associated (associated) SL-RSRP threshold, the UE triggers resource re-selection.

In order for the UE to determine whether the reserved resources (PSCCH/PSSCH resource) are preempted, referring to <FIG>, the UE performs preemption detection at least at time 'm-T3', where time 'm' is time at which the resources are located or at which reservation information of the resources is transmitted, and T3 includes at least duration for performing resource selection processing by the UE. The UE performs the steps of resource selection again at least at 'm-T3' to obtain a candidate resource set. In a case that the resources selected by the UE are in the candidate resource set, the UE does not need to perform resource re-selection; otherwise, the UE selects new transmission resources from the candidate resource set.

In this embodiment of this application, one of the following manners may be used for determining whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection.

For example, the second resource selection mode is usable in some carrier frequencies, bandwidth parts (BWP), or resource pools (resource pool). (c) Characteristic of a to-be-transmitted medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) or transport block (TB).

The capability or type supported by the terminal and/or receive terminal requires support for a second resource management mode. The capability or type supported by the terminal and/or receive terminal is, for example, vehicle (vehicle) UE or pedestrian (pedestrian) UE. (f) State of the terminal and/or the receive terminal being in a coverage area of a specified cell or in a coverage area of a specified sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS).

(<NUM>) Determine, based on the terminal implementation, whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection.

(<NUM>) Determine, based on whether a preset condition and a first pre-determined rule are satisfied, whether the first resource selection mode is usable for the target operation.

Optionally, the first pre-determined rule includes at least one of the following:.

An example of an application scenario of this application is as follows: After the initial resource selection, the second resource selection mode is activated, and in this case, the second resource selection mode does not need to be used for the resource selection re-evaluation, even if the protocol stipulates that the second resource selection mode is used or at least the second resource selection mode is used.

That is, it may be directly determined that the first resource selection mode is used for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection without considering the preset condition.

(<NUM>) In this embodiment of this application, optionally, in a case that the second resource selection mode is unusable for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection, it is determined that the first resource selection mode is used or at least the first resource selection mode is used for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection. That the second resource selection mode is unusable for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection may be determined based on the foregoing preset condition or may be determined by the terminal.

Optionally, in a case that the preset condition is not satisfied (or whether the preset condition is satisfied cannot be estimated), it is determined that the second resource selection mode is unusable for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection.

An example in which whether the preset condition is satisfied cannot be estimated includes: when determining whether a periodically reserved resource needs to be preempted, the UE is unable to estimate, in some cases, whether a characteristic of a to-be-transmitted MAC PDU on the resource in the next period satisfies the preset condition.

(<NUM>) In some embodiments of this application, optionally, in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection, the resource selection mode used for the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection that is determined in the first manner includes one of the following:.

When the UE performs the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection, in a case that a conventional (namely, existing) or an enhanced resource selection mode is arbitrarily used, erroneously determining of the resource re-selection is caused. In this embodiment of this application, the resource selection mode used in the resource selection re-evaluation or resource preemption detection is clarified, so as to avoid erroneously determining of the resource re-selection.

In addition, in a case that the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection may be determined by using both conventional (namely, existing) and enhanced resource selection modes, when the UE determines the resource preemption detection or performing the resource selection re-evaluation, there may be at least two different bases for determining whether to perform resource re-selection. In this application, the basis for resource re-selection is clarified to prevent the UE from performing unnecessary resource re-selection, thus avoiding to compromise overall transmission reliability of a system; or to prevent the UE from reselecting resources not in a timely manner when resource re-selection is required, thus avoiding to deteriorate transmission performance of the system/another UE.

In some embodiments of this application, optionally, the performing the target operation by using the resource selection mode determined includes: in a case that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode is used for performing the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection, determining, by using the resource selection mode used, whether to trigger resource re-selection. Optionally, in a case that the resources selected are not in the candidate resource set determined by using the resource selection mode used, it is determined to trigger resource re-selection, otherwise, it is determined not to trigger resource re-selection.

In some embodiments of this application, optionally, the performing the target operation by using the resource selection mode determined includes: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing sidelink transmission resource selection, determining, in one of the following manners, whether to trigger resource re-selection:.

Optionally, in a case that the resources selected are not in the candidate resource set determined by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode, it is determined to trigger resource re-selection, otherwise, it is determined not to trigger resource re-selection.

(<NUM>) Determine, by using either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode, whether to trigger resource re-selection.

Optionally, in a case that the resources selected are not in the candidate resource set determined by using either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode, it is determined to trigger resource re-selection, otherwise, it is determined not to trigger resource re-selection.

(<NUM>) Determine, by using at least one of the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode, whether to trigger resource re-selection.

Optionally, in a case that the resources selected are not in the candidate resource set determined by using at least one of the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode, it is determined to trigger resource re-selection, otherwise, it is determined not to trigger resource re-selection.

Optionally, the second manner includes one of the following:.

Optionally, the second pre-determined rule includes: using a candidate resource set, from which sidelink transmission resources that meet a HARQ RTT condition are able to be selected, as the target candidate resource set.

The HARQ RTT condition is briefly described below.

At least for mode <NUM>, to ensure that PSSCH retransmission resources are usable after the TX UE demodulates feedback information, it is stipulated that a time gap between PSSCH transmission resources selected at any two times needs to be greater than a hybrid automatic repeat request round-trip time (HARQ RTT) time (that is, the following Z = a + b is the HARQ RTT time). a is a time gap between the end of the last symbol of a first resource for PSSCH (shared channel) transmission and the beginning of the first symbol for corresponding PSFCH (feedback channel) reception, and is determined by a resource pool configuration and higher layer parameters of MinTimeGapPSFCH and periodPSFCHresource. b is duration required for preparation for PSFCH reception and processing /sidelink retransmission, including multiplexing of necessary physical channels and any TX-RX/RX-TX switching time, and is determined by the UE implementation.

<FIG> is a schematic diagram of a and b. In <FIG>, a value of b is smaller, and the preparation for PSFCH reception and processing/retransmission can be completed within a slot (slot) in which a physical sidelink feedback channel (Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel, PSFCH) is located, indicating that a first PSCCH/PSSCH resource and a second PSCCH/PSSCH resource satisfy HARQ RTT time requirements.

Optionally, the target candidate resource set determined is one of the following:.

Optionally, a resource may be randomly selected from the target candidate resource set.

(<NUM>) In some embodiments of this application, optionally, in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing sidelink transmission resource selection and that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode triggers resource re-selection, a target candidate resource set is determined based on the candidate resource set determined by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode.

Optionally, in a case that the target candidate resource set is determined by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode, the target candidate resource set is an intersection or a union of candidate resource sets determined by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode.

Optionally, a resource may be randomly selected from the candidate resource set.

In some embodiments of this application, optionally, in a case that the resource selection re-evaluation or the resource preemption detection is performed by using the second resource selection mode, signaling is transmitted to a receive terminal to trigger the receive terminal to report the resource selection assistance information, where the resource selection assistance information includes at least one of the following: indication information of a recommended resource set, interference of resources, usage of resources, collision of resources, reservation of resources, characteristics of transmission information on resources, and the like.

In some embodiments of this application, optionally, in a case that sidelink transmission resources reserved by the terminal are not in a recommended resource set, it is determined to trigger resource re-selection; or
in a case that sidelink transmission resources reserved by the terminal are in a recommended resource set, it is determined to trigger resource re-selection.

For example, the UE uses the first resource selection mode when performing resource selection and performs resource reservation for selected resources. When transmitting a new TB, the UE may need to use the second resource selection mode. In this case, the reserved resources may no longer be suitable for the new TB transmission, and therefore resource re-selection needs to be triggered.

The reservation is periodic reservation and/or aperiodic reservation.

In NR SL, the transmit terminal (TX UE) performs resource reservation (the reservation includes periodic reservation and aperiodic reservation) for the resources selected by the transmit terminal, and the reserved resources are used for future physical sidelink control channel (Physical Sidelink Control Channel, PSCCH) transmission or physical sidelink shared channel (Physical Sidelink Shared Channel, PSSCH) transmission.

The aperiodic reservation may be implemented through a time domain resource assignment (Time resource assignment) field in sidelink control information (Sidelink Control Information, SCI), and the reserved resources may be used at least for transmission of a same TB.

The periodic reservation may be implemented through a resource reservation period (Resource reservation period) field in the SCI, and the periodic resources reserved in a current period may be used for transmission of a next TB.

The following describes, with examples, the method provided in this application with reference to specific embodiments.

In an embodiment, in a case that the resource selection assistance information received by the TX UE can reflect interference of resources detected by the RX UE, the TX UE can use the second resource selection mode, but the TX UE is not required to use the second resource selection mode.

In another embodiment, in a case that resource set indication information received by the TX UE reflects a reception time period of the RX UE, the TX UE needs to use the second resource selection mode.

For example, in a case that at least one of the following conditions (<NUM>) to (<NUM>) is satisfied, it is determined that the resource selection mode used for the target operation is: <NUM> the first resource selection mode; or a mode including at least the first resource selection mode; or the second resource selection mode; or a mode including at least the second resource selection mode; or the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode.

This scenario is a scenario in which one UE transmits resource selection assistance information to a UE group or some UEs in a UE group.

(<NUM>) The received indication information of the recommended resource set reflects a reception time period of the another UE, for example, a DRX ON period.

The UE determines, based on content of resource selection assistance information transmitted by the UE (where the resource selection assistance information may include interference of resources and/or indication information of a recommended resource set), a resource selection mode used for the target operation.

(<NUM>) The transmitted indication information of the recommended resource set reflects a reception time period of the another UE, for example, a DRX ON period.

In an embodiment, the TX UE receives indication information of a recommended resource set from the RX UE, indicating that the RX UE can performing reception only on specific resources (for example, a DRX ON period). The TX UE needs to transmit a TB or MAC PDU to the RX UE. Before this transmission, the TX UE transmits information (for example, broadcast transmission) and reserves resources. For this transmission, in a case that the TX UE determines that the reserved resources are not in the resource set recommended by the RX UE, the TX UE needs to perform resource re-selection.

In another embodiment, the TX UE receives indication information of a recommended resource set from the RX UE, indicating that the RX UE can performing reception only on specific resources (for example, a DRX ON period). The TX UE needs to transmit a TB or MAC PDU to the RX UE. During TB retransmission, the TX UE receives indication information of a recommended resource set changed by the RX UE, and in a case that the resources reserved for this TB transmission are not in the new recommended resource set, the TX UE performs resource re-selection.

In this embodiment of this application, it is clarified how a to-be-used resource selection mode is determined for the target operation in a case that both a conventional resource selection mode and an enhanced resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, instead of arbitrarily selecting an existing or enhanced resource selection mode. This avoids unnecessary resource selection or erroneously determining of resource re-selection, thereby ensuring transmission reliability. In addition, triggering conditions for resource re-selection are clarified so as to ensure that the terminal selects appropriate transmission resources, raising reliability and effectiveness of transmission.

It should be noted that the sidelink transmission resource selection method provided in this embodiment of this application may be performed by a sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus, or a control module, for performing the sidelink transmission resource selection method, in the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus. In this embodiment of this application, the sidelink transmission resource selection method performed by a sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus is used as an example to describe the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus provided in the embodiments of this application.

Refer to <FIG>. An embodiment of this application provides a sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus <NUM>, including:.

Optionally, the first manner includes one of the following:.

Optionally, the configuration of the control node or the content indicated by another terminal includes the resource selection assistance information.

Optionally, the resource selection mode used for the target operation that is determined in the first manner includes one of the following:.

Optionally, the target operation includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the first determining module is configured to determine whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the target operation.

Optionally, the first determining module includes one of the following:.

Optionally, the target operation is resource selection re-evaluation or resource preemption detection, and the first pre-determined rule includes at least one of the following:.

Optionally, the third determining module is configured to: in a case that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode is used for performing the target operation, determine, by using the resource selection mode used, whether to trigger resource re-selection.

Optionally, the third determining module is configured to: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing the target operation, determine, by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode, whether to trigger resource re-selection; or.

Optionally, the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus further includes:
a fourth determining module, configured to: in a case that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode is used for performing the target operation and that resource re-selection is triggered, perform resource re-selection in a candidate resource set determined by using the resource selection mode used.

Optionally, the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus further includes:
a fifth determining module, configured to: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing the target operation and that the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode both trigger resource re-selection, determine, in a second manner, a target candidate resource set used for resource re-selection.

Optionally, the target candidate resource set is one of the following:.

Optionally, the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus further includes:
a sixth determining module, configured to: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing the target operation and that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode triggers resource re-selection, determine a target candidate resource set based on the candidate resource set determined by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode.

Optionally, the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus further includes:
a transmitting module, configured to: in a case that the second resource selection mode is used for performing the target operation, transmit signaling to a receive terminal so as to trigger the receive terminal to report the resource selection assistance information.

Optionally, in a case that the target operation is resource re-selection, the sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus further includes:.

The sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus in this embodiment of this application may be an apparatus, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in the terminal. The apparatus may be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may include but is not limited to the types of terminals <NUM> listed above, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a television (television, TV), an automated teller machine, a self-service machine or the like, which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of this application.

The sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus in this embodiment of this application may be an apparatus having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, may be an iOS operating system, or may be another possible operating system. This is not specifically limited in the embodiments of this application.

The sidelink transmission resource selection apparatus provided in this embodiment of this application can implement the processes implemented by the method embodiment in <FIG>, with the same technical effects achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

As shown in <FIG>, an embodiment of this application further provides a terminal <NUM>, including a processor <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, and a program or instructions stored in the memory <NUM> and capable of running on the processor <NUM>, where when the program or instructions are executed by the processor <NUM>, the processes of the foregoing sidelink transmission resource selection method embodiment are implemented, with the same technical effects achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not further described herein.

<FIG> is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal for implementing the embodiments of this application. The terminal <NUM> includes but is not limited to components such as a radio frequency unit <NUM>, a network module <NUM>, an audio output unit <NUM>, an input unit <NUM>, a sensor <NUM>, a display unit <NUM>, a user input unit <NUM>, an interface unit <NUM>, a memory <NUM>, and a processor <NUM>.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the terminal <NUM> may further include the power supply (for example, a battery) supplying power to the components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor <NUM> via a power management system, so that functions such as charge and discharge management and power consumption management are implemented via the power management system. The structure of the terminal shown in <FIG> does not constitute any limitation on the terminal, and the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the diagram, or combine some of the components, or have different arrangements of the components.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of this application, the input unit <NUM> may include a graphics processing unit (graphics processing unit, GPU) <NUM> and a microphone <NUM>. The graphics processing unit <NUM> processes image data of a static picture or a video that is obtained by an image capture apparatus (for example, a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The display panel <NUM> may be configured in a form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit <NUM> includes a touch panel <NUM> and other input devices <NUM>. The touch panel <NUM> is also referred to as a touchscreen. The touch panel <NUM> may include two parts: a touch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The other input devices <NUM> may include but are not limited to a physical keyboard, a function button (for example, a volume control button or a power on/off button), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick.

In this embodiment of this application, the radio frequency unit <NUM> transmits downlink data received from a network-side device to the processor <NUM> for processing, and in addition, transmits uplink data to the network-side device. Generally, the radio frequency unit <NUM> includes but is not limited to an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

The memory <NUM> may be configured to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory <NUM> may mainly include a program or instruction storage area and a data storage area. The program or instruction storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instructions required for at least one function (for example, a sound play function and a image play function), and the like. Further, the memory <NUM> may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory may be a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM), or a flash memory. The memory <NUM> may be, for example, at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory, or other volatile solid-state storage device.

The processor <NUM> may include one or more processing units. Optionally, the processor <NUM> may integrate an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, an application program or instructions, and the like. The modem processor, such as a baseband processor, mainly processes wireless communication. It can be understood that the modem processor may alternatively be not integrated in the processor <NUM>.

The processor <NUM> is configured to: determine a resource selection mode usable for a target operation, where the resource selection mode includes a first resource selection mode and a second resource selection mode, and resource selection assistance information is considered for use of the second resource selection mode; in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, determine, in a first manner, a resource selection mode used for the target operation; and perform the target operation by using the resource selection mode determined.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to determine whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the target operation.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to determine, based on whether a preset condition is met, whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the target operation; or determine, based on terminal implementation, whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the target operation; or determine, based on whether a preset condition and a first pre-determined rule are satisfied, whether the second resource selection mode is usable for the target operation.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode is used for performing the target operation, determine, by using the resource selection mode used, whether to trigger resource re-selection.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing the target operation, determine, by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode, whether to trigger resource re-selection; or.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode is used for performing the target operation and that resource re-selection is triggered, perform resource re-selection in a candidate resource set determined by using the resource selection mode used.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing the target operation and that the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode both trigger resource re-selection, determine, in a second manner, a target candidate resource set used for resource re-selection.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are used for performing the target operation and that either the first resource selection mode or the second resource selection mode triggers resource re-selection, determine a target candidate resource set based on the candidate resource set determined by using the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode.

Optionally, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that the second resource selection mode is used for performing the target operation, transmit signaling to a receive terminal so as to trigger the receive terminal to report the resource selection assistance information.

Optionally, in a case that the target operation is resource re-selection, the processor <NUM> is configured to: in a case that sidelink transmission resources reserved by the terminal are not in a recommended resource set, determine to trigger resource re-selection; or in a case that sidelink transmission resources reserved by the terminal are in a recommended resource set, determine to trigger resource re-selection.

An embodiment of this application further provide a readable storage medium, where the readable storage medium stores a program or instructions, and when the program or instructions are executed by a processor, the processes of the foregoing sidelink transmission resource selection method embodiments are implemented, with the same technical effect achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

The processor is the processor in the terminal described in the foregoing embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

An embodiment of this application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communications interface, the communications interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or instructions on a network-side device to implement the processes of the foregoing sidelink transmission resource selection method embodiment, with the same technical effects achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It should be understood that the chip in the embodiments of this application may also be referred to as a system-level chip, a system chip, a chip system, a system on chip, or the like.

An embodiment of this application further provide a program product, where the program product is stored in a non-volatile storage medium, and when the program product is executed by at least one processor so as to implement the processes of the foregoing sidelink transmission resource selection method embodiment, with the same technical effects achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

It may be understood that the embodiments described in this disclosure may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode, or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, a module, a unit, a sub-module, a sub-unit, or the like may be implemented in one or more application-specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ASIC), digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processing, DSP), digital signal processing devices (DSP Device, DSPD), programmable logic devices (Programmable Logic Device, PLD), field-programmable gate arrays (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), general-purpose processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing the functions described in this application, or a combination thereof.

It should be noted that in this specification, the terms "include" and "comprise", or any of their variants are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes a list of elements not only includes those elements but also includes other elements that are not expressly listed, or further includes elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. In absence of more constraints, an element preceded by "includes a. " does not preclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element.

Claim 1:
A sidelink transmission resource selection method performed by a terminal, comprising:
determining (<NUM>) a resource selection mode usable for a target operation, wherein the resource selection mode comprises a first resource selection mode and a second resource selection mode, and resource selection assistance information is not considered in the first resource selection mode, the resource selection assistance information is considered in the second resource selection mode, the resource selection assistance information comprises: indication information of a recommended resource set, the recommended resource set comprises discontinuous reception, DRX, cycle in time domain, resource set in time domain and/or in frequency domain;
in a case that both the first resource selection mode and the second resource selection mode are usable for the target operation, determining (<NUM>) a resource selection mode used for the target operation based on specification of a protocol, or configuration of a control node, or pre-configuration of a control node, or a content indicated by another terminal, or by the terminal, wherein the configuration of the control node or the content indicated by the another terminal comprises the resource selection assistance information; and
performing (<NUM>) the target operation by using the resource selection mode determined;
wherein the target operation comprises at least one of the following:
initial resource selection;
resource selection re-evaluation;
resource preemption detection; and
resource re-selection.