A method of sidelink congestion control
The method addresses sidelink communication system challenges by employing spatial domain channel loading estimation and beam failure recovery to manage channel resources efficiently, thereby reducing congestion and ensuring fair resource usage.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2023/112730
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-08-11
- Publication Date
- 2025-02-20
AI Technical Summary
Existing sidelink communication systems face challenges in efficiently managing channel resources to prevent congestion and ensure fair resource usage among devices, especially in new operation scenarios such as unlicensed bands and beamformed transmissions.
The proposed method involves sidelink (SL) user equipment (UE) performing channel busy ratio (CBR) and channel occupancy ratio (CR) estimations on a spatial domain using RX and TX spatial domain filters, respectively. This method also includes beam failure detection and recovery mechanisms to adapt to changing channel conditions.
This approach effectively mitigates channel congestion by enabling SL UE to dynamically adjust its transmission parameters based on real-time channel loading estimates, ensuring fair resource allocation and improving overall system performance.
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Abstract
Description
A METHOD OF SIDELINK CONGESTION CONTROLField
[0001] The present disclosure relates a sidelink channel loading estimation and congestion control methodology.BACKGROUND
[0002] This design document targets to propose operation methods for SL devices to perform channel loading estimation and congestion control in the system. A common distributed use case for SL device is to enable resource allocation mode 2, where device selects and reserves resource for their transmissions. In order to prevent a device from overusing channel resources and taking other device’s transmission opportunities away, a system preconfigured channel loading estimation and channel occupation ratio is defined to maintain the fairness of resource usage between SL devices. To extend SL’s implementation scenario and applicable channel resource, SL operation on unlicensed band, FR2 frequency band, and beamformed transmission are discussed. According to the potential new SL operation scenario, the adaptive methodologies of SL congestion control are required.SUMMARY
[0003] The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
[0004] In an aspect of the disclosure, a method of SL beam failure detection and beam failure recovery is described. The SL UE detects beam failure instance and report to MAC. The SL UE triggers beam failure recovery procedure when the number of beam failure instance reach a (pre-) configured number. The SL UE triggers beam pairing procedure to identify new candidate beam (s) . The SL UE report new candidate beam (s) and UE identifier to the peer SL UE. The SL UE monitor a response from the peer SL UE.
[0005] In an aspect of the disclosure, a method of SL channel loading estimation and congestion control is described. The SL UE estimates channel busy ratio (CBR) on a spatial domain performed by a RX spatial domain filter. The SL UE estimates channel occupancy ratio (CR) on a spatial domain performed by a TX spatial domain filter. The SL UE estimates channel busy ratio (CBR) on unlicensed band with different time and frequency measurement granularity. The SL UE estimates channel occupancy ratio (CR) on unlicensed band with different time and frequency measurement granularity.
[0006] To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the one or more aspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed, and this description is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of spatial domain attaching to a beam index.
[0008] FIG. 2 illustrates an example of spatial domain attaching to different beam indexes.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0009] The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of various configurations and is not intended to represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.
[0010] Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, components, circuits, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.
[0011] SL congestion control is the process for a distributed system to maintain fair channel utilization and transmission traffic load among devices to reduce channel congestion. For SL system, 2 metrics are defined to characterize the channel congestion: Channel Busy Ratio (CBR) and Channel Occupancy Ratio (CR) .
[0012] To measure CBR, device needs to measure Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) of each subchannel within a time window of 100 slots or 100×2μ slots by (pre-) configuration per resource pool (RP) , where μ is the numerology value. A subchannel is considered as busy if the measured RSSI exceeds a (pre-) configured threshold, otherwise, the subchannel is considered as idle.
[0013] SL RSSI is defined as the linear average of the total received power observed in the configured sub-channel in OFDM symbols of a slot configured for PSCCH and PSSCH, starting from the 2nd OFDM symbol. For frequency range (FR) 1, the reference point for the SL RSSI shall be the antenna connector of the UE. For FR2, SL RSSI shall be measured based on the combined signal from antenna elements corresponding to a given receiver branch. For FR 1 and 2, if receiver diversity is in use by the UE, the reported SL RSSI value shall not be lower than the corresponding SL RSSI of any of the individual receiver branches.
[0014] In the case when SL device performs beam-based operation, the measured RSSI is directional corresponding to a spatial domain m cover by the measured beam. A subchannel on the measured spatial domain is considered as busy if the measured spatial domain RSSI exceeds a (pre-) configured threshold, otherwise, the subchannel is considered as idle. In this sense, CBR measurement is performed per spatial domain m in addition to frequency and time domain. The CBR measured in slot n on spatial domain m can be further defined as:
[0015] , wherein a is the length of measurement window size. And CBR is calculated per each RP.
[0016] The following paragraphs describe the definitions and values of the given CBR calculation equation:
[0017] (A) Spatial domain m: a spatial domain m can be defined as one or multiple options as following:
[0018] 1. a spatial domain is attached to a sensing beam with beam corresponding to a transmitting beam. The beam is identified by beam index and / or reference resource (e.g., a spatial domain filter as shown in FIG 1. )
[0019] 2. a spatial domain is attached to a sensing beam and is attached to a transmitting beam without beam corresponding. The beam is identified by beam index and / or reference resource
[0020] 3. a spatial domain is attached to one or multiple sensing beam (s) and is attached to one or multiple transmitting beam (s) . The beams are identified by beam index (s) and / or reference resource (s) . The beams are belonging to the candidate beam set of a SL link pair.
[0021] 4. a spatial domain is attached to one or multiple sensing beam (s) and is attached to one or multiple transmitting beam (s) . The beams are identified by beam index (s) and / or reference resource (s) . The beams are approximated or adjacent to each other.
[0022] 5. a spatial domain is related to an absolute position / direction of the device in local area. When the device is rotating and moving, the spatial domain will be attached to different sensing and / or transmitting beam index (s) / resource (s) related to the absolute position / direction (As shown in FIG 2. )
[0023] (B) RSSI threshold for counting a busy subchannel: the RSSI threshold is up to (pre-) configured and / or transmission power and / or activated beam and or activated antenna element (s) and / or activated antenna panel (s) . With smaller transmission power, the RSSI threshold can be larger so that less subchannel is considered to be busy. The CBR to CR limit value look-up table can also be different considering different transmission power and / or activated beam and or activated antenna element (s) and / or activated antenna panel (s) . The CBR is decreased when a UE reduces its transmission power. If the CBR decreases to values within lower CBR ranges, the UE can utilize a higher CR.
[0024] (C) Determination of the spatial domain m for CBR measurement: device considers its serving links toward its serving devices.
[0025] 1. In the case where device maintains a single serving link, the device may adopt the spatial domain of this serving link for CBR measurement.
[0026] 2. In the case where device maintains multiple serving links, the device prioritizes the serving links with higher traffic priority and / or strict latency requirement and / or periodic traffic with closest next packet arrival time. Device then determines the spatial domain for CBR measurement based on the prioritized serving links. If the prioritized serving links share the same spatial domain, A single beam that covers the spatial domain can be adopted for CBR measurement. If the prioritized serving links are on different spatial domains, a wider spatial domain (e.g., coarse beam, or enabling of 2 panels simultaneous reception) that at least covers multiple spatial domains of serving links, or multiple spatial domains to cover multiple spatial domains of serving links can be adopted for CBR measurement.
[0027] 3. If multiple spatial domains are activated for CBR measurement, device can either measure RSSI with spatial domains switching (e.g., beam switching) within CBR measurement window or measure RSSI on a spatial domain within first CBR measurement window and switches to another spatial domain within second CBR measurement window.
[0028] 4. By using a beam to do CBR measurement, device is able to collect the number of busy subchannels on one or multiple spatial domain (s) . The relationship between the beam measurement result and corresponding spatial domain is described in paragraph (A) .
[0029] (D) Measurement window size a and total number of measured slots: the measurement window size a is determined based on (pre-) configuration and / or the spatial domain number that device needs for CBR measurement. Either device applies a single spatial domain to perform CBR measurement within the entire measurement window or device switches multiple spatial domains on TDM basis to perform CBR measurement within the measurement window. If device switches multiple spatial domains during the measurement window, less slots are measured per each spatial domain. A minimum number of measured slots may be (pre-) configured for per each spatial domain CBR calculation. The measurement window size a is then determined to fulfill the minimum number of measured slots.
[0030] The measured CBR obtained by the device can be used for following decisions:
[0031] 1. RP selection:
[0032] By collecting CBR values on each RP, the device can choose a RP with lower CBR value to transmit more packets with larger CR limit value corresponding to larger channel loading budget. For the case where SL device enables carrier aggregation, the CBR values on each RP corresponding to each carrier can help device to select one or multiple active component carrier for its scheduling and / or transmission.
[0033] 2. beam selection and switching decision
[0034] By collecting CBR values on each spatial domain, the device can choose a spatial domain / beam with lower CBR value to transmit more packets with larger CR limit value corresponding to larger channel loading budget. In this case, device can perform beam selection and / or beam switching and / or beam management and / or coarse and fine beam training to adopt transmission on the spatial domain with smaller CBR value.
[0035] 3. Scheduling
[0036] By collecting CBR values on different spatial domain, the device can prioritize scheduling and / or transmission on the spatial domain and / or RP with lower CBR values in order to improve performance.
[0037] To estimate CR, the transmission (TX) device sums at slot n, the number of subchannel used for its transmission in slots [n-a, n-1] and number of subchannel granted in slots [n, n+b] . The TX device divides the summation number by the total number of configured subchannels in the transmission RP over slots [n-a, n+b] . a is positive integer and b is 0 or positive integer. a and b are determined by device implementation with a+b+1 = 1000 or 1000×2μ slots by (pre-) configuration per RP. b< (a+b+1) / 2, and n+b shall not exceed last transmission opportunity of the grant for the current transmission. The SL CR is evaluated for each (re-) transmission. When evaluating SL CR, the device shall assume the transmission parameter used at slot n is reused according to the existing grant (s) in slot [n+1, n+b] without packet dropping. SL CR can be computed per priority level. A resource is considered granted if it is a member of a configured sidelink grant.
[0038] In the case when SL device performs beam-based operation, the transmission is directional corresponding to a spatial domain m that is covered by the control (PSCCH) and / or transmission (PSSCH) beam. The granted subchannel is also directional corresponding to a spatial domain m that is covered by the reservation (PSCCH) and / or data transmission (PSSCH) beam. In this sense, the CR estimation is calculated per spatial domain m in addition to frequency and time domain. The CR calculated in slot n on spatial domain m can be further defined as:
[0039] wherein a+b+1 is the length of calculation window size. And CR is calculated per each RP and can be computed per each priority level.
[0040] The following paragraphs describe the definitions and values of the given CR calculation equation:
[0041] (A) Spatial domain m: a spatial domain m can be defined as one or multiple options as following:
[0042] 1. a spatial domain is attached to a sensing beam with beam corresponding to a transmitting beam. The beam is identified by beam index and / or reference resource (e.g., a spatial domain filter)
[0043] 2. a spatial domain is attached to a sensing beam and is attached to a transmitting beam without beam corresponding. The beam is identified by beam index and / or reference resource
[0044] 3. a spatial domain is attached to one or multiple sensing beam (s) and is attached to one or multiple transmitting beam (s) . The beams are identified by beam index (s) and / or reference resource (s) . The beams are belonging to the candidate beam set of a SL link pair.
[0045] 4. a spatial domain is attached to one or multiple sensing beam (s) and is attached to one or multiple transmitting beam (s) . The beams are identified by beam index (s) and / or reference resource (s) . The beams are approximated or adjacent to each other.
[0046] 5. a spatial domain is related to an absolute position / direction of the device in local area. When the device is rotating and moving, the spatial domain will be attached to different sensing and / or transmitting beam index (s) / resource (s) related to the absolute position / direction.
[0047] (B) Transmitted subchannel and granted subchannel on a spatial domain m on slot n:
[0048] 1. A subchannel is counted to be transmitted on the spatial domain m when the transmitted PSCCH and / or PSSCH beam is covered by the spatial domain.
[0049] 2. A subchannel is counted to be granted on the spatial domain m when the PSCCH that carries reservation information is transmitted before slot n covered by spatial domain m and / or the subchannel is reserved before slot n to be transmitted covered by spatial domain m and / or the subchannel without any transmitted reservation is expected to be transmitted where the expected transmission will be covered by the spatial domain.
[0050] By calculating the CBR value, a CR limit value can be obtained by the TX device to know the maximum number of subchannels per priority to be transmitted within the RP and within the (pre-) configured window size. The estimated CR obtained by the TX device can be used for following decisions:
[0051] 1. Scheduling on traffic priority and RP
[0052] By knowing the CR limit value per each priority, device can prioritize scheduling different number of subchannel resource to be transmitted for different traffic priority. By knowing the CR limit value on different spatial domain, the device can schedule (select resource) for packet transmission with different beam in different RP in order to meet the CR limit value constraint.
[0053] 2. Transmission beam selection and switching decision
[0054] By knowing the CR limit value and estimated CR value per each spatial domain, the device can choose a spatial domain with estimated CR value < CR limit value to adopt for packet transmission. In this case, device performs beam selection and / or beam switching and / or beam management and / or coarse and fine beam training to adopt the transmission beam corresponding to the targeting spatial domain.
[0055] Based on the CBR and CR calculation concepts, several embodiments are described as below:
[0056] 1. Case 1: Device serves a single link on a single resource pool. The beam correspondence is supported by the device. The link is served with RX beam index #0 and TX beam index #0 where RX beam index#0 and TX beam index#0 are correspondence beams. A CBR sensing is performed on a spatial domain by a spatial domain RX filter (RX beam index#0) . A CR transmission / granted resource is performed on a spatial domain by a spatial domain TX filter (TX beam index#0) . The TX / RX beam index#0 are determined to be on the same spatial domain. Device estimates channel loading by CBR measurement by RX beam index#0. And device performs CR calculation of the transmissions / grants for the corresponding TX beam index#0. With CBR and CR, device knows the remaining number of resources it can select within the resource selection window for the transmission with the TX beam index#0 on the spatial domain.
[0057] 2. Case 2: A device serves two links (link#0 toward device A and link#1 toward device B) on a single resource pool. Each link has a serving RX and TX beam set, where a beam set contains several candidate beams that are maintained for the link. The candidate beams in a beam set are considered to be on a same spatial domain. Beam set#0 is maintained for link#0 and beam set #1 is maintained for link#1. The device first tried to determine a CBR sensing spatial domain. It considers the traffic of link#0 and link#1. Both link#0 and link#1 have upcoming packets to be served and have latency requirement to be achieved. Device then performs sensing that multiplexed on spatial domain of beam set #0 and beam set #1 by multiplexing an active RX beam from beam set #0 and an active RX beam from beam set #1. Device then get the CBR value that relates (covers) to spatial domain of beam set #0 and beam set #1. Next, device calculates CR on the spatial domain of beam set #0 and beam set #1 by counting the transmissions and grants with the beams of beam set#0 and beam set#1. Finally, with CBR and CR on the spatial domain that covers beam set of link#0 and beam set of link#1, device is allowed to select new transmission resources for upcoming packets with the beam that covered by the spatial domain.
[0058] In the case when SL device operates on unlicensed band, a RP contains one or multiple RB set (s) . device performs LBT sensing over 20MHz bandwidth and transmits on an RB set. For each RB set, a SL subchannel can be mapped to interlaced RB or contiguous RB. The SL RSSI measurement on unlicensed band can be performed by one of the following frequency granularities to measure RSSI value:
[0059] 1. Granularity is 20MHz: RSSI is the linear average of the total received power observed in 20MHz bandwidth corresponding to each configured RB set
[0060] 2. Granularity is RB set: RSSI is the linear average of the total received power observed in a configured RB set
[0061] 3. Granularity is RB set and its guard band PRB (s) : RSSI is the linear average of the total received power observed in a configured RB set along with its guard band PRB (s) . The guard band PRB (s) are (pre-) configured to be able to use for transmission
[0062] 4. Granularity is contiguous RB subchannel: RSSI is the linear average of the total received power observed in the configured subchannel on contiguous RB allocation
[0063] 5. Granularity is interlaced RB subchannel: RSSI is the linear average of the total received power observed in the configured subchannel on interlaced RB allocation in OFDM symbols of a slot configured for PSCCH and PSSCH.
[0064] The SL RSSI measurement on unlicensed band can be performed by one of the following time granularities to measure RSSI value:
[0065] 1. Granularity is single slot: in OFDM symbols of a slot configured for PSCCH and PSSCH, starting from the 2nd OFDM symbol
[0066] 2. Granularity is partial slot: in OFDM symbols of a partial slot configured for PSCCH and PSSCH, starting from the 2nd OFDM symbol of the partial slot. E. g., if 2 starting symbols are configured for transmission, 2 partial slots are measured independently with 2 RSSI values.
[0067] A granularity of RSSI measurement resource on time and frequency domain is considered as busy if the measured RSSI exceeds a (pre-) configured threshold, otherwise, the corresponding granularity resource on time and frequency domain is considered as idle. The (pre-) configured RSSI threshold can be different corresponding to different RSSI measuring granularity. In this sense, CBR measurement is performed on a determined granularity of frequency domain and time domain. The CBR measured in slot n with frequency granularity i and time granularity j can be further defined as:
[0068] wherein a is the length of measurement window size. And CBR is calculated per each RP.
[0069] The following paragraphs describe the definitions and values of the given CBR calculation equation:
[0070] (A) Resource with frequency granularity i and time granularity j: An RSSI value is measured on each frequency and time granularity that can be determined by one or multiple options in the followings:
[0071] 1. By predefined RSSI measurement or by (pre-) configuration
[0072] 2. If multiple starting symbols are configured, RSSI measurement on partial slot is performed
[0073] 3. If guard band RB is (pre-) configured to be used for transmission, RSSI measurement on frequency domain covering guard band RB is performed (e.g., per 20MHz or per RB set with guard band RB) . If guard band RB is not (pre-) configured to be used for transmission, RSSI measurement on frequency domain per RB set is performed.
[0074] (B) RSSI threshold for counting a busy RSSI measurement resource: the RSSI threshold is up to (pre-) configuration and / or transmission power and / or RSSI measurement granularity on frequency domain and / or RSSI measurement granularity on time domain and / or enabling of guard band RB for transmission. The RSSI threshold could be higher if guard band RB is enabled for transmission under per 20MHz RSSI measurement granularity.
[0075] The measured CBR obtained by the device can be used for following decisions:
[0076] 1. RP selection and scheduling:
[0077] By collecting CBR values on each RP, the device can schedule transmission on a RP with lower CBR value to transmit more packets with larger CR limit value corresponding to larger channel loading budget. Or transmits on a RP with lower CBR value (i.e., lower channel loading) for latency sensitive transmission with shorter LBT latency. For the case where SL device enables carrier aggregation, the CBR values on each RP corresponding to each carrier can help device to select one or multiple active component carrier for its scheduling and / or transmission.
[0078] In the case when SL device operates on unlicensed band, the device transmits on the resource (s) of a RB set after LBT procedure success. For SL CR estimation on unlicensed band. Device counts the number of occupied / granted resource defined by a frequency and time granularity within a RP of each traffic priority. In this sense, the CR estimation is calculated on the resource with frequency granularity i and time granularity j. Which can be further defined as:
[0079] , wherein a+b+1 is the length of calculation window size. And CR is calculated per each RP and can be computed per each priority level.
[0080] The following paragraphs describe the definitions and values of the given CR calculation equation:
[0081] (A) frequency granularity i and time granularity j of a resource is set by one or multiple options as following:
[0082] 1. Predefined or (pre-) configured
[0083] 2. Same as CBR RSSI measurement time and frequency granularity
[0084] 3. Set to be the minimum granularity of each transmission (e.g., subchannel in frequency domain and partial slot in time domain) .
[0085] (B) Number of transmitted / granted resource with frequency granularity i and time granularity j at slot n can be counted as one of the options in the followings:
[0086] 1. By integer number:
[0087] per RB set frequency granularity and per slot time granularity is set for CR calculation resource, and an RB set is configured with multiple subchannels. Device counts the number of transmitted / granted resource to be 1 when it transmitted / granted on at least one subchannel over one slot within the RB set.
[0088] 2. By fractional number:
[0089] i. per RB set frequency granularity and per slot time granularity is set for CR calculation resource, and an RB set is configured with multiple subchannels. Device counts the number of transmitted / granted resource to be N / M, where N is the number of subchannel it transmitted / granted on, M is the number of subchannel an RB set configured with.
[0090] ii. per RB set frequency granularity and per slot time granularity is set for CR calculation resource, and an RB set is configured with multiple subchannels. Device counts the number of transmitted / granted resource to be N / M, where N is the number of RB it transmitted / granted on, M is the number of RB an RB set configured with.
[0091] By calculating the CBR value, a CR limit value can be obtained by the TX device to know the maximum number of resources per priority to be transmitted within the RP and within the (pre-) configured window size. The estimated CR obtained by the TX device can be used for following decisions:
[0092] 1. Scheduling on traffic priority and RP
[0093] By knowing the CR limit value per each priority, device can prioritize scheduling on each RP, different number of subchannel resource to be transmitted for different traffic priority.
[0094] 2. Resource selection for full RB set transmission
[0095] To minimize CR estimation value, the device may select transmission resources to be full RB set transmission if any of the transmission on a subchannel of an RB set is counted into the number of occupied RB set.
[0096] Based on the CBR and CR calculation concepts, an embodiment is described as below:
[0097] Device performs RSSI sensing, where the RSSI sensing granularity is RB set. The RP is configured with two RB sets. During CBR sensing window, device determines if an RB set is busy by an (pre-) configured RSSI threshold. Device estimates CBR value with RB set granularity to get the ratio of busy RB set in the CBR measurement window. Then device calculates CR value by the number of transmission / grant RB sets. An RB set with at least a transmission / grant on a subchannel is counted to be occupied. With CBR and CR value, device knows the number of RB set left that it can grant transmission on. To try to minimize CR value, device selects subchannels for transmission on a same slot of single RB set, which is full-RB set transmission.
[0098] In the case when SL device performs beam-based transmission and operates in unlicensed band, any combination of above-mentioned method to estimate channel loading and congestion control can be adopted. For example, the CBR is measured on a spatial domain. And the CBR measurement granularity can be per RB set level on frequency domain.
[0099] In order to further reduce SL device operating complexity and power saving, an enhancement based on RSSI sensing to trigger SL sensing (e.g., RSRP measurement and SCI decoding) and / or LBT beam-based sensing / transmission is describe as following: If the RSSI measurement value exceeds a (pre-) configured or device-implementation threshold, the device considers there is transmission on the channel and triggers SL (beam-based or non beam-based) sensing procedure. Device measures RSRP, decodes SCI, decodes data on the channel with a RX spatial domain filter if beam-based operation is enabled. If the RSSI measurement value exceeds a (pre-) configured or device-implementation threshold, the device considers there is transmission on the channel and triggers beam-based LBT procedure. By applying narrow RX spatial domain filter to perform LBT sensing, the RSSI sensing value may be smaller to be lower than LBT energy detection threshold. In this case, device may success on LBT with lower latency. If the RSSI measurement value exceeds a (pre-) configured or device-implementation threshold, the device considers there is transmission on the channel and triggers CBR measurement with RX spatial domain filter. By applying narrow RX spatial domain filter to perform LBT sensing, the CBR value may be smaller for resource selection.
[0100] It is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts disclosed is an illustration of exemplary approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood that the specific order or hierarchy of blocks in the processes / flowcharts may be rearranged. Further, some blocks may be combined or omitted. The accompanying method claims present elements of the various blocks in a sample order, and are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.
[0101] The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the various aspects described herein. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects. Thus, the claims are not intended to be limited to the aspects shown herein, but is to be accorded the full scope consistent with the language claims, wherein reference to an element in the singular is not intended to mean “one and only one” unless specifically so stated, but rather “one or more. ” The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration. ” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the term “some” refers to one or more. Combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C, ” “one or more of A, B, or C, ” “at least one of A, B, and C, ” “one or more of A, B, and C, ” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” include any combination of A, B, and / or C, and may include multiples of A, multiples of B, or multiples of C. Specifically, combinations such as “at least one of A, B, or C, ” “one or more of A, B, or C, ” “at least one of A, B, and C, ” “one or more of A, B, and C, ” and “A, B, C, or any combination thereof” may be A only, B only, C only, A and B, A and C, B and C, or A and B and C, where any such combinations may contain one or more member or members of A, B, or C. All structural and functional equivalents to the elements of the various aspects described throughout this disclosure that are known or later come to be known to those of ordinary skill in the art are expressly incorporated herein by reference and are intended to be encompassed by the claims. Moreover, nothing disclosed herein is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether such disclosure is explicitly recited in the claims. The words “module, ” “mechanism, ” “element, ” “device, ” and the like may not be a substitute for the word “means. ” As such, no claim element is to be construed as a means plus function unless the element is expressly recited using the phrase “means for. ”
Claims
1.A method of SL channel loading estimation and congestion control, comprising:CBR measurement;CR estimation.2.The method of claim1, wherein the CBR is measured per spatial domain.3.The method of claim1, wherein the CBR RSSI measurement granularity is per RB set on frequency domain.4.The method of claim1, wherein the CR is estimated per spatial domain.5.The method of claim1, wherein the CR is estimated by the resource with frequency granularity of RB set level.
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