Sidelink Feedback Channel Priority Management for Power-Constrained Overlaps

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Solution Overview

Problem

In mobile communication technologies, the overlap of transmission resources between sidelink and uplink channels poses a challenge for terminals to effectively transmit data without exceeding transmission power limits, leading to resource conflicts and potential communication reliability issues.

Innovation Solution

A method where a terminal compares the priorities of transmission information carried on overlapping time-domain resources and transmits the information with the highest priority first, using a physical sidelink feedback channel for some information and another channel for others, ensuring reliable communication by managing transmission power.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the terminal transmits both sidelink and uplink information on overlapping time-domain resources, then the transmission capacity is improved, but the transmission power exceeds the maximum power limit

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission capacityVSAvoidtransmission power
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the transmission information into different priority levels (first priority, second priority, third priority) and divides the transmission process into stages. The terminal transmits high-priority information first, then transmits low-priority information only if there is remaining power capacity. This segmentation allows the system to maximize transmission capacity while respecting power constraints by not attempting to transmit all information simultaneously at full power.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the transmission parameter from a binary state (transmit or not transmit) to a priority-based state (high priority, medium priority, low priority). By assigning different priorities to different transmission information, the terminal can dynamically adjust which information to transmit first and how to manage power allocation, resolving the contradiction between transmission capacity and power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If the terminal transmits all transmission information on overlapping resources, then the information completeness is improved, but the communication reliability deteriorates due to power constraints

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidcommunication reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments transmission information into priority categories and transmits them in stages based on available power capacity. The terminal first ensures transmission of high-priority information, then attempts to transmit additional low-priority information only if power remains. This staged approach maintains information completeness for critical data while ensuring communication reliability by not sacrificing reliability to transmit all information simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by pre-establishing priority rules and power management strategies before transmission occurs. The terminal proactively determines which information to transmit first and how to allocate power, preventing power exhaustion and transmission failures before they happen. This preliminary planning ensures both information completeness and communication reliability by avoiding the need to choose between them during transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

3Device complexity

If the terminal uses a single channel for all transmission information, then the device complexity is reduced, but the transmission efficiency deteriorates due to resource overlap conflicts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel management complexityVSAvoidtransmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the transmission process into priority-based stages rather than using a single unified channel management approach. By dividing transmission into first priority, second priority, and third priority stages, the system achieves better transmission efficiency without requiring complex multi-channel management. The segmentation approach simplifies decision-making while improving productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic priority management where the terminal adapts its transmission strategy based on real-time power capacity and information priorities. Rather than using a static single-channel approach, the system dynamically adjusts which information to transmit and in what order, improving transmission efficiency while maintaining manageable complexity through priority-based decision logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250106886A1Information transmission method and apparatus, and device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.03.27 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

An information transmission method is performed by a first terminal. The method includes: performing a comparison of priorities of first transmission information, second transmission information and third transmission information in a case that a time-domain resource of the first transmission information, a time-domain resource of the second transmission information and a time-domain resource of the third transmission information are overlapped; and transmitting, based on the comparison, one with a highest priority among the first transmission information, the second transmission information and the third transmission information; wherein the first transmission information and the second transmission information are both carried on a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH), and the third transmission information is transmission information other than transmission information carried on the PSFCH.