Sidelink MCS Selection With Network-Coded Retransmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sidelink communication systems face challenges in optimizing modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for network coding in device-to-device (D2D) networks, leading to inefficiencies in resource utilization and increased transmission collisions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing network coding with a higher MCS than normal for initial sidelink transmissions, leveraging a network coding device for retransmissions, and using a network coding request flag to facilitate reliable packet transmission, thereby reducing resource congestion and increasing spectral efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If normal MCS is used for initial sidelink transmissions, then resource utilization is efficient, but transmission reliability is insufficient and collision probability increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the MCS parameter from normal values to higher values specifically for initial sidelink transmissions. This parameter change increases transmission reliability by improving signal quality and error resistance, while the patent manages the trade-off by using network coding for retransmissions to maintain overall resource efficiency.
2Productivity
If higher MCS is used for initial sidelink transmissions, then spectral efficiency increases, but device complexity increases due to network coding operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network coding device as an intermediary that performs encoding operations on packets before transmission. This intermediary handles the complex network coding computations, thereby increasing spectral efficiency through higher MCS while managing device complexity by offloading processing tasks to a dedicated network coding device.
3Productivity
If network coding is implemented with higher MCS, then resource congestion is reduced, but loss of information increases during encoding operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where receiving devices send acknowledgments or negative acknowledgments back to the transmitting device based on successful packet reception. This feedback loop allows the system to adapt transmissions, request retransmissions when information is lost during network coding, and ultimately reduce resource congestion through efficient error management and resource allocation.
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AI summary
Aspects relate to techniques for MCS selection of a packet to be network coded for sidelink communication. A transmitting UE may encode a packet using an MCS that is greater than a normal MCS that may be used for encoding the packet without network coding. The transmitting UE may then transmit the encoded packet to one or more receiving UEs and a network coding device over a sidelink data channel. The transmitting UE may further transmit a network coding request flag associated with the packet to initiate one or more retransmissions of the packet by the network coding device.