Sidelink Resource Selection with Feedback Availability Checking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face inefficiencies in resource allocation for sidelink communications, leading to potential failures in feedback transmission and increased power usage, which affects communication quality and reliability of services.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a method and device for selecting transmission resources based on the availability of both the primary and feedback resources, ensuring they are idle before initiating a transmission, thereby enhancing the communication efficiency and reliability of sidelink communications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a device selects transmission resources without checking feedback resource availability, then resource allocation simplicity is improved, but communication reliability deteriorates due to potential feedback transmission failures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation simplicityVSAvoidcommunication reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The transmitting device performs preliminary checking of feedback resource availability before selecting transmission resources. This advance verification ensures that feedback resources will be available when needed, preventing communication failures while maintaining systematic resource allocation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where the transmitting device monitors the availability status of feedback resources and uses this information to adjust its transmission resource selection, creating a closed-loop control system that improves reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If a device checks both transmission and feedback resource availability, then communication reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional resource monitoring requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication reliabilityVSAvoidresource monitoring complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device combines the monitoring of transmission resources and feedback resources into a unified resource selection process. By merging these two monitoring functions, the system reduces overall complexity while ensuring both resource types are properly verified before transmission

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The resource monitoring mechanism is designed to handle multiple resource types (transmission and feedback resources) through a single unified process, making the monitoring function multi-functional and reducing the need for separate dedicated monitoring systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Speed

If a device transmits without ensuring feedback resource availability, then transmission speed is improved, but energy efficiency deteriorates due to power wastage from failed feedback transmissions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission speedVSAvoidpower wastage
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The device performs preliminary verification of feedback resource availability before initiating transmission. This advance check prevents wasted energy on transmissions that would fail due to unavailable feedback resources, while the verification process itself is designed to be rapid to minimize impact on transmission speed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses its own monitoring capabilities to self-verify feedback resource availability, eliminating the need for external verification mechanisms and reducing overall system overhead while preventing energy waste

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP4668985A1Method and device for selecting feedback resource-based transmission resource
Publication Date: 2025.12.24 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

Provided is a method for a first device to perform wireless communication and a device supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: selecting a first resource; transmitting control information for scheduling a first physical shared channel to a second device via a first physical control channel on the basis of the first resource; and transmitting data to the second device via the first physical shared channel on the basis of the first resource. For example, the first resource can be selected on the basis that (i) the first resource is idle, and (ii) a second resource for feedback related to the first physical shared channel is idle.