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- This disclosure relates to wireless communication systems.
- V2X vehicle-to-everything refers to a communication technology that exchanges information with other vehicles, pedestrians, and objects with built infrastructure through wired/wireless communication.
- V2X can be divided into four types: vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to-network (V2N), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P).
- V2X communication may be provided through the PC5 interface and/or the Uu interface.
- next-generation wireless access technology that takes these into consideration may be referred to as new radio access technology (RAT) or new radio (NR).
- RAT new radio access technology
- NR new radio
- a method for a first device to perform wireless communication includes: determining the length of a channel sensing section; Selecting at least one resource on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing interval; performing first channel sensing from a point in time prior to the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And it may include performing sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- a first device that performs wireless communication may be provided.
- the first device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory executable coupled to the at least one processor and recording instructions that cause the first device to perform operations based on execution by the at least one processor. there is.
- the operations include: determining the length of a channel sensing interval; Selecting at least one resource on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing interval; performing first channel sensing from a point in time prior to the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And it may include performing sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- a device configured to control a first terminal.
- the device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory executable connectable to the at least one processor and recording instructions that cause the first terminal to perform operations based on execution by the at least one processor. You can.
- the operations include: determining the length of a channel sensing interval; Selecting at least one resource on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing interval; performing first channel sensing from a point in time prior to the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And it may include performing sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium recording instructions may be provided.
- the instructions when executed, cause the first device to: determine the length of a channel sensing interval; At least one resource is selected on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing section; perform first channel sensing from a point in time preceding the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And based on the fact that the result of the first channel sensing is IDLE, sidelink (SL) transmission can be performed using the first resource.
- IDLE sidelink
- a method for a second device to perform wireless communication includes: performing sidelink (SL) reception based on a first resource on an unlicensed band, wherein the SL data received through the SL reception has a channel sensing result of IDLE. is transmitted based on this, and the channel sensing is performed from a time point as much as the previous channel sensing interval from the start time of the first resource among at least one resource on the unlicensed band to the start time of the first resource, and the at least The time interval between one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing section.
- SL sidelink
- a second device that performs wireless communication may be provided.
- the second device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory executable coupled to the at least one processor and recording instructions that cause the second device to perform operations based on execution by the at least one processor.
- the operations include: performing sidelink (SL) reception based on a first resource on an unlicensed band, wherein the SL data received through the SL reception has a channel sensing result of IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- the channel sensing is performed from a time point as much as the previous channel sensing interval from the start time of the first resource among at least one resource on the unlicensed band to the start time of the first resource, and the at least The time interval between one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing section.
- the terminal can efficiently perform sidelink communication.
- Figure 1 shows a communication structure that can be provided in a 6G system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 2 shows an electromagnetic spectrum, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 3 shows the structure of an NR system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 5 shows the structure of a radio frame of NR, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 6 shows the slot structure of an NR frame according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 7 shows an example of BWP, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 8 shows a procedure in which a terminal performs V2X or SL communication depending on the transmission mode, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 9 shows three cast types, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 10 shows an example of a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 11 shows a method of occupying resources within an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 12 shows a case where a plurality of LBT-SBs are included in an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 13 shows a CAP operation for downlink signal transmission through an unlicensed band of a base station, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 14 shows a type 1 CAP operation of a terminal for uplink signal transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 15 shows an example of burst resources selected in an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 16 shows an example of resources for SL communication in an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 17 shows a procedure in which a first device performs wireless communication, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 18 shows a procedure in which a second device performs wireless communication, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 19 shows a communication system 1, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 20 shows a wireless device, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 21 shows a signal processing circuit for a transmission signal, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 22 shows a wireless device, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 23 shows a portable device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 24 shows a vehicle or autonomous vehicle, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- a or B may mean “only A,” “only B,” or “both A and B.” In other words, as used herein, “A or B” may be interpreted as “A and/or B.”
- A, B or C refers to “only A,” “only B,” “only C,” or “any and all combinations of A, B, and C ( It can mean “any combination of A, B and C)”.
- the slash (/) or comma used in this specification may mean “and/or.”
- A/B can mean “A and/or B.”
- A/B can mean “only A,” “only B,” or “both A and B.”
- A, B, C can mean “A, B, or C.”
- At least one of A and B may mean “only A,” “only B,” or “both A and B.”
- the expression “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of A and/or B” means “at least one It can be interpreted the same as "at least one of A and B”.
- At least one of A, B and C means “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “A, B and C”. It can mean “any combination of A, B and C.” Also, “at least one of A, B or C” or “at least one of A, B and/or C” means It may mean “at least one of A, B and C.”
- control information may be proposed as an example of “control information.”
- control information in this specification is not limited to “PDCCH,” and “PDCCH” may be proposed as an example of “control information.”
- PDCCH control information
- a higher layer parameter may be a parameter set for the terminal, set in advance, or defined in advance.
- a base station or network can transmit upper layer parameters to the terminal.
- upper layer parameters may be transmitted through radio resource control (RRC) signaling or medium access control (MAC) signaling.
- RRC radio resource control
- MAC medium access control
- CDMA code division multiple access
- FDMA frequency division multiple access
- TDMA time division multiple access
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- CDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA2000.
- TDMA may be implemented with wireless technologies such as global system for mobile communications (GSM)/general packet radio service (GPRS)/enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE).
- GSM global system for mobile communications
- GPRS general packet radio service
- EDGE enhanced data rates for GSM evolution
- OFDMA can be implemented with wireless technologies such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), etc.
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
- WiMAX IEEE 802.16
- E-UTRA evolved UTRA
- IEEE 802.16m is an evolution of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with systems based on IEEE 802.16e.
- UTRA is part of the universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS).
- 3GPP (3rd generation partnership project) LTE (long term evolution) is a part of E-UMTS (evolved UMTS) that uses E-UTRA (evolved-UMTS terrestrial radio access), employing OFDMA in the downlink and SC in the uplink.
- -Adopt FDMA LTE-A (advanced) is the evolution of 3GPP LTE.
- 5G NR is a successor technology to LTE-A and is a new clean-slate mobile communication system with characteristics such as high performance, low latency, and high availability.
- 5G NR can utilize all available spectrum resources, including low-frequency bands below 1 GHz, mid-frequency bands between 1 GHz and 10 GHz, and high-frequency (millimeter wave) bands above 24 GHz.
- 6G (wireless communications) systems require (i) very high data rates per device, (ii) very large number of connected devices, (iii) global connectivity, (iv) very low latency, (v) battery- The goal is to reduce the energy consumption of battery-free IoT devices, (vi) ultra-reliable connectivity, and (vii) connected intelligence with machine learning capabilities.
- the vision of the 6G system can be four aspects such as intelligent connectivity, deep connectivity, holographic connectivity, and ubiquitous connectivity, and the 6G system can satisfy the requirements as shown in Table 1 below. That is, Table 1 is a table showing an example of the requirements of a 6G system.
- the 6G system includes eMBB (Enhanced mobile broadband), URLLC (Ultra-reliable low latency communications), mMTC (massive machine-type communication), AI integrated communication, Tactile internet, High throughput, High network capacity, High energy efficiency, Low backhaul and It can have key factors such as access network congestion and enhanced data security.
- eMBB Enhanced mobile broadband
- URLLC Ultra-reliable low latency communications
- mMTC massive machine-type communication
- AI integrated communication Tactile internet, High throughput, High network capacity, High energy efficiency, Low backhaul and It can have key factors such as access network congestion and enhanced data security.
- Figure 1 shows a communication structure that can be provided in a 6G system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 1 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the 6G system is expected to have simultaneous wireless communication connectivity that is 50 times higher than that of the 5G wireless communication system.
- URLLC a key feature of 5G, will become an even more important technology in 6G communications by providing end-to-end delay of less than 1ms.
- the 6G system will have much better volumetric spectral efficiency, unlike the frequently used area spectral efficiency.
- 6G systems can provide ultra-long battery life and advanced battery technologies for energy harvesting, so mobile devices in 6G systems will not need to be separately charged.
- New network characteristics in 6G may include:
- 6G is expected to be integrated with satellites to serve the global mobile constellation. Integration of terrestrial, satellite and aerial networks into one wireless communication system is very important for 6G.
- 6G wireless networks will deliver power to charge the batteries of devices such as smartphones and sensors. Therefore, wireless information and energy transfer (WIET) will be integrated.
- WIET wireless information and energy transfer
- Small cell networks The idea of small cell networks was introduced to improve received signal quality resulting in improved throughput, energy efficiency and spectral efficiency in cellular systems. As a result, small cell networks are an essential feature for 5G and Beyond 5G (5GB) communications systems. Therefore, the 6G communication system also adopts the characteristics of a small cell network.
- Ultra-dense heterogeneous networks will be another important characteristic of the 6G communication system. Multi-tier networks comprised of heterogeneous networks improve overall QoS and reduce costs.
- Backhaul connections are characterized by high-capacity backhaul networks to support high-capacity traffic.
- High-speed fiber and free-space optics (FSO) systems may be possible solutions to this problem.
- High-precision localization (or location-based services) through communication is one of the functions of the 6G wireless communication system. Therefore, radar systems will be integrated with 6G networks.
- Softwarization and virtualization are two important features that form the basis of the design process in 5GB networks to ensure flexibility, reconfigurability, and programmability. Additionally, billions of devices may be shared on a shared physical infrastructure.
- AI Artificial Intelligence
- 5G systems will support partial or very limited AI.
- 6G systems will be AI-enabled for full automation.
- Advances in machine learning will create more intelligent networks for real-time communications in 6G.
- Introducing AI in communications can simplify and improve real-time data transmission.
- AI can use numerous analytics to determine how complex target tasks are performed. In other words, AI can increase efficiency and reduce processing delays. Time-consuming tasks such as handover, network selection, and resource scheduling can be performed instantly by using AI.
- AI can also play an important role in M2M, machine-to-human and human-to-machine communications. Additionally, AI can enable rapid communication in BCI (Brain Computer Interface).
- AI-based communication systems can be supported by metamaterials, intelligent structures, intelligent networks, intelligent devices, intelligent cognitive radios, self-sustaining wireless networks, and machine learning.
- THz Communication Data transmission rate can be increased by increasing bandwidth. This can be accomplished by using sub-THz communications with wide bandwidth and applying advanced massive MIMO technology.
- THz waves also known as submillimeter radiation, typically represent a frequency band between 0.1 THz and 10 THz with a corresponding wavelength in the range 0.03 mm-3 mm.
- the 100GHz-300GHz band range (Sub THz band) is considered the main part of the THz band for cellular communications.
- Adding the Sub-THz band to the mmWave band increases 6G cellular communication capacity.
- 300GHz-3THz is in the far infrared (IR) frequency band.
- the 300GHz-3THz band is part of the wideband, but it is at the border of the wideband and immediately behind the RF band. Therefore, this 300 GHz-3 THz band shows similarities to RF.
- Figure 2 shows an electromagnetic spectrum, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The embodiment of FIG. 2 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Key characteristics of THz communications include (i) widely available bandwidth to support very high data rates, (ii) high path loss occurring at high frequencies (highly directional antennas are indispensable). The narrow beamwidth produced by a highly directional antenna reduces interference. The small wavelength of THz signals allows a much larger number of antenna elements to be integrated into devices and BSs operating in this band. This enables the use of advanced adaptive array techniques that can overcome range limitations.
- NTN Non-Terrestrial Networks
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV
- UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- the BS entity is installed on the UAV to provide cellular connectivity.
- UAVs have certain features not found in fixed BS infrastructure, such as easy deployment, strong line-of-sight links, and controlled degrees of freedom for mobility.
- emergency situations such as natural disasters, the deployment of terrestrial communications infrastructure is not economically feasible and sometimes cannot provide services in volatile environments.
- UAVs can easily handle these situations.
- UAV will become a new paradigm in the wireless communication field. This technology facilitates three basic requirements of wireless networks: eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC.
- UAVs can also support several purposes, such as improving network connectivity, fire detection, disaster emergency services, security and surveillance, pollution monitoring, parking monitoring, accident monitoring, etc. Therefore, UAV technology is recognized as one of the most important technologies for 6G communications.
- V2X Vehicle to Everything
- V2V Vehicle to Vehicle
- V2I Vehicle to Infrastructure
- 5G NR is mainly described, but the technical idea according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Various embodiments of the present disclosure can also be applied to 6G communication systems.
- Figure 3 shows the structure of an NR system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 3 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- NG-RAN Next Generation - Radio Access Network
- the base station 20 may include a next generation-Node B (gNB) and/or an evolved-NodeB (eNB).
- the terminal 10 may be fixed or mobile, and may be referred to by other terms such as MS (Mobile Station), UT (User Terminal), SS (Subscriber Station), MT (Mobile Terminal), and wireless device. It can be called .
- a base station may be a fixed station that communicates with the terminal 10, and may be called other terms such as BTS (Base Transceiver System) or Access Point.
- BTS Base Transceiver System
- the embodiment of FIG. 3 illustrates a case including only gNB.
- the base stations 20 may be connected to each other through an Xn interface.
- the base station 20 can be connected to the 5th generation core network (5G Core Network: 5GC) and the NG interface. More specifically, the base station 20 may be connected to an access and mobility management function (AMF) 30 through an NG-C interface, and may be connected to a user plane function (UPF) 30 through an NG-U interface.
- AMF access and mobility management function
- UPF user plane function
- the layers of the Radio Interface Protocol between the terminal and the network are L1 (layer 1, first layer) based on the lower three layers of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) standard model, which is widely known in communication systems. layer), L2 (layer 2, layer 2), and L3 (layer 3, layer 3).
- OSI Open System Interconnection
- layer 2 layer 2, layer 2
- L3 layer 3, layer 3
- the physical layer belonging to the first layer provides information transfer service using a physical channel
- the RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer located in the third layer provides radio resources between the terminal and the network. plays a role in controlling.
- the RRC layer exchanges RRC messages between the terminal and the base station.
- Figure 4 shows a radio protocol architecture, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 4 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- Figure 4 (a) shows the wireless protocol stack of the user plane for Uu communication
- Figure 4 (b) shows the wireless protocol of the control plane for Uu communication.
- Figure 4(c) shows the wireless protocol stack of the user plane for SL communication
- Figure 4(d) shows the wireless protocol stack of the control plane for SL communication.
- the physical layer provides information transmission services to upper layers using a physical channel.
- the physical layer is connected to the upper layer, the MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, through a transport channel.
- Data moves between the MAC layer and the physical layer through a transport channel. Transmission channels are classified according to how and with what characteristics data is transmitted through the wireless interface.
- the physical channel can be modulated using OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), and time and frequency are used as radio resources.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- the MAC layer provides services to the radio link control (RLC) layer, an upper layer, through a logical channel.
- the MAC layer provides a mapping function from multiple logical channels to multiple transport channels. Additionally, the MAC layer provides a logical channel multiplexing function by mapping multiple logical channels to a single transport channel.
- the MAC sublayer provides data transmission services on logical channels.
- the RLC layer performs concatenation, segmentation, and reassembly of RLC Service Data Units (SDUs).
- SDUs RLC Service Data Units
- TM Transparent Mode
- UM Unacknowledged Mode
- AM automatic repeat request
- the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer is defined only in the control plane.
- the RRC layer is responsible for controlling logical channels, transport channels, and physical channels in relation to configuration, re-configuration, and release of radio bearers.
- RB is used in the first layer (physical layer or PHY layer) and second layer (MAC layer, RLC layer, PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer, SDAP (Service Data Adaptation Protocol) layer) to transfer data between the terminal and the network. It refers to the logical path provided by .
- the functions of the PDCP layer in the user plane include forwarding, header compression, and ciphering of user data.
- the functions of the PDCP layer in the control plane include forwarding and encryption/integrity protection of control plane data.
- the SDAP Service Data Adaptation Protocol
- the SDAP layer performs mapping between QoS flows and data radio bearers, and marking QoS flow identifiers (IDs) in downlink and uplink packets.
- Setting an RB means the process of defining the characteristics of the wireless protocol layer and channel and setting each specific parameter and operation method to provide a specific service.
- RB can be further divided into SRB (Signaling Radio Bearer) and DRB (Data Radio Bearer).
- SRB is used as a path to transmit RRC messages in the control plane
- DRB is used as a path to transmit user data in the user plane.
- the terminal If an RRC connection is established between the RRC layer of the terminal and the RRC layer of the base station, the terminal is in the RRC_CONNECTED state. Otherwise, it is in the RRC_IDLE state.
- the RRC_INACTIVE state has been additionally defined, and a UE in the RRC_INACTIVE state can release the connection with the base station while maintaining the connection with the core network.
- Downlink transmission channels that transmit data from the network to the terminal include a BCH (Broadcast Channel) that transmits system information and a downlink SCH (Shared Channel) that transmits user traffic or control messages.
- BCH Broadcast Channel
- SCH Shared Channel
- uplink transmission channels that transmit data from the terminal to the network include RACH (Random Access Channel), which transmits initial control messages, and uplink SCH (Shared Channel), which transmits user traffic or control messages.
- Logical channels located above the transmission channel and mapped to the transmission channel include BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel), PCCH (Paging Control Channel), CCCH (Common Control Channel), MCCH (Multicast Control Channel), and MTCH (Multicast Traffic). Channel), etc.
- BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
- PCCH Paging Control Channel
- CCCH Common Control Channel
- MCCH Multicast Control Channel
- MTCH Multicast Traffic. Channel
- Figure 5 shows the structure of a radio frame of NR, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 5 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- NR can use radio frames in uplink and downlink transmission.
- a wireless frame has a length of 10ms and can be defined as two 5ms half-frames (HF).
- a half-frame may include five 1ms subframes (Subframe, SF).
- a subframe may be divided into one or more slots, and the number of slots within a subframe may be determined according to subcarrier spacing (SCS).
- SCS subcarrier spacing
- Each slot may contain 12 or 14 OFDM(A) symbols depending on the cyclic prefix (CP).
- each slot may contain 14 symbols.
- each slot can contain 12 symbols.
- the symbol may include an OFDM symbol (or CP-OFDM symbol), a single carrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA) symbol (or a Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbol).
- OFDM symbol or CP-OFDM symbol
- SC-FDMA single carrier-FDMA
- DFT-s-OFDM Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-OFDM
- Table 2 shows the number of symbols per slot (N slot symb ), the number of slots per frame (N frame,u slot ), and the number of slots per subframe according to the SCS setting (u) when normal CP or extended CP is used.
- N slot symb the number of symbols per slot
- N frame,u slot the number of slots per frame
- u the number of slots per subframe according to the SCS setting (u) when normal CP or extended CP is used.
- OFDM(A) numerology eg, SCS, CP length, etc.
- OFDM(A) numerology eg, SCS, CP length, etc.
- the (absolute time) interval of time resources e.g., subframes, slots, or TTI
- TU Time Unit
- multiple numerologies or SCSs can be supported to support various 5G services. For example, if SCS is 15kHz, a wide area in traditional cellular bands can be supported, and if SCS is 30kHz/60kHz, dense-urban, lower latency latency) and wider carrier bandwidth may be supported. For SCS of 60 kHz or higher, bandwidths greater than 24.25 GHz can be supported to overcome phase noise.
- the NR frequency band can be defined as two types of frequency ranges.
- the two types of frequency ranges may be FR1 and FR2.
- the values of the frequency range may be changed, for example, the frequency ranges of the two types may be as shown in Table 3 below.
- FR1 may mean "sub 6GHz range”
- FR2 may mean “above 6GHz range” and may be called millimeter wave (mmW).
- mmW millimeter wave
- FR1 may include a band of 410MHz to 7125MHz as shown in Table 4 below. That is, FR1 may include a frequency band of 6GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, etc.). For example, the frequency band above 6 GHz (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, etc.) included within FR1 may include an unlicensed band. Unlicensed bands can be used for a variety of purposes, for example, for communications for vehicles (e.g., autonomous driving).
- Figure 6 shows the slot structure of an NR frame according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 6 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- a slot includes a plurality of symbols in the time domain.
- one slot may include 14 symbols, but in the case of extended CP, one slot may include 12 symbols.
- one slot may include 7 symbols, but in the case of extended CP, one slot may include 6 symbols.
- a carrier wave includes a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain.
- a Resource Block (RB) may be defined as a plurality (eg, 12) consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain.
- BWP (Bandwidth Part) can be defined as a plurality of consecutive (P)RB ((Physical) Resource Blocks) in the frequency domain and can correspond to one numerology (e.g. SCS, CP length, etc.) there is.
- a carrier wave may include up to N (e.g., 5) BWPs. Data communication can be performed through an activated BWP.
- Each element may be referred to as a Resource Element (RE) in the resource grid, and one complex symbol may be mapped.
- RE Resource Element
- BWP Bandwidth Part
- a Bandwidth Part may be a contiguous set of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a given numerology.
- PRB physical resource blocks
- a PRB may be selected from a contiguous subset of common resource blocks (CRBs) for a given numerology on a given carrier.
- CRBs common resource blocks
- the BWP may be at least one of an active BWP, an initial BWP, and/or a default BWP.
- the terminal may not monitor downlink radio link quality in DL BWPs other than the active DL BWP on the primary cell (PCell).
- the UE may not receive PDCCH, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), or reference signal (CSI-RS) (except RRM) outside of the active DL BWP.
- the UE may not trigger Channel State Information (CSI) reporting for an inactive DL BWP.
- the UE may not transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) outside the active UL BWP.
- PUCCH physical uplink control channel
- PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
- the initials BWP can be given as a set of contiguous RBs for the remaining minimum system information (RMSI) control resource set (CORESET) (established by the physical broadcast channel (PBCH)).
- RMSI remaining minimum system information
- CORESET control resource set
- PBCH physical broadcast channel
- SIB system information block
- the default BWP may be set by a higher layer.
- the initial value of the default BWP may be the initials DL BWP.
- DCI downlink control information
- BWP can be defined for SL.
- the same SL BWP can be used for transmission and reception.
- the transmitting terminal may transmit an SL channel or SL signal on a specific BWP, and the receiving terminal may receive the SL channel or SL signal on the specific BWP.
- the SL BWP may be defined separately from the Uu BWP, and the SL BWP may have separate configuration signaling from the Uu BWP.
- the terminal may receive settings for SL BWP from the base station/network.
- the terminal may receive settings for Uu BWP from the base station/network.
- SL BWP can be set (in advance) for out-of-coverage NR V2X terminals and RRC_IDLE terminals within the carrier. For a UE in RRC_CONNECTED mode, at least one SL BWP may be activated within the carrier.
- FIG. 7 shows an example of BWP, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 7 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure. In the embodiment of Figure 7, it is assumed that there are three BWPs.
- a common resource block may be a carrier resource block numbered from one end of the carrier band to the other end.
- the PRB may be a numbered resource block within each BWP.
- Point A may indicate a common reference point for the resource block grid.
- BWP can be set by point A, offset from point A (N start BWP ), and bandwidth (N size BWP ).
- point A may be an external reference point of the carrier's PRB to which subcarriers 0 of all numerologies (e.g., all numerologies supported by the network on that carrier) are aligned.
- the offset may be the PRB interval between point A and the lowest subcarrier in a given numerology.
- bandwidth may be the number of PRBs in a given numerology.
- SSS Primary Sidelink Synchronization Signal
- SSSS Secondary Sidelink Synchronization Signal
- the PSSS may be referred to as S-PSS (Sidelink Primary Synchronization Signal)
- S-SSS Sidelink Secondary Synchronization Signal
- length-127 M-sequences can be used for S-PSS
- length-127 Gold sequences can be used for S-SSS.
- the terminal can detect the first signal and obtain synchronization using S-PSS.
- the terminal can obtain detailed synchronization using S-PSS and S-SSS and detect the synchronization signal ID.
- PSBCH Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel
- PSBCH Physical Sidelink Broadcast Channel
- the basic information includes information related to SLSS, duplex mode (DM), TDD UL/DL (Time Division Duplex Uplink/Downlink) configuration, resource pool related information, type of application related to SLSS, This may be subframe offset, broadcast information, etc.
- the payload size of PSBCH may be 56 bits, including a 24-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC).
- S-PSS, S-SSS, and PSBCH may be included in a block format that supports periodic transmission (e.g., SL Synchronization Signal (SL SS)/PSBCH block, hereinafter referred to as Sidelink-Synchronization Signal Block (S-SSB)).
- the S-SSB may have the same numerology (i.e., SCS and CP length) as the PSCCH (Physical Sidelink Control Channel)/PSSCH (Physical Sidelink Shared Channel) in the carrier, and the transmission bandwidth is (pre-set) SL BWP (Sidelink BWP).
- the bandwidth of S-SSB may be 11 RB (Resource Block).
- PSBCH may span 11 RB.
- the frequency position of the S-SSB can be set (in advance). Therefore, the UE does not need to perform hypothesis detection at the frequency to discover the S-SSB in the carrier.
- Figure 8 shows a procedure in which a terminal performs V2X or SL communication depending on the transmission mode, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 8 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the transmission mode may be referred to as a mode or resource allocation mode.
- the transmission mode in LTE may be referred to as the LTE transmission mode
- the transmission mode in NR may be referred to as the NR resource allocation mode.
- Figure 8(a) shows terminal operations related to LTE transmission mode 1 or LTE transmission mode 3.
- Figure 8(a) shows UE operations related to NR resource allocation mode 1.
- LTE transmission mode 1 can be applied to general SL communication
- LTE transmission mode 3 can be applied to V2X communication.
- Figure 8(b) shows terminal operations related to LTE transmission mode 2 or LTE transmission mode 4.
- Figure 8(b) shows UE operations related to NR resource allocation mode 2.
- the base station may schedule SL resources to be used by the terminal for SL transmission.
- the base station may transmit information related to SL resources and/or information related to UL resources to the first terminal.
- the UL resources may include PUCCH resources and/or PUSCH resources.
- the UL resource may be a resource for reporting SL HARQ feedback to the base station.
- the first terminal may receive information related to dynamic grant (DG) resources and/or information related to configured grant (CG) resources from the base station.
- CG resources may include CG Type 1 resources or CG Type 2 resources.
- the DG resource may be a resource that the base station configures/allocates to the first terminal through downlink control information (DCI).
- the CG resource may be a (periodic) resource that the base station configures/allocates to the first terminal through a DCI and/or RRC message.
- the base station may transmit an RRC message containing information related to the CG resource to the first terminal.
- the base station may transmit an RRC message containing information related to the CG resource to the first terminal, and the base station may send a DCI related to activation or release of the CG resource. It can be transmitted to the first terminal.
- the first terminal may transmit a PSCCH (eg, Sidelink Control Information (SCI) or 1st-stage SCI) to the second terminal based on the resource scheduling.
- a PSCCH eg., Sidelink Control Information (SCI) or 1st-stage SCI
- the first terminal may transmit a PSSCH (e.g., 2nd-stage SCI, MAC PDU, data, etc.) related to the PSCCH to the second terminal.
- the first terminal may receive the PSFCH related to the PSCCH/PSSCH from the second terminal.
- HARQ feedback information eg, NACK information or ACK information
- the first terminal may transmit/report HARQ feedback information to the base station through PUCCH or PUSCH.
- the HARQ feedback information reported to the base station may be information that the first terminal generates based on HARQ feedback information received from the second terminal.
- the HARQ feedback information reported to the base station may be information that the first terminal generates based on preset rules.
- the DCI may be a DCI for scheduling of SL.
- the format of the DCI may be DCI format 3_0 or DCI format 3_1.
- the terminal can determine the SL transmission resource within the SL resource set by the base station/network or within the preset SL resource.
- the set SL resource or preset SL resource may be a resource pool.
- the terminal can autonomously select or schedule resources for SL transmission.
- the terminal can self-select a resource from a set resource pool and perform SL communication.
- the terminal may perform sensing and resource (re)selection procedures to select resources on its own within the selection window.
- the sensing may be performed on a subchannel basis.
- the first terminal that has selected a resource within the resource pool may transmit a PSCCH (e.g., Sidelink Control Information (SCI) or 1 st -stage SCI) to the second terminal using the resource.
- a PSCCH e.g., Sidelink Control Information (SCI) or 1 st -stage SCI
- the first terminal may transmit a PSSCH (e.g., 2 nd -stage SCI, MAC PDU, data, etc.) related to the PSCCH to the second terminal.
- the first terminal may receive the PSFCH related to the PSCCH/PSSCH from the second terminal.
- the first terminal may transmit an SCI to the second terminal on the PSCCH.
- the first terminal may transmit two consecutive SCIs (eg, 2-stage SCI) on the PSCCH and/or PSSCH to the second terminal.
- the second terminal can decode two consecutive SCIs (eg, 2-stage SCI) to receive the PSSCH from the first terminal.
- the SCI transmitted on the PSCCH may be referred to as 1 st SCI, 1st SCI, 1 st -stage SCI, or 1 st -stage SCI format
- the SCI transmitted on the PSSCH may be referred to as 2 nd SCI, 2nd SCI, 2 It can be referred to as nd -stage SCI or 2 nd -stage SCI format.
- the 1 st -stage SCI format may include SCI format 1-A
- the 2 nd -stage SCI format may include SCI format 2-A and/or SCI format 2-B.
- the first terminal can receive the PSFCH.
- the first terminal and the second terminal may determine PSFCH resources, and the second terminal may transmit HARQ feedback to the first terminal using the PSFCH resource.
- the first terminal may transmit SL HARQ feedback to the base station through PUCCH and/or PUSCH.
- Figure 9 shows three cast types, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- Figure 9(a) shows broadcast type SL communication
- Figure 9(b) shows unicast type SL communication
- Figure 9(c) shows groupcast type SL communication.
- a terminal can perform one-to-one communication with another terminal.
- the terminal can perform SL communication with one or more terminals within the group to which it belongs.
- SL groupcast communication may be replaced with SL multicast communication, SL one-to-many communication, etc.
- the conventional NR-U (unlicensed spectrum) supports a communication method between a terminal and a base station in an unlicensed band.
- Rel-18 plans to support a mechanism that can support communication in the unlicensed band even between sidelink terminals.
- a channel may refer to a set of frequency axis resources that perform Listen-Before-Talk (LBT).
- LBT Listen-Before-Talk
- a channel may mean a 20 MHz LBT bandwidth and may have the same meaning as an RB set.
- the RB set may be defined in section 7 of 3GPP TS 38.214 V17.0.0.
- CO channel occupancy
- CO channel occupancy
- COT channel occupancy time
- COT sharing may refer to time axis resources acquired by a base station or terminal after successful LBT.
- CO can be shared between the base station (or terminal) that acquired the CO and the terminal (or base station), and this can be referred to as COT sharing.
- this may be referred to as gNB-initiated COT or UE-initiated COT.
- Figure 10 shows an example of a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Figure 10 may include an unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) wireless communication system.
- NR-U unlicensed spectrum
- the embodiment of FIG. 10 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- a cell operating in a licensed band can be defined as an LCell, and the carrier of the LCell can be defined as a (DL/UL/SL) LCC.
- a cell operating in an unlicensed band hereinafter referred to as U-band
- U-band a cell operating in an unlicensed band
- UCell a cell operating in an unlicensed band
- U-band can be defined as UCell
- the carrier of UCell can be defined as (DL/UL/SL) UCC.
- the carrier/carrier-frequency of a cell may mean the operating frequency (e.g., center frequency) of the cell.
- Cells/carriers e.g., CC are collectively referred to as cells.
- the LCC may be set as a Primary CC (PCC) and the UCC may be set as a Secondary CC (SCC).
- PCC Primary CC
- SCC Secondary CC
- the terminal and the base station can transmit and receive signals through one UCC or multiple UCCs combined with carrier waves. In other words, the terminal and the base station can transmit and receive signals only through UCC(s) without LCC.
- PRACH, PUCCH, PUSCH, SRS transmission, etc. may be supported in UCell.
- the base station may be replaced by a terminal.
- PSCCH, PSSCH, PSFCH, S-SSB transmission, etc. may be supported in UCell.
- Consists of consecutive RBs on which a channel access procedure is performed in a shared spectrum may refer to a carrier or part of a carrier.
- CAP Channel Access Procedure
- CAP may be referred to as Listen-Before-Talk (LBT).
- Channel occupancy refers to the corresponding transmission(s) on the channel(s) by the base station/terminal after performing the channel access procedure.
- COT Channel Occupancy Time
- - DL transmission burst defined as a set of transmissions from the base station, with no gap exceeding 16us. Transmissions from the base station, separated by a gap exceeding 16us, are considered separate DL transmission bursts.
- the base station may perform transmission(s) after the gap without sensing channel availability within the DL transmission burst.
- - UL or SL transmission burst Defined as a set of transmissions from the terminal, with no gaps exceeding 16us. Transmissions from the terminal, separated by a gap exceeding 16us, are considered separate UL or SL transmission bursts. The UE may perform transmission(s) after the gap without sensing channel availability within the UL or SL transmission burst.
- a discovery burst refers to a DL transmission burst containing a set of signal(s) and/or channel(s), defined within a (time) window and associated with a duty cycle.
- a discovery burst is a transmission(s) initiated by a base station and includes PSS, SSS, and cell-specific RS (CRS), and may further include non-zero power CSI-RS.
- a discovery burst is a transmission(s) initiated by a base station, comprising at least an SS/PBCH block, a CORESET for a PDCCH scheduling a PDSCH with SIB1, a PDSCH carrying SIB1, and/or a non-zero It may further include power CSI-RS.
- Figure 11 shows a method of occupying resources within an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 11 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- a communication node within an unlicensed band must determine whether another communication node(s) is using a channel before transmitting a signal.
- communication nodes within the unlicensed band may perform a Channel Attachment Procedure (CAP) to connect to the channel(s) on which the transmission(s) are performed.
- CAP Channel Attachment Procedure
- the channel access procedure may be performed based on sensing. For example, a communication node may first perform CS (Carrier Sensing) before transmitting a signal to check whether other communication node(s) are transmitting a signal.
- CCA Cross Channel Assessment
- the channel state can be judged as idle. If the channel state is determined to be dormant, the communication node can begin transmitting signals in the unlicensed band.
- CAP can be replaced by LBT.
- Table 5 illustrates the Channel Access Procedure (CAP) supported in NR-U.
- Type Explanation DL Type 1 CAP CAP with random back-off - time duration spanned by the sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before a downlink transmission(s) is random Type 2 CAP -Type 2A, 2B, 2C CAP without random back-off - time duration spanned by sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before a downlink transmission(s) is deterministic UL or SL
- Type 1 CAP CAP with random back-off - time duration spanned by the sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before an uplink or sidelink transmission(s) is random Type 2 CAP -Type 2A, 2B, 2C CAP without random back-off - time duration spanned by sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before an uplink or sidelink transmission(s) is deterministic
- Type 1 also called Cat-4 LBT
- the contention window may change.
- type 2 can be performed in case of COT sharing within COT acquired by gNB or UE.
- LBT-SB (SubBand) (or RB set)
- one cell (or carrier (e.g., CC)) or BWP set for the terminal may be configured as a wideband with a larger BW (BandWidth) than existing LTE.
- BW requiring CCA based on independent LBT operation may be limited based on regulations, etc.
- the sub-band (SB) in which individual LBT is performed is defined as LBT-SB
- multiple LBT-SBs may be included in one wideband cell/BWP.
- the RB set constituting the LBT-SB can be set through higher layer (eg, RRC) signaling. Therefore, based on (i) the BW of the cell/BWP and (ii) RB set allocation information, one cell/BWP may include one or more LBT-SBs.
- Figure 12 shows a case where a plurality of LBT-SBs are included in an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 12 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- LBT-SB may be included in the BWP of a cell (or carrier).
- LBT-SB may have a 20MHz band, for example.
- LBT-SB consists of a plurality of consecutive (P)RBs in the frequency domain and may be referred to as a (P)RB set.
- a guard band (GB) may be included between LBT-SBs. Therefore, BWP is ⁇ LBT-SB #0 (RB set #0) + GB #0 + LBT-SB #1 (RB set #1 + GB #1) + ... + LBT-SB #(K-1) It can be configured in the form (RB set (#K-1)) ⁇ .
- the LBT-SB/RB index can be set/defined to start from a low frequency band and increase toward a high frequency band.
- CAPC channel access priority class
- the CAPCs of MAC CEs and radio bearers can be fixed or configurable to operate in FR1:
- BSR Padding buffer status report
- the base station When selecting the CAPC of a DRB, the base station considers the 5QI of all QoS flows multiplexed in the DRB and considers fairness between different traffic types and transmissions.
- Table 6 shows which CAPC should be used for standardized 5QI, that is, the CAPC to use for a given QoS flow.
- CAPC is defined as shown in the table below, and for non-standardized 5QI, the CAPC that best matches QoS characteristics should be used.
- CAPC 5QI One 1, 3, 5, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85 2 2, 7, 71 3 4, 6, 8, 9, 72, 73, 74, 76 4 - NOTE: A lower CAPC value means higher priority.
- a method of transmitting a downlink signal through an unlicensed band will be described.
- a downlink signal transmission method through an unlicensed band can be applied to a sidelink signal transmission method through an unlicensed band.
- the base station may perform one of the following channel access procedures (CAP) for downlink signal transmission in the unlicensed band.
- CAP channel access procedures
- Type 1 DL CAP the length of the time interval spanned by the sensing slot that is sensed as idle before transmission(s) is random.
- Type 1 DL CAP can be applied to the following transmissions.
- Figure 13 shows a CAP operation for downlink signal transmission through an unlicensed band of a base station, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 13 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the base station first senses whether the channel is in an idle state during the sensing slot period of the delay period (defer duration) T d , and then, when the counter N becomes 0, transmission can be performed (S134). At this time, counter N is adjusted by sensing the channel during the additional sensing slot period(s) according to the procedure below:
- N init is a random value evenly distributed between 0 and CW p . Then move to step 4.
- Step 3) (S150) Sensing the channel during the additional sensing slot section. At this time, if the additional sensing slot section is idle (Y), move to step 4. If not (N), move to step 5.
- Step 5 (S160) Sensing the channel until a busy sensing slot is detected within the additional delay section T d or until all sensing slots within the additional delay section T d are detected as idle.
- Step 6) If the channel is sensed as idle (Y) during all sensing slot sections of the additional delay section T d , the process moves to step 4. If not (N), move to step 5.
- Table 7 shows m p , minimum contention window (CW), maximum CW, maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT) and allowed CW size applied to CAP according to channel access priority class. This illustrates that sizes change.
- content window size (CWS), maximum COT value, etc. for each CAPC can be defined.
- T d T f + m p * T sl .
- the delay section T d consists of a section T f (16us) + m p consecutive sensing slot sections T sl (9us).
- T f includes the sensing slot section T sl at the start of the 16us section.
- CW p may be initialized to CW min,p , increased to the next higher allowed value, or left at the existing value, based on HARQ-ACK feedback for the previous DL burst.
- Type 2 DL CAP the length of the time interval spanned by the sensing slot that is sensed as idle before transmission(s) is deterministic.
- Type 2 DL CAP is divided into Type 2A/2B/2C DL CAP.
- Type 2A DL CAP can be applied to the following transmissions.
- T f includes a sensing slot at the start point of the section.
- Type 2B DL CAP is applicable to transmission(s) performed by the base station after a 16us gap from transmission(s) by the terminal within the shared channel occupation time.
- T f includes a sensing slot within the last 9us of the section.
- Type 2C DL CAP is applicable to transmission(s) performed by the base station after a gap of up to 16us from transmission(s) by the terminal within the shared channel occupancy time. In Type 2C DL CAP, the base station does not sense the channel before transmitting.
- a method for transmitting an uplink signal through an unlicensed band will be described.
- a method of transmitting an uplink signal through an unlicensed band can be applied to a method of transmitting a sidelink signal through an unlicensed band.
- the terminal performs type 1 or type 2 CAP for uplink signal transmission in the unlicensed band.
- the terminal can perform CAP (eg, type 1 or type 2) set by the base station for uplink signal transmission.
- the UE may include CAP type indication information in the UL grant (e.g., DCI format 0_0, 0_1) for scheduling PUSCH transmission.
- Type 1 UL CAP the length of the time interval spanned by the sensing slot that is sensed as idle before transmission(s) is random.
- Type 1 UL CAP can be applied to the following transmissions.
- Figure 14 shows a type 1 CAP operation of a terminal for uplink signal transmission, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 14 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the terminal first senses whether the channel is in an idle state during the sensing slot period of the delay period (defer duration) T d , and then, when the counter N becomes 0, transmission can be performed (S234). At this time, counter N is adjusted by sensing the channel during the additional sensing slot period(s) according to the procedure below:
- N init is a random value evenly distributed between 0 and CW p . Then move to step 4.
- Step 3) Sensing the channel during the additional sensing slot section. At this time, if the additional sensing slot section is idle (Y), move to step 4. If not (N), move to step 5.
- Step 5 (S260) Sensing the channel until a busy sensing slot is detected within the additional delay section T d or until all sensing slots within the additional delay section T d are detected as idle.
- Step 6) If the channel is sensed as idle (Y) during all sensing slot sections of the additional delay section T d , the process moves to step 4. If not (N), move to step 5.
- Table 8 illustrates that m p , minimum CW, maximum CW, maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT), and allowed CW sizes applied to CAP vary depending on the channel access priority class. .
- CWS content window size
- maximum COT value etc. for each CAPC can be defined.
- T d T f + m p * T sl .
- the delay section T d consists of a section T f (16us) + m p consecutive sensing slot sections T sl (9us).
- T f includes the sensing slot section T sl at the start of the 16us section.
- Type 2 UL CAP the length of the time interval spanned by the sensing slot that is sensed as idle before transmission(s) is deterministic.
- Type 2 UL CAP is divided into Type 2A/2B/2C UL CAP.
- T short_dl 25us.
- T f includes a sensing slot at the start of the section.
- T f includes a sensing slot within the last 9us of the section.
- type 2C UL CAP the terminal does not sense the channel before transmitting.
- a terminal with uplink data to transmit can select a CAPC mapped to the 5QI of the data, and the terminal can select the parameters of the corresponding CACP (e.g., minimum contention window size (minimum contention window size) NR-U operation can be performed by applying contention window size, maximum contention window size, m p, etc.).
- the terminal may select a random value between the minimum CW and maximum CW mapped to the CAPC and then select a Backoff Counter (BC).
- BC may be a positive integer less than or equal to the random value.
- the terminal that senses the channel decreases BC by 1 when the channel is idle.
- T sl 9 usec
- T f 16 usec
- the terminal can perform data transmission by performing Type 2 LBT (e.g., Type 2A LBT, Type 2B LBT, Type 2C LBT) within the COT.
- Type 2 LBT e.g., Type 2A LBT, Type 2B LBT, Type 2C LBT
- Type 2A (also called Cat-2 LBT (one shot LBT) or one-shot LBT) may be a 25 usec one-shot LBT. In this case, transmission may begin immediately after idle sensing for a gap of at least 25 usec.
- Type 2A can be used to initiate SSB and non-unicast DL information transmission. That is, the terminal can sense the channel for 25 usec within the COT, and if the channel is idle, the terminal can occupy the channel and attempt to transmit data.
- Type 2B may be a 16 usec one-shot LBT.
- transmission may begin immediately after idle sensing for a 16 usec gap. That is, the terminal can sense the channel for 16 usec within the COT, and if the channel is idle, the terminal can occupy the channel and attempt to transmit data.
- LTB may not be performed.
- transmission can start immediately after a gap of up to 16 usec and the channel may not be sensed before the transmission.
- the duration of the transmission may be up to 584 usec.
- the terminal can attempt to transmit after 16 usec without sensing, and the terminal can transmit for a maximum of 584 usec.
- the terminal can perform LBT (Listen Before Talk)-based channel access operations. Before accessing a channel in an unlicensed band, the terminal determines whether the access channel is idle (e.g., the terminal does not occupy the channel, and terminals are able to connect to the channel and transmit data) or busy (e.g., , the channel is occupied and data transmission and reception operations are performed on the channel, and the terminal attempting to access the channel must check whether data transmission is not possible while the channel is busy. In other words, the operation of the terminal to check whether the channel is idle or busy can be called CCA (Clear Channel Assessment), and the terminal checks whether the channel is idle or busy during the CCA duration. ) You can check Hanji.
- CCA Common Channel Assessment
- the terminal may perform SL transmission and/or reception operations in the unlicensed band.
- operation in the unlicensed band may be preceded by a channel sensing operation (e.g., energy detection/measurement) for the channel to be used before the terminal transmits, depending on the regulations or requirements for each band, and the results of the channel sensing
- a channel sensing operation e.g., energy detection/measurement
- the terminal can perform transmission for the unlicensed band, and channel sensing If the channel or RB set to be used is determined to be BUSY according to the results of (e.g., if the measured energy is above or above a certain threshold), the terminal may transmit all or part of the transmission for the unlicensed band. You can cancel.
- the channel sensing operation may be omitted or simplified (channel sensing section is relatively small) within a certain period of time after transmission for a specific time section of the terminal, while on the other hand, after a certain time has elapsed after transmission Whether or not to transmit may be determined after performing a general channel sensing operation.
- the time section and/or frequency occupancy area and/or power spectral density (PSD) of the signal/channel transmitted by the terminal are each constant. It may be above the level.
- COT channel occupancy time
- the base station can share the COT section it has secured through channel sensing in the form of DCI transmission, and the terminal can use a specific (indicated) channel sensing type and/or CP extension according to the DCI information received from the base station. Can be performed within the COT section. Meanwhile, the terminal can share the COT section it has secured through channel sensing back to the base station that is the recipient of the terminal's UL transmission, and related information can be provided through UL through CG-UCI. In the above situation, the base station can perform simplified channel sensing within the COT section shared from the terminal.
- SL communication there are situations where the terminal receives instructions from the base station about resources to be used for SL transmission through DCI or RRC signaling, such as Mode 1 RA operation, and there are situations where sensing operations are performed between terminals without the help of the base station, such as Mode 2 RA operation. There is an operation to perform SL transmission and reception through.
- the problem that the time until the next reserved resource or retransmission may be long may be alleviated and/or the channel between transmissions may be extended.
- transmission through continuous slots or resources was supported.
- the continuous transmission may be for the same TB or data, or may be for different TBs or data.
- the time interval between reserved resources during SL transmission is HARQ RTT (round trip time, PSCCH/PSSCH RX processing time and/or PSFCH TX/RX processing time and/or PSCCH/PSSCH TX It can be limited to be greater than or equal to (determined by a combination of processing times).
- the SL transmission resource may be repeated N times for consecutive slots.
- the frequency side resources of SL transmission resources may remain the same during the N repetitions.
- the RB set (group) of the frequency side resources of the SL transmission resource is maintained, but the RB or interlace within the RB set may be different.
- the frequency-side resource change may include the SL priority value and/or the repetition N value and/or priority class and/or slot index and/or source ID and/or destination ( destination) ID and/or the CRC value of the PSCCH, etc.
- the frequency-side resource change may be indicated differently through SCI transmitted in each slot.
- the terminal may indicate continuous resources through multiple TRIV and/or multiple FRIV fields through SCI.
- TRIV may indicate the start slot of consecutive SL burst resources for a single or multiple reserved resources
- the first FRIV may indicate the frequency resource of the first SL burst
- the second FRIV may indicate the frequency resources of the second SL burst.
- the TRIV may indicate the location of a single or multiple reserved burst resource (start and/or end) slots, including slots in which the PSCCH and/or PSSCH including the TRIV were transmitted.
- reference slots for a plurality of reserved resource slot positions indicated in the TRIV may all be the same.
- the same reference slot may be a slot in which PSCCH and/or PSSCH including TRIV are transmitted.
- reference slots for a plurality of reserved resource slot positions indicated in the TRIV may be different for each reserved resource.
- the reference slot for the first reserved resource slot indication may be the slot in which the PSCCH and/or PSSCH including TRIV are transmitted and/or the end point of the SL burst for the PSCCH and/or PSSCH including TRIV.
- the reference slot for the second reserved resource slot indication may be the end point of the SL burst for PSCCH and/or PSSCH including TRIV and/or the start or end point of the first reserved burst resource.
- the number of slots constituting an SL burst may be the same for both reserved resources indicated by TRIV and PSCCH/PSSCH indicated by TRIV.
- the number of slots constituting the SL burst may be (pre)set and/or indicated as PSCCH and/or PSSCH.
- the number of slots constituting an SL burst may be different for reserved resources indicated by TRIV and PSCCH/PSSCH indicated by TRIV.
- the number of slots constituting the SL burst may be set separately (in advance) for each reserved resource and/or for PSCCH/PSSCH indicating TRIV, and/or may be indicated through SCI.
- the SL burst consists of consecutive slots, and the starting subchannel index indicated by FRIV starts to be applied from the first slot of the SL burst and will be applied sequentially to the next slot. You can.
- TRIV may indicate the starting slot of consecutive SL burst resources for a single or multiple reserved resources, and/or the first starting subchannel index of the first FRIV and the second FRIV may indicate the starting slot of the first SL burst. Indicates the frequency resources of and the second start subchannel index of the first FRIV and the second FRIV may indicate the frequency resources of the second SL burst.
- reference slots for the plurality of TRIVs may all be the same.
- the reference slot for the plurality of TRIVs may be a slot in which PSCCH and/or PSSCH including TRIV are transmitted.
- reference slots for the plurality of TRIVs may be different for each TRIV group or TRIV.
- the reference slot of the first TRIV may be a slot in which PSCCH and/or PSSCH including TRIV are transmitted.
- the reference slot of the second TRIV may be the end point of the last SL resource and/or SL burst resource indicated by the first TRIV.
- the reference slot of the second TRIV may be the last SL resource and/or the end of the SL burst resource that the first TRIV can indicate.
- the reference slot of the second TRIV may be indicated separately through PSCCH and/or PSSCH.
- the number of slots constituting an SL burst may be the same for multiple TRIVs.
- the number of slots constituting the SL burst may be (pre)set and/or indicated by SCI.
- the number of slots constituting an SL burst may be different for multiple TRIVs.
- the number of slots constituting the SL burst may be (pre)set for each TRIV and/or indicated by SCI.
- the start subchannel and/or the number of subchannels indicated by the 1st FRIV are applied for the start slot of the SL burst, and the start subchannel and/or number of subchannels indicated by the 1st FRIV are applied for the immediately next slot.
- the number of subchannels can be applied.
- the N value may be set (in advance) for each resource pool and/or for each SL priority value and/or for each priority class and/or for each SL HARQ-ACK feedback activation.
- the N value may be a value indicated through the first SCI and/or the second SCI.
- the N value may be indicated and/or set and applied differently/independently for each reserved resource indicated through SCI.
- the N value can be commonly applied to all reserved resources indicated through SCI.
- all of the reserved resources may be limited to the same TB.
- all of the above reserved resources may be for different TBs, and the HARQ process number and/or NDI and/or RV and/or source ID and/or DESTINATION ID for each TB or TB group through the second SCI. /or whether SL HARQ-ACK is activated and/or SL HARQ-ACK feedback option and/or cast type and/or SL priority may be indicated.
- all of the reserved resources may be for different TBs, and the HARQ process number and/or NDI and/or RV and/or source ID and/or for each TB or TB group through the second SCI of each slot.
- DESTINATION ID and/or whether SL HARQ-ACK is activated and/or SL HARQ-ACK feedback option and/or cast type and/or SL priority may be indicated.
- the value of N is determined depending on the implementation of the terminal, but when the terminal indicates through SCI, it may indicate how many PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources will exist after the currently transmitted slot.
- the value of N is determined depending on the implementation of the terminal, but when the terminal indicates through SCI, it may indicate whether PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources exist in the next consecutive slot from the currently transmitted slot.
- FIG. 15 shows an example of burst resources selected in an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 15 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- first to fifth resources appear.
- the first to fifth resources may be burst resources selected according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. That is, the first to fifth resources may be selected such that the inter-resource interval is smaller than the minimum interval associated with the burst resource.
- the first to fifth resources may be selected from consecutive slots. Although the first to fifth resources are selected in consecutive slots, their positions within each slot may be different.
- channel sensing equal to the channel sensing interval must be performed until the start of each of the first to fifth resources. For example, transmission on that resource can be performed only when the result of channel sensing related to each resource is idle.
- the transmission resource may perform resource reselection for resources (third to fifth resources) including the third resource after channel sensing with a busy result.
- resource reselection can be performed on all of the third to fifth resources.
- the inter-resource interval between the third to fifth resources after the resource reselection may be selected to be smaller than the minimum interval associated with the burst resource.
- the terminal that has received the SCI is a candidate that overlaps (based on the RSRP measurement value) for all or part of the reservation resource group derived according to the number of repetitions for the reservation resource and/or reservation resource indicated in the SCI.
- Resources can be excluded from the set of available candidate resources. For example, when selecting an available resource of a terminal, if the amount of available resource candidates before and/or after boosting for the RSRP threshold is insufficient (e.g., the number of available resource candidates or the ratio within the resource selection window is ( Repeating resources or resources overlapping with repeating resources (if less than or equal to a previously set threshold) may be included in the available resource candidates again.
- the process by which a transmitting terminal acquires PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources for consecutive slots may be when all consecutive resources belong to the set of available resources in a resource (re)selection process based on RSRP measurement values. .
- the process in which a transmitting terminal acquires PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources for consecutive slots is that part of the consecutive resources (e.g., the first resource of each burst resource) is a resource (resource) based on the RSRP measurement value. ) It may be the case that it belongs to the set of available resources during the selection process.
- the process of the transmitting terminal acquiring PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources for different TBs for consecutive slots is to obtain another resource based on the mutually selected resources when performing the resource (re)selection process for each TB. It may be in the form of a (re)selection process being performed, or when performing a (re)selection process of multiple resources, the final selection resource set is allocated to consecutive slots and/or the same RB set set when determining the selection resource. can do.
- TRIV and/or FRIV indicate up to two resources, but the spirit of the present disclosure can be extended and applied to cases where more resources are indicated.
- the UE may perform transmission only on the first PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resource after the channel sensing result for consecutive PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources becomes idle.
- the UE uses PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources located so that the time difference between previous PSCCH/PSSCH transmissions for the same TB is greater or less than the HARQ RTT after the channel sensing result becomes idle for consecutive PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources. Transmission can only be performed in .
- the UE may perform transmission from the first PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resource after the channel sensing result becomes idle for consecutive PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources to the end of the subsequent consecutive transmission resources.
- the UE determines that the time difference between previous PSCCH/PSSCH transmissions for the same TB is HARQ RTT and/or reference channel sensing interval length and/or Transmission can be performed from the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resource located to be larger or smaller than the above sum to the end of the consecutive transmission resources thereafter.
- the time difference between PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources is HARQ RTT and/or reference channel sensing interval length and/or the maximum value of the above value and/or the above PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources may be determined preferentially among resources that are greater than or equal to the sum of values.
- the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources may be determined so that cases where the RB set sets are the same or partially overlap among the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources are given priority.
- the reference channel sensing interval length may vary depending on the priority class and/or SL priority value for SL transmission.
- the reference channel sensing section length may be set (in advance) for each priority class and/or SL priority value.
- the reference channel sensing interval length is based on the maximum value and/or minimum value and/or average value of the contention window size according to the priority class and/or SL priority value for SL transmission. It may be a value derived from .
- the reference channel sensing section may be derived by concatenating the number of defer durations according to the size value of a specific contention window.
- Figure 16 shows an example of resources for SL communication in an unlicensed band, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 16 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- first resources and second resources appear.
- the first resource and the second resource may be resources on an unlicensed band.
- the result of channel sensing related to each resource may be idle.
- the interval between resources may be longer than the channel sensing period. For example, this may be to ensure that transmission performed based on the preceding resource among the two resources does not affect the results of channel sensing related to the succeeding resource among the two resources.
- the time difference between the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resource and the corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback resource and/or PSFCH resource is the PSSCH-to-PSFCH timing value and / or the reference channel sensing interval length and / or the maximum value of the above values ⁇ u200b ⁇ u200band/or the position of the sum of the above values when the terminal receives HARQ-ACK feedback and / or PSFCH resources in the fastest HARQ-ACK feedback resource and / or PSFCH resource It may be determined that reception is expected (or possible).
- the HARQ-ACK feedback resource and/or PSFCH resource for the PSCCH/PSSCH may be limited to a subset (including the same one) of the RB set corresponding to the PSCCH/PSSCH resource. You can.
- the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resource is the time between the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission resources (for retransmission) after the HARQ-ACK feedback resource and/or the PSFCH resource.
- Priority among resources whose difference is greater than or equal to the HARQ-ACK feedback or PSFCH detection time and processing time for PSCCH/PSSCH preparation and/or reference channel sensing interval length and/or the maximum value of the above values and/or the sum of the above values can be decided.
- the terminal may omit PSCCH/PSSCH transmission in the next reserved resource.
- the operation may be limited to a case where the terminal must perform type 1 channel access (random back-off-based channel sensing) for the PSCCH/PSSCH transmission. For example, after the terminal performs PSCCH/PSSCH transmission, if the difference between the time point and the time point of the next reserved resource is smaller than the reference channel sensing section length, the terminal reduces the actual channel sensing section length to the next time according to the channel sensing result. It is possible to determine whether to transmit PSCCH/PSSCH in reserved resources. For example, the actual channel sensing period may be determined between the end of PSCCH/PSSCH transmission performed by the terminal and the start of the next reserved resource or within the above.
- type 1 channel access random back-off-based channel sensing
- the terminal may perform resource reselection for the next reserved resource.
- the terminal may perform resource reselection for the next reserved resource.
- the terminal transmits on the next reserved resource (due to COT sharing, etc.). Simplified channel sensing can be performed and PSCCH/PSSCH transmission can be performed.
- the PSCCH/PSSCH receiving terminal may transmit HARQ- ACK feedback and/or PSFCH transmission can be omitted.
- the operation may be limited to being performed when the UE must perform type 1 channel access (RANDOM BACK-OFF-based channel sensing) for the HARQ-ACK feedback and/or PSFCH transmission.
- the PSCCH/PSSCH receiving terminal transmits the actual channel By reducing the length of the sensing section, it is possible to decide whether to transmit HARQ-ACK feedback and/or PSFCH according to the channel sensing results.
- a limit on the time difference between transmission resources may be applied based on the difference between the start slots of each SL burst, or It may be applied based on the difference between the end of the last slot of the previous SL burst and the start of the first slot of the next SL burst.
- m_p may be a different predefined value depending on the priority class.
- the terminal when performing type 1 channel access (random back-off-based channel sensing) for reserved resources, the terminal may use a parameter N value for the size of the contention window and/or the number of dipper sections and/or
- the reference channel sensing interval length (e.g., the sensing interval length used to determine the distance between PSCCH/PSSCH resources when selecting resources) may be indicated through the first SCI and/or second SCI indicating the reserved resource. there is.
- the terminal when a repetitive resource considering the channel sensing process is determined to be an excluded resource through a re-evaluation and/or pre-emption operation, the terminal reselects the repetitive resource. can be omitted. For example, in the above case, the actual size of the SL burst for repetitive resources may be reduced. For example, if repetitive resources considering the channel sensing process are determined to be excluded resources through reevaluation and/or preemption operations, the terminal may reselect all resources of the SL burst.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied differently in the form of the above combination depending on transmission within or outside of COT (Channel Occupancy Time). Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied differently in the form of the above combination depending on the form of the COT (for example, whether it is a semi-static form or a form that varies with time). Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied differently in the form of the above combination depending on the carrier, the presence or absence of a guard between RB sets, or according to regulations.
- the processor 202 of the receiving terminal can set at least one BWP. Additionally, the processor 202 of the receiving terminal may control the transceiver 206 of the receiving terminal to receive an SL-related physical channel and/or SL-related reference signal from the transmitting terminal on at least one BWP.
- the SL communication operation in the unlicensed band was not defined, making it impossible to select resources to perform SL communication.
- Figure 17 shows a procedure in which a first device performs wireless communication, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 17 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the first device may determine the length of the channel sensing section.
- the first device may select at least one resource on the unlicensed band. For example, the time interval between the at least one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing section.
- the first device may perform first channel sensing from a point in time prior to the start point of the first resource among the at least one resource by the channel sensing interval until the start point of the first resource.
- the first device may perform sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- the at least one resource may be selected based on sensing.
- the sensing may include: decoding sidelink control information (SCI) received from a resource targeted for sensing; And based on the decoded SCI, it may include removing a resource expected to conflict from candidate resources.
- SCI sidelink control information
- the first channel sensing may include measuring received power in the channel sensing section.
- the first channel sensing may include a type 1 listen before talk (LBT) operation.
- LBT listen before talk
- the first channel sensing may include type 2 LBT operation.
- the at least one resource may be a burst resource.
- the at least one resource may be continuous on a slot basis.
- the first device may reselect resources after the second resource among the at least one resource as at least one reselection resource.
- all resources after the second resource are reselected, and the at least one reselected resource may be consecutive on a slot basis.
- the first device may perform second channel sensing from a point in time prior to the start point of the second resource by the channel sensing interval until the start point of the second resource.
- the reselection may be performed based on the result of the second channel sensing being BUSY.
- the length of the channel sensing interval may be determined based on the priority class related to SL data transmitted through the SL transmission.
- the length of the channel sensing interval may be determined based on a priority value related to SL data transmitted through the SL transmission.
- the processor 102 of the first device 100 may determine the length of the channel sensing section. Additionally, the processor 102 of the first device 100 may select at least one resource in the unlicensed band. For example, the time interval between the at least one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing section. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 performs first channel sensing from a time point as much as the channel sensing interval before the start time of the first resource among the at least one resource until the start time of the first resource. can be performed. And, the processor 102 of the first device 100 uses the transceiver 106 to perform sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE. can be controlled.
- SL sidelink
- a first device that performs wireless communication may be provided.
- the first device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory executable coupled to the at least one processor and recording instructions that cause the first device to perform operations based on execution by the at least one processor. there is.
- the operations include: determining the length of a channel sensing interval; Selecting at least one resource on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing interval; performing first channel sensing from a point in time prior to the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And it may include performing sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- the at least one resource may be selected based on sensing.
- the sensing may include: decoding sidelink control information (SCI) received from a resource targeted for sensing; And based on the decoded SCI, it may include removing a resource expected to conflict from candidate resources.
- SCI sidelink control information
- the first channel sensing may include measuring received power in the channel sensing section.
- the first channel sensing may include a type 1 listen before talk (LBT) operation.
- LBT listen before talk
- the first channel sensing may include type 2 LBT operation.
- the at least one resource may be a burst resource.
- the at least one resource may be continuous on a slot basis.
- the operations may further include: reselecting a resource subsequent to the second resource among the at least one resource as at least one reselection resource.
- all resources after the second resource are reselected, and the at least one reselected resource may be consecutive on a slot basis.
- the operations may further include: performing a second channel sensing from a time point as far before the start time of the second resource as the channel sensing interval until the start time of the second resource. You can.
- the reselection may be performed based on the result of the second channel sensing being BUSY.
- the length of the channel sensing interval may be determined based on the priority class related to SL data transmitted through the SL transmission.
- the length of the channel sensing interval may be determined based on a priority value related to SL data transmitted through the SL transmission.
- a device configured to control a first terminal.
- the device may include at least one processor; and at least one memory executable connectable to the at least one processor and recording instructions that cause the first terminal to perform operations based on execution by the at least one processor. You can.
- the operations include: determining the length of a channel sensing interval; Selecting at least one resource on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing interval; performing first channel sensing from a point in time prior to the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And it may include performing sidelink (SL) transmission using the first resource based on the result of the first channel sensing being IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium recording instructions may be provided.
- the instructions when executed, cause the first device to: determine the length of a channel sensing interval; At least one resource is selected on an unlicensed band, wherein a time interval between the at least one resource is longer than the length of the channel sensing section; perform first channel sensing from a point in time preceding the channel sensing interval from the start point of a first resource among the at least one resource to the start point of the first resource; And based on the fact that the result of the first channel sensing is IDLE, sidelink (SL) transmission can be performed using the first resource.
- IDLE sidelink
- Figure 18 shows a procedure in which a second device performs wireless communication, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 18 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the second device may perform sidelink (SL) reception based on the first resource on the unlicensed band.
- SL data received through the SL reception is transmitted based on the result of channel sensing being IDLE, and the channel sensing is performed at the start point of the first resource among at least one resource on the unlicensed band. It is performed from a point in time previous to the channel sensing interval to the start point of the first resource, and the time interval between the at least one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing interval.
- the at least one resource may be continuous on a slot basis.
- the processor 202 of the second device 200 may control the transceiver 206 to perform sidelink (SL) reception based on the first resource on the unlicensed band.
- SL data received through the SL reception is transmitted based on the result of channel sensing being IDLE, and the channel sensing is performed at the start point of the first resource among at least one resource on the unlicensed band. It is performed from a point in time previous to the channel sensing interval to the start point of the first resource, and the time interval between the at least one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing interval.
- a second device that performs wireless communication may be provided.
- the second device may include at least one transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory executable coupled to the at least one processor and recording instructions that cause the second device to perform operations based on execution by the at least one processor.
- the operations include: performing sidelink (SL) reception based on a first resource on an unlicensed band, wherein the SL data received through the SL reception has a channel sensing result of IDLE.
- SL sidelink
- the channel sensing is performed from a time point as much as the previous channel sensing interval from the start time of the first resource among at least one resource on the unlicensed band to the start time of the first resource, and the at least The time interval between one resource may be longer than the length of the channel sensing section.
- the at least one resource may be continuous on a slot basis.
- FIG. 19 shows a communication system 1, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 19 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- a communication system 1 to which various embodiments of the present disclosure are applied includes a wireless device, a base station, and a network.
- a wireless device refers to a device that performs communication using wireless access technology (e.g., 5G NR (New RAT), LTE (Long Term Evolution)) and may be referred to as a communication/wireless/5G device.
- wireless devices include robots (100a), vehicles (100b-1, 100b-2), XR (eXtended Reality) devices (100c), hand-held devices (100d), and home appliances (100e). ), IoT (Internet of Thing) device (100f), and AI device/server (400).
- vehicles may include vehicles equipped with wireless communication functions, autonomous vehicles, vehicles capable of inter-vehicle communication, etc.
- the vehicle may include an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (eg, a drone).
- UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- XR devices include AR (Augmented Reality)/VR (Virtual Reality)/MR (Mixed Reality) devices, HMD (Head-Mounted Device), HUD (Head-Up Display) installed in vehicles, televisions, smartphones, It can be implemented in the form of computers, wearable devices, home appliances, digital signage, vehicles, robots, etc.
- Portable devices may include smartphones, smart pads, wearable devices (e.g., smartwatches, smart glasses), and computers (e.g., laptops, etc.).
- Home appliances may include TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.
- IoT devices may include sensors, smart meters, etc.
- a base station and network may also be implemented as wireless devices, and a specific wireless device 200a may operate as a base station/network node for other wireless devices.
- the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of this specification may include Narrowband Internet of Things for low-power communication as well as LTE, NR, and 6G.
- NB-IoT technology may be an example of LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) technology and may be implemented in standards such as LTE Cat NB1 and/or LTE Cat NB2, and is limited to the above-mentioned names. no.
- the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present specification may perform communication based on LTE-M technology.
- LTE-M technology may be an example of LPWAN technology, and may be called various names such as enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC).
- eMTC enhanced Machine Type Communication
- LTE-M technologies include 1) LTE CAT 0, 2) LTE Cat M1, 3) LTE Cat M2, 4) LTE non-BL (non-Bandwidth Limited), 5) LTE-MTC, 6) LTE Machine. It can be implemented in at least one of various standards such as Type Communication, and/or 7) LTE M, and is not limited to the above-mentioned names.
- the wireless communication technology implemented in the wireless devices 100a to 100f of the present specification may include at least ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) considering low power communication. It may include any one, and is not limited to the above-mentioned names.
- ZigBee technology can create personal area networks (PAN) related to small/low-power digital communications based on various standards such as IEEE 802.15.4, and can be called by various names.
- PAN personal area networks
- Wireless devices 100a to 100f may be connected to the network 300 through the base station 200.
- AI Artificial Intelligence
- the network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, 4G (eg, LTE) network, or 5G (eg, NR) network.
- Wireless devices 100a to 100f may communicate with each other through the base station 200/network 300, but may also communicate directly (e.g. sidelink communication) without going through the base station/network.
- vehicles 100b-1 and 100b-2 may communicate directly (e.g.
- V2V Vehicle to Vehicle
- V2X Vehicle to everything
- an IoT device eg, sensor
- another IoT device eg, sensor
- another wireless device 100a to 100f
- Wireless communication/connection may be established between the wireless devices (100a to 100f)/base station (200) and the base station (200)/base station (200).
- wireless communication/connection includes various wireless connections such as uplink/downlink communication (150a), sidelink communication (150b) (or D2D communication), and inter-base station communication (150c) (e.g. relay, IAB (Integrated Access Backhaul)).
- uplink/downlink communication 150a
- sidelink communication 150b
- inter-base station communication 150c
- This can be achieved through technology (e.g., 5G NR).
- a wireless device and a base station/wireless device, and a base station and a base station can transmit/receive wireless signals to each other.
- wireless communication/connection (150a, 150b, 150c) can transmit/receive signals through various physical channels.
- various signal processing processes e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, resource mapping/demapping, etc.
- resource allocation processes etc.
- Figure 20 shows a wireless device, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 20 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the first wireless device 100 and the second wireless device 200 can transmit and receive wireless signals through various wireless access technologies (eg, LTE, NR).
- ⁇ first wireless device 100, second wireless device 200 ⁇ refers to ⁇ wireless device 100x, base station 200 ⁇ of FIG. 19 and/or ⁇ wireless device 100x, wireless device 100x) ⁇ can be responded to.
- the first wireless device 100 includes one or more processors 102 and one or more memories 104, and may further include one or more transceivers 106 and/or one or more antennas 108.
- Processor 102 controls memory 104 and/or transceiver 106 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein.
- the processor 102 may process information in the memory 104 to generate first information/signal and then transmit a wireless signal including the first information/signal through the transceiver 106.
- the processor 102 may receive a wireless signal including the second information/signal through the transceiver 106 and then store information obtained from signal processing of the second information/signal in the memory 104.
- the memory 104 may be connected to the processor 102 and may store various information related to the operation of the processor 102. For example, memory 104 may perform some or all of the processes controlled by processor 102 or instructions for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. Software code containing them can be stored.
- the processor 102 and memory 104 may be part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement wireless communication technology (eg, LTE, NR).
- Transceiver 106 may be coupled to processor 102 and may transmit and/or receive wireless signals via one or more antennas 108. Transceiver 106 may include a transmitter and/or receiver. The transceiver 106 can be used interchangeably with an RF (Radio Frequency) unit.
- a wireless device may mean a communication modem/circuit/chip.
- the second wireless device 200 includes one or more processors 202, one or more memories 204, and may further include one or more transceivers 206 and/or one or more antennas 208.
- Processor 202 controls memory 204 and/or transceiver 206 and may be configured to implement the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein.
- the processor 202 may process the information in the memory 204 to generate third information/signal and then transmit a wireless signal including the third information/signal through the transceiver 206.
- the processor 202 may receive a wireless signal including the fourth information/signal through the transceiver 206 and then store information obtained from signal processing of the fourth information/signal in the memory 204.
- the memory 204 may be connected to the processor 202 and may store various information related to the operation of the processor 202. For example, memory 204 may perform some or all of the processes controlled by processor 202 or instructions for performing the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein. Software code containing them can be stored.
- the processor 202 and memory 204 may be part of a communication modem/circuit/chip designed to implement wireless communication technology (eg, LTE, NR).
- Transceiver 206 may be coupled to processor 202 and may transmit and/or receive wireless signals via one or more antennas 208. Transceiver 206 may include a transmitter and/or receiver. Transceiver 206 may be used interchangeably with an RF unit.
- a wireless device may mean a communication modem/circuit/chip.
- one or more protocol layers may be implemented by one or more processors 102, 202.
- one or more processors 102, 202 may implement one or more layers (e.g., functional layers such as PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, SDAP).
- One or more processors 102, 202 may generate one or more Protocol Data Units (PDUs) and/or one or more Service Data Units (SDUs) according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flow charts disclosed herein. can be created.
- PDUs Protocol Data Units
- SDUs Service Data Units
- One or more processors 102, 202 may generate messages, control information, data or information according to the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein.
- One or more processors 102, 202 generate signals (e.g., baseband signals) containing PDUs, SDUs, messages, control information, data or information according to the functions, procedures, proposals and/or methods disclosed herein. , can be provided to one or more transceivers (106, 206).
- One or more processors 102, 202 may receive signals (e.g., baseband signals) from one or more transceivers 106, 206, and the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein.
- PDU, SDU, message, control information, data or information can be obtained.
- One or more processors 102, 202 may be referred to as a controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or microcomputer.
- One or more processors 102, 202 may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.
- ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- DSPs Digital Signal Processors
- DSPDs Digital Signal Processing Devices
- PLDs Programmable Logic Devices
- FPGAs Field Programmable Gate Arrays
- the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software, and the firmware or software may be implemented to include modules, procedures, functions, etc.
- Firmware or software configured to perform the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be included in one or more processors (102, 202) or stored in one or more memories (104, 204). It may be driven by the above processors 102 and 202.
- the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed in this document may be implemented using firmware or software in the form of codes, instructions and/or sets of instructions.
- One or more memories 104, 204 may be connected to one or more processors 102, 202 and may store various types of data, signals, messages, information, programs, codes, instructions, and/or instructions.
- One or more memories 104, 204 may consist of ROM, RAM, EPROM, flash memory, hard drives, registers, cache memory, computer readable storage media, and/or combinations thereof.
- One or more memories 104, 204 may be located internal to and/or external to one or more processors 102, 202. Additionally, one or more memories 104, 204 may be connected to one or more processors 102, 202 through various technologies, such as wired or wireless connections.
- One or more transceivers 106, 206 may transmit user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc. mentioned in the methods and/or operation flowcharts of this document to one or more other devices.
- One or more transceivers 106, 206 may receive user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc. referred to in the descriptions, functions, procedures, suggestions, methods and/or operational flowcharts disclosed herein, etc. from one or more other devices. there is.
- one or more transceivers 106 and 206 may be connected to one or more processors 102 and 202 and may transmit and receive wireless signals.
- one or more processors 102, 202 may control one or more transceivers 106, 206 to transmit user data, control information, or wireless signals to one or more other devices. Additionally, one or more processors 102, 202 may control one or more transceivers 106, 206 to receive user data, control information, or wireless signals from one or more other devices. In addition, one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be connected to one or more antennas (108, 208), and one or more transceivers (106, 206) may be connected to the description and functions disclosed in this document through one or more antennas (108, 208). , may be set to transmit and receive user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc.
- one or more antennas may be multiple physical antennas or multiple logical antennas (eg, antenna ports).
- One or more transceivers (106, 206) process the received user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc. using one or more processors (102, 202), and convert the received wireless signals/channels, etc. from the RF band signal. It can be converted to a baseband signal.
- One or more transceivers (106, 206) may convert user data, control information, wireless signals/channels, etc. processed using one or more processors (102, 202) from baseband signals to RF band signals.
- one or more transceivers 106, 206 may comprise (analog) oscillators and/or filters.
- Figure 21 shows a signal processing circuit for a transmission signal, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the embodiment of FIG. 21 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the signal processing circuit 1000 may include a scrambler 1010, a modulator 1020, a layer mapper 1030, a precoder 1040, a resource mapper 1050, and a signal generator 1060.
- the operations/functions of Figure 21 may be performed in the processors 102, 202 and/or transceivers 106, 206 of Figure 20.
- the hardware elements of FIG. 21 may be implemented in the processors 102, 202 and/or transceivers 106, 206 of FIG. 20.
- blocks 1010 to 1060 may be implemented in processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 20.
- blocks 1010 to 1050 may be implemented in the processors 102 and 202 of FIG. 20, and block 1060 may be implemented in the transceivers 106 and 206 of FIG. 20.
- the codeword can be converted into a wireless signal through the signal processing circuit 1000 of FIG. 21.
- a codeword is an encoded bit sequence of an information block.
- the information block may include a transport block (eg, UL-SCH transport block, DL-SCH transport block).
- Wireless signals may be transmitted through various physical channels (eg, PUSCH, PDSCH).
- the codeword may be converted into a scrambled bit sequence by the scrambler 1010.
- the scramble sequence used for scrambling is generated based on an initialization value, and the initialization value may include ID information of the wireless device.
- the scrambled bit sequence may be modulated into a modulation symbol sequence by the modulator 1020.
- Modulation methods may include pi/2-BPSK (pi/2-Binary Phase Shift Keying), m-PSK (m-Phase Shift Keying), m-QAM (m-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), etc.
- the complex modulation symbol sequence may be mapped to one or more transport layers by the layer mapper 1030.
- the modulation symbols of each transport layer may be mapped to the corresponding antenna port(s) by the precoder 1040 (precoding).
- the output z of the precoder 1040 can be obtained by multiplying the output y of the layer mapper 1030 with the precoding matrix W of N*M.
- N is the number of antenna ports and M is the number of transport layers.
- the precoder 1040 may perform precoding after performing transform precoding (eg, DFT transformation) on complex modulation symbols. Additionally, the precoder 1040 may perform precoding without performing transform precoding.
- the resource mapper 1050 can map the modulation symbols of each antenna port to time-frequency resources.
- a time-frequency resource may include a plurality of symbols (eg, CP-OFDMA symbol, DFT-s-OFDMA symbol) in the time domain and a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain.
- the signal generator 1060 generates a wireless signal from the mapped modulation symbols, and the generated wireless signal can be transmitted to another device through each antenna.
- the signal generator 1060 may include an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) module, a Cyclic Prefix (CP) inserter, a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a frequency uplink converter, etc. .
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- CP Cyclic Prefix
- DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter
- the signal processing process for the received signal in the wireless device may be configured as the reverse of the signal processing process (1010 to 1060) of FIG. 21.
- a wireless device eg, 100 and 200 in FIG. 20
- the received wireless signal can be converted into a baseband signal through a signal restorer.
- the signal restorer may include a frequency downlink converter, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a CP remover, and a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module.
- ADC analog-to-digital converter
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- the baseband signal can be restored to a codeword through a resource de-mapper process, postcoding process, demodulation process, and de-scramble process.
- a signal processing circuit for a received signal may include a signal restorer, resource de-mapper, postcoder, demodulator, de-scrambler, and decoder.
- FIG. 22 shows a wireless device, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Wireless devices can be implemented in various forms depending on usage-examples/services (see FIG. 19).
- the embodiment of FIG. 22 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the wireless devices 100 and 200 correspond to the wireless devices 100 and 200 of FIG. 20 and include various elements, components, units/units, and/or modules. ) can be composed of.
- the wireless devices 100 and 200 may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, and an additional element 140.
- the communication unit may include communication circuitry 112 and transceiver(s) 114.
- communication circuitry 112 may include one or more processors 102, 202 and/or one or more memories 104, 204 of FIG. 20.
- transceiver(s) 114 may include one or more transceivers 106, 206 and/or one or more antennas 108, 208 of FIG. 20.
- the control unit 120 is electrically connected to the communication unit 110, the memory unit 130, and the additional element 140 and controls overall operations of the wireless device. For example, the control unit 120 may control the electrical/mechanical operation of the wireless device based on the program/code/command/information stored in the memory unit 130. In addition, the control unit 120 transmits the information stored in the memory unit 130 to the outside (e.g., another communication device) through the communication unit 110 through a wireless/wired interface, or to the outside (e.g., to another communication device) through the communication unit 110. Information received through a wireless/wired interface from another communication device may be stored in the memory unit 130.
- the outside e.g., another communication device
- Information received through a wireless/wired interface from another communication device may be stored in the memory unit 130.
- the additional element 140 may be configured in various ways depending on the type of wireless device.
- the additional element 140 may include at least one of a power unit/battery, an input/output unit (I/O unit), a driving unit, and a computing unit.
- wireless devices include robots (FIG. 19, 100a), vehicles (FIG. 19, 100b-1, 100b-2), XR devices (FIG. 19, 100c), portable devices (FIG. 19, 100d), and home appliances. (FIG. 19, 100e), IoT device (FIG.
- digital broadcasting terminal digital broadcasting terminal
- hologram device public safety device
- MTC device medical device
- fintech device or financial device
- security device climate/environment device
- It can be implemented in the form of an AI server/device (FIG. 19, 400), base station (FIG. 19, 200), network node, etc.
- Wireless devices can be mobile or used in fixed locations depending on the usage/service.
- various elements, components, units/parts, and/or modules within the wireless devices 100 and 200 may be entirely interconnected through a wired interface, or at least a portion may be wirelessly connected through the communication unit 110.
- the control unit 120 and the communication unit 110 are connected by wire, and the control unit 120 and the first unit (e.g., 130 and 140) are connected through the communication unit 110.
- the control unit 120 and the first unit e.g., 130 and 140
- each element, component, unit/part, and/or module within the wireless devices 100 and 200 may further include one or more elements.
- the control unit 120 may be comprised of one or more processor sets.
- control unit 120 may be comprised of a communication control processor, an application processor, an electronic control unit (ECU), a graphics processing processor, and a memory control processor.
- memory unit 130 includes random access memory (RAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), read only memory (ROM), flash memory, volatile memory, and non-volatile memory. volatile memory) and/or a combination thereof.
- Portable devices may include smartphones, smartpads, wearable devices (e.g., smartwatches, smartglasses), and portable computers (e.g., laptops, etc.).
- a mobile device may be referred to as a Mobile Station (MS), user terminal (UT), Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS), Subscriber Station (SS), Advanced Mobile Station (AMS), or Wireless terminal (WT).
- MS Mobile Station
- UT user terminal
- MSS Mobile Subscriber Station
- SS Subscriber Station
- AMS Advanced Mobile Station
- WT Wireless terminal
- the portable device 100 includes an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a memory unit 130, a power supply unit 140a, an interface unit 140b, and an input/output unit 140c. ) may include.
- the antenna unit 108 may be configured as part of the communication unit 110.
- Blocks 110 to 130/140a to 140c correspond to blocks 110 to 130/140 of FIG. 22, respectively.
- the communication unit 110 can transmit and receive signals (eg, data, control signals, etc.) with other wireless devices and base stations.
- the control unit 120 can control the components of the portable device 100 to perform various operations.
- the control unit 120 may include an application processor (AP).
- the memory unit 130 may store data/parameters/programs/codes/commands necessary for driving the portable device 100. Additionally, the memory unit 130 can store input/output data/information, etc.
- the power supply unit 140a supplies power to the portable device 100 and may include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc.
- the interface unit 140b may support connection between the mobile device 100 and other external devices.
- the interface unit 140b may include various ports (eg, audio input/output ports, video input/output ports) for connection to external devices.
- the input/output unit 140c may input or output video information/signals, audio information/signals, data, and/or information input from the user.
- the input/output unit 140c may include a camera, a microphone, a user input unit, a display unit 140d, a speaker, and/or a haptic module.
- the input/output unit 140c acquires information/signals (e.g., touch, text, voice, image, video) input from the user, and the obtained information/signals are stored in the memory unit 130. It can be saved.
- the communication unit 110 may convert the information/signal stored in the memory into a wireless signal and transmit the converted wireless signal directly to another wireless device or to a base station. Additionally, the communication unit 110 may receive a wireless signal from another wireless device or a base station and then restore the received wireless signal to the original information/signal.
- the restored information/signal may be stored in the memory unit 130 and then output in various forms (eg, text, voice, image, video, haptics) through the input/output unit 140c.
- a vehicle or autonomous vehicle can be implemented as a mobile robot, vehicle, train, manned/unmanned aerial vehicle (AV), ship, etc.
- AV unmanned aerial vehicle
- the embodiment of FIG. 24 may be combined with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 includes an antenna unit 108, a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a drive unit 140a, a power supply unit 140b, a sensor unit 140c, and an autonomous driving unit. It may include a portion 140d.
- the antenna unit 108 may be configured as part of the communication unit 110. Blocks 110/130/140a to 140d respectively correspond to blocks 110/130/140 in FIG. 22.
- the communication unit 110 can transmit and receive signals (e.g., data, control signals, etc.) with external devices such as other vehicles, base stations (e.g. base stations, road side units, etc.), and servers.
- the control unit 120 may control elements of the vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 to perform various operations.
- the control unit 120 may include an Electronic Control Unit (ECU).
- the driving unit 140a can drive the vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 on the ground.
- the driving unit 140a may include an engine, motor, power train, wheels, brakes, steering device, etc.
- the power supply unit 140b supplies power to the vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 and may include a wired/wireless charging circuit, a battery, etc.
- the sensor unit 140c can obtain vehicle status, surrounding environment information, user information, etc.
- the sensor unit 140c includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor, a collision sensor, a wheel sensor, a speed sensor, an inclination sensor, a weight sensor, a heading sensor, a position module, and a vehicle forward sensor. / May include a reverse sensor, battery sensor, fuel sensor, tire sensor, steering sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, ultrasonic sensor, illuminance sensor, pedal position sensor, etc.
- the autonomous driving unit 140d provides technology for maintaining the driving lane, technology for automatically adjusting speed such as adaptive cruise control, technology for automatically driving along a set route, and technology for automatically setting and driving when a destination is set. Technology, etc. can be implemented.
- the communication unit 110 may receive map data, traffic information data, etc. from an external server.
- the autonomous driving unit 140d can create an autonomous driving route and driving plan based on the acquired data.
- the control unit 120 may control the driving unit 140a so that the vehicle or autonomous vehicle 100 moves along the autonomous driving path according to the driving plan (e.g., speed/direction control).
- the communication unit 110 may acquire the latest traffic information data from an external server irregularly/periodically and obtain surrounding traffic information data from surrounding vehicles.
- the sensor unit 140c can obtain vehicle status and surrounding environment information.
- the autonomous driving unit 140d may update the autonomous driving route and driving plan based on newly acquired data/information.
- the communication unit 110 may transmit information about vehicle location, autonomous driving route, driving plan, etc. to an external server.
- An external server can predict traffic information data in advance using AI technology, etc., based on information collected from vehicles or self-driving vehicles, and provide the predicted traffic information data to the vehicles or self-driving vehicles.
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Description
| Per device peak data rate | 1 Tbps |
| E2E latency | 1 ms |
| Maximum spectral efficiency | 100bps/Hz |
| Mobility support | Up to 1000km/hr |
| Satellite integration | Fully |
| AI | Fully |
| Autonomous vehicle | Fully |
| XR | Fully |
| Haptic Communication | Fully |
| CP 타입 | SCS (15*2u) | Nslot symb | Nframe,u slot | Nsubframe,u slot |
| 노멀 CP | 15kHz (u=0) | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| 30kHz (u=1) | 14 | 20 | 2 | |
| 60kHz (u=2) | 14 | 40 | 4 | |
| 120kHz (u=3) | 14 | 80 | 8 | |
| 240kHz (u=4) | 14 | 160 | 16 | |
| 확장 CP | 60kHz (u=2) | 12 | 40 | 4 |
| Frequency Range designation | Corresponding frequency range | Subcarrier Spacing (SCS) |
| FR1 | 450MHz - 6000MHz | 15, 30, 60kHz |
| FR2 | 24250MHz - 52600MHz | 60, 120, 240kHz |
| Frequency Range designation | Corresponding frequency range | Subcarrier Spacing (SCS) |
| FR1 | 410MHz - 7125MHz | 15, 30, 60kHz |
| FR2 | 24250MHz - 52600MHz | 60, 120, 240kHz |
| Type | Explanation | |
| DL | Type 1 CAP | CAP with random back-off - time duration spanned by the sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before a downlink transmission(s) is random |
| Type 2 CAP - Type 2A, 2B, 2C |
CAP without random back-off - time duration spanned by sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before a downlink transmission(s) is deterministic |
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| UL or SL | Type 1 CAP | CAP with random back-off - time duration spanned by the sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before an uplink or sidelink transmission(s) is random |
| Type 2 CAP - Type 2A, 2B, 2C |
CAP without random back-off - time duration spanned by sensing slots that are sensed to be idle before an uplink or sidelink transmission(s) is deterministic |
| CAPC | 5QI |
| 1 | 1, 3, 5, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85 |
| 2 | 2, 7, 71 |
| 3 | 4, 6, 8, 9, 72, 73, 74, 76 |
| 4 | - |
| NOTE: CAPC 값이 낮을수록 우선 순위가 높음을 의미한다 | |
| Channel Access Priority Class (p) | mp | CWmin,p | CWmax,p | Tmcot,p | allowed CWp sizes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 ms | {3,7} |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 3 ms | {7,15} |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 63 | 8 or 10 ms | {15,31,63} |
| 4 | 7 | 15 | 1023 | 8 or 10 ms | {15,31,63,127,255,511,1023} |
| Channel Access Priority Class (p) | mp | CWmin,p | CWmax,p | Tulmcot,p | allowed CWp sizes |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 ms | {3,7} |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 4 ms | {7,15} |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 1023 | 6 or 10 ms | {15,31,63,127,255,511,1023} |
| 4 | 7 | 15 | 1023 | 6 or 10 ms | {15,31,63,127,255,511,1023} |
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- 제 1 장치가 무선 통신을 수행하는 방법에 있어서,채널 센싱 구간의 길이를 결정하는 단계;비면허 대역 상에서 적어도 하나의 자원을 선택하되,상기 적어도 하나의 자원 간 시간 간격은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이보다 긴, 단계;상기 적어도 하나의 자원 중 제 1 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 상기 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점까지 제 1 채널 센싱을 수행하는 단계; 및상기 제 1 채널 센싱의 결과가 아이들(IDLE)인 것을 기반으로 상기 제 1 자원을 사용하여 SL(sidelink) 전송을 수행하는 단계를 포함하는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 적어도 하나의 자원은 센싱을 기반으로 선택되는, 방법.
- 제 2 항에 있어서,상기 센싱은:센싱의 대상 자원에서 수신되는 SCI(sidelink control information)를 디코딩하는 단계; 및상기 디코딩된 SCI를 기반으로, 충돌이 예상되는 자원을 후보 자원에서 제거하는 단계를 포함하는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 제 1 채널 센싱은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 에너지를 측정하는 단계를 포함하는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 제 1 채널 센싱은 타입 1 LBT(listen before talk) 동작을 포함하는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 제 1 채널 센싱은 타입 2 LBT 동작을 포함하는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 적어도 하나의 자원은 버스트 자원인, 방법.
- 제 7 항에 있어서,상기 적어도 하나의 자원은 슬롯 단위로 연속적인, 방법.
- 제 7 항에 있어서,상기 적어도 하나의 자원 중 제 2 자원 이후의 자원을 적어도 하나의 재선택 자원으로 재선택하는 단계를 더 포함하는, 방법.
- 제 9 항에 있어서,상기 제 2 자원 이후의 모든 자원이 재선택되고, 및상기 적어도 하나의 재선택 자원은 슬롯 단위로 연속적인, 방법.
- 제 9 항에 있어서,상기 제 2 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 상기 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 2 자원의 시작 시점까지 제 2 채널 센싱을 수행하는 단계를 더 포함하되,상기 재선택은 상기 제 2 채널 센싱의 결과가 비지(BUSY)인 것을 기반으로 수행되는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이는 상기 SL 전송을 통해 전송되는 SL 데이터와 관련된 우선 순위 클래스를 기반으로 결정되는, 방법.
- 제 1 항에 있어서,상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이는 상기 SL 전송을 통해 전송되는 SL 데이터와 관련된 우선 순위 값을 기반으로 결정되는, 방법.
- 무선 통신을 수행하는 제 1 장치에 있어서,적어도 하나의 송수신기;적어도 하나의 프로세서; 및상기 적어도 하나의 프로세서에 실행 가능하게 연결되고, 및 상기 적어도 하나의 프로세서에 의해 실행되는 것을 기반으로 상기 제 1 장치로 하여금 동작들을 수행하게 하는 명령들을 기록하고 있는 적어도 하나의 메모리를 포함하되, 상기 동작들은:채널 센싱 구간의 길이를 결정하는 단계;비면허 대역 상에서 적어도 하나의 자원을 선택하되,상기 적어도 하나의 자원 간 시간 간격은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이보다 긴, 단계;상기 적어도 하나의 자원 중 제 1 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 상기 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점까지 제 1 채널 센싱을 수행하는 단계; 및상기 제 1 채널 센싱의 결과가 아이들(IDLE)인 것을 기반으로 상기 제 1 자원을 사용하여 SL(sidelink) 전송을 수행하는 단계를 포함하는, 제 1 장치.
- 제 1 단말을 제어하도록 설정된 장치에 있어서,적어도 하나의 프로세서; 및상기 적어도 하나의 프로세서에 실행 가능하게 연결될 수 있고, 및 상기 적어도 하나의 프로세서에 의해 실행되는 것을 기반으로 상기 제 1 단말로 하여금 동작들을 수행하게 하는 명령들을 기록하고 있는 적어도 하나의 메모리를 포함하되, 상기 동작들은:채널 센싱 구간의 길이를 결정하는 단계;비면허 대역 상에서 적어도 하나의 자원을 선택하되,상기 적어도 하나의 자원 간 시간 간격은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이보다 긴, 단계;상기 적어도 하나의 자원 중 제 1 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 상기 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점까지 제 1 채널 센싱을 수행하는 단계; 및상기 제 1 채널 센싱의 결과가 아이들(IDLE)인 것을 기반으로 상기 제 1 자원을 사용하여 SL(sidelink) 전송을 수행하는 단계를 포함하는, 장치.
- 명령들을 기록하고 있는 비-일시적 컴퓨터 판독가능 저장 매체로서,상기 명령들은, 실행될 때, 제 1 장치로 하여금:채널 센싱 구간의 길이를 결정하게 하고;비면허 대역 상에서 적어도 하나의 자원을 선택하게 하되,상기 적어도 하나의 자원 간 시간 간격은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이보다 길고;상기 적어도 하나의 자원 중 제 1 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 상기 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점까지 제 1 채널 센싱을 수행하게 하고; 및상기 제 1 채널 센싱의 결과가 아이들(IDLE)인 것을 기반으로 상기 제 1 자원을 사용하여 SL(sidelink) 전송을 수행하게 하는, 비-일시적 컴퓨터 판독가능 저장 매체.
- 제 2 장치가 무선 통신을 수행하는 방법에 있어서,비면허 대역 상의 제 1 자원을 기반으로 SL(sidelink) 수신을 수행하는 단계를 포함하되,상기 SL 수신을 통해 수신되는 SL 데이터는 채널 센싱의 결과가 아이들(IDLE)인 것을 기반으로 전송되고,상기 채널 센싱은 상기 비면허 대역 상의 적어도 하나의 자원 중 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점까지 수행되고, 및상기 적어도 하나의 자원 간 시간 간격은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이보다 긴, 방법.
- 제 17 항에 있어서,상기 적어도 하나의 자원은 슬롯 단위로 연속적인, 방법.
- 무선 통신을 수행하는 제 2 장치에 있어서,적어도 하나의 송수신기;적어도 하나의 프로세서; 및상기 적어도 하나의 프로세서에 실행 가능하게 연결되고, 및 상기 적어도 하나의 프로세서에 의해 실행되는 것을 기반으로 상기 제 2 장치로 하여금 동작들을 수행하게 하는 명령들을 기록하고 있는 적어도 하나의 메모리를 포함하되, 상기 동작들은:비면허 대역 상의 제 1 자원을 기반으로 SL(sidelink) 수신을 수행하는 단계를 포함하되,상기 SL 수신을 통해 수신되는 SL 데이터는 채널 센싱의 결과가 아이들(IDLE)인 것을 기반으로 전송되고,상기 채널 센싱은 상기 비면허 대역 상의 적어도 하나의 자원 중 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점으로부터 채널 센싱 구간만큼 이전의 시점으로부터, 상기 제 1 자원의 시작 시점까지 수행되고, 및상기 적어도 하나의 자원 간 시간 간격은 상기 채널 센싱 구간의 길이보다 긴, 제 2 장치.
- 제 19 항에 있어서,상기 적어도 하나의 자원은 슬롯 단위로 연속적인, 제 2 장치.
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