US 12,261,701 B2
Harq process management method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium
Xing Liu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Appl. No. 17/765,256
Filed by SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/110759
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/063133, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201910941675.9 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368467 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 1/1816 (2013.01) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process management method, comprising:
receiving Sidelink Control Information (SCI) which indicates a HARQ process identity; and
determining a HARQ process associated with the SCI;
wherein said determining the HARQ process associated with the SCI comprises:
determining presence or absence of the HARQ process associated with an identity combination, wherein the identity combination is indicated by the SCI and comprises the HARQ process identity; and
associating an idle HARQ process with the identity combination indicated by the SCI based on the absence of the HARQ process associated with the identity combination.