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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01);
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive data on a sidelink shared channel; a control unit configured to generate acknowledgement information about the received data; and a transmitting unit configured to, upon detecting that a first elapsed time from receiving the data by the receiving unit until a timing for transmitting the acknowledgement information via a sidelink is shorter than a first reference time, defer the timing for transmitting the acknowledgement information via the sidelink until the first elapsed time becomes longer than or equal to the first reference time.