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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 05, 2019
Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing, CN;
Prateek Basu Mallick, Dreieich, DE;
Karthikeyan Ganesan, Nauheim, DE;
Ravi Kuchibhotla, Chicago, IL (US);
Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Darmstadt, DE;
Xiaodong Yu, Beijing, CN;
Hyejung Jung, Northbrook, IL (US);
Joachim Loehr, Wiesbaden, DE;
Vijay Nangia, Woodridge, IL (US);
Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for sidelink data packet acknowledgment. One method () includes receiving () an indicator in sidelink control information. The method () includes comparing () a current value of the indicator to a last known value of the indicator. The method () includes, in response to the current value not matching the last known value: flushing () a soft buffer; transferring a data packet corresponding to the indicator into the soft buffer; attempting to decode the data packet; in response to successfully decoding the data packet, performing an acknowledgment action; and, in response to unsuccessfully decoding the data packet, performing a non-acknowledgment action.