Content for  TS 38.331  Word version:  17.4.0

Indicates that UE additionally monitors periodic sensing occasions that correspond to a set of values. (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214).

Indicates the allowed resource selection mechanism(s), i.e. full sensing only, partial sensing only, random resource selection only, or any combination(s) thereof. (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214). Only c1, c4 , c5 or c7 can be configured for a Rel-16 resource pool. If this field is not configured for a resource pool included in sl-TxPoolSelectedNormal, only full sensing is allowed in the corresponding resource pool. c1: only full sensing allowed c2: only partial sensing allowed c3: only random selection allowed c4: full sensing+random selection allowed c5: full sensing+ partial sensing allowed c6: partial sensing + random selection allowed c7: full sensing+ partial sensing + random selection allowed.

Parameter that indicates the minimum size of contiguous partial sensing window in logical slot units for a resource (re)selection procedure and re-evaluation/pre-emption checking triggered by aperiodic transmission. (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214). If not configured, the size of contiguous partial sensing window in logical slot units is 31.

Indicates the size of contiguous partial sensing window in logical slot units when UE performs periodic-based and contiguous partial sensing for a resource (re)selection procedure triggered by periodic transmission. If not configured, the size of contiguous partial sensing window in logical slot units is 31.

Indicates default value of SL CBR measurement for a UE that is configured to perform partial sensing by its higher layer (including when SL DRX is configured) if the number of SL RSSI measurement slots over CBR measurement window is below sl-MinNumRssiMeasurementSlots, (see clause 8.1.6 of TS 38.214). Value 0 corresponds to 0, value 1 to 0.01, value 2 to 0.02, and so on.

Indicates default value of CBR measurement for a UE that performs random resource selection if no SL CBR measurement result over SL CBR measurement window, (see clause 8.1.6 of TS 38.214). Value 0 corresponds to 0, value 1 to 0.01, value 2 to 0.02, and so on.

Indicates the minimum number of Y' slots that are included in the possible candidate resources corresponding to periodic-based partial sensing and/or contiguous partial sensing for resource (re)selection triggered by aperiodic transmission. (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214).

Indicates the minimum number of Y slots that are included in the possible candidate resources corresponding to periodic-based partial sensing for resource (re)selection triggered by periodic transmission. (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214).

Indicates a threshold for a minimum number of SL RSSI measurement slots over CBR measurement window for which the SL RSSI is measured for a UE that is configured to perform partial sensing by its higher layer (including when SL DRX is configured). (see clause 8.1.6 of TS 38.214).

Indicates whether or not UE is required to perform SL reception of PSCCH and RSRP measurement for partial sensing on slots in SL DRX inactive time when partial sensing is configured by its higher layer. (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214).

Indicates the subset of periodicity values from sl-ResourceReservePeriodList used to determine periodic sensing occasions in periodic-based partial sensing, by means of an index to the corresponding entry in sl-ResourceReservePeriodList-r16. If not configured, all periodicity values from sl-ResourceReservePeriodList are used to determine periodic sensing occasions in periodic-based partial sensing (see clause 8.1.4 of TS 38.214).

Value in ms of discardTimer specified in TS 38.323. Value ms50 corresponds to 50 ms, value ms100 corresponds to 100 ms and so on.

Indicates whether or not outOfOrderDelivery specified in TS 38.323 is configured. This field should be either always present or always absent, after the radio bearer is established.

PDCP sequence number size for unicast NR sidelink communication, 12 or 18 bits, as specified in TS 38.323. For groupcast and broadcast NR sidelink communication, only 12 bits is applicable, as specified in 9.1.1.5.

Indicates alpha value for DL pathloss based power control for PSBCH. When the field is not configured the UE applies the value 1.

Indicates P0 value for DL pathloss based power control for PSBCH. If not configured, DL pathloss based power control is disabled for PSBCH. When dl-P0-PSBCH-r17 is configured, the UE ignores dl-P0-PSBCH-r16. A Remote UE which is out of coverage, considers downlink pathloss based power control is disabled for PSBCH when dl-P0-PSBCH is configured.

Indicates the maximum transmission number (including new transmission and retransmission) for PSSCH.

This field indicates the maximum transmission power for transmission on PSSCH and PSCCH.

This field indicates the minimum and maximum MCS values used for transmissions on PSSCH. The UE shall ignore the minimum and maximum MCS values used for the associated MCS table(s) in sl-ParametersAboveThres-r16 and sl-ParametersBelowThres-r16 if sl-ParametersAboveThres-v1650 and sl-ParametersBelowThres-v1650 are present, respectively.

This field indicates the minimum and maximum number of sub-channels which may be used for transmissions on PSSCH.

This field indicates the synchronization reference type. For configurations by the eNB/gNB, only gnbEnb can be configured; and for pre-configuration or when this field is absent, the configuration is applicable for all synchronization reference types.

This field indicates a UE absolute speed threshold.

Indicate the guaranteed bit rate for a GBR QoS flow. The unit is: Kbit/s

Indicate the maximum bit rate for a GBR QoS flow. The unit is: Kbit/s

This field indicates either the PQI for standardized PQI or non-standardized QoS parameters.

This field indicates the range parameter of the Qos flow, as defined in clause 5.4.1.1.1 of TS 23.287. It is present only for groupcast. The unit is meter.

Indicates the Averaging Window for a QoS flow, and applies to GBR QoS flows only. Unit: ms. The default value of the IE is 2000ms.

Indicates the Maximum Data Burst Volume for a QoS flow, and applies to delay critical GBR QoS flows only. Unit: byte.

Indicates the Packet Delay Budget for a QoS flow. Upper bound value for the delay that a packet may experience expressed in unit of 0.5ms.

Indicates the Packet Error Rate for a QoS flow. The packet error rate is expressed as Scalar x 10-k where k is the Exponent.

Indicates the Priority Level for a QoS flow. Values ordered in decreasing order of priority, i.e. with 1 as the highest priority and 8 as the lowest priority.

Indicate the PQI for standardized PQI.

DMRS based L3 filter configuration: Specifies L3 filter configuration for sidelink RSRP measurement result from the L1 fiter(s), as defined in TS 38.215.

This field indicates the PDCP parameters for the sidelink DRB.

This field indicates how to map sidelink QoS flows to sidelink DRB.

This field indicates the index of sidelink DRB configuration.

This field indicates the transmission range of the sidelink DRB. The unit is meter.

Indicates the upper threshold of Uu RSRP for a UE that is in network coverage to evaluate AS layer conditions for U2N relay UE operation.

Indicates the lower threshold of Uu RSRP for a UE that is in network coverage to evaluate AS layer conditions for U2N relay UE operation.

Includes the parameters used by the U2N remote UE when selecting/ reselecting a U2N relay UE.

Indicates the threshold of Uu RSRP for a UE that is in network coverage to evaluate AS layer conditions for U2N remote UE operation.

Specifies L3 filter coefficient for SL communication/ discovery RSRP measurement results from L1 filter.

Indicates the threshold of SL communication/ discovery RSRP for a U2N remote UE to perform relay UE selection/ reselection.

Type of the configured sidelink measurement report.

Choice of sidelink measurement event triggered reporting criteria.

Number of sidelink measurement reports applicable for sl-EventTriggered report type.

Indicates the interval between periodical reports (i.e., when sl-ReportAmount exceeds 1) for sl-EventTriggered report type.

indicates whether or not the UE shall initiate the sidelink measurement reporting procedure when the leaving condition is met for a frequency in sl-FrequencyTriggeredList, as specified in clause 5.8.10.4.1.

The sidelink measurement quantities to be included in the sidelink measurement report.

Time during which specific criteria for the event needs to be met in order to trigger a sidelink measurement report.

Threshold used for events S1 and S2 specified in clauses 5.8.10.4.2 and 5.8.10.4.3, respectively.

Number of sidelink measurement reports applicable for sl-Periodical report type.

Indicates the interval between periodical reports (i.e., when sl-ReportAmount exceeds 1) for sl-Periodical report type.

The sidelink measurement quantities to be included in the sidelink measurement report.

Indicates the communication range requirement for the corresponding sl-ZoneConfigMCR-Index.

Indicates the zone configuration for the corresponding sl-ZoneConfigMCR-Index.

Indicates the codepoint of the communication range requirement field in SCI.

This field is not used in the specification. If received it shall be ignored by the UE.

Indicates the MCS table(s) additionally used in the resource pool. 64QAM table is (pre-)configured as default. Zero, one or two can be additionally (pre-)configured using the 256QAM and/or low-SE MCS tables. If two MCS tables are indicated, 256QAM MCS table is the 1st table and qam64lowSE MCS table is the 2nd table as specified in clause 8.1.3.1 of TS 38.214.

This field indicates the filtering coefficient for long-term measurement and reference signal power derivation used for sidelink open-loop power control.

Indicates the configured sidelink inter-UE coordination parameters.

Indicates the number of subchannels in the corresponding resource pool, which consists of contiguous PRBs only.

Indicates the allowed resource allocation schemes of full sensing only, partial sensing only, random resource selection only, or any combination(s), and the related configuration for power saving resource allocation schemes. This field is absent for sl-TxPoolExceptional.

Indicates whether pre-emption is disabled or enabled in a resource pool. If the field is present and the value is pl1, pl2, and so on (but not enabled), it means that pre-emption is enabled and a priority level p_preemption is configured. If the field is present and the value is enabled, the pre-emption is enabled (but p_preemption is not configured) and pre-emption is applicable to all levels.

Indicates the threshold used to determine whether NR sidelink transmission is prioritized over uplink transmission of priority index 1 as specified in clause 16.2.4.3 of TS 38.213, or whether PUCCH transmission carrying SL HARQ is prioritized over PUCCH transmission carrying UCI of priority index 1 if they overlap in time as specified in clause 9.2.5.0 of TS 38.213.

Indicates the threshold used to determine whether NR sidelink transmission is prioritized over uplink transmission of priority index 0 as specified in clause 16.2.4.3 of TS 38.213, or whether PUCCH transmission carrying SL HARQ is prioritized over PUCCH transmission carrying UCI of priority index 0 if they overlap in time as specified in clause 9.2.5.0 of TS 38.213.

Indicates the number of PRBs in the corresponding resource pool, which consists of contiguous PRBs only. The remaining RB cannot be used (See clause 8 of TS 38.214).

Indicates the lowest RB index of the subchannel with the lowest index in the resource pool with respect to the lowest RB index of a SL BWP.

Indicates the minimum granularity in frequency domain for the sensing for PSSCH resource selection in the unit of PRB.

Indicates the allowed synchronization reference(s) which is (are) allowed to use the configured resource pool.

Indicates the synchronisation configuration that is associated with a reception pool, by means of an index to the corresponding entry SL-SyncConfigList of in SIB12 for NR sidelink communication.

Indicates the TDD configuration associated with the reception pool of the cell indicated by sl-SyncConfigIndex.

Indicates the S-RSSI threshold for determining the contribution of a sub-channel to the CBR measurement. Value 0 corresponds to -112 dBm, value 1 to -110 dBm, value n to (-112 + n*2) dBm, and so on.

Indicates the bitmap of the resource pool, which is defined by repeating the bitmap with a periodicity during a SFN or DFN cycle.

Indicates the time window size for CBR measurement.

Indicates the time window size for CR evaluation.

Indicates the portion of candidate single-slot PSSCH resources over the total resources. Value p20 corresponds to 20%, and so on.

Accounts for overhead from CSI-RS, PT-RS. If the field is absent, the UE applies value n0 (see clause 5.1.3.2 of TS 38.214).

If configured, the (pre-) configured resources can be used if the UE is directly or indirectly synchronized to eNB or gNB (i.e., synchronized to a reference UE which is directly synchronized to eNB or gNB).

If configured, the (pre-) configured resources can be used if the UE is directly or indirectly synchronized to GNSS (i.e., synchronized to a reference UE which is directly synchronized to GNSS).

If configured, the (pre-) configured resources can be used if the UE is synchronized to a reference UE which is not synchronized to eNB, gNB and GNSS directly or indirectly.

Indicates the number of PRBs for PSCCH in a resource pool where it is not greater than the number PRBs of the subchannel.

Indicates the initialization value for PSCCH DMRS scrambling.

Indicates the number of reserved bits in first stage SCI.

Indicates the number of symbols of PSCCH in a resource pool.

Indicates candidates of beta-offset values to determine the number of coded modulation symbols for second stage SCI. The value indicates the index of Table 9.3-2 of TS 38.213.

Indicates the set of PSSCH DMRS time domain patterns in terms of PSSCH DMRS symbols in a slot that can be used in the resource pool.

Indicates a scaling factor to limit the number of resource elements assigned to the second stage SCI on PSSCH. Value f0p5 corresponds to 0.5, value f0p65 corresponds to 0.65, and so on.

The minimum time gap between PSFCH and the associated PSSCH in the unit of slots.

Indicates the number of cyclic shift pairs used for a PSFCH transmission that can be multiplexed in a PRB.

Indicates the number of PSFCH resources available for multiplexing HARQ-ACK information in a PSFCH transmission (see clause 16.3 of TS 38.213).

Scrambling ID for sequence hopping of the PSFCH used in the resource pool.

Indicates the period of PSFCH resource in the unit of slots within this resource pool. If set to sl0, no resource for PSFCH, and HARQ feedback for all transmissions in the resource pool is disabled.

Indicates the set of PRBs that are actually used for PSFCH transmission and reception. The leftmost bit of the bitmap refers to the lowest RB index in the resource pool, and so on. Value 0 in the bitmap indicates that the corresponding PRB is not used for PSFCH transmission and reception while value 1 indicates that the corresponding PRB is used for PSFCH transmission and reception (see TS 38.213).

Presence and frequency density of SL PT-RS as a function of scheduled BW. If the field is not configured, the UE uses K_PT-RS = 2

Presence and time density of SL PT-RS as a function of MCS. If the field is not configured, the UE uses L_PT-RS = 1

Indicates the subcarrier offset for SL PT-RS . If the field is not configured, the UE applies the value offset00 (see clause 8.4.1.2.2 of TS 38.211).

Indicates the mapping between PSSCH transmission parameter (such as MCS, PRB number, retransmission number, CR limit) sets by using the indexes of the configurations in sl-CBR-PSSCH-TxConfigList, CBR ranges by using the indexes to the entry of the CBR range configurations in sl-CBR-RangeConfigList, and priority ranges. It also indicates the default PSSCH transmission parameters to be used when CBR measurement results are not available, and MCS range for the MCS tables used in the resource pool. The field sl-CBR-PriorityTxConfigList-v1650 is present only when sl-CBR-PriorityTxConfigList-r16 is configured.

Indicates the maximum number of reserved PSCCH/PSSCH resources that can be indicated by an SCI.

Indicates if it is allowed to reserve a sidelink resource for an initial transmission of a TB by an SCI associated with a different TB, based on sensing and resource selection procedure.

Set of possible resource reservation period allowed in the resource pool in the unit of ms. Up to 16 values can be configured per resource pool. The value ms0 is always configured.

Indicates whether DMRS of PSCCH or PSSCH is used for L1 RSRP measurement in the sensing operation.

Parameter that indicates the start of the sensing window.

Parameter that determines the end of the selection window in the resource selection for a TB with respect to priority indicated in SCI. Value n1 corresponds to 1*2μ, value n5 corresponds to 5*2μ, and so on, where μ = 0,1,2,3 refers to SCS 15,30,60,120 kHz respectively.

Indicates a list of 64 thresholds, and the threshold should be selected based on the priority in the decoded SCI and the priority in the SCI to be transmitted. A resource is excluded if it is indicated or reserved by a decoded SCI and PSSCH/PSCCH RSRP in the associated data resource is above a threshold.

Indicates the maximum value of the UE's sidelink transmission power on this resource pool. The unit is dBm.

Indicates alpha value for sidelink pathloss based power control for PSCCH/PSSCH when sl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH is configured. When the field is absent the UE applies the value 1.

Indicates P0 value for sidelink pathloss based power control for PSCCH/PSSCH. If not configured, sidelink pathloss based power control is disabled for PSCCH/PSSCH. When sl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH-r17 is configured, the UE ignores sl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH-r16.

Indicates alpha value for downlink pathloss based power control for PSCCH/PSSCH when dl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH is configured. When the field is absent the UE applies the value 1.

Indicates P0 value for downlink pathloss based power control for PSCCH/PSSCH. If not configured, downlink pathloss based power control is disabled for PSCCH/PSSCH. When dl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH-r17 is configured, the UE ignores dl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH-r16. A Remote UE which is out of coverage, considers downlink pathloss based power control is disabled for PSCCH/PSSCH when dl-P0-PSSCH-PSCCH is configured.

Indicates alpha value for downlink pathloss based power control for PSFCH when dl-P0-PSFCH is configured. When the field is absent the UE applies the value 1.

Indicates P0 value for downlink pathloss based power control for PSFCH. If not configured, downlink pathloss based power control is disabled for PSFCH. When dl-P0-PSFCH-r17 is configured, the UE ignores dl-P0-PSFCH-r16. A Remote UE which is out of coverage, considers downlink pathloss based power control is disabled for PSFCH when dl-P0-PSFCH is configured.

Indicates the maximum MCS value when using the associated MCS table. If no MCS is configured, UE autonomously selects MCS from the full range of values.

Indicates the minimum MCS value when using the associated MCS table. If no MCS is configured, UE autonomously selects MCS from the full range of values.

The field is used to configure MAC SL logical channel parameters.

The index of the RLC bearer configuration.

Determines the RLC mode (UM, AM) and provides corresponding parameters.

Associates the sidelink RLC Bearer with a sidelink DRB. It indicates the index of SL radio bearer configuration, which is corresponding to the RLC bearer configuration.

The field is used to configure MAC SL logical channel parameters.

Indicates the PC5 Relay RLC channel in the link between L2 U2N Relay UE and L2 U2N Remote UE.

Determines the RLC mode (UM, AM) and provides corresponding parameters.

Indicates the Packet Delay Budget for a PC5 Relay RLC channel. Upper bound value for the delay that a packet may experience expressed in unit of 0.5ms.

Parameter value of maxRetxThreshold for RLC AM for NR sidelink communications, see TS 38.322. Value t1 corresponds to 1 retransmission, value t2 corresponds to 2 retransmissions and so on.

Parameter value of pollByte for RLC AM for NR sidelink communications, see TS 38.322. Value kB25 corresponds to 25 kBytes, value kB50 corresponds to 50 kBytes and so on. infinity corresponds to an infinite amount of kBytes.

Parameter value of pollPDU for RLC AM for NR sidelink communications, seeTS 38.322. Value p4 corresponds to 4 PDUs, value p8 corresponds to 8 PDUs and so on. infinity corresponds to an infinite number of PDUs.

This field indicates the RLC SN field size for NR sidelink communication, see TS 38.322. For groupcast and broadcast, only value size6 (6 bits) is configured for the field sl-SN-FieldLengthUM.

Timer value of t-PollRetransmit for RLC AM for NR sidelink communications, see TS 38.322, in milliseconds. Value ms5 means 5 ms, value ms10 means 10 ms and so on.

Indicate the RNTI used to scramble CRC of DCI format 3_0, see TS 38.321.

Indicate the time gap between DCI reception and the first sidelink transmission scheduled by the DCI (see clause 8.1.2.1 of TS 38.214). Value 1 included in this field corresponds to 1 slot, value 2 corresponds to 2 slots and so on, based on the numerology of sidelink BWP.

For dynamic grant and configured grant type 2, this field configures the values (in number of slot lengths) of the PSFCH to PUCCH gap. The field PSFCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator in DCI format 3_0 selects one of the configured values of the PSFCH to PUCCH gap.

Indicate the C-RNTI used for monitoring the network scheduling to transmit NR sidelink communication (i.e. the mode 1).

This field is to configure the sidelink buffer status report.

Indicates the SL priority threshold, which is used to determine whether SL TX is prioritized over UL TX, as specified in TS 38.321. Network does not configure the sl-PrioritizationThres and the ul-PrioritizationThres to the UE separately.

Indicates the UL priority threshold, which is used to determine whether SL TX is prioritized over UL TX, as specified in TS 38.321. Network does not configure the sl-PrioritizationThres and the ul-PrioritizationThres to the UE separately.

Indicates whether or not this is the default sidelink DRB for this NR sidelink communication transmission destination. Among all configured instances of SL-SDAP-Config for this destination, this field shall be set to true in at most one instance of SL-SDAP-Config and to false in all other instances.

Indicates QoS flows to be mapped to the sidelink DRB. If the field is included in dedicated signalling, it is set to sl-MappedQoS-FlowsListDedicated; otherwise, it is set to sl-MappedQoS-FlowsList.

Indicates the list of QoS profiles of the NR sidelink communication transmission destination mapped to this sidelink DRB.

Indicates the list of SL QoS flows ID of the NR sidelink communication transmission destination to be additionally mapped to this sidelink DRB.

Indicates the list of SL QoS flows ID of the NR sidelink communication transmission destination to be released from existing QoS flow to SLRB mapping of this sidelink DRB.

Indicates whether or not a SDAP header is present on this sidelink DRB. The field cannot be changed after a sidelink DRB is established. This field is set to present if the field sl-DefaultRB is set to true.

Indicates the DL frequency of the cell indicated by sl-PhysCellId.

Indicates the PCI of the PCell.

Indicates the local UE ID of the L2 U2N Remote UE used in SRAP as specified in TS 38.351.

Indicates the list of mappings between the bearer identity of the L2 U2N Remote UE and the egress RLC channel as specified in TS 38.351 to be added or modified.

Indicates the list of mappings between the bearer identity of the L2 U2N Remote UE and the egress RLC channel as specified in TS 38.351 to be released.

Identity of the end-to-end Uu bearer identity of the L2 U2N Remote UE. The value 3 for the field srb-identity-r17 (i.e., for configuring SRB3) is not supported in this version of the specification.

Indicates the egress RLC channel on Uu Hop for uplink transmissions at the L2 U2N Relay UE.

Indicates the egress RLC channel on PC5 Hop for downlink transmissions at the L2 U2N Relay UE and for uplink transmissions at the L2 U2N Remote UE.

If configured, the synchronization configuration is used for SLSS transmission/reception when the UE is synchronized to GNSS. If not configured, the synchronization configuration is used for SLSS transmission/reception when the UE is synchronized to eNB/gNB.

Hysteresis when evaluating a SyncRef UE using absolute comparison.

Hysteresis when evaluating a SyncRef UE using relative comparison.

Indicates the number of sidelink SSB transmissions within one sidelink SSB period. The applicable values are related to the subcarrier spacing and frequency as follows:

Indicates the slot offset from the start of sidelink SSB period to the first sidelink SSB.

Indicates the slot interval between neighboring sidelink SSBs. This value is applicable when there are more than one sidelink SSBs within one sidelink SSB period.

Indicates the ID of sidelink synchronization signal associated with different synchronization priorities.

Reserved for future use.

Indicates the thresholds used while in coverage and out of coverage, respectively. Value 0 corresponds to -infinity, value 1 to -115 dBm, value 2 to -110 dBm, and so on (i.e. in steps of 5 dBm) until value 12, which corresponds to -60 dBm, while value 13 corresponds to +infinity.

Indicates the SL priority threshold, which is used to determine whether SL TX is prioritized over UL TX, as specified in TS 38.321. Network does not configure the sl-PrioritizationThres and the ul-PrioritizationThres to the UE separately.

Indicates the probability with which the UE keeps the current resource when the resource reselection counter reaches zero for sensing based UE autonomous resource selection (see TS 38.321).

Indicates PSSCH TX parameters such as MCS, sub-channel number, retransmission number, associated to different UE absolute speeds and different synchronization reference types for UE autonomous resource selection.

Indicates the number of consecutive skipped transmissions before triggering resource reselection for sidelink communication (see TS 38.321).

Indicates the UL priority threshold, which is used to determine whether SL TX is prioritized over UL TX, as specified in TS 38.321. Network does not configure the sl-PrioritizationThres and the ul-PrioritizationThres to the UE separately.

Indicates the length of each geographic zone.