IP Library Granted Patent US 12666407
Granted Patent B2
US 12666407 · App. 18/580,135 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Decoupled mini-slot sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling and resource reservation

Inventors: Chih-Hao Liu (San Diego, CA); Yisheng Xue (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Luanxia Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/0446H04W72/25
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Patent No.
US 12666407
App. No.
18/580,135
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of wireless communication, by a user equipment (UE), includes selecting a resource from a dedicated physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resource pool that has multiple potential PSCCH time domain resources with a mini-slot structure. The method also includes transmitting a mini-slot first stage sidelink control information (SCI-1) message on the selected resource. The mini-slot SCI-1 message is decoupled from a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) associated with a data resource pool.

Claims (40)

1 . A method of wireless communication, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

selecting a resource from a dedicated physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resource pool having a first plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources with a mini-slot structure, wherein the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is in a first component carrier (CC) different from a second CC of the data resource pool; and

transmitting a mini-slot first stage sidelink control information (SCI-1) message on the selected resource, the mini-slot SCI-1 message decoupled from a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) associated with a data resource pool.

2 . The method of claim 1 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool comprises a second plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources in a second frequency domain different from a first frequency domain of the first plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources.

3 . The method of claim 1 , in which the mini-slot SCI-1 message is in a first slot and the PSSCH is in a second slot, different from the first slot.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

sensing in the first slot for the mini-slot SCI-1 message; and

sensing in the second slot for a legacy SCI-1 message.

5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising receiving an indication of an offset between the first slot and the second slot.

6 . The method of claim 1 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is frequency division multiplexed with the data resource pool.

7 . The method of claim 1 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is time division multiplexed with the data resource pool.

8 . The method of claim 1 , in which each mini-slot in the dedicated PSCCH resource pool maps to a different subchannel in the data resource pool.

9 . The method of claim 1 , in which the mini-slot SCI-1 message includes a field for at least one of a layer one (L1) source identifier (ID), a L1 destination ID, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI state), or a slot offset value (K0).

10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a repeated resource reservation SCI-1 message in a subsequent selected resource of the dedicated PSCCH resource pool.

11 . The method of claim 1 , in which a resource reservation resource allocation within the mini-slot SCI-1 message is with respect to a first scheduled PSSCH slot of the data resource pool.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing channel sensing based on another mini-slot SCI-1 message of the dedicated PSCCH resource pool, which is received from a first transmitter.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising performing second stage channel sensing based on a legacy SCI-1 message of the data resource pool, the legacy SCI-1 message received from a second transmitter.

14 . An apparatus for wireless communication, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured:

to select a resource from a dedicated physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resource pool having a first plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources with a mini-slot structure, wherein the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is in a first component carrier (CC) different from a second CC of the data resource pool; and

to transmit a mini-slot first stage sidelink control information (SCI-1) message on the selected resource, the mini-slot SCI-1 message decoupled from a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) associated with a data resource pool.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool comprises a second plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources in a second frequency domain different from a first frequency domain of the first plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the mini-slot SCI-1 message is in a first slot and the PSSCH is in a second slot, different from the first slot.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , in which the at least one processor is further configured:

to sense in the first slot for the mini-slot SCI-1 message; and

to sense in the second slot for a legacy SCI-1 message.

18 . The apparatus of claim 16 , in which the at least one processor is further configured to receive an indication of an offset between the first slot and the second slot.

19 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is frequency division multiplexed with the data resource pool.

20 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is time division multiplexed with the data resource pool.

21 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which each mini-slot in the dedicated PSCCH resource pool maps to a different subchannel in the data resource pool.

22 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the mini-slot SCI-1 message includes a field for at least one of a layer one (L1) source identifier (ID), a L1 destination ID, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI state), or a slot offset value (K0).

23 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the at least one processor is further configured to transmit a repeated resource reservation SCI-1 message in a subsequent selected resource of the dedicated PSCCH resource pool.

24 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which a resource reservation resource allocation within the mini-slot SCI-1 message is with respect to a first scheduled PSSCH slot of the data resource pool.

25 . The apparatus of claim 14 , in which the at least one processor is further configured to perform channel sensing based on another mini-slot SCI-1 message of the dedicated PSCCH resource pool, which is received from a first transmitter.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , in which the at least one processor is further configured to perform second stage channel sensing based on a legacy SCI-1 message of the data resource pool, the legacy SCI-1 message received from a second transmitter.

27 . An apparatus for wireless communication, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for selecting a resource from a dedicated physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) resource pool having a first plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources with a mini-slot structure, wherein the dedicated PSCCH resource pool is in a first component carrier (CC) different from a second CC of the data resource pool; and

means for transmitting a mini-slot first stage sidelink control information (SCI-1) message on the selected resource, the mini-slot SCI-1 message decoupled from a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) associated with a data resource pool.

28 . The apparatus of claim 27 , in which the dedicated PSCCH resource pool comprises a second plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources in a second frequency domain different from a first frequency domain of the first plurality of potential PSCCH time domain resources.