IP Library Granted Patent US 12683746
Granted Patent B2
US 12683746 · App. 18/245,988 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Control information for sidelink spatial domain multiplexing from multiple transmission reception points (TRPS)

Inventors: Sourjya Dutta (San Diego, CA); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Shuanshuan Wu (San Diego, CA); Hui Guo (Beijing, CN); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA)
Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
H04L5/0055H04L1/0003H04L1/0009H04L1/1812H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12683746
App. No.
18/245,988
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) are described. A first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second UE, sidelink control information (SCI) including an indication of resources and a number of spatial layers for a sidelink transmission. The first UE may perform spatial domain multiplexing (SDM) between the spatial layers. The first UE may transmit a first data packet associated with the first spatial layer from a first transmission reception point (TRP) and may transmit a second data packet associated with a second spatial layer from a second TRP. In some examples, the first UE may include a first and second stage of the SCI, such that the first SCI corresponds to shared information for all spatial layers and the second stage of the SCI corresponds to separate information for each spatial layer.

Claims (59)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor; and

instructions stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

transmit sidelink control information signaling a set of resources and a number of spatial layers for a sidelink transmission by the UE, wherein the sidelink control information comprises an indication of spatial domain multiplexing between a first spatial layer of the sidelink transmission and a second spatial layer of the sidelink transmission and comprises an indication of one or more reservation priorities for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer;

assign one or more modulation and coding schemes to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer for decoding a first data packet mapped to the first spatial layer and a second data packet mapped to the second spatial layer;

transmit the first data packet over the first spatial layer of the sidelink transmission from a first transmission reception point (TRP) using the set of resources and based at least in part on the indication of spatial domain multiplexing; and

transmit the second data packet over the second spatial layer of the sidelink transmission from a second TRP using the set of resources and based at least in part on the indication of spatial domain multiplexing.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier to the first spatial layer and a second HARQ process identifier to the second spatial layer, wherein the indication of spatial domain multiplexing comprises an indication of the first HARQ process identifier for the first spatial layer and an indication of the second HARQ process identifier for the second spatial layer.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication of spatial domain multiplexing comprises a use of a shared first stage of the sidelink control information and separate second stages of the sidelink control information for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more modulation and coding schemes include a common modulation and coding scheme to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein a shared first stage of the sidelink control information signals the common modulation and coding scheme.

5 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein assigning the common modulation and coding scheme is based at least in part on a size of the first data packet and a size of the second data packet with respect to the set of resources.

6 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein the common modulation and coding scheme corresponds to a subchannel size available for the sidelink transmission.

7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more modulation and coding schemes include separate modulation and coding schemes to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer for decoding respectively the first data packet and the second data packet, wherein the sidelink control information signals the separate modulation and coding schemes.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the instructions to transmit the sidelink control information are executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

transmit a shared first stage of the sidelink control information indicating the separate modulation and coding schemes for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the instructions to transmit the sidelink control information are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

transmit separate second stages of the sidelink control information for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer using the separate modulation and coding schemes.

10 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the instructions to transmit the sidelink control information are executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

transmit a shared first stage of the sidelink control information indicating a common modulation and coding scheme for decoding respective separate second stages of the sidelink control information for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer; and

transmit the respective separate second stages of the sidelink control information using the common modulation and coding scheme, wherein the respective separate second stages of the sidelink control information include a second stage of the sidelink control information for the first spatial layer that indicates one of the separate modulation and coding schemes for decoding the first data packet and a second stage of the sidelink control information for the second spatial layer that indicates one of the separate modulation and coding schemes for decoding the second data packet.

11 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein assigning the separate modulation and coding schemes is based at least in part on a size of the first data packet and a size the second data packet with respect to the set of resources.

12 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign different demodulation reference signal ports to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the different demodulation reference signal ports.

13 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reservation priorities comprise a shared reservation priority of the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.

14 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reservation priorities comprise a respective reservation priority of each of the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.

15 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign separate destination identifiers to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the separate destination identifiers.

16 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign separate cast types to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the separate cast types.

17 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign separate new data indicators to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the separate new data indicators.

18 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign separate communication range indicators to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information comprises the separate communication range indicators.

19 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

determine the set of resources for the sidelink transmission based at least in part on a measured signal strength associated with each of the first TRP and the second TRP.

20 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein the set of resources comprises a same transmission time interval for the first TRP and the second TRP.

21 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein the instructions to determine the set of resources are executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

select a reservation size of the set of resources based at least in part on a larger one of the first data packet or the second data packet.

22 . The UE of claim 19 , wherein the instructions to determine the set of resources are executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

adjust a resource exclusion signal strength threshold to enable transmission of the first spatial layer at the first TRP and the second spatial layer at the second TRP.

23 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor; and

instructions stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive sidelink control information signaling a set of resources and a number of spatial layers for a sidelink transmission, wherein the sidelink control information comprises an indication of spatial domain multiplexing between a first spatial layer of the sidelink transmission and a second spatial layer of the sidelink transmission and comprises an indication of one or more reservation priorities for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer;

determine one or more common modulation and coding schemes to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer for decoding a first data packet mapped to the first spatial layer and a second data packet mapped to the second spatial layer;

receive the first data packet over the first spatial layer of the sidelink transmission from a first transmission reception point (TRP) using the set of resources and based at least in part on the indication of spatial domain multiplexing; and

receive the second data packet over the second spatial layer of the sidelink transmission from a second TRP using the set of resources and based at least in part on the indication of spatial domain multiplexing.

24 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

assign a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier to the first spatial layer and a second HARQ process identifier to the second spatial layer, wherein the indication of spatial domain multiplexing comprises an indication of the first HARQ process identifier for the first spatial layer and an indication of the second HARQ process identifier for the second spatial layer.

25 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the indication of spatial domain multiplexing comprises a use of a shared first stage of the sidelink control information and separate second stages of the sidelink control information for the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.

26 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the one or more common modulation and coding schemes include a common modulation and coding scheme to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the common modulation and coding scheme.

27 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the one or more common modulation and coding schemes include separate modulation and coding schemes to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the separate modulation and coding schemes.

28 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the instructions to receive the sidelink control information are executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

determine different demodulation reference signal ports to the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer, wherein the sidelink control information signals the different demodulation reference signal ports.

29 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the one or more reservation priorities comprise a shared reservation priority of the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.

30 . The UE of claim 23 , wherein the one or more reservation priorities comprise a respective reservation priority of each of the first spatial layer and the second spatial layer.