IP Library Granted Patent US 12,713,464
Granted Patent B2
US 12,713,464 · App. 18/373,739 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Sidelink channel occupancy time sharing in shared spectrum

Inventors: Bing Hui (Nanjing, CN); Huifa Lin (Tokyo, JP); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Jongwoo Hong (Vienna, VA); Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W74/0816H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 12,713,464
App. No.
18/373,739
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device and via a first time slot of a channel occupancy time (COT), a first sidelink transmission indicating COT sharing information of the COT. The first wireless device receives, from a third wireless device and via a second time slot of the COT, a second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information of the COT. The first wireless device transmits, via a third time slot of the COT and in response to both the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information, a third sidelink transmission. Transmitting the third sidelink transmission is based on a first distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, and a second distance between the first wireless device and the third wireless device.

Claims (59)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device from a second wireless device and via a first time slot of a channel occupancy time (COT), a first sidelink transmission indicating COT sharing information of the COT;

receiving, from a third wireless device and via a second time slot of the COT, a second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information of the COT; and

transmitting, via a third time slot of the COT and in response to both the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information, a third sidelink transmission, based on:

a first distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

a second distance between the first wireless device and the third wireless device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from a base station, a message indicating one or more distance thresholds for COT sharing in a resource pool, wherein the transmitting is further based on the one or more distance thresholds.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the message comprises at least one of:

a radio resource control (RRC) message;

a medium access control control element (MAC CE); or

downlink control information (DCI).

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the COT sharing information comprises at least one of:

an identifier (ID) of the COT;

a start time of the COT; or

a length of the COT in units of time slots.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting is further based on a comparison between at least one of the first distance or the second distance and one or more distance thresholds.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting is further based on:

the first sidelink transmission comprising an identification of the COT; and

the second sidelink transmission comprising the identification of the COT.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time slot, the second time slot, and the third time slot are consecutive time slots in time domain.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the third sidelink transmission based on a Type 2 channel access procedure.

9 . A first wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first wireless device to:

receive, from a second wireless device and via a first time slot of a channel occupancy time (COT), a first sidelink transmission indicating COT sharing information of the COT;

receive, from a third wireless device and via a second time slot of the COT, a second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information of the COT; and

transmit, via a third time slot of the COT and in response to both the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information, a third sidelink transmission, based on:

a first distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

a second distance between the first wireless device and the third wireless device.

10 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the first wireless device to receive, from a base station, a message indicating one or more distance thresholds for COT sharing in a resource pool, wherein transmitting the third sidelink transmission is further based on the one or more distance thresholds.

11 . The first wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the message comprises at least one of:

a radio resource control (RRC) message;

a medium access control control element (MAC CE); or

downlink control information (DCI).

12 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the COT sharing information comprises at least one of:

an identifier (ID) of the COT;

a start time of the COT; or

a length of the COT in units of time slots.

13 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein transmitting the third sidelink transmission is further based on a comparison between at least one of the first distance or the second distance and one or more distance thresholds.

14 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein transmitting the third sidelink transmission is further based on:

the first sidelink transmission comprising an identification of the COT; and

the second sidelink transmission comprising the identification of the COT.

15 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the first time slot, the second time slot, and the third time slot are consecutive time slots in time domain.

16 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the first wireless device to transmit the third sidelink transmission based on a Type 2 channel access procedure.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first wireless device, cause the first wireless device to:

receive, from a second wireless device and via a first time slot of a channel occupancy time (COT), a first sidelink transmission indicating COT sharing information of the COT;

receive, from a third wireless device and via a second time slot of the COT, a second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information of the COT; and

transmit, via a third time slot of the COT and in response to both the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission indicating the COT sharing information, a third sidelink transmission, based on:

a first distance between the first wireless device and the second wireless device; and

a second distance between the first wireless device and the third wireless device.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the first wireless device to receive, from a base station, a message indicating one or more distance thresholds for COT sharing in a resource pool, wherein transmitting the third sidelink transmission is further based on the one or more distance thresholds.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the message comprises at least one of:

a radio resource control (RRC) message;

a medium access control control element (MAC CE); or

downlink control information (DCI).

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the COT sharing information comprises at least one of:

an identifier (ID) of the COT;

a start time of the COT; or

a length of the COT in units of time slots.