Granted Patent B2

US 12,213,008 · App. 17/313,654 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Chih-Hao Liu (San Diego, CA); Yisheng Xue (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W28/26H04L1/08H04W72/20H04W76/28

Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A method for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving first sidelink control information indicating a configuration for performing a sidelink discontinuous reception procedure that is associated with a sidelink resource reservation procedure, wherein the configuration indicates a duration of a timer associated with an active duration for the first UE to receive sidelink retransmissions during the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure;

receiving second sidelink control information indicating an explicit indication of an initiation time of the timer, wherein the explicit indication of the initiation time comprises an explicit indication of a quantity of slots starting at a first slot of resources associated with a second sidelink communication and extending prior to the first slot of resources associated with the second sidelink communication;

receiving, from a second UE, a first sidelink communication comprising data based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink control information indicating the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure;

transmitting, to the second UE, feedback requesting a retransmission of the data based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication;

initiating the timer at the initiation time in response to transmitting the feedback based at least in part on the explicit indication of the initiation time, wherein the second sidelink communication comprises the retransmission of the data; and

receiving, during the resources associated with the second sidelink communication and based at least in part on initiating the timer prior to the resources associated with the second sidelink communication, the second sidelink communication comprising the retransmission of the data, the second sidelink communication received via resources associated with the sidelink resource reservation procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initiation time is indicated by the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure and is based at least in part on the sidelink resource reservation procedure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initiation time is indicated by the second sidelink control information associated with a sidelink communication and different from the first sidelink control information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first sidelink communication comprises control information indicating the resources associated with the sidelink resource reservation procedure for receiving the second sidelink communication.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the feedback comprises:

transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request requesting the retransmission of the data based at least in part on failing to decode the data in the first sidelink communication.

6. A method for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving first sidelink control information indicating a configuration for performing a sidelink discontinuous reception procedure that is associated with receiving identifiers that identify UEs in sidelink communications, wherein the configuration indicates a duration of a timer associated with an active duration for the first UE to receive sidelink retransmissions;

receiving, from a second UE based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink control information indicating the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure, a first sidelink communication comprising control information comprising at least a portion of a second identifier of a third UE that is different from an identifier of the first UE and data comprising the second identifier of the third UE;

transmitting, to the second UE, feedback requesting a retransmission of the data based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication and in accordance with the data comprising the identifier of the first UE;

initiating the timer based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication;

identifying, based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication, that the second identifier of the third UE is different from the identifier of the first UE;

resetting the timer based at least in part on identifying that the second identifier of the third UE is different from the identifier of the first UE; and

refraining from monitoring for the retransmission of the data based at least in part on resetting the timer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein initiating the timer comprises:

initiating the timer at a time indicated by the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein initiating the timer comprises:

initiating the timer in response to detecting the control information in the first sidelink communication, wherein transmitting the feedback is based at least in part on initiating the timer.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second UE based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink control information indicating the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure, a third sidelink communication comprising second control information comprising at least a portion of the second identifier of the third UE; and

refraining from decoding second data included in the third sidelink communication based at least in part on the portion of the second identifier of the third UE being different from the portion of the identifier of the first UE.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the identifiers that identify UEs are media access control addresses identifying UEs in sidelink communications.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive first sidelink control information indicating a configuration for performing a sidelink discontinuous reception procedure that is associated with a sidelink resource reservation procedure, wherein the configuration indicates a duration of a timer associated with an active duration for the first UE to receive sidelink retransmissions during the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure;

receive second sidelink control information indicating an explicit indication of an initiation time of the timer, wherein the explicit indication of the initiation time comprises an explicit indication of a quantity of slots starting at a first slot of resources associated with a second sidelink communication and extending prior to the first slot of resources associated with the second sidelink communication;

receive, from a second UE, a first sidelink communication comprising data based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink control information indicating the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure;

transmit, to the second UE, feedback requesting a retransmission of the data based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication;

initiate the timer at the initiation time in response to transmitting the feedback based at least in part on the explicit indication of the initiation time, wherein the second sidelink communication comprises the retransmission of the data; and

receive, during the resources associated with the second sidelink communication and based at least in part on initiating the timer prior to the resources associated with the second sidelink communication, the second sidelink communication comprising the retransmission of the data, the second sidelink communication received via resources associated with the sidelink resource reservation procedure.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the initiation time is indicated by the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure and is based at least in part on the sidelink resource reservation procedure.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the initiation time is indicated by the second sidelink control information associated with a sidelink communication.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first sidelink communication comprises control information indicating the resources associated with the sidelink resource reservation procedure for receiving the second sidelink communication.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to transmit the feedback are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a hybrid automatic repeat request requesting the retransmission of the data based at least in part on failing to decode the data in the first sidelink communication.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive first sidelink control information indicating a configuration for performing a sidelink discontinuous reception procedure that is associated with receiving identifiers that identify UEs in sidelink communications, wherein the configuration indicates a duration of a timer associated with an active duration for the first UE to receive sidelink retransmissions;

receive, from a second UE based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink control information indicating the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure, a first sidelink communication comprising control information comprising at least a portion of a second identifier of a third UE that is different from an identifier of the first UE and data comprising the second identifier of the third UE;

transmit, to the second UE, feedback requesting a retransmission of the data based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication and in accordance with the data comprising the identifier of the first UE;

initiate the timer based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication;

identify, based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink communication, that the second identifier of the third UE is different from the identifier of the first UE;

reset the timer based at least in part on identifying that the second identifier of the third UE is different from the identifier of the first UE; and

refrain from monitoring for the retransmission of the data based at least in part on resetting the timer.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions to initiate the timer are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

initiate the timer at a time indicated by the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions to initiate the timer are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

initiate the timer in response to detecting the control information in the first sidelink communication, wherein transmitting the feedback is based at least in part on initiating the timer.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the second UE based at least in part on receiving the first sidelink control information indicating the configuration for performing the sidelink discontinuous reception procedure, a third sidelink communication comprising second control information comprising at least a portion of the second identifier of the third UE; and

refrain from decoding second data included in the third sidelink communication based at least in part on the portion of the second identifier of the third UE being different from the portion of the identifier of the first UE.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein:

the identifiers that identify UEs are media access control addresses identifying UEs in sidelink communications.

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