IP Library Granted Patent US 11,540,303
Granted Patent B1
US 11,540,303 · App. 17/342,460 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Impact of uplink or sidelink cancellation

Inventors: Xiaojie Wang (Hillsborough, NJ); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Piyush Gupta (Bridgewater, NJ); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Sony Akkarakaran (Poway, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/1263H04W52/52H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/1257H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 11,540,303
App. No.
17/342,460
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may alter, or otherwise cancel, a sidelink communication as a result of a cancelation indicator (CI) corresponding to a different UE to support automatic gain control (AGC) calibration. The UE may determine to cancel or alter sidelink resources that at least partially overlap in time and are adjacent to, yet non-overlapping, in frequency to a high priority transmission. In some implementations, the UE may cancel the sidelink communication from an earliest overlapping symbol to the end of a slot. In other implementations, the UE may cancel a portion of the sidelink communication and resume sidelink communications within the same slot. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may utilize one or more reference signals or symbols to enable AGC recalibration during the slot.

Claims (79)

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

receiving, at the first UE, a cancellation indicator instructing a second UE to cancel transmissions over a first set of resources;

identifying that the first UE is scheduled to communicate via sidelink communications over a second set of resources that at least partially overlap in time with the first set of resources, the second set of resources being within a same bandwidth part as the first set of resources but covering a different frequency range than the first set of resources; and

modifying at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources based at least in part on receipt of the cancellation indicator pertaining to the first set of resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

canceling transmission of at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

determining that a size of a resource block allocation of the first set of resources within the bandwidth part satisfies a bandwidth part allocation threshold, wherein canceling at least the portion of the transmission is based at least in part on the bandwidth part allocation threshold being satisfied.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

canceling transmission of at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources, wherein the second set of resources are within a threshold frequency range of the first set of resources and a threshold number of symbols of the first set of resources.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

identifying a first symbol of the second set of resources that overlaps in time with a first symbol of the first set of resources; and

canceling transmission of at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources, wherein the second set of resources extends from an initial symbol of the first set of resources to a last symbol in a slot that includes the second set of resources.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

canceling transmission of at least a first portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources; and

transmitting a second portion of the sidelink communications over a third set of resources that is subsequent to the second set of resources in time and within a same slot as the second set of resources.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting, over one or more initial symbols of the third set of resources, a reference signal for automatic gain control determination.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the reference signal is a demodulation reference signal or a dedicated automatic gain control reference signal.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting, over an initial symbol of the third set of resources, a communication that is a duplicate of either a previous symbol communication or a subsequent symbol communication.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting sidelink control information that includes an indication that the sidelink communications are resumed or to be resumed via transmission of the second portion of the sidelink communications over the third set of resources.

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting sidelink control information that includes an indication that triggers automatic gain control refinement during the second set of resources.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

receiving a reference signal during a gap period defined by the second set of resources, the gap period extending to at least a last symbol of the first set of resources;

determining an automatic gain control based on receipt of the reference signal; and

applying the automatic gain control to reception of the sidelink communications transmitted after the gap period and within a same slot as the second set of resources.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

performing a power measurement of communications transmitted over the first set of resources during a gap period defined by the second set of resources;

refining automatic gain control during the gap period; and

applying a refined automatic gain control to reception of the sidelink communications transmitted after the gap period and within a same slot as the second set of resources, the reception of the sidelink communications overlapping in time, at least partially, with the first set of resources.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving sidelink control information that includes an indication that the sidelink communications are resumed or to be resumed via transmission of the second portion of the sidelink communications after the gap period.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the indication triggers the power measurement and automatic gain control refinement during the gap period.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

identifying a first symbol of the second set of resources that overlaps in time with an initial symbol of the first set of resources;

transmitting, over the first symbol of the second set of resources, a communication for automatic gain control determination; and

transmitting the sidelink communications after the first symbol and during a remaining portion of the second set of resources.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the communication for automatic gain control determination is a duplicate of either a previous symbol communication or a subsequent symbol communication.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the communication for automatic gain control determination is a reference signal.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

identifying that a demodulation reference signal is scheduled to be transmitted during a symbol other than the first symbol;

identifying that the demodulation reference signal is the communication for automatic gain control determination;

swapping a data signal scheduled to be transmitted on the first symbol with the demodulation reference signal such that the demodulation reference signal is transmitted on the first symbol; and

transmitting sidelink control information indicating a symbol index associated with the demodulation reference signal, wherein the symbol index is based at least in part on a generated demodulation reference signal sequence.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the communication for automatic gain control determination is a duplicate of either a previous symbol communication or a subsequent symbol communication.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the communication for automatic gain control determination is a reference signal.

22. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving, via either sidelink control information or the cancellation indication, an indication that a symbol index associated with a demodulation reference signal, wherein the demodulation reference signal is the communication for automatic gain control determination and wherein the symbol index is based at least in part on a generated demodulation reference signal sequence.

23. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources further comprises:

identifying a first symbol of the second set of resources that overlaps in time with an initial symbol of the first set of resources;

receiving, over the first symbol of the second set of resources, a communication for automatic gain control determination; and

receiving the sidelink communications after the first symbol and during a remaining portion of the second set of resources.

24. An apparatus for wireless communications 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, at the first UE, a cancellation indicator instructing a second UE to cancel transmissions over a first set of resources;

identify that the first UE is scheduled to communicate via sidelink communications over a second set of resources that at least partially overlap in time with the first set of resources, the second set of resources being within a same bandwidth part as the first set of resources but covering a different frequency range than the first set of resources; and

modify at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources based at least in part on receipt of the cancellation indicator pertaining to the first set of resources.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the instructions to modify at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

cancel transmission of at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

determine that a size of a resource block allocation of the first set of resources within the bandwidth part satisfies a bandwidth part allocation threshold, wherein canceling at least the portion of the transmission is based at least in part on the bandwidth part allocation threshold being satisfied.

27. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the instructions to modify at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

cancel transmission of at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources, wherein the second set of resources are within a threshold frequency range of the first set of resources and a threshold number of symbols of the first set of resources.

28. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the instructions to modify at least the portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a first symbol of the second set of resources that overlaps in time with a first symbol of the first set of resources; and

cancel transmission of at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources, wherein the second set of resources extends from an initial symbol of the first set of resources to a last symbol in a slot that includes the second set of resources.

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

means for receiving, at the first UE, a cancellation indicator instructing a second UE to cancel transmissions over a first set of resources;

means for identifying that the first UE is scheduled to communicate via sidelink communications over a second set of resources that at least partially overlap in time with the first set of resources, the second set of resources being within a same bandwidth part as the first set of resources but covering a different frequency range than the first set of resources; and

means for modifying at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources based at least in part on receipt of the cancellation indicator pertaining to the first set of resources.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a first user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

receive, at the first UE, a cancellation indicator instructing a second UE to cancel transmissions over a first set of resources;

identify that the first UE is scheduled to communicate via sidelink communications over a second set of resources that at least partially overlap in time with the first set of resources, the second set of resources being within a same bandwidth part as the first set of resources but covering a different frequency range than the first set of resources; and

modify at least a portion of the sidelink communications over the second set of resources based at least in part on receipt of the cancellation indicator pertaining to the first set of resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: WANG, XIAOJIE; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; SUN, JING; GUPTA, PIYUSH; LI, JUNYI; AKKARAKARAN, SONY
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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