IP Library Granted Patent US 12,041,600
Granted Patent B2
US 12,041,600 · App. 17/438,257 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

Systems and methods for balancing time resource allocation to cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) and intelligent transport systems (ITS-G5) or dedicated short range communication (DSRC) depending on user configurations

Inventors: Markus Dominik Mueck (Unterhaching, DE); Leonardo Gomes Baltar (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W72/1215H04W4/44H04W72/52H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,041,600
App. No.
17/438,257
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for balancing time resource allocation between cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) and intelligent transport systems (ITSG5)/dedicated short range communication (DSRC). For example, some embodiments are directed to an electronic device including radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to monitor, using the radio front end circuitry, a channel for a time period and determine, based on the monitoring the channel, an average channel occupancy level (COL) of the channel over the time period. The processor circuitry can further be configured to compare the average COL to one or more thresholds and change a resource share of long-term evolution (LTE) cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) intervals based on the comparison.

Claims (29)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

radio front end circuitry; and

processor circuitry, coupled to the radio front end circuitry, and configured to:

monitor, using the radio front end circuitry, a channel for a time period; determine, based on the monitoring the channel, an average channel occupancy level (COL) of the channel over the time period;

compare the average COL to one or more thresholds; and

change a resource share of long-term evolution (LTE) cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) intervals of the channel based on the comparison.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein to monitor the channel, the processor circuitry is configured to receive, using the radio front end circuitry, one or more signals on the channel over the time period.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein to compare the average COL to the one or more thresholds, the processor circuitry is configured to compare the average COL to a first threshold, the first threshold comprising a first percentage of available resource blocks of the channel being occupied.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein to change the resource share, the processor circuitry is configured to reduce the resource share of the LTE C-V2X intervals in response to the average COL being less than the first threshold.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein to reduce the resource share, the processor circuitry is configured to re-allocate a percentage of the LTE C-V2X intervals to intelligent transport systems (ITS-G5)/dedicated short range communication (DSRC) intervals.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to determine one or more slots of the resource share of the LTE C-V2X intervals to re-allocate to the ITS-G5/DSRC intervals.

7. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein to compare the average COL to the one or more thresholds, the processor circuitry is configured to compare the average COL to a second threshold, the second threshold comprising a second percentage of the available resource blocks of the channel being occupied.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein to change the resource share, the processor circuitry is configured to increase the resource share of the LTE C-V2X intervals in response to the average COL being greater than the second threshold.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein to increase the resource share, the processor circuitry is configured to re-allocate a percentage of intelligent transport systems (ITS-G5)/dedicated short range communication (DSRC) intervals to the LTE C-V2X intervals.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the time period comprises a predetermined number of the LTE C-V2X intervals.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device comprises a user equipment (UE), an evolved NodeB, or a road side unit (RSU).

12. A method, comprising:

monitoring a channel for a time period;

determining, based on the monitoring the channel, an average channel occupancy level (COL) of the channel over the time period;

comparing the average COL to one or more thresholds; and

changing a resource share of long-term evolution (LTE) cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) intervals of the channel based on the comparison.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein comparing the average COL to the one or more thresholds comprises comparing the average COL to a first threshold, the first threshold comprising a first percentage of available resource blocks of the channel being occupied.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein changing the resource share comprises reducing the resource share of the LTE C-V2X intervals in response to the average COL being less than the first threshold.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein reducing the resource share comprises re-allocating a percentage of the LTE C-V2X intervals to intelligent transport systems (ITS-G5)/dedicated short range communication (DSRC) intervals.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein changing the resource share comprises determining one or more slots of the resource share of the LTE C-V2X intervals to re-allocate to the ITS-G5/DSRC intervals.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein comparing the average COL to the one or more thresholds comprises comparing the average COL to a second threshold, the second threshold comprising a second percentage of the available resource blocks of the channel being occupied.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein changing the resource share comprises increasing the resource share of the LTE C-V2X intervals in response to the average COL being greater than the second threshold.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein increasing the resource share comprises re-allocating a percentage of intelligent transport systems (ITS-G5)/dedicated short range communication (DSRC) intervals to the LTE C-V2X intervals.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the time period comprises a predetermined number of the LTE C-V2X intervals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2025
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 070841/0160 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62820145 · Mar 18, 2019
Related Publication 20220132524A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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