User equipment and method for resource exclusion and selection in new radio sidelink communication of same

1. A user equipment for resource exclusion and selection in new radio sidelink communication, comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to:

perform within a sidelink sensing period a resource sensing procedure;

determine an initial candidate resource set within a resource selection window based on a sensing result from performing the resource sensing procedure;

exclude a sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set to form an updated candidate resource set; and

perform selection of a sidelink resource from the updated candidate resource set;

wherein excluding the sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set comprises excluding all sidelink resources that are not adjacent to the allocated and/or reserved sidelink resource having an acceptable received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and/or reference signal received power (RSRP) level to form the updated candidate resource set.

2. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein performing the resource sensing procedure comprises decoding one or more physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) received within the sidelink sensing period.

3. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein performing the resource sensing procedure comprises extracting resource allocation and/or reservation information.

4. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein performing the resource sensing procedure comprises measuring a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and/or reference signal received power (RSRP) level of a received sidelink transmission from another user equipment.

5. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein determining the initial candidate resource set comprises excluding an allocated and/or reserved sidelink resource within the resource selection window.

6. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein excluding the sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set to form the updated candidate resource set comprises excluding a sidelink resource based on a target transmission power, a measurement of a RSSI and/or RSRP level of the allocated and/or reserved sidelink resource, and a maximum allowable power difference.

7. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein excluding the sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set to form the updated candidate resource set comprises excluding any sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set that is not feasible for the processor to set or determine transmission output power of the user equipment at a level that is within an allowable maximum power difference to all adjacent sidelink resources.

8. A method for resource exclusion and selection in new radio sidelink communication of a user equipment, comprising:

performing within a sidelink sensing period a resource sensing procedure;

determining an initial candidate resource set within a resource selection window based on a sensing result from performing the resource sensing procedure;

excluding a sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set to form an updated candidate resource set; and

performing selection of a sidelink resource from the updated candidate resource set;

wherein excluding the sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set comprises excluding all sidelink resources that are not adjacent to the allocated and/or reserved sidelink resource having an acceptable received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and/or reference signal received power (RSRP) level to form the updated candidate resource set.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the resource sensing procedure comprises decoding one or more physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) received within the sidelink sensing period.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the resource sensing procedure comprises extracting resource allocation and/or reservation information.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the resource sensing procedure comprises measuring a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and/or reference signal received power (RSRP) level of a received sidelink transmission from another user equipment.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein determining the initial candidate resource set comprises excluding an allocated and/or reserved sidelink resource within the resource selection window.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein excluding the sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set to form the updated candidate resource set comprises excluding a sidelink resource based on a target transmission power, a measurement of a RSSI and/or RSRP level of the allocated and/or reserved sidelink resource, and a maximum allowable power difference.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein excluding the sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set to form the updated candidate resource set comprises excluding any sidelink resource from the initial candidate resource set that is not feasible for the user equipment to set or determine transmission output power of the user equipment at a level that is within an allowable maximum power difference to all adjacent sidelink resources.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the selection of the sidelink resource from the updated candidate resource set is randomly or based on a prioritization rule for a sidelink transmission.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein performing the selection of the sidelink resource from the updated candidate resource set further comprises adjusting a transmission output power of the selection of the sidelink resources.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 8 .

18. A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a memory configured to store a computer program, the processor configured to execute the computer program stored in the memory to perform the method of claim 8 .