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US 12,369,182 · App. 17/737,786 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

System and method for reference signaling design and configuration

Inventors: Wei Luo (Shenzhen, CN); Boyuan Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Lin Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/569
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Patent No.
US 12,369,182
App. No.
17/737,786
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for reference signaling design and configuration are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system and method are configured to receive, by a first wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, configuration information of a sidelink medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The system and method are also configured to transmit, by the first wireless communication device according to the configuration information, the sidelink MAC CE to a second wireless communication device.

Claims (22)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless communication device from a wireless communication node comprising a network base station, configuration information of a sidelink medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), wherein the configuration information of the sidelink MAC CE comprises a first indicator configured to identify which scheduling request configuration is applicable for the sidelink MAC CE; and

triggering, by the first wireless communication device according to the configuration information, a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to the sidelink MAC CE.

2. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE comprises a channel status information (CSI) report.

3. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE further comprises a rank indicator (RI) report.

4. A wireless communication method, comprising:

transmitting, by a wireless communication node comprising a network base station, to a first wireless communication device, configuration information of a sidelink medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), wherein the configuration information of the sidelink MAC CE comprises a first indicator configured to identify which scheduling request configuration is applicable for the sidelink MAC CE; and

wherein the first wireless communication device triggers, according to the configuration information, a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to the sidelink MAC CE.

5. The wireless communication method of claim 4 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE comprises a channel status information (CSI) report.

6. The wireless communication method of claim 4 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE further comprises a rank indicator (RI) report.

7. A first wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, via a transceiver from a wireless communication node comprising a network base station, configuration information of a sidelink medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), wherein the configuration information of the sidelink MAC CE comprises a first indicator configured to identify which scheduling request configuration is applicable for the sidelink MAC CE; and

trigger, via the transceiver according to the configuration information, a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to the sidelink MAC CE.

8. The first wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE comprises a channel status information (CSI) report.

9. The first wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE further comprises a rank indicator (RI) report.

10. A wireless communication node comprising a network base station, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

transmitting, via a transmitter to a first wireless communication device, configuration information of a sidelink medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), wherein the configuration information of the sidelink MAC CE comprises a first indicator configured to identify which scheduling request configuration is applicable for the sidelink MAC CE; and

wherein the first wireless communication device triggers, according to the configuration information, a scheduling request (SR) corresponding to the sidelink MAC CE.

11. The wireless communication node of claim 10 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE comprises a channel status information (CSI) report.

12. The wireless communication node of claim 10 , wherein the sidelink MAC CE further comprises a rank indicator (RI) report.

Assignments (3)
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: ZHANG, BOYUAN
To: XI'AN ZTE NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062466/0697 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: LUO, WEI; CHEN, LIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061759/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2022
From: XI'AN ZTE NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061760/0219 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116316 · Nov 7, 2019
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