IP Library Granted Patent US 12,302,245
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,245 · App. 17/799,294 · Granted May 13, 2025

Methods for power saving sensing and resource allocation

Inventors: Tuong Duc Hoang (Montreal, CA); Martino Freda (Laval, CA); Tao Deng (Roslyn, NY); Moon Il Lee (Melville, NY); Ghyslain Pelletier (Montreal, CA); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA)
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
H04W52/0225H04W72/542
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Patent No.
US 12,302,245
App. No.
17/799,294
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a second WTRU, sidelink control information (SCI), including first information indicating if a resource is reserved by the second WTRU, and second information indicating if the second WTRU is a power saving or non-power saving. The first WTRU may measure a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of signals transmitted by the second WTRU. The first WTRU may add a resource to a set of available resources if the first information indicates that the resource is not reserved by the second WTRU. If a resource is reserved, the WTRU may set an RSRP threshold to a first set or second threshold based on a power saving mode of the second WTRU. The first WTRU may add the resource to the set of available resources if the measured RSRP is less than the selected RSRP threshold.

Claims (36)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

perform sensing for a duration of a sensing window using a set of subchannels and a set of slots associated with the sensing window, wherein the sensing window is for partial sensing;

select, based on the performed sensing, resources for sidelink data transmissions by the WTRU;

determine a set of slots for performing channel busy ratio (CBR) measurements based on the set of slots associated with the sensing window;

perform CBR measurements on a sidelink in the determined set of slots and using the set of subchannels associated with the sensing window;

calculate a CBR by calculating a ratio between a determined number of busy subchannels and a total number of subchannels in the set of subchannels associated with the sensing window; and

transmit sidelink data using the selected resources and based on the calculated CBR.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the CBR measurements are performed by measuring sidelink received signal strength indicator (RSSI) in the set of subchannels and slots it uses for both short-term and long-term partial sensing.

3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the number of busy subchannels are determined by comparing the measured sidelink RSSI in the set of subchannels to a threshold.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

determine a value of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based on the calculated CBR, wherein the transmission of the sidelink data uses the determined value of MCS.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the partial sensing is short-term partial sensing or long-term partial sensing.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the sensing is performed in response to traffic arriving at the WTRU for transmission.

7. The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the traffic is periodic or aperiodic.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the sensing window starts after the WTRU triggers resource allocation.

9. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the resources for sidelink data transmissions occurs during a resource selection window and the sensing window ends before a start of the resource selection window.

10. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the resources for sidelink data transmissions is from a pool of resources.

11. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

performing sensing for a duration of a sensing window using a set of subchannels and a set of slots associated with the sensing window, wherein the sensing window is for partial sensing;

selecting, based on the performed sensing, resources for sidelink data transmissions by the WTRU;

determining a set of slots for performing channel busy ratio (CBR) measurements based on the set of slots associated with the sensing window;

performing CBR measurements on a sidelink in the determined set of slots and using the set of subchannels associated with the sensing window;

calculating a CBR by calculating a ratio between a determined number of busy subchannels and a total number of subchannels in the set of subchannels associated with the sensing window; and

transmitting sidelink data using the selected resources and based on the calculated CBR.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the CBR measurements are performed by measuring sidelink received signal strength indicator (RSSI) in the set of subchannels and slots it uses for both short-term and long-term partial sensing.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the number of busy subchannels are determined by comparing the measured sidelink RSSI in the set of subchannels to a threshold.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a value of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based on the calculated CBR, wherein the transmitting the sidelink data uses the determined value of MCS.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the partial sensing is short-term partial sensing or long-term partial sensing.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the performing the sensing is in response to traffic arriving at the WTRU for transmission.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the traffic is periodic or aperiodic.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the sensing window starts after the WTRU triggers resource allocation.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the selecting the resources for sidelink data transmissions occurs during a resource selection window and the sensing window ends before a start of the resource selection window.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the selecting the resources for sidelink data transmissions is from a pool of resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC. BY ITS SUCCESSOR INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 62975489 · Feb 12, 2020
Provisional Application 63061707 · Aug 5, 2020
Provisional Application 63091662 · Oct 14, 2020
Provisional Application 63136530 · Jan 12, 2021
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