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Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,624 · App. 17/918,794 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Stand-alone sidelink for industrial internet of thing (IIoT)

Inventors: Yisheng Xue (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Chih-Hao Liu (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Ozcan Ozturk (San Diego, CA); Changlong Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/25H04W28/0273H04W72/02H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 12,457,624
App. No.
17/918,794
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless communications systems and methods related to stand-alone sidelink communication are provided. A first user equipment (UE) transmits a sidelink system information signal including an indication of a first preconfigured profile of a plurality of preconfigured profiles. The first UE communicates, with a second UE, a first sidelink transmission based at least in part on the first preconfigured profile.

Claims (63)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting a sidelink system information signal including an indication of a first preconfigured profile of a plurality of preconfigured profiles;

communicating, with a second UE, a first sidelink transmission based at least in part on the first preconfigured profile; and

transmitting a sidelink remaining minimum system information (RMSI) signal including a radio resource management (RRM) configuration, wherein the RRM configuration indicates: one or more resource pools different from a preconfigured resource pool indicated by the first preconfigured profile; and a plurality of congestion control parameters for a first resource pool of the one or more resource pools, and wherein each congestion control parameter of the plurality of congestion control parameters is associated with a different quality of service (Qos).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the sidelink system information signal comprises:

transmitting a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) signal including an index referencing the first preconfigured profile.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the sidelink system information signal comprises:

transmitting a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) including a zone identifier (ID) identifying the first preconfigured profile.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first preconfigured profile comprises a radio resource configuration indicating at least one of a sidelink transmit resource pool or a sidelink receive resource pool, and wherein the communicating the first sidelink transmission comprises: communicating the first sidelink transmission using a resource in the at least one of the sidelink transmit resource pool or the sidelink receive resource pool.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRM configuration indicates an exceptional transmit resource pool associated with a first sensing rule different from a second sensing rule associated with a normal transmit resource pool.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a synchronization signal to provide a reference synchronization source for one or more UEs including the second UE.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing, with the second UE, a unicast connection; and

transmitting, to the second UE, a configuration for a dedicated resource pool for the second UE based on the unicast connection, wherein the transmitting the configuration for the dedicated resource pool comprises: transmitting, to the second UE, a sidelink radio resource control (RRC) configuration including the configuration for the dedicated resource pool.

8. A method of wireless communication performed by a first user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a second UE, a sidelink system information signal including an indication of a first preconfigured profile of a plurality of preconfigured profiles; and

communicating a first sidelink transmission based at least in part on the first preconfigured profile; and

receiving, from the second UE, a sidelink remaining minimum system information (RMSI) signal including a radio resource management (RRM) configuration, wherein the RRM configuration indicates: one or more resource pools different from a preconfigured resource pool indicated by the first preconfigured profile; and a plurality of congestion control parameters for a first resource pool of the one or more resource pools, and wherein each congestion control parameter of the plurality of congestion control parameters is associated with a different quality of service (Qos).

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the receiving the sidelink system information signal comprises:

receiving, from the second UE, a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) signal including an index referencing the first preconfigured profile.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the receiving the sidelink system information signal comprises:

receiving, from the second UE, a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) including a zone identifier (ID) associated with the first preconfigured profile.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first preconfigured profile comprises a radio resource configuration indicating at least one of a sidelink transmit resource pool or a sidelink receive resource pool, and wherein the communicating the first sidelink transmission comprises: communicating the first sidelink transmission using a resource in the at least one of the sidelink transmit resource pool or the sidelink receive resource pool.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the RRM configuration indicates an exceptional transmit resource pool associated with a first sensing rule different from a second sensing rule associated with a normal transmit resource pool.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

establishing, with the second UE, a unicast connection; and

communicating a second sidelink transmission using a first resource in the exceptional transmit resource pool based on the unicast connection and at least one of sensing in the normal transmit resource pool, a priority of the second sidelink transmission, or a duration of the second sidelink transmission.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second UE, a configuration for a dedicated resource pool for the second UE; and communicating a third sidelink transmission using a second resource in the dedicated resource pool based on the sensing.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

communicating a second sidelink transmission based on the RRM configuration.

16. A first user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for transmitting a sidelink system information signal including an indication of a first preconfigured profile of a plurality of preconfigured profiles; and

means for communicating, with a second UE, a first sidelink transmission based at least in part on the first preconfigured profile; and

means for transmitting a sidelink remaining minimum system information (RMSI) signal including a radio resource management (RRM) configuration,

wherein the RRM configuration indicates:

one or more resource pools different from a preconfigured resource pool indicated by the first preconfigured profile; and a plurality of congestion control parameters for a first resource pool of the one or more resource pools, and

wherein each congestion control parameter of the plurality of congestion control parameters is associated with a different quality of service (Qos).

17. The first UE of claim 16 , wherein the means for transmitting the sidelink system information signal is further configured to: transmit a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) signal including an index referencing the first preconfigured profile.

18. The first UE of claim 16 , wherein the means for transmitting the sidelink system information signal is further configured to: transmit a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) including a zone identifier (ID) identifying the first preconfigured profile.

19. The first UE of claim 16 , wherein the first preconfigured profile comprises a radio resource configuration indicating at least one of a sidelink transmit resource pool or a sidelink receive resource pool, and wherein the means for communicating the first sidelink transmission is further configured to: communicate the first sidelink transmission using a resource in the at least one of the sidelink transmit resource pool or the sidelink receive resource pool.

20. The first UE of claim 16 , wherein the RRM configuration indicates an exceptional transmit resource pool associated with a first sensing rule different from a second sensing rule associated with a normal transmit resource pool.

21. The first UE of claim 16 , further comprising:

means for transmitting a synchronization signal to provide a reference synchronization source for one or more UEs including the second UE.

22. The first UE of claim 16 , further comprising:

means for establishing, with the second UE, a unicast connection; and

means for transmitting, to the second UE, a configuration for a dedicated resource pool for the second UE based on the unicast connection, wherein the means for transmitting the configuration for the dedicated resource pool is further configured to: transmit, to the second UE, a sidelink radio resource control (RRC) configuration including the configuration for the dedicated resource pool.

23. A first user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for receiving, from a second UE, a sidelink system information signal including an indication of a first preconfigured profile of a plurality of preconfigured profiles;

means for communicating a first sidelink transmission based at least in part on the first preconfigured profile; and

means for receiving, from the second UE, a sidelink remaining minimum system information (RMSI) signal including a radio resource management (RRM) configuration, wherein the RRM configuration indicates: one or more resource pools different from a preconfigured resource pool indicated by the first preconfigured profile; and a plurality of congestion control parameters for a first resource pool of the one or more resource pools, and wherein each congestion control parameter of the plurality of congestion control parameters is associated with a different quality of service (Qos).

24. The first UE of claim 23 , wherein the means for receiving the sidelink system information signal is further configured to: receive, from the second UE, a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) signal including an index referencing the first preconfigured profile.

25. The first UE of claim 23 , wherein the means for receiving the sidelink system information signal is further configured to: receive, from the second UE, a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) including a zone identifier (ID) associated with the first preconfigured profile.

26. The first UE of claim 23 , wherein the first preconfigured profile a radio resource configuration indicating at least one of a sidelink transmit resource pool or a sidelink receive resource pool, and wherein the means for communicating the first sidelink transmission is further configured to: communicate the first sidelink transmission using a resource in the at least one of the sidelink transmit resource pool or the sidelink receive resource pool.

27. The first UE of claim 23 , wherein the RRM configuration indicates an exceptional transmit resource pool associated with a first sensing rule different from a second sensing rule associated with a normal transmit resource pool.

28. The first UE of claim 27 , further comprising:

means for establishing, with the second UE, a unicast connection; and

means for communicating a second sidelink transmission using a first resource in the exceptional transmit resource pool based on the unicast connection and at least one of sensing in the normal transmit resource pool, a priority of the second sidelink transmission, or a duration of the second sidelink transmission.

29. The first UE of claim 28 , further comprising:

means for receiving, from the second UE, a configuration for a dedicated resource pool for the second UE; and means for communicating a third sidelink transmission using a second resource in the dedicated resource pool based on the sensing.

30. The first UE of claim 23 , further comprising:

means for communicating a second sidelink transmission based on the RRM configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2022
From: XUE, YISHENG; SUN, JING; LIU, CHIH-HAO; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; OZTURK, OZCAN; XU, CHANGLONG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 062076/0855 →
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