IP Library Granted Patent US 12,628,129
Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,129 · App. 18/341,478 · Granted May 12, 2026

User equipment and resource monitoring method in sidelink communication

Inventor: Huei-Ming Lin (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W72/02H04W28/26H04W72/0446H04W76/28H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,628,129
App. No.
18/341,478
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) and a resource monitoring method in sidelink communication are provided. The resource monitoring method in sidelink communication by the UE includes selecting a set of candidate slots within a resource selection window of a sidelink resource pool when partial sensing is configured in the UE by a higher layer and monitoring a slot t y−k×Preserve in the sidelink resource pool for a set of P reserve and a set of k no earlier than n−T 0 , wherein a slot t y is in the set of candidate slots, the set of P reserve comprises a subset of resource reservation periodicities, the set of k corresponds to one or more periodic sensing occasions, and T 0 is a length of a sensing window.

Claims (29)

1 . A resource monitoring method in sidelink communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

selecting a set of candidate slots within a resource selection window of a sidelink resource pool when partial sensing is configured in the UE by a higher layer; and

monitoring a slot t y−k×Preserve in the sidelink resource pool for a set of P reserve and a set of k no earlier than n−T 0 , wherein a slot t y is in the set of candidate slots, the set of P reserve comprises a subset of resource reservation periodicities, the set of k corresponds to one or more periodic sensing occasions, and T 0 is a length of a sensing window, and wherein the UE is triggered in slot n to determine a subset of resources for sidelink transmission.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when a mode 2 resource allocation procedure is triggered in a slot n to determine a subset of resources for sidelink transmission, one or more of following parameters are provided by a higher layer of the UE, and the one or more of following parameters comprise a sidelink resource pool identifier and/or index; a first layer (L1) priority for the sidelink transmission Prio Tx ; a non-zero resource reservation interval for the sidelink transmission P rsvp_Tx ; a minimum and/or maximum number of candidate slots for resource selection; a list of possible resource reservation periods allowed for the sidelink resource pool; or a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) active/inactive period and/or timer.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the set of P reserve comprises at least one value from the list of possible resource reservation periods allowed for the sidelink resource pool.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of candidate slots is bounded by a minimum and/or maximum value.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of P reserve is radio resource control (RRC) configured by a base station or pre-configured.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of k corresponds to at least most recent one or two periodic sensing occasions for a given periodicity P reserve .

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the periodic sensing occasions are derived based on the set of candidate slots, the set of P reserve , and the set of k.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the slot t y−k×Preserve in the sidelink resource pool for the set of P reserve the set of k comprises monitoring sidelink resources in a subset of periodic sensing occasions when a sidelink DRX is configured.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising selecting only subset of periodic sensing occasions aligning with a sidelink DRX cycle.

10 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sidelink transmission comprises a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) and/or physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein after determining the set of candidate slots within the resource selection window, the method further comprises resource monitoring by decoding a PSCCH and measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP) level.

12 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to select a set of candidate slots within a resource selection window of a sidelink resource pool when partial sensing is configured in the UE by a higher layer; and

wherein the processor is configured to monitor a slot t y−k×Preserve in the sidelink resource pool for a set of P reserve and a set of k no earlier than n−T 0 , wherein a slot t y is in the set of candidate slots, the set of P reserve comprises a subset of resource reservation periodicities, the set of k corresponds to one or more periodic sensing occasions, and T 0 is a length of a sensing window, and wherein the UE is triggered in slot n to determine a subset of resources for sidelink transmission.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein when a mode 2 resource allocation procedure is triggered in a slot n to determine a subset of resources for sidelink transmission, one or more of following parameters are provided by a higher layer of the UE, and the one or more of following parameters comprise a sidelink resource pool identifier and/or index; a first layer (L1) priority for the sidelink transmission Prio Tx ; a non-zero resource reservation interval for the sidelink transmission P rsvp_Tx ; a minimum and/or maximum number of candidate slots for resource selection; a list of possible resource reservation periods allowed for the sidelink resource pool; or a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) active/inactive period and/or timer.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the set of P reserve comprises at least one value from the list of possible resource reservation periods allowed for the sidelink resource pool.

15 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the set of P reserve is radio resource control (RRC) configured by a base station or pre-configured.

16 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the set of k corresponds to at least most recent one or two periodic sensing occasions for a given periodicity P reserve .

17 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the periodic sensing occasions are derived based on the set of candidate slots, the set of P reserve , and the set of k.

18 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein monitoring the slot t y−k×Preserve in the sidelink resource pool for the set of P reserve the set of k comprises monitoring sidelink resources in a subset of periodic sensing occasions when a sidelink DRX is configured.

19 . The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to select only subset of periodic sensing occasions aligning with a sidelink DRX cycle.

20 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

select a set of candidate slots within a resource selection window of a sidelink resource pool when partial sensing is configured in a UE by a higher layer; and

monitor a slot t y−k×Preserve in the sidelink resource pool for a set of P reserve and a set of k no earlier than n−T 0 , wherein a slot t y is in the set of candidate slots, the set of P reserve comprises a subset of resource reservation periodicities, the set of k corresponds to one or more periodic sensing occasions, and T 0 is a length of a sensing window, and wherein the UE is triggered in slot n to determine a subset of resources for sidelink transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2023
From: LIN, HUEI-MING
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064318/0552 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTCN2022072587 · Jan 18, 2022
Provisional Application 63139191 · Jan 19, 2021
Related Publication 20230345422A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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