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US 12,471,079 · App. 18/415,135 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Transmission alignment for mini-slots and mixed numerology component carriers

Inventors: Ahmed Elshafie (San Diego, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/12H04L1/08H04L5/001
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Patent No.
US 12,471,079
App. No.
18/415,135
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). In one aspect, a method includes determining that (1) a first scheduled sidelink transmission to a first receiving UE using a first set of component carriers and (2) a second scheduled sidelink transmission to a second receiving UE using a second set of component carriers will overlap in a time domain; determining that the first scheduled sidelink transmission has a first transmission time length and the second scheduled sidelink transmission has a second transmission time length, wherein the second transmission time length is shorter than the first transmission time length; segmenting the first scheduled sidelink transmission into a plurality of first sidelink transmission segments; and sending, to the first receiving UE, an indication of the plurality of first sidelink transmission segments.

Claims (24)

1 . A transmitting user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system being configured to cause the transmitting UE to:

determine that (1) a first scheduled sidelink transmission from the transmitting UE to a first receiving UE on a first set of component carriers and (2) a second scheduled sidelink transmission from the transmitting UE to a second receiving UE on a second set of component carriers will overlap in a time domain, wherein the first scheduled sidelink transmission has a first transmission time length and the second scheduled sidelink transmission has a second transmission time length, wherein the second transmission time length is shorter than the first transmission time length, and wherein the first set of component carriers and the second set of component carriers are different; and

in response to the determination that the first scheduled sidelink transmission and the second scheduled sidelink transmission will overlap, reschedule the second scheduled sidelink transmission so that the second scheduled sidelink transmission does not overlap in the time domain with the first scheduled sidelink transmission.

2 . The transmitting UE of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is configured to cause the transmitting UE to reschedule the second scheduled sidelink transmission based at least in part on the second scheduled sidelink transmission having a lower priority than the first scheduled sidelink transmission.

3 . The transmitting UE of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is configured to cause the transmitting UE to reschedule the second scheduled sidelink transmission based at least in part on the second scheduled sidelink transmission having a lower quality of service than the first scheduled sidelink transmission.

4 . The transmitting UE of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is configured to cause the transmitting UE to reschedule the second scheduled sidelink transmission based at least in part on the second scheduled sidelink transmission comprising a number of symbols lower than a threshold number of symbols.

5 . The transmitting UE of claim 4 , wherein the processing system is configured to cause the transmitting UE to receive, from a network entity, an indication of the threshold number of symbols.

6 . The transmitting UE of claim 4 , wherein the threshold number of symbols is configured based on a resource pool that is to be used by the transmitting UE for the first scheduled sidelink transmission and the second scheduled sidelink transmission.

7 . The transmitting UE of claim 1 , wherein:

the first scheduled sidelink transmission comprises a slot-length transmission, and

the second scheduled sidelink transmission comprises a mini-slot-length transmission.

8 . The transmitting UE of claim 1 , wherein the first set of component carriers are an intra-band set of component carriers.

9 . A method of wireless communications by a transmitting user equipment (UE):

determining that (1) a first scheduled sidelink transmission from the transmitting UE to a first receiving UE on a first set of component carriers and (2) a second scheduled sidelink transmission from the transmitting UE to a second receiving UE on a second set of component carriers will overlap in a time domain, wherein the first scheduled sidelink transmission has a first transmission time length and the second scheduled sidelink transmission has a second transmission time length, wherein the second transmission time length is shorter than the first transmission time length, and wherein the first set of component carriers and the second set of component carriers are different; and

in response to the determination that the first scheduled sidelink transmission and the second scheduled sidelink transmission will overlap, rescheduling the second scheduled sidelink transmission so that the second scheduled sidelink transmission does not overlap in the time domain with the first scheduled sidelink transmission.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein rescheduling the second scheduled sidelink transmission is based at least in part on the second scheduled sidelink transmission having a lower priority than the first scheduled sidelink transmission.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein rescheduling the second scheduled sidelink transmission is based at least in part on the second scheduled sidelink transmission having a lower quality of service than the first scheduled sidelink transmission.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein rescheduling the second scheduled sidelink transmission is based at least in part on the second scheduled sidelink transmission comprising a number of symbols lower than a threshold number of symbols.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising receiving, from a network entity, an indication of the threshold number of symbols.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the threshold number of symbols is configured based on a resource pool that is to be used by the transmitting UE for the first scheduled sidelink transmission and the second scheduled sidelink transmission.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the first scheduled sidelink transmission comprises a slot-length transmission, and

the second scheduled sidelink transmission comprises a mini-slot-length transmission.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first set of component carriers are an intra-band set of component carriers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2024
From: ELSHAFIE, AHMED; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 066558/0623 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17805430 · Jun 3, 2022
Related Publication 20240224255A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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