IP Library Granted Patent US 12,621,807
Granted Patent B2
US 12,621,807 · App. 18/455,418 · Granted May 5, 2026

Method and apparatus for providing radio resource information for sidelink control

Inventors: Youxiong Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Jin Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Shuanghong Huang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W72/0466H04W72/23H04W76/11H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,621,807
App. No.
18/455,418
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method, comprising: transmitting from a base station to a mobile station a first message which includes resource information corresponding to one or more resource pools, wherein the resource information identifies at least one sub-frame and at least one resource block within the at least one sub-frame, transmitting to the mobile station an indicator of one or more designated resource pools and designated resources from within the one or more designated resource pools such that the mobile station is permitted to communicate with a wireless device in communication with the mobile station via a wireless link using the one or more designated resources within the one or more designated resource pools.

Claims (26)

1 . A communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile station from a base station, a first message that includes a mapping between a plurality of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs) and a plurality of resource pools; and

receiving, at the mobile station, a second message, wherein the second message indicates at least one resource pool from the plurality of resource pools and resources from within the at least one resource pool, and wherein the second message includes a downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a RNTI of the plurality of RNTIs, the RNTI corresponding to the at least one resource pool according to the mapping.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message includes a radio resource control (RRC) message.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resource pool from the plurality of resource pools is indicated by a resource pool index within the DCI.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message includes resource information associated with the plurality of resource pools, wherein the resource information identifies at least one time resource and at least one resource block within the at least one time resource.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message includes the plurality of RNTIs in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of resource pools.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) sequence.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile station performs sidelink communication with a wireless device using the at least one resource pool.

8 . An apparatus for wireless communication comprising a processor, configured to implement a method, comprising:

receive, by the apparatus from a base station, a first message that includes a mapping between a plurality of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs) and a plurality of resource pools; and

receive, at the apparatus, a second message, wherein the second message indicates at least one resource pool from the plurality of resource pools and resources from within the at least one resource pool, and wherein the second message includes a downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a RNTI of the plurality of RNTIs, the RNTI corresponding to the at least one resource pool according to the mapping.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first message includes a radio resource control (RRC) message.

10 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one resource pool from the plurality of resource pools is indicated by a resource pool index within the DCI.

11 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first message includes resource information associated with the plurality of resource pools, wherein the resource information identifies at least one time resource and at least one resource block within the at least one time resource.

12 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first message includes the plurality of RNTIs in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of resource pools.

13 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second message includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) sequence.

14 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the apparatus performs sidelink communication with a wireless device using the at least one resource pool.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable program storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile station from a base station, a first message that includes a mapping between a plurality of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs) and a plurality of resource pools; and

receiving, at the mobile station, a second message, wherein the second message indicates at least one resource pool from the plurality of resource pools and resources from within the at least one resource pool, and wherein the second message includes a downlink control information (DCI) scrambled with a RNTI of the plurality of RNTIs, the RNTI corresponding to the at least one resource pool according to the mapping.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first message includes a radio resource control (RRC) message.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one resource pool from the plurality of resource pools is indicated by a resource pool index within the DCI.

18 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the sidelink communication comprises vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

19 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the sidelink communication comprises vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the mobile station is caused to perform sidelink communication with a wireless device using the at least one resource pool.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2023
From: LU, YOUXIONG; YANG, JIN; HUANG, SHUANGHONG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 17502930 · Oct 15, 2021
Continuation 16788266 · Feb 11, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2017097236 · Aug 11, 2017
Related Publication 20230413239A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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