Using automatic gain control symbol to indicate sidelink mini-slot
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for using automatic gain control symbols to indicate a sidelink mini-slot. A method performed by a transmitting user equipment includes transmitting, during a first time portion of a symbol within a slot, a first beam associated with a first receiving user equipment. The first time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the first receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a first mini-slot within the slot associated with the first time portion. The method may further include transmitting, during a second time portion of the symbol within the slot, a second beam associated with a second receiving user equipment. The second time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the second receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a second mini-slot within the slot.
1. A method for wireless communication by a transmitting user equipment;
the method comprising:
transmitting, during a first time portion of a symbol within a slot, a first beam associated with a first receiving user equipment,
wherein the first time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the first receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a first mini-slot within the slot associated with the first time portion.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, during a second time portion of the symbol within the slot, a second beam associated with a second receiving user equipment,
wherein the second time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the second receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a second mini-slot within the slot associated with the second time portion.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising switching between a first configuration for the first beam and a second configuration for the second beam during a gap period within the symbol.
4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
transmitting an automatic gain control symbol to the first receiving user equipment using the first beam during the first mini-slot; and
transmitting another automatic gain control symbol to the second receiving user equipment using the second beam during the second mini-slot.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
transmitting the first beam to the first receiving user equipment during the first mini-slot within the slot; and
transmitting the second beam to the second receiving user equipment during the second mini-slot within the slot.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising ceasing transmission for at least one symbol between transmitting during the first mini-slot and the second mini-slot.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol is an automatic gain control symbol.
8. A transmitting user equipment configured for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories comprising processor-executable instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable instructions and cause the transmitting user equipment to:
transmit, during a first time portion of a symbol within a slot, a first beam associated with a first receiving user equipment,
wherein the first time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the first receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a first mini-slot within the slot associated with the first time portion.
9. The transmitting user equipment of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the transmitting user equipment to:
transmit, during a second time portion of the symbol within the slot, a second beam associated with a second receiving user equipment,
wherein the second time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the second receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a second mini-slot within the slot associated with the second time portion.
10. The transmitting user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the transmitting user equipment to switch between a first configuration for the first beam and a second configuration for the second beam during a gap period within the symbol.
11. The transmitting user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the transmitting user equipment to:
transmit an automatic gain control symbol to the first receiving user equipment using the first beam during the first mini-slot; and
transmit another automatic gain control symbol to the second receiving user equipment using the second beam during the second mini-slot.
12. The transmitting user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the transmitting user equipment to:
transmit the first beam to the first receiving user equipment during the first mini-slot within the slot; and
transmit the second beam to the second receiving user equipment during the second mini-slot within the slot.
13. The transmitting user equipment of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the transmitting user equipment to cease transmission for at least one symbol between transmitting during the first mini-slot and the second mini-slot.
14. The transmitting user equipment of claim 8 , wherein the symbol is an automatic gain control symbol.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a transmitting user equipment, cause the transmitting user equipment to perform a method of wireless communication, comprising:
transmitting, during a first time portion of a symbol within a slot, a first beam associated with a first receiving user equipment,
wherein the first time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the first receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a first mini-slot within the slot associated with the first time portion.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting, during a second time portion of the symbol within the slot, a second beam associated with a second receiving user equipment,
wherein the second time portion of the symbol is configured to indicate that the second receiving user equipment will receive another transmission from the transmitting user equipment during a second mini-slot within the slot associated with the second time portion.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises: switching between a first configuration for the first beam and a second configuration for the second beam during a gap period within the symbol.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting an automatic gain control symbol to the first receiving user equipment using the first beam during the first mini-slot; and
transmitting another automatic gain control symbol to the second receiving user equipment using the second beam during the second mini-slot.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting the first beam to the first receiving user equipment during the first mini-slot within the slot; and
transmitting the second beam to the second receiving user equipment during the second mini-slot within the slot.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises ceasing transmission for at least one symbol between transmitting during the first mini-slot and the second mini-slot.