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US 12,634,960 · App. 19/368,026 · Granted May 19, 2026

Sidelink transport block size determination

Inventors: Huifa Lin (Reston, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Reston, VA); Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/25H04L1/0003H04L5/0044
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Patent No.
US 12,634,960
App. No.
19/368,026
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first wireless device receives a radio resource control (RRC) message including a parameter indicating a number of first consecutive symbols of at least one sidelink (SL) reference signal (RS) and a parameter indicating a number of resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) overhead for sidelink. A transport block size (TBS) is determined, for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in second consecutive symbols of a slot, based on: a product of the number of first consecutive symbols and a number of subcarriers within an RB, and the number of REs of the PRB overhead. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device during the first consecutive symbols of the slot, the at least one SL RS. The first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device during the second consecutive symbols of the slot, a TB with the TBS via the PSSCH.

Claims (46)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising:

a parameter indicating a number of first consecutive symbols of at least one sidelink (SL) reference signal (RS); and

a parameter indicating a number of resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) overhead for sidelink;

determining, for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in second consecutive symbols of a slot, a number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within a PRB based on:

a product of the number of first consecutive symbols and a number of subcarriers within a resource block (RB); and

the number of REs of the PRB overhead;

transmitting, to a second wireless device during the first consecutive symbols of the slot, the at least one SL RS; and

transmitting, via the PSSCH and to the second wireless device during the second consecutive symbols of the slot, a transport block (TB) with a TB size (TBS) based on the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one SL RS is different from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB is further based on a number of REs for the DMRS.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message comprises a list of numbers of symbols for the at least one SL RS and the number of first consecutive symbols is indicated by an entry of the list of numbers of symbols.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, based on the number of REs and a number of allocated RBs, a second number of REs, wherein the TBS is determined based on the second number of REs.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the TBS is determined based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and the second number of REs.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB is determined at least based on decrementing a number of available REs by the product and by the number of REs of the PRB overhead.

8 . A first wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first wireless device to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising:

a parameter indicating a number of first consecutive symbols of at least one sidelink (SL) reference signal (RS); and

a parameter indicating a number of resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) overhead for sidelink;

determine, for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in second consecutive symbols of a slot, a number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within a PRB based on:

a product of the number of first consecutive symbols and a number of subcarriers within a resource block (RB); and

the number of REs of the PRB overhead;

transmit, to a second wireless device during the first consecutive symbols of the slot, the at least one SL RS; and

transmit, via the PSSCH and to the second wireless device during the second consecutive symbols of the slot, a transport block (TB) with a TB size (TBS) based on the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB.

9 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one SL RS is different from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

10 . The first wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB is further based on a number of REs for the DMRS.

11 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the RRC message comprises a list of numbers of symbols for the at least one SL RS and the number of first consecutive symbols is indicated by an entry of the list of numbers of symbols.

12 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the first wireless device to determine, based on the number of REs and a number of allocated RBs, a second number of REs, wherein the TBS is determined based on the second number of REs.

13 . The first wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the TBS is determined based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and the second number of RES.

14 . The first wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB is determined at least based on decrementing a number of available REs by the product and by the number of RES of the PRB overhead.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first wireless device, cause the first wireless device to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising:

a parameter indicating a number of first consecutive symbols of at least one sidelink (SL) reference signal (RS); and

a parameter indicating a number of resource elements (REs) of a physical resource block (PRB) overhead for sidelink;

determine, for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) in second consecutive symbols of a slot, a number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within a PRB based on:

a product of the number of first consecutive symbols and a number of subcarriers within a resource block (RB); and

the number of REs of the PRB overhead;

transmit, to a second wireless device during the first consecutive symbols of the slot, the at least one SL RS; and

transmit, via the PSSCH and to the second wireless device during the second consecutive symbols of the slot, a transport block (TB) with a TB size (TBS) based on the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one SL RS is different from a demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB is further based on a number of REs for the DMRS.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the RRC message comprises a list of numbers of symbols for the at least one SL RS and the number of first consecutive symbols is indicated by an entry of the list of numbers of symbols.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the first wireless device to determine, based on the number of REs and a number of allocated RBs, a second number of REs, wherein the TBS is determined based on the second number of REs.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the number of REs allocated for the PSSCH within the PRB is determined at least based on decrementing a number of available REs by the product and by the number of REs of the PRB overhead.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2026
From: LIN, HUIFA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; TSAI, HSIN-HSI; RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2024028669 · May 9, 2024
Provisional Application 63465680 · May 11, 2023
Related Publication 20260052554A1 · Feb 19, 2026
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