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Granted Patent B2
US 11,375,350 · App. 16/851,483 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Multiple zone configuration

Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick (Dreieich, DE); Karthikeyan Ganesan (Kaiserslautern, DE); Joachim Loehr (Wiesbaden, DE); Ravi Kuchibhotla (Chicago, IL); Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart (Darmstadt, DE)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
H04W4/40H04W4/023H04W4/029H04W72/0406
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Patent No.
US 11,375,350
App. No.
16/851,483
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for multiple zone configuration. One method includes configuring a first device with first information indicating a first zone configuration comprising a first plurality of zones. The method includes configuring the first device with second information indicating a second zone configuration comprising a second plurality of zones, wherein: a first area corresponding to zones of the first plurality of zones is smaller than a second area corresponding to zones of the second plurality of zones; and the first plurality of zones corresponds to a same geographical area as the second plurality of zones.

Claims (24)

1. A method comprising:

configuring a first device with first information indicating a first zone configuration comprising a first plurality of zones;

configuring the first device with second information indicating a second zone configuration comprising a second plurality of zones, wherein:

a first area corresponding to each zone of the first plurality of zones is smaller than a second area corresponding to each zone of the second plurality of zones; and

the first plurality of zones corresponds to a same geographical area as the second plurality of zones; and

receiving third information indicating whether a vehicle-to-everything communication corresponding to a zone of the second plurality of zones is enabled without performing a sensing operation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first zone configuration is used to determine a distance between the first device and a second device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a distance between the first device and a second device based on a geometric center of a zone of the first plurality of zones corresponding to the second device and a geographical position of the first device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a zone identifier corresponding to a second device in sidelink control information.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining a distance between the first device and the second device using the zone identifier.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a distance between the first device and a second device based on geographical location corresponding to the first device and the second device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a minimum communication range corresponding to a second device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the minimum communication range is determined based on a received index value, and a mapping table comprises a mapping between a plurality of index values comprising the received index value and a plurality of minimum communication ranges comprising the minimum communication range.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving an indication of the minimum communication range in upper layer signaling.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second zone configuration comprises information indicating dedicated resource pools for sending feedback.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second information indicates specific geographic locations having a configuration different from the second zone configuration.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a processor that:

configures a first device with first information indicating a first zone configuration comprising a first plurality of zones; and

configures the first device with second information indicating a second zone configuration comprising a second plurality of zones, wherein:

a first area corresponding to each zone of the first plurality of zones is smaller than a second area corresponding to each zone of the second plurality of zones; and

the first plurality of zones corresponds to a same geographical area as the second plurality of zones; and

a receiver that receives third information indicating whether a vehicle-to-everything communication corresponding to a zone of the second plurality of zones is enabled without performing a sensing operation.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first zone configuration is used to determine a distance between the first device and a second device.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA FROM MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC TO LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 054183 FRAME 0452. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Oct 29, 2020
From: MALLICK, PRATEEK BASU; GANESAN, KARTHIKEYAN; LOEHR, JOACHIM; KUCHIBHOTLA, RAVI; VON ELBWART, ALEXANDER JOHANN MARIA GOLITSCHEK EDLER
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054249/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2020
From: MALLICK, PRATEEK BASU; GANESAN, KARTHIKEYAN; LOEHR, JOACHIM; KUCHIBHOTLA, RAVI; VON ELBWART, ALEXANDER JOHANN MARIA GOLITSCHEK EDLER
To: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
Reel/Frame 054183/0452 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62835847 · Apr 18, 2019
Related Publication 20200336872A1 · Oct 22, 2020
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