IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,743,895
Granted Patent B2
US 11,743,895 · App. 17/305,216 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Aggregation for sidelink communication

Inventors: Xiaojie Wang (Hillsborough, NJ); Piyush Gupta (Bridgewater, NJ); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Lik Hang Silas Fong (Bridgewater, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 11,743,895
App. No.
17/305,216
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may perform blind decoding, for sidelink control information (SCI) in resources in one or more sub-channels of a sidelink resource pool, based at least in part on an aggregation level or a resource aggregation configuration. The UE may receive the SCI based at least in part on performing the blind decoding for the SCI. Numerous other aspects are described.

Claims (50)

1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

perform blind decoding, for sidelink control information (SCI) in resources in one or more sub-channels of a sidelink resource pool, based at least in part on an aggregation level or a resource aggregation configuration; and

receive the SCI based at least in part on performing the blind decoding for the SCI.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the resources are in a single sub-channel of the one or more sub-channels.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the resources are located in the single sub-channel according to an aggregation level pattern.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the resource aggregation configuration identifies a quantity of resource blocks and a quantity of symbols associated with the resources.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the resources include a single resource unit repeated in multiple sub-channels of the one or more sub-channels, and

wherein the single resource unit repeated in the multiple sub-channels is associated with a same resource location in the multiple sub-channels.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the aggregation level is not greater than a quantity of sub-channels used for a physical sidelink shared channel communication associated with the SCI.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive information that identifies the aggregation level.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the aggregation level is greater than a quantity of sub-channels, used for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) communication associated with the SCI, by at least one sub-channel.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive an indication that the at least one sub-channel is reserved; and

receive information identifying a resource allocation for the PSSCH communication that does not include the at least one sub-channel.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the resources include one or more resource units in multiple sub-channels of the one or more sub-channels.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the resources are located in the multiple sub-channels according to an aggregation level pattern, and

wherein the aggregation level pattern is based at least in part on a configuration for the sidelink resource pool.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the blind decoding for the SCI is performed for a plurality of aggregation levels or a plurality of resource aggregation configurations in each of the one or more sub-channels.

13. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the blind decoding for the SCI is performed in one or more search spaces for the one or more sub-channels.

14. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the SCI is a first SCI received in a physical sidelink control channel or a second SCI received in a physical sidelink shared channel.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the first SCI is associated with a first aggregation level, and the second SCI is associated with a second aggregation level that is based at least in part on at least one of the first aggregation level or a modulation and coding scheme for the physical sidelink shared channel.

16. A UE for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

map sidelink control information (SCI) to resources, in one or more sub-channels of a sidelink resource pool, based at least in part on an aggregation level or a resource aggregation configuration; and

transmit the SCI in the resources.

17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the resources are in a single sub-channel of the one or more sub-channels.

18. The UE of claim 17 , wherein the resources are located in the single sub-channel according to an aggregation level pattern.

19. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the resource aggregation configuration identifies a quantity of resource blocks and a quantity of symbols associated with the resources.

20. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the resources include a single resource unit repeated in multiple sub-channels of the one or more sub-channels, and

wherein the single resource unit repeated in the multiple sub-channels is associated with a same resource location in the multiple sub-channels.

21. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the aggregation level is not greater than a quantity of sub-channels used for a physical sidelink shared channel communication associated with the SCI.

22. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive information that identifies the aggregation level.

23. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the aggregation level is greater than a quantity of sub-channels, used for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) communication associated with the SCI, by at least one sub-channel.

24. The UE of claim 23 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive or transmit an indication that the at least one sub-channel is reserved; and

receive or transmit information identifying a resource allocation for the PSSCH communication that does not include the at least one sub-channel.

25. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the resources include one or more resource units in multiple sub-channels of the one or more sub-channels.

26. The UE of claim 25 , wherein the resources are located in the multiple sub-channels according to an aggregation level pattern, and

wherein the aggregation level pattern is based at least in part on a configuration for the sidelink resource pool.

27. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the SCI is a first SCI transmitted in a physical sidelink control channel or a second SCI transmitted in a physical sidelink shared channel.

28. The UE of claim 27 , wherein the first SCI is associated with a first aggregation level, and the second SCI is associated with a second aggregation level that is based at least in part on at least one of the first aggregation level or a modulation and coding scheme for the physical sidelink shared channel.

29. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

performing blind decoding, for sidelink control information (SCI) in resources in one or more sub-channels of a sidelink resource pool, based at least in part on an aggregation level or a resource aggregation configuration; and

receiving the SCI based at least in part on performing the blind decoding for the SCI.

30. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

mapping sidelink control information (SCI) to resources, in one or more sub-channels of a sidelink resource pool, based at least in part on an aggregation level or a resource aggregation configuration; and

transmitting the SCI in the resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: WANG, XIAOJIE; GUPTA, PIYUSH; SUN, JING; FONG, LIK HANG SILAS
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 056789/0873 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62705789 · Jul 15, 2020
Related Publication 20220022178A1 · Jan 20, 2022