IP Library Granted Patent US 11,856,463
Granted Patent B2
US 11,856,463 · App. 17/111,222 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Resource reservation for multiple sidelinks

Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Yisheng Xue (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W28/26H04L5/0055H04W28/0278H04W72/02H04W72/1263H04W72/20
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,856,463
App. No.
17/111,222
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless communications systems and methods related to a sidelink user equipment (UE) reserving resources for multiple sidelinks are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a reservation indicating a plurality of reserved resources for a plurality of sidelink communications. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a third wireless communication device, a first sidelink communication of the plurality of sidelink communications using a first resource of the plurality of reserved resources.

Claims (78)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a first wireless communication device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a second wireless communication device, a first-stage sidelink control information (SCI) comprising a reservation indicating a plurality of reserved physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resources for a plurality of sidelink communications, wherein the reservation in the first stage SCI indicates:

an assignment of a first PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a first sidelink transmission from the first wireless communication device to a third wireless communication device, the first PSSCH resource being associated with a first frequency band; and

an assignment of a second PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second sidelink transmission from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device, the second PSSCH resource being associated with a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;

transmitting, to the third wireless communication device, the first sidelink transmission using the first PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, wherein the first sidelink transmission comprises, in the first PSSCH resource, first sidelink data and a first second-stage SCI associated with the first stage SCI, the first second-stage SCI indicating a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the first sidelink data; and

transmitting, to the second wireless communication device, the second sidelink transmission using the second PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, wherein the second sidelink transmission comprises, in the second PSSCH resource, second sidelink data and a second second-stage SCI associated with the first-stage SCI, the second second-stage SCI indicating a second MCS associated with the second sidelink data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reservation indicates the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources in a plurality of subchannels.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources are identified based on channel sensing.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the method further comprises:

receiving a SCI indicating an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the second sidelink transmission.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a SCI indicating at least one of a scheduling request (SR) or a buffer status report (BSR) based on the reservation.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a SCI comprising a second reservation indicating a second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second plurality of sidelink communications; and

receiving an indication indicating that there is no sidelink transmission in a third PSSCH resource of the second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, the third PSSCH resource reserved for the first wireless communication device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second wireless communication device, a SCI comprising a second reservation indicating a second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second plurality of sidelink communications; and

transmitting, to the second wireless communication device, an indication indicating that there is no sidelink transmission in at least a third PSSCH resource of the second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources; and

receiving a repeat of the indication.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a sidelink communication using the reserved PSSCH resource based on a detection that there is no sidelink transmission in a reserved PSSCH resource.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, by the first wireless communication device, an indication of a fourth wireless communication device reserving a third PSSCH resource; and

refraining, by the first wireless communication device, from transmitting in the third PSSCH resource in response to the detecting.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting an indication from a fourth wireless communication device reserving a third PSSCH resource;

monitoring for a transmission in the second PSSCH resource in response to the detecting; and

transmitting, by the first wireless communication device, a sidelink communication using the third PSSCH resource in response to a determination that no transmission is detected in the third PSSCH resource from the monitoring.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the reservation in the first stage SCI further indicates an assignment of a third PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a third sidelink transmission from the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device, the third PSSCH resource being associated with a third frequency band different from the first frequency band and the second frequency band; and

the method further comprises:

receiving, from the second wireless communication device, the third sidelink transmission using the third PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the apparatus is configured to:

receive, from a second wireless communication device, a first-stage sidelink control information (SCI) comprising a reservation indicating a plurality of reserved physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resources for a plurality of sidelink communications, wherein the reservation in the first stage SCI indicates:

an assignment of a first PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a first sidelink transmission from the apparatus to a third wireless communication device, the first PSSCH resource being associated with a first frequency band; and

an assignment of a second PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second sidelink transmission from the apparatus to the second wireless communication device, the second PSSCH resource being associated with a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;

transmit, to the third wireless communication device, the first sidelink transmission using the first PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, wherein the first sidelink transmission comprises, in the first PSSCH resource, first sidelink data and a first second-stage SCI associated with the first stage SCI, the first second-stage SCI indicating a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the first sidelink data; and

transmit, to the second wireless communication device, the second sidelink transmission using the second PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, wherein the second sidelink transmission comprises, in the second PSSCH resource, second sidelink data and a second second-stage SCI associated with the first stage SCI, the second second-stage SCI indicating a MCS associated with the second sidelink data.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the reservation indicates the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources in a plurality of subchannels.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources are identified based on channel sensing.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit a SCI comprising a second reservation indicating a second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second plurality of sidelink communications; and

receive an indication indicating that there is no sidelink transmission in a third PSSCH resource of the second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, the third PSSCH resource reserved for the apparatus.

16. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive, from the second wireless communication device, a SCI comprising a second reservation indicating a second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second plurality of sidelink communications; and

transmit an indication indicating that there is no sidelink transmission in at least a third PSSCH resource of the second plurality of reserved PSSCH resources; and

receive a repeat of the indication.

17. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit a sidelink communication using the reserved PSSCH resource based on a detection that there is no sidelink transmission in a reserved PSSCH resource.

18. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

a processor configured to:

detect an indication of a fourth wireless communication device reserving a third PSSCH resource; and

refrain from transmitting in the third PSSCH resource in response to the detection.

19. The apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:

a processor configured to:

detect an indication from a fourth wireless communication device reserving a third PSSCH resource; and

monitor for a transmission in the second PSSCH resource in response to the detection,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit a sidelink communication using the third PSSCH resource in response to a determination that no transmission is detected in the third PSSCH resource from the monitoring.

20. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein:

the reservation in the first stage SCI further indicates an assignment of a third PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a third sidelink transmission from the second wireless communication device to the apparatus, the third PSSCH resource being associated with a third frequency band different from the first frequency band and the second frequency band; and

the apparatus is further configured to:

receive, from the second wireless communication device, the third sidelink transmission using the third PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for causing a first wireless communication device to transmit, to a second wireless communication device, a first-stage sidelink control information (SCI) comprising a reservation indicating a plurality of reserved physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resources for a plurality of sidelink communications, wherein the reservation in the first stage SCI indicates:

an assignment of a first PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a first sidelink transmission from the first wireless communication device to a third wireless communication device, the first PSSCH resource being associated with a first frequency band; and

an assignment of a second PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a second sidelink transmission from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device, the second PSSCH resource being associated with a second frequency band different from the first frequency band;

code for causing the first wireless communication device to transmit, to the third wireless communication device, the first sidelink transmission using the first PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, wherein the first sidelink transmission comprises, in the first PSSCH resource, first sidelink data and a first second-stage SCI associated with the first stage SCI, the first second-stage SCI indicating a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the first sidelink data; and

code for causing the first wireless communication device to transmit, to the second wireless communication device, the second sidelink transmission using the second PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources, wherein the second sidelink transmission comprises, in the second PSSCH resource, second sidelink data and a second second-stage SCI associated with the first-stage SCI, the second second-stage SCI indicating a second MCS associated with the second sidelink data.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources are identified based on channel sensing.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein:

the reservation in the first stage SCI further indicates an assignment of a third PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources for a third sidelink transmission from the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device; and

the program code further comprises:

code for causing the first wireless communication device to receive, from the second wireless communication device, the third sidelink transmission using the third PSSCH resource of the plurality of reserved PSSCH resources.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2021
From: FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; SUN, JING; XUE, YISHENG; ZHANG, XIAOXIA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057699/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2021
From: FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; SUN, JING; XUE, YISHENG; ZHANG, XIAOXIA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 056029/0815 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62945037 · Dec 6, 2019
Related Publication 20210176669A1 · Jun 10, 2021