IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,583
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,583 · App. 17/444,426 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Resource indication for device-to-device coordination

Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Wei Yang (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/02H04W28/26H04W72/20H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 11,917,583
App. No.
17/444,426
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether a resource is available for use by one or more other UEs. The UE may transmit a device-to-device coordination message to indicate whether the resource is available for use by the one or more other UEs. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (86)

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

a memory; and

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

receive information associated with a device-to-device coordination message to indicate whether a resource is available for use by one or more UEs; and

transmit the device-to-device coordination message to indicate whether the resource is available for use by the one or more UEs, wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes a bit indicator set to a value, from a set of values for the bit indicator, that indicates an availability of the resource, wherein the set of values for the bit indicator comprises:

a first value indicating that the resource is unavailable to a UE that requested transmission of the device-to-device coordination message,

a second value indicating that the resource is available to the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message and is subject to resource reservation by another UE,

a third value indicating that the resource is available to any UE, and

a fourth value indicating that the resource is unavailable to any UE except the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the device-to-device coordination message includes a request for the device-to-device coordination message.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the device-to-device coordination message includes a configuration of one or more parameters for the device-to-device coordination message.

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator set to the first value indicating that the resource is unavailable to a UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator set to the first value indicating that the resource is available to the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message and subject to resource reservation by another UE.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator set to the second value indicating that the resource is available to any UE.

7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator set to the third value indicating that the resource is unavailable to any UE except the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine whether the resource is available for use by one or more other UEs; and

wherein the one or more processors, when transmitting the device-to-device coordination message, are configured to:

transmit the device-to-device coordination message based at least in part on determining whether the resource is available.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the device-to-device coordination message, are configured to:

transmit a first device-to-device coordination message to a first UE of the one or more UEs; and

transmit a second device-to-device coordination message to a second UE of the one or more UEs.

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

determine that the first UE has reserved the resource, and

wherein the first device-to-device coordination message indicates that the resource is available to the first UE, and the second device-to-device coordination message indicates that the resource is unavailable to the second UE.

11. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the device-to-device coordination message, are configured to:

transmit a single device-to-device coordination message to a first UE of the one or more UEs and to a second UE of the one or more UEs.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that the first UE has reserved the resource, and

wherein the single device-to-device coordination message indicates that the resource is unavailable.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the single device-to-device coordination message includes a set of identifiers of a set of UEs that reserved the resource.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the single device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator indicating whether the resource is reserved by at least one of:

the UE that requested the transmission of the single device-to-device coordination message, or

a UE other than the UE that requested the transmission of the single device-to-device coordination message.

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

a memory; and

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

receive a UE-common device-to-device coordination message transmitted to a plurality of UEs, wherein the UE-common device-to-device coordination message includes a bit indicator indicating an availability of a resource;

perform pre-transmission sensing of whether the resource is available based at least in part on a content of the UE-common device-to-device coordination message; and

communicate on the resource based at least in part on identifying that the resource is available, wherein identifying that the resource is available is based at least in part on a value of the bit indicator and whether the UE attempted to reserve the resource.

16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the UE-common device-to-device coordination message includes an identifier of a set of UEs that reserved the resource.

17. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the UE-common device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator indicating whether the resource is reserved by at least one of:

a UE that requested transmission of the UE-common device-to-device coordination message, or

a UE other than the UE that requested the transmission of the UE-common device-to-device coordination message.

18. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine whether the resource is available based at least in part on a result of performing the pre-transmission sensing and a stored configuration for evaluating the result.

19. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors, to receive the UE-common device-to-device coordination message, are configured to:

receive the UE-common device-to-device coordination message based at least in part on an index value identifying a payload of the UE-common device-to-device coordination message.

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

a memory; and

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

receive a device-to-device coordination message indicating whether a resource is available for use by one or more UEs, wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes a bit indicator set to a value, from a set of values for the bit indicator, that indicates an availability of the resource, wherein the set of values for the bit indicator comprises:

a first value indicating that the resource is unavailable to a UE that requested transmission of the device-to-device coordination message,

a second value indicating that the resource is available to the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message and subject to another resource reservation by another UE,

a third value indicating that the resource is available to any UE, and

a fourth value indicating that the resource is unavailable to any UE except the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message; and

communicate on an available resource identified by the device-to-device coordination message.

21. The UE of claim 20 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message is a UE-specific device-to-device coordination message; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine whether the resource is available based at least in part on a content of the device-to-device coordination message.

22. The UE of claim 20 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes an identifier of a set of UEs that reserved the resource.

23. The UE of claim 20 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes the bit indicator indicating whether the resource is reserved by at least one of:

the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message, or

a UE other than the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message.

24. The UE of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

perform pre-transmission sensing of whether the resource is available based at least in part on a content of the device-to-device coordination message.

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

determine whether the resource is available based at least in part on a result of performing the pre-transmission sensing and a stored configuration for evaluating the result.

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

a memory; and

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

receive a device-to-device coordination message indicating whether a resource is available for use by one or more UEs, wherein the device-to-device coordination message includes a prioritization associated with an available resource relative to a prioritization associated with one or more other available resources; and

communicate on the available resource identified in the device-to-device coordination message based at least in part on the prioritization associated with the available resource that is included in the device-to-device coordination message.

27. The UE of claim 26 , wherein the device-to-device coordination message is a UE-specific device-to-device coordination message; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine whether the resource is available based at least in part on a content of the device-to-device coordination message.

28. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

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

receive first signaling identifying a user equipment (UE) as configured for device-to-device communication; and

transmit second signaling indicating that a device-to-device coordination message, that is associated with an identification of available resources for device-to-device communication, includes a bit indicator set to a value, from a set of values for the bit indicator, that indicates an availability of a resource, wherein the set of values for the bit indicator comprises:

a first value indicating that the resource is unavailable to a UE that requested transmission of the device-to-device coordination message,

a second value indicating that the resource is available to the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message and is subject to resource reservation by another UE,

a third value indicating that the resource is available to any UE, and

a fourth value indicating that the resource is unavailable to any UE except the UE that requested the transmission of the device-to-device coordination message.

29. The network entity of claim 28 , wherein the second signaling indicates a quantity of bits that are included in the device-to-device coordination message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2021
From: HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; YANG, WEI; CHEN, WANSHI; JI, TINGFANG
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 057509/0465 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62706300 · Aug 7, 2020
Related Publication 20220046602A1 · Feb 10, 2022