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Granted Patent B2
US 11,956,120 · App. 16/948,662 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Indicating sidelink connection loss

Inventors: Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, NJ); Sudhir Kumar Baghel (Hillsborough, NJ); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Dan Vassilovski (Del Mar, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L41/0686H04W72/04H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 11,956,120
App. No.
16/948,662
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a first message identifying a set of UEs comprising one or more other UEs with which the UE is engaging in sidelink communication. The UE may transmit a second message, based at least in part on a determination of a loss of a sidelink connection to a previously-connected UE of the set of UEs, identifying a subset of the set of UEs and indicating the loss of the sidelink connection. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (49)

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

transmitting a first message identifying a set of UEs with which the UE is engaged in sidelink communication; and

transmitting a second message, based at least in part on a loss of a sidelink connection to at least one UE of the set of UEs, identifying one or more other UEs currently connected to the UE via sidelink and indicating the loss of the sidelink connection, the second message further indicating a type of loss associated with the loss of the sidelink connection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loss of the sidelink connection is caused by a radio link failure of the sidelink connection or a disconnection of the sidelink connection.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message indicates whether the loss of the sidelink connection is a radio link failure of the sidelink connection or a disconnection of the sidelink connection.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of UEs are identified by respective layer 2 identifiers.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of UEs includes more than one other UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message and the second message are transmitted by radio resource control signaling.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message and the second message are sidelink UE information messages.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of UEs is identified in a destination information list field of the first message, and

wherein the one or more other UEs are identified in a destination information list field of the second message.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, based at least in part on transmitting the second message, a configuration that identifies one or more resources that the UE is to use for sidelink communication.

10. A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a first message identifying a set of UEs with which the UE is engaged in sidelink communication; and

receiving, from the UE, a second message identifying one or more other UEs currently connected to the UE via sidelink and indicating a loss of sidelink connection with at least one UE of the set of UEs, the second message further indicating a type of loss associated with the loss of the sidelink connection.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein second message indicates whether the loss of the sidelink connection was caused by a radio link failure of the sidelink connection or a disconnection of the sidelink connection.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the set of UEs are identified by respective layer 2 identifiers.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the set of UEs includes more than one other UE.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first message and the second message are received by radio resource control signaling.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first message and the second message are sidelink UE information messages.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the set of UEs is identified in a destination information list field of the first message, and

wherein the one or more other UEs are identified in a destination information list field of the second message.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising transmitting, based at least in part on receiving the second message, a configuration that identifies one or more resources that the UE is to use for sidelink communication.

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

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:

transmit a first message identifying a set of UEs with which the UE is engaged in sidelink communication; and

transmit a second message, based at least in part on a loss of a sidelink connection to at least one UE of the set of UEs, identifying one or more other UEs currently connected to the UE via sidelink and indicating the loss of the sidelink connection, the second message further indicating a type of loss associated with the loss of the sidelink connection.

19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the second message indicates whether the loss of the sidelink connection is a radio link failure of the sidelink connection or a disconnection of the sidelink connection.

20. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the first message and the second message are sidelink UE information messages.

21. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the set of UEs is identified in a destination information list field of the first message, and

wherein the one or more other UEs are identified in a destination information list field of the second message.

22. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the network entity to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), a first message identifying a set of UEs with which the UE is engaged in sidelink communication; and

receive, from the UE, a second message identifying one or more other UEs currently connected to the UE via sidelink and indicating a loss of sidelink connection with at least one UE of the set of UEs, the second message further indicating a type of loss associated with the loss of the sidelink connection.

23. The network entity of claim 22 , wherein the second message indicates whether the loss of the sidelink connection was caused by a radio link failure of the sidelink connection or a disconnection of the sidelink connection.

24. The network entity of claim 22 , wherein the first message and the second message are sidelink UE information messages.

25. The network entity of claim 22 , wherein the set of UEs is identified in a destination information list field of the first message, and

wherein the at least one UE hone or more other UEs are identified in a destination information list field of the second message.

26. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the set of UEs are identified by respective layer 2 identifiers.

27. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the one or more processors, to transmit the first message and the second message, are configured to cause the UE to:

transmit the first message and the second message by radio resource control signaling.

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

receive, based at least in part on the second message, a configuration that identifies one or more resources that the UE is to use for sidelink communication.

29. The network entity of claim 22 , wherein the set of UEs are identified by respective layer 2 identifiers.

30. The network entity of claim 22 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

transmit, based at least in part on the second message, a configuration that identifies one or more resources that the UE is to use for sidelink communication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: CHENG, HONG; BAGHEL, SUDHIR KUMAR; GULATI, KAPIL; VASSILOVSKI, DAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 056038/0498 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62908394 · Sep 30, 2019
Related Publication 20210099338A1 · Apr 1, 2021